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This is where I keep track of the books I would like to read in 2016!

Below is the list of all challenges I am going to try and finish.
Books can overlap between different challenges but not in the same challenge. If the premise of the topic for the challenge is more or less the same then the book cannot be repeated. e.g. "book you can finish in a day" in both pop sugar challenges cannot be the same. also book recommended by a family member and a friend/person you just met cannot be the same.

The idea is to read as many books as possible without restricting myself and experience the sheer joy of reading!

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

FROM FICTION TO REALITY
Timeline: before 31st December 2016

**Read a fiction book then read a non-fiction book about any part of that fictional work, or vice versa.**

books chosen:

Shantaram (nonfiction) and Breathless in Bombay (fiction) - both take place in Mumbai (formerly Bombay)

Modern Romance (nonfiction) and Match Me If You Can (fiction) -
the first is about dating in this technological age while the second is about a matchmaking agency

The Catcher in the Rye (fiction) and The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change (nonfiction) the first book is a classic about the experiences of a teenager after he is expelled from school and the non-fiction book is based a modern account of countless kids who are not able to receive formal education. The times in which both the books are set also separate but connect the two books in a unique way.

Popsugar reading challenge � 2016
Timeline: before 31st December 2016
Count: 11/40

1. A book based on a fairy tale - The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
2. A National Book Award winner � Kosala or Cocoon by Bhalchandra Nemade
3. A YA bestseller � If I Stay - Gayle Forman
4. A book you haven't read since high school � Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
5. A book set in your home state � Breathless in Bombay - Murzban F. Shroff
6. A book translated to English - Natural Histories by Guadalupe Nettel
7. A romance set in the future - Outlander � Diana Gabaldon
8. A book set in Europe - V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
9. A book that's under 150 pages - The Blue Umbrella - Ruskin Bond
10. A New York Times bestseller � Steve Jobs� Walter Isaacson
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year � The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
12. A book recommended by someone you just met
13. A self-improvement book - The Art of War - Sun Tzu
14. A book you can finish in a day � The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
15. A book written by a celebrity � Mrs Funnybones - Twinkle Khanna
16. A political memoir � Night - Elie Wiesel
17. A book at least 100 years older than you
18. A book that's more than 600 pages - Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club - Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
20. A science-fiction novel � The Martian - Andy Weir
21. A book recommended by a family member � The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
22. A graphic novel � Calvin and Hobbes
23. A book that is published in 2016
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation
25. A book that takes place during summer - New Girl - Paige Harbison
26. A book and its prequel - Go Set a Watchman and Kill a Mocking Bird
27. A murder mystery � Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
28. A book written by a comedian - Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari
Without Feathers - Woody Allen
29. A dystopian novel � Divergent- Veronica Roth
30. A book with a blue cover - The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
31. A book of poetry - for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf - Ntozake Shange
32. The first book you see in a bookstore - The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion
33. A classic from the 20th century � Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
34. A book from the library - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
35. An autobiography
36. A book about a road trip
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with - In the Orchard, the Swallows - Peter Hobbs
38. A satirical book - The Crying of Lot 49 / 1984 / The Ramayana, As Told by Aubrey Menen
39. A book that takes place on an island - The Hound of the Baskervilles� Arthur Conan Doyle
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy

Popsugar reading challenge � 2015
Timeline: before 31st December 2016
**being a little ambitious taking on both the pop sugar challenges. Lets see how I fare!**
Count: 14/50

1. A book with more than 500 Pages - The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
2. A classic romance � Outlander � Diana Gabaldon
3. A book that became a movie - The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
4. A book published this year (2015) - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
5. A book with a number in the title - The Crying of Lot 49 / 1984
6. A book written by someone under 30 - Divergent- Veronica Roth
7. A book with nonhuman characters - The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
8. A funny book - If You're Not Yet Like Me - Edan Lepucki
9. A book by a female author - The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
10. A mystery or thriller � The Hound of the Baskervilles� Arthur Conan Doyle
11. A book with a one word title -
12. A book of short stories � Natural Histories by Guadalupe Nettel
13. A book set in a different country - If I Stay - Gayle Forman
14. A nonfiction book - Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari
15. A popular author's first book - The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
16. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet - A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
17. A book a friend recommended - Mrs Funnybones - Twinkle Khanna
18. A Pulitzer Prize winning book - Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
19. A book based on a true story - Night - Elie Wiesel
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list
21. A book your mom loves - The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
22. A book that scares you -
23. A book more than 100 years old
24. A book based entirely on its cover - Ajaya: Roll of the Dice - Anand Neelakantan
25. A book that you were supposed to read in school, but didn't - The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
26. A memoir - Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Azar Nafisi
27. A book that you can finish in a day - The Art of War - Sun Tzu
28. A book with antonyms in the title
29. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
30. A book that came out the year you were born - Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
31. A book with bad reviews -
32. A trilogy -
33. A book from your childhood - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
34. A book with a love triangle -
35. A book set in the future - The Martian - Andy Weir
36. A book set in high school - New Girl - Paige Harbison
37. A book with a color in the title - The Blue Umbrella - Ruskin Bond
38. A book that made you cry - Steve Jobs� Walter Isaacson
39. A book with magic � Any one of the HP books by J.K. Rowling
40. A graphic novel - V for Vendetta - Alan Moore
41. A book by an author you've never read before � The Palace of Illusions - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
42. A book you own, but have never read - The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
43. A book that takes place in your hometown � The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
44. A book that was originally written in a different language Kosala or Cocoon by Bhalchandra Nemade
45. A book set during Christmas
46. A book written by an author with your same initials
47. A play
48. A banned book � The Ramayana, As Told by Aubrey Menen / Satanic Verses � Salman Rushdie
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show
50. A book you started, but never finished - Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
No Timeline
**Over the course of seven seasons of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore was seen reading 339 books on screen. I am going to try and read as many as I can from these!**

Man Booker Prize � fiction
No Timeline

1969 Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby
1970 The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens
1970 (The Lost Man Booker) Troubles by J. G. Farrell
1971 In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul
1972 G. by John Berger
1973 The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
1974 The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
Holiday by Stanley Middleton
1975 Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1976 Saville by David Storey
1977 Staying On by Paul Scott
1978 The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
1979 Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
1980 Rites of Passage by William Golding
1981 Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
1982 Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
1983 Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
1984 Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner
1985 The Bone People by Keri Hulme
1986 The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis
1987 Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
1988 Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
1989 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
1990 Possession by A.S. Byatt
1991 The Famished Road by Ben Okri
1992 The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
1994 How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman
1995 The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
1996 Last Orders by Graham Swift
1997 The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
1998 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
1999 Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
2000 The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
2001 True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
2002 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2003 Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre
2004 The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
2005 The Sea by John Banville
2006 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
2007 The Gathering by Anne Enright
2008 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2010 The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
2011 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
2012 Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
2013 The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
2014 The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
2015 A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Indian Author's Challenge
Timeline: before 31st December 2016
**Read atleast 10 books written by Indian Authors or Authors of Indian Origin, in any Indian language or English**

1. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
2. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
3. The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
4. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
5. English, August: An Indian Story - Upamanyu Chatterjee
6. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
7. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
8. The Blue Umbrella - Ruskin Bond
9. The Palace of Illusions - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
10. Ajaya: Roll of the Dice - Anand Neelakantan
11. Train to Pakistan - Khushwant Singh

Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer - Cyrus Mistry
The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found - Suketu Mehta

Around The World in Books
**Read books written by authors from as many different countries as I can. I am also planning to make a map to plot these countries. lets see how it goes!

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