Link To My 2017 Reading Challenges
1.Beat The Backlist Challenge
All the books on my TBR before 2017 in alphabetical order. There is over 80 books on this list, and I hope to shorten it by 30% before the end of this year.
Read 10 of 88 books
A
READ We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong
Red Queen (Red Queen #1) by Victoria Aveyard
B
The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) by Alexandra Bracken
Never Fade (The Darkest Minds #2) by Alexandra Bracken
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
READ Grave Peril (The Dresden Files #3) by Jim Butcher
Summer Knight (The Dresden Files #4) by Jim Butcher
Death Masks (The Dresden Files #5) by Jim Butcher
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6) by Jim Butcher
Dead Beat (The Dresden Files #7) by Jim Butcher
Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files #8) by Jim Butcher
White Night (The Dresden Files #9) by Jim Butcher
Small Favor (The Dresden Files #10) by Jim Butcher
C
Xenocide (The Ender Quintet #3) by Orson Scott Card
Children of the Mind (The Ender Quintet #4) by Orson Scott Card
The Bane Chronicles (The Bane Chronicles #1-11) by Cassandra Clare
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
D
The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
Room by Emma Donoghue
E
F
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
G
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) by Diana Gabaldon
Voyager (Outlander #3) by Diana Gabaldon
Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) by Diana Gabaldon
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) by Diana Gabaldon
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) by Diana Gabaldon
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7) by Diana Gabaldon
Wolf by Wolf (Wolf By Wolf #1) by Ryan Graudin
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
H
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Wool Omnibus (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey
I
READ The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
J
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin
The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
K
L
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1) by Scott Lynch
M
READ Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
READ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
READ Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1) by Kerri Maniscalco
The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen
READ Heartless by Marissa Meyer
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) by Morgan Rhodes
Fablehaven (Fablehaven #1) by Brandon Mull
READ Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
N
Nexus (Nexus #1) by Ramez Naam
Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
O
The Gravedigger’s Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
Replica (Replica #1) by Lauren Oliver
READ Deadlight Jack (The Faceless One #2) by Mark Onspaugh
P
Odinsbarn (Ravneringene #1) by Siri Pettersen
Råta (Ravneringene #2) by Siri Pettersen
Q
R
Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes #1) by Sara Raasch
Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3) by Ransom Riggs
The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
S
Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson
READ The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) by Brandon Sanderson
The Last Wish (Saga o Wiedźminie #1) by Andrzej Sapkowski
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Poison Study (Study #1) by Maria V. Snyder
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
T
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
U
V
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Extraordinary Voyages #3) by Jules Verne
W
The Black Prism (Lightbringer #1) by Brent Weeks
The Queen’s Poisoner (Kingfountain #1) by Jeff Wheeler
X
Y
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) by Rick Yancey
The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) by Rick Yancey
Z
2.2017 Dystopian Reading Challenge
The 2017 Dystopian Bingo hosted by Cornerfolds.com & Mysoulcalledlife.com. I’m mainly doing this just for fun. I don’t think I’ll be able to do the whole bingo sheet, but I’m hoping I’ll finish one line by the end of 2017.
500+ pages: Morning Star (Red Rising #3) by Pierce Brown
Set in Space
Swoonworthy Romance
Scary
Natural Disaster
One Word Title
Zombies
Standalone Book
Magic Powers
2017 Release
Non-YA
Dress on The Cover: Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi
Free Space
#Squad Goals
Retelling
Kick-ass Rebel
Library Book
Aliens
Animal on the Cover
Should Be A Movie
Is Also A Movie
Pre-2000 Release
Great Villain
By A Non-US Author
Banned Book
3.Book Riot Read Harder Challenge
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge is hosted by: Book Riot.com
1 Read a book about sports.
2 Read a debut novel.
3 Read a book about books.
4 Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
5 Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.
6 Read an all-ages comic.
7 Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
8 Read a travel memoir.
9 Read a book you’ve read before.
10 Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.
11 Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
12 Read a fantasy novel.
13 Read a nonfiction book about technology.
14 Read a book about war.
15 Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
16 Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
17 Read a classic by an author of color.
18 Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
19 Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey (From Daniel José Older, author of Salsa Nocturna, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, and YA novel Shadowshaper)
20 Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel (From Sarah MacLean, author of ten bestselling historical romance novels)
21 Read a book published by a micropress. (From Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Marvel’s World of Wakanda, and the forthcoming Hunger and Difficult Women)
22 Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere)
23 Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (From Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series, including The Unquiet Dead, The Language of Secrets, and the forthcoming Among the Ruins)
24 Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. (From Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of sci-fi novel Ascension)
