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I love planning what to read almost as much as I love reading. I'm trying though to not get too hung up on the list, but to enjoy the reading. As I tend to read based on my mood, and usually several books at the same time, I will probably be jumping around a little bit. Also, I need options to choose from. So here is my list of a scrillion options, a constant work in progress...
Edit: because of lack of space, the options of the completed categories have been moved to a comment below.

Completed: 42/52

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
� Station Eleven ★★★★

2. A book set in a different continent
� The Light Between Oceans (Australia) ★★�

3. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
� After You ★★�

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
� Here's Looking at You by Mhairi McFarlane ★★

5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Ethan Frome , East of Eden, Ender's Game, Empress Orchid, A Short History of Nearly Everything (starts with an E in swedish), Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, The Edge of Never, East of the Sun, The End of Days, Everything, Everything

6. The highest rated on your TBR
� Svartar fjaðrir, The Chestry Oak

7. A book about books
� The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ★★★★

8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
� The Bhagavad Gita ★★★★

9. A book that was mentioned in another book
� Before I Fall ★★★★

10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
Joyce Carol Oates, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah), Ernest Hemingway, Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale), Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar), Raymond Carver, Virginia Woolf

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
� The Sun Also Rises ★★�

12. A childhood classic
� Anne of Avonlea ★★★★

13. Reader’s Choice
Time travel / what if book:
Life After Life, More Than This

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
� When You Reach Me ★★�

15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
� The Invention of Wings ★★�

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
� And Then There Were None ★★★★

17. A book with a beautiful cover
� A thousand pieces of you ★★�

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
� Big Little Lies ★★�

19. A non-fiction book
� Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking ★★�

20. A book with a first name in the title
� Skugga-Baldur ★★�

21. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Recommendations page
The Argonauts, Throne of Glass, Swear on This Life, Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home, The Body Reader,

22. The first book in a new to you series
The Name of the Wind , Half Bad, Assassin's Apprentice, The Blade Itself

23. The next book in a series you are reading
� Saga, Volume 4 ★★★★

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
� The Tales of Beedle the Bard ★★�

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
� The Time Traveler's Wife (librarian) ★★★★�

26. A book everyone is talking about
� Ready Player One ★★★★

27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
All the Light We Cannot See , The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, All the Bright Places, A Little Life, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
� Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? ★★� (18 Feb)

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
� The Ice Twins ★★�

30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
� The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly ★★★★

31. A work of young adult fiction
� Vi måste sluta ses på det här sättet ★★�

32. A historical fiction book
±·Ã¡Ã°²¹°ù²õ³Ù³Ü²Ô»å, ²Ñá±ô±¹±ð°ù°ì¾±Ã°One Hundred Years of Solitude , The Thorn Birds, Lonesome Dove, The Shadow of the Wind, Fall of Giants, The Thirteenth Tale, The Kitchen House, The Poisonwood Bible, The Invention of Wings

33. The 16th book on your TBR

34. A book about mental illness
� Deras ryggar luktade så gott ★★★★

35. An award winning book
� The Graveyard Book ★★★★

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
� Palimpsest ★★★★

37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
� The Color Purple ★★★★

38. A book about an anti hero
� Half Bad ★★★★

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
- A graphic novel that everyone's talking about:
� The Complete Persepolis ★★★★

40. A novella from your favorite genre
� Legion ★★★★

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
� Paper Girls, Vol. 1 ★★� (fictional world event)

42. A top 100 fantasy novel
� The Handmaid's Tale ★★�

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
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44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
� The Selection �

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
� Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom ★★★★

46. A crime story
� Dark Places ★★�

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
� Orange: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 ★★�

48. A dystopia
� Skyddsrummet Luxgatan ★★★★

49. A book with a great opening line
Sylvia Plath.
“It was night again. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.� —The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
“All this happened, more or less.�—Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
“We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.�—The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 46.
“It began the usual way, in the bathroom of the Lassimo Hotel.�—A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
“I was born in the city of Bombay…once upon a time. No, that won’t do... - Midnight's Children
I was born twice� - Middlesex.
Anna Karenina,The Color Purple,The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,Mrs Dalloway

50. A book originally written in a language other than English
� My Brilliant Friend ★★� (Italian)

51. A short story from a well-known author
� "Why Don't You Dance" by Raymond Carver from What We Talk About When We Talk About Love ★★★★

52. A book published in 2016
� The Second Love of My Life ★★

There's no more space in my post above, so here are my not chosen options:

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
All the light we cannot see

2. A book set in a different continent
Americanah(Nigeria, America), The Complete Persepolis (Iran), Kafka on the Shore (Japan), The Poisonwood Bible, American Gods, The Rosie Project

3. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
A Little Life, Go Set a Watchman, All the Bright Places, Red Queen

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
Stephanie Perkins, Lucy Dillon, Kristin Hannah, Brian K. Vaughan, Marilynne Robinson, Donna Tartt, Rainbow Rowell, Junot Diaz

7. A book about books
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, The Book of Lost Things

8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
Ethan Frome, The Awakening, Heart of Darkness, Around the World in 80 Days, Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray

9. A book that was mentioned in another book
Before I Fall - mentioned in The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Leaves of Grass (mentioned in Paper towns),
Wild: The Dream of a Common Language, As I Lay Dying, The Awakening
The Secret of Happy Ever After: Lots of children's books
Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Frankenstein, Walden, Little Women

11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
The Sun Also Rises , The Time Traveler's Wife, Anna Karenina, The Bell Jar, The Name of the Rose, The Shadow of the Wind, The Master and Margarita, Out of Africa, In Cold Blood, A Room of One's Own, Time and Again, Slaughterhouse-Five, The God of Small Things

12. A childhood classic
Anne of Avonlea (and books 2-6), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Secret Garden, A Wrinkle in Time, Lillebror och Karlsson på taket

14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, When You Reach Me,The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Be Careful What You Wish For, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, What Alice Forgot, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
In Cold Blood, And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, The Name of the Rose, The Maltese Falcon, The Daughter of Time, The Circular Staircase, The Lady in the Lake, Our Man in Havana, Time and Again

17. A book with a beautiful cover
Do Your Om Thing

15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
±·Ã¡Ã°²¹°ù²õ³Ù³Ü²Ô»å (In english: Burial Rites), The Invention of Wings, Crime and Punishment. A classic or Jane Austen novel maybe

18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
The Age of Miracles, Go Set a Watchman, All the Bright Places, Big Little Lies, The Vacationers, Where'd You Go, Bernadette

19. A non-fiction book
Denna dagen, ett liv - En biografi över Astrid LindgrenOrganizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Out of Africa, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Do Your Om Thing: Bending Yoga Tradition to Fit Your Modern Life, Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates, A Brief History of Time, In Cold Blood, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

20. A book with a first name in the title
Anna Karenina, Kata, Lolita, Saving June, The Master and Margarita, Franny and Zooey, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Looking for Alaska, Logan's Run, Ender's Game, Bréf til Láru

23. The next book in a series you are reading
A Dance with Dragons, Anne of the Island, Home

24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things The Tales of Beedle the Bard

25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
Bookseller: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Do Your Om Thing: Bending Yoga Tradition to Fit Your Modern Life (yoga teacher), Stoner (teacher), Our Tragic Universe (writer), The Time Traveler's Wife (librarian)

26. A book everyone is talking about
Go Set a Watchman, The Complete Persepolis, Kata, The Little Paris Bookshop, A Little Life, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (lusitanie), Red Queen, All the Bright Places, A Darker Shade of Magic, The Stranger (by Coben), The Deal (Elle kennedy), Never Never, Big Little Lies

28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Night, Running with Scissors, Denna dagen, ett liv - En biografi över Astrid Lindgren,

29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
The Cuckoo's Calling (J K Rowling), or something by Stephen King or Sylvia Plath

31. A work of young adult fiction
Red Rising, Red Queen, Half Bad, More Than This

34. A book about mental illness
Deras ryggar luktade så gott, Leaving Time, Kata, The Bell Jar, Still Alice, All the Bright Places, Speak, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, Running with ScissorsDeras ryggar luktade så gott

35. An award winning book
The God of Small Things, The Graveyard Book, Ready Player One, All Clear, The Windup Girl, A Little Life, All the Light We Cannot See, The Shipping News, Let the Great World Spin

36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
Middlesex, The Complete Persepolis

37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
The Time Traveler's Wife, Little Women, High Fidelity, The House of the Spirits

38. A book about an anti hero
The Blade Itself, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, A Darker Shade of Magic, The Lies of Locke Lamora

38. A book about an anti hero
� The Blade Itself, Half Bad

39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
- A book with a strong female protagonist
- A collection of poems
- A book recommended by a famous person (Stephen King)

42. A top 100 fantasy novel
Ender's Game, Dune, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, American Gods, Neuromancer, The Name of the Wind, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Stand, The Left Hand of Darkness, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Assassin's Apprentice, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Eyre Affair

43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
Heart-Shaped Box, Carrion Comfort, Ghost Story, Hell House, The Turn of the Screw, The Haunting of Hill House, best of Lovecraft

44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
Fifty Shades of Grey, or maybe some chic lit or romance

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
Do Your Om Thing: Bending Yoga Tradition to Fit Your Modern Life
Or something else about Yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, climbing, writing, reading.

46. A crime story
In Cold Blood, And Then There Were None, Cockroaches, The Absent One

47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
Orange: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 , Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader's Edition, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Grapes of Wrath, Meet Me at the Cupcake Café, Like Water for Chocolate, Cheeseland, Like Water for Chocolate

48. A dystopia
The Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World, The Lottery

51. A short story from a well-known author
Raymond Carver (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love) , Alice Munro (Too Much Happiness)

I'm a LOT behind... Guess that's what happens when you keep deviating from the plan and read other books while stubbornly trying to not incorporate them in this list because of a wish to stick to the many previously selected options...

I'll maybe try and update my progress here in the comments.

2016-08-22: Finished Yoga for Life: A Journey to Inner Peace and Freedom last night (the readathon is going to do good things for my ATY challenge I think!). A good blend of memoir and yoga sequences from an interesting woman. Next step is to try some of the yoga sequences at home...
★★★★

Elín Birna wrote: "I'm a LOT behind... Guess that's what happens when you keep deviating from the plan and read other books while stubbornly trying to not incorporate them in this list because of a wish to stick to t..."

I understand the frustration, but you don't HAVE to stick to your list, especially if it stresses you out! The goal is to have fun, not to struggle ;)

Sophie wrote: "Elín Birna wrote: "I'm a LOT behind... Guess that's what happens when you keep deviating from the plan and read other books while stubbornly trying to not incorporate them in this list because of a..."

I know... I just have to get my perfectionist brain to understand that :P
My strategy for now is to have a more set list of books that are next on my to-read list (written in bold) and cut out the options, otherwise my brain goes into overload! Usually I love having options, but when I'm stressed - it's been a lot at work the past few months - it gets harder to choose, so I think this strategy might make it more fun right now! But reading itself is always fun :)

We are all different, some are stressed out by too many options, some by not enough option. I hope you're going to find what you need to have a nice feeling while reading and choosing your books!

Thanks Sophie :)
It's all about going with what works at the time, just funny how it changes between different times in your life! I think this strategy is working great for me now!

2016-08-27: Finished Dark Places by Gillian Flynn. An ok read, dark but rather slow. It wasn't really suspenseful until the last chapters. ★★�

2016-08-28: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. A great book, about identity, family, heritage, fighting for freedom (or carving out your own space in your current circumstances), love and art, among others. Loved it! ★★★★�

2016-09-08: Finished reading The Color Purple and liked it a lot! I liked the format of her writing to god, although it took a while to get used to the way she talked (although it made it more realistic), maybe because I read it in English and it is not my first language. But you got a clear picture of who the people are and loved how Celia developed throughout the book, and grew into herself and more and more confident as time passed. I could feel this was an important book, covering racism, feminism, family, abuse, love and broken hearts in a beautiful way. ★★★★