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2017 Reading Challenge

Read

good luck, and happy


hunting

1. ... a book originally published in


a language you do not know
2. ... a book by an author born in
the same country as you
3. ... a book from the Horror genre
4. ... a Romance and/or Erotica
book
5. ... a book written before 1950
6. ... a book written by a man
7. ... a book written by a woman

+ Date

05/01/
17

Book Title

Author

The Bastard of
Istanbul

Elif Shafak

Book Title

Author

Pages

8. ... a book in the Science Fiction


genre
9. ... a book in the Fantasy genre
10. ... a book labelled as Young
Adult
11. ... a nonfiction book
12. ... a book with a contemporary
setting
13. ... a book written after 1949
14. ... a book published this year
15. ... a popular book, with at least
1 million ratings on any one
website
16. ... an unknown book, with no
more than 100 ratings on any one
website
17. ... a book that was turned into
a movie
18. Finish a series
19. ... a History book, fiction or
nonfiction
20. ... a short story, one with less
than 5,000 words
21. ... a short book, one between
5,000 and 100,000 words
22. ... a long book, one between
100,000 and 250,000 words
23. ... an epic book, one with over
250,000 words
24. ... a self-published book
25. ... an indie book, where the
publisher is a small or niche house
and not one of the top 6
publishers
26. ... a book published under one
of the Big 6 publishing houses

Read
27. ... a Biography, whether
normal, Auto, or Memoir.
28. ... a book labelled as a BestSeller from this year
29. ... a book about Politics and/or
Religion

+ Date

Pages

30. Listen to an Audiobook


31. ... a book on paper
32. ... a book that was, or
currently is, banned by a
government
33. ... a book in the Thriller or
Suspense genre
34. ... a Mystery book
35. ... a book labelled as
Dystopian
36. ... a debut book from this year
37. ... a book by or featuring a
character that is LGBT
38. ... a book in the Paranormal
genre
39. ... a book with pictures in it
40. ... a book for the second time
41. ... a book that's been on your
to read-list for more than a year
42. ... a book that features animals
43. ... a book where the main
character goes on a journey
44. ... a book where a stranger
comes to town
45. ... a book labelled as a Satire
or Allegory
46. ... a book from the Self-Help,
Health, Travel, or Guide category
47. ... a collection of poetry
48. ... the first book in a series
49. ... a book that won a literary
award
50. ... a book set in your country
51. ... a book not set in your
country, but exists today
52. Combining all the letters of all
the titles of all the books you've
read this year, complete the
alphabet

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