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THEBIGOKIANENGLISHBOOKREADINGCHALLENGE
2015

January:readshortbooksonbigsubjects
ExplorethePenguinGreatIdeaslibrary:
WhyIAmsoWise
,FriedrichNietzsche
TheMythofSisyphus
,AlbertCamus
CommonSense
,ThomasPaine
ArtofWar
,SunTzu
HumanHappiness
,BlaisePascal
ConfessionsofaSinner
,SaintAugustine
OnArtandLife
,JohnRuskin
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

February:readmorelovestories
Famouslovestories:
AnnaKarenina
,LevTolstoy
DangerousLiaisons
,ChoderlosdeLaclos
WutheringHeights
,EmilyBronte
ARoomwithaView
,E.M.Forster
TheEndoftheAffair
,GrahamGreene
OscarandLucinda
,PeterCarey
DoctorZhivago
,BorisPasternak
NorwegianWood
,HarukiMurakami
Atonement
,IanMcEwan
TheRemainsoftheDay
,KazuoIshiguro
LadyChatterleysLover
,D.H.Lawrence
TheEnglishPatient
,MichaelOndaatje

Steamystuff:
FiftyShadesofGrey
,E.L.James
Outlander
,DianaGabaldon
TheWhiteQueen
,PhilippaGregory
TheStoryofO
,AnneDesclos
TippingtheVelvet
,SarahWaters
Tampa
,AlissaNutting
DeltaofVenus
,AnaisNin
TropicofCancer
,HenryMiller
BadBehaviour
,MaryGaitskill
Wetlands
,CharlotteRoche
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)


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March:readmorefeministliteratureandbooksaboutstrongwomen
Feministbooks:
TheSecondSex
,SimonedeBeauvoir
TheFeminineMystique
,BettyFriedan
ARoomofOnesOwn
,VirginiaWoolf
TheHandmaidsTale
,MargaretAtwood
TheColorPurple
,AliceWalker
TheBellJar
,SylviaPlath
MadameBovary
,GustaveFlaubert
FearofFlying
,EricaJong

Strongwomen:
TheMiniaturist
,JessieBurton
GonewiththeWind
,MargaretMitchell
AnneofGreenGables
,L.M.Montgomerry
IKnowWhytheCagedBirdSings
,MayaAngelou
BreakfastatTiffanys
,TrumanCapote
LittleWomen
,LouisaMayAlcott
TheHungerGames
,SuzanneColling
JaneEyre
,CharlotteBronte
TheScarletLetter
,NathanielHawthorne
TheGirlwiththeDragonTattoo
,StiegLarsson
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

April:readmoretheatreandshortstories
Theatre:
OscarWilde
Shakespeare
Chekhov
Ibsen
GeorgeBernardShaw
EugenIonesco

Shortstorycollections:
Runaway
,AliceMunro
Pulse
,JulianBarnes
Dubliners
,JamesJoyce
Labyrinths
,JorgeLuisBorges
ThisishowYouLoseHer
,JunotDiaz
MyTrueLoveGavetoMe
,byvarious
CollectedTalesandPoemsofEdgarAllanPoe
FlappersandPhilosophers,
F.ScottFitzgerald
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)


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May:readmoreclassicauthors

Readallby:
JaneAusten
BronteSisters
VirginiaWoolf
EdithWharton
OscarWilde

Readaverylongclassicnovel:
VanityFair
,WilliamMakepeaceThackeray
MobyDick
,HermanMelville
RemembranceofThingsPast
,MarcelProust
WarandPeace
,LevTolstoy
LesMiserables,
VictorHugo
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

June:readmorepostmodernliterature
Thegrandpostmodernnovels:
Catch22
,JosephHeller
OfMiceandMen
,JohnSteinbeck
FearandLoathinginLasVegas
,HunterS.Thompson
Slaughterhouse5
,KurtVonnegut
AClockworkOrange
,AnthonyBurgess
TheFountainhead
,AynRand
OldManandtheSea
,ErnestHemingway
TheGreatGatsby
,F.ScottFitzgerald
OntheRoad
,JackKerouac
TheMasterandtheMargarita
,MikhailBulgakov
Lolita
,VladimirNabokov
InColdBlood
,TrumanCapote
HeartofDarkness
,JosephConrad
BridesheadRevisited
,EvelynWaugh
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)


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July:readmoresciencefictionanddystopianstories
Sciencefiction:
FlowersforAlgernon
,DanielKeyes
Dune
,FrankHerbert
CatsCradle
,KurtVonnegut
DoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep
,PhilipK.Dick
CloudAtlas
,DavidMitchell
Metro2034
,DmitryGlukhovski
HitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy
,DouglasAdams
Fahrenheit451
,RayBradbury
Neuromancer
,WilliamGibson
Foundation
,IsaacAsimov
Ender
,OrsonScottCars

Dystopia
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AtlasShrugged,AynRand
TheGiver,LoisLowry
1984,GeorgeOrwell
BraveNewWorld,AldousHuxley
Divergentseries,VeronicaRoth
ManintheHighCastle,PhilipK.Dick
WorldWarZ,MaxBrooks
MazeRunner,JamesDashner
TheFifthWave,RickYancey
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

August:readinterestingyoungadultnovels(evenifnotayoungadult)
Youngadult:
JohnGreennovels
HalfBad
,SallyGreen
HarryPotter
,J.K.Rowling
LordofTheRings
,J.R.R.Tolkien
ThePerksofBeingaWallflower
,StephenChbosky
WhereSheWent
,GayleForman
TheBookThief
,MarkusZusak
ThirteenReasonsWhy
,JayAsher
MorethanThis
,PatrickNess
AnnaandtheFrenchKiss
,StephaniePerkins
TheSelection
,KieraCass
AlltheBrightPlaces
,JenniferNiven
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)


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September:readmorepopularscienceandselfdevelopmentbooks
Popularscience:
anythingfromMalcolmGladwellorStephenHawking
TheAccidentalUniverse:TheWorldYouThoughtYouKnew
WhyNationsFail:TheOriginsofPower,ProsperityandPoverty
HowtoFlyaHorse:TheSecretHistoryofCreation,InventionandDiscovery
ThisChangesEverything:Capitalismvs.theClimate
CapitalintheTwentyFirstCentury
Creation:TheOriginofLife
ThinkLikeaFreak
TheNewDigitalAge:ReshapingtheFutureofPeople,NationsandBusinesses
TheCompatibilityGene

Selfdevelopment:
#Girlboss
TheOrganizedMind:ThinkingStraightintheAgeofInformationOverload
SmarterthanYouThink:HowTechnologyisChangingourMindsfortheBetter
BendnotBreak:ALifeinTwoWorlds
HowtoBeanExploreroftheWorld:PortableArtLifeMuseum
Focus:TheHiddenDriverofExcellence
TheArtofSocialMedia:PowerTipsforPowerUsers
Stuffocation:LivingMorewithLess
GetShitDone
Thinking,FastandSlow
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

October:readmorehorrorandthrillers
Thrillingthrillers:
GoneGirl
,GillianFlynn
TheSilkworm
,J.K.Rowling
IAmPilgrim
,TerryHayes
ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice
,JamesM.Cain
IntheWoods
,TanaFrench
NoCountryforOldMen
,CormacMcCarthy
ADelicateTruth
,JohnLeCarre
StrangersonaTrain
,PatriciaHighsmith
KisstheGirls
,JamesPatterson
MurderontheOrientExpress
,AgathaChristie
TheSecretAgent
,JosephConrad
TheBourneIdentity
,RobertLudlum
Tripwire
,LeeChild


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Creepycreepers:
TheShining
,StephenKing
Dracula
,BramStoker
Frankenstein
,MaryShelley
TheExorcist
,WilliamPetterBlatty
HouseofLeaves
,MarkZ.Danielewski
SomethingWickedThisWayComes
,RayBradbury
TheStrangeCaseofDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde
,RobertLouisStevenson
HeartshapedBox
,JoeHill
LettheRightOnein
,JohnAjvindeLindqvist
RosemarysBaby
,IraLevin
TheKinginYellow
,RobertW.Chambers
Necronomicon
,H.P.Lovecraft
TheCollector
,JohnFowles
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

November:readsomeofthemostawardedbooksofthepastdecade
Winners:
TheNarrowRoadtotheDeepNorth
,RichardFlanagan
WolfHall
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BringuptheBodies
,HilaryMantel
TheLuminaries
,EleanorCatton
TheGoldfinch
,DonnaTartt
TheSenseofanEnding
,JulianBarnes
TrueHistoryoftheKellyGang
,PeterCarey
LifeofPi
,YannMartel
TheBlindAssassin
,MargaretAtwood
Disgrace
,J.M.Coetzee
Amsterdam
,IanMcEwan
Possession
,A.S.Byatt
MidnightsChildren
,SalmanRushdie
(chooseanyoftheaboveorfindyourown)

December:rereadyourfavoritebooksandfindthebestbookishpresentsforyour
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