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1. A book based on a fairytale
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
2. National Book Award winner
Holes
3. A YA Bestseller
Soulless
4. A book you haven't read since high school
War Horse
5. A book set in your home state
I live in the UK so decided to read something set in the UK
Mansfield Park
6. A book translated into your native language
Anna Karenina
7. A romance set in the future
Freedom's Landing
8. A book set in Europe
Sepulchre
9. A book under 150 pages
Actual book itself is 132 pages, Edition also includes some reading notes
The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
10. A NY Times Bestseller
The Goldfinch
11. A book that is becoming a movie this year
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
12. A book recommended by someone you just met (maybe at C&B) :)
Recommendations Welcome!!
13. A self-improvement book
How to Win Friends and Influence People
14. A book you can finish in a day
The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories
15. A book written by a celebrity/someone you look up to
Spectacles
16. A political memoir
Alexander Hamilton
17. A book at least 100 years old
Metamorphoses
18. A book thats 600+ pages
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
The Bluest Eye
20. A sci-fi novel
Steelheart
21. A book recommended by a family member
The Wise Man's Fear
22. A graphic novel
Preludes and Nocturnes
23. A book that was published in 2016
The Widow
24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation (or if you're a student, is a student)
Ok so I am a product specialist in IT which is a highly unique and specialised role. Trust me I've looked for books on this, there aren't any. So I have taken liberties. One of my titles is Analyst...so yeah
The Analyst
25. A book that takes place in the Summer
Instructions for a Heatwave
26. A book and its prequel (its a double whammy)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Hollow City
27. A murder mystery
If She Did It
28. A book written by a comedian
The Men Who Stare at Goats
29. A dystopian novel
Fahrenheit 451
30. A book with a blue cover
The Luminaries
31. A book of poetry
The Fall of Arthur
32. The first book you see in a bookstore/or online/or in the library
33. A classic from the 20th century
A Single Man
34. a book from the library
35. An autobiography
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade
36. A book about a road trip
All the Bright Places
37. a book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
Akata Witch
38. A satirical book
Slaughterhouse-Five
39. A book that takes place on an island
Treasure Island
40. A book thats guaranteed to bring you joy
Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron

� Perks of Being a Wallflower
� The Catcher in the Rye
� The Fountainhead
� The Great Gatsby
� Hamlet
� Naked Lunch
� On the Road
� Peter Pan
� A Separate Peace
� The Stranger
� This Side of Paradise
� To Kill a Mockingbird
� Walden, or Life in the Woods

� Read a horror book
Blackbirds
� Read a nonfiction book about science.
A Brief History of the Universe
� Read a collection of essays.
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
★Read a book out loud to someone else.
Goblin Market
� Read a middle grade novel.
Peter Pan
� Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
Dickens
� Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
Station Eleven
� Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
Some Rain Must Fall & Other Stories
� Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
Dracula
Won 2013 distinguished performance. Has Tim Curry and Alan Cumming!
� Read a book over 500 pages long.
Royal Assassin
� Read a book under 100 pages.
The Grownup
� Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender.
Luna
� Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
� Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
The Ghost Bride
� Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
Tipping the Velvet
� Read the first book in a series by a person of colour.
The Fifth Season
� Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
� Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie.
Debate which is better.
The Martian
� Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet
� Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
I, Lucifer
� Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
Fictional book about the Iraq War
The Infernal
� Read a food memoir.
Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
� Read a play.
Peter and Alice
� Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Books mentioned in this topic
Treasure Island (other topics)Alexander Hamilton (other topics)
Anna Karenina (other topics)
Holes (other topics)
The Widow (other topics)
More...
� Person Challenge 2016 to Read 100 books
� book Riots Read Harder Challenge
� Perks of Being a Wallflower Challenge
� PopSugar 2016 Challenge