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Week 2: A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple POVs)� Books with Multiple Perspectives
� Popular Multiple POV Books
� Multiple POV Fantasy Books
Week 3: A book you meant to read in 2016I suggest you look at your TBR list for a book you meant to read in 2016 but did not. ;)
Week 4: A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"If thinning out your giant TBR list is a priority, check to see if you have any non-"E" titles lurking in there also!
Week 5: A historical fiction� Popular Historical Fiction Books
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� Best Historical Fiction Books
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Week 6: A book being released as a movie in 2017This list will fill out as we get closer to 2017.
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Week 7: A book with an animal on the cover or in the title� Wolves, Dogs, and Other Animals on Front Covers
� Species and Animals in Titles
If you're looking to tackle your TBR list in 2017, use the "cover view" setting in the upper right corner of your Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ TBR list to search for animals on the covers or in the titles of the books on your to-read shelf.
Week 8: A book written by a person of color� Popular Books by People of Color
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� Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
� Children's Book Council (CBC) Diversity Shelf
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â€� Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ African American Author Book Lists
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Week 9: A book in the middle of your TBR listThis is another one you'll have to consult your TBR list for. Divide it in half and look for books in that range. ;)
Week 10: A dual-time line novel� Popular Dual-Timeline Books
� Popular Multiple Timeline Books
� Multiple/Dual Storylines
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� Dual-Timeline and Historical Novels
Week 11: A category from another challengeThis category is a good way to expend a little your reads. You can choose a challenging prompt, something out of your comfort zone, a category that our challenge lacks or just an appealing idea. The most well known reading challenges are the Popsugar Reading Challenge (52 categories) and the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge (24 categories). There are also some less known challenges or group challenges, you just need to have a true category if you want to use them.
Don't forget to note the category so you can share it with the group and not just the book you picked for it.
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�To update with 2017 Book Riot (in 2015: list released mid-December)
�2015 and 2016 Popsugar Challenge and Bookriot Read Harder
�2016 Around the Year Challenge
Week 12: A book based on a mythThis category is for a retelling of a myth or a book using mythological elements to build its story. Inspirations from Norse, Egyptian or Greek mythologies can be a good start, but there are other possibilities.
â€� Books shelved as "Based On Mythology" on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
� GR Listopia: Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
� GR Listopia: Best YA & Children Series Involving Greek Myths
� GR Listopia: Norse Mythology
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Week 13: A book recommended by one of your favorite authorsFor this category, depending on the author you choose, you can:
- Look at his/her profile on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, maybe the author has an account and writes reviews.
- Look at his/her Facebook, blog, etc, maybe the author shares some reads.
- Try to ask him/her a recommendation on a social network.
- Look at the interviews, they usually underline some books that influenced the author's writing.
Week 14: A book with a strong female characterYou need a book with a female character that is behaving strongly (she's brave and tries her best to deal with her difficulties). Note that a transgender is totally fine for this category. The strong female doesn't need to be human, she can be a female animal, artificial intelligence, alien, etc.
â€� Books shelved as "Strong female character" on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
� GR Listopia: Strong heroines series
� GR Listopia: Strong Female Characters Written by Female Authors
� GR Listopia: Strong female characters in YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
� GR Listopia: Children's picture books with strong females
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Week 15: A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)In 2017, we're trying to broaden a little our reading horizons and discover what's outside the US and the UK. For this category, you're free to choose a book set in Scandinavia or a book written by a Scandinavian author.
� GR: Scandinavian Literature page
� GR Listopia: Scandinavian Children's Books
� GR Listopia: Best Nordic Fiction
â€� Books shelved as "Popular Nordic Crime/Noir" on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
� GR Listopia: Swedish authors
� GR Listopia: Swedish books
� GR: Swedish Literature page
â€� Books shelved as "Popular Norwegian Fiction" on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
� GR: Books set in Norway
� GR: Books set in Finland
� GR: Finnish Literature page
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Some author tips for crime-lovers (thanks to ElÃn Birna):
- Icelandic: Arnaldur Indriðason, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Ragnar Jónasson
- Swedish: Lars Kepler, Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström, Maj Sjövall & Per Wahlöö, Anna Jansson, Liza Marklund, Camilla Läckberg, Henning Mankell, Arne Dahl
- Norwegian: Jo Nesbø, Anne Holt, Karin Fossum
- Danish: Jussi Adler-Olsen
Week 16: A mystery"Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved." (Wikipedia)
� GR Listopia: Best Literary Mysteries (and various links to periods, subgenres, etc)
� GR: Agatha Award Winners
� GR: Edgar Award Winners
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Week 17: A book with illustrationsThis category is opened to many formats, the only requirement is pictures! List of formats that you can use:
- Picture books for kids
- Illustrated children, YA or adult novels (pictures on the new chapter page or during the read). Depending the edition, the book can have or not the illustrations, so check before choosing one.
- Non-fiction books with pictures (art books, cookbooks, travel books, etc)
- Graphic novels or manga
â€� Books shelved as "Popular Illustrated Novels" on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
� GR Listopia: Books With Artwork
� GR Listopia: Illustrated Books for Adults
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� GR Listopia: Illustrated Middle Grade and YA Novels
� GR Listopia: Bookish Guide: Illustrated YA
� GR Listopia: Read it for the illustrations
� GR Listopia: Caldecott Medal Winners
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� GR Listopia: Picture Books With Beautiful illustrations
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� GR Listopia: Best Picture Books
� GR Listopia: Black and African American Contemporary Picture Books
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� GR Listopia: Best Manga
� GR Listopia: Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
� GR Listopia: Graphic Novels With The Best Artwork
� GR Listopia: Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
� GR Listopia: Bestiaries
� GR Listopia: Exceptional Photography Books
Week 18: A really long book (600+ pages)Welcome to the doorstop category, breathe 2-3 times, you'll be fine. The book has to be over 600 pages, it can be a full story or an omnibus (aka collected edition) or a collection of short stories.
You can sort your TBR by number of pages (add the column via My Books > Settings) and pick one of your big books or browse some links:
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� GR shelf: Popular 600 Plus Pages Books
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-> Fast readers and people reading multiple books at the same time: do whatever you want, you’ll probably be fine.
-> Slow or medium readers and people reading only one book at a time: this category can be a killer if you don’t finish your book in time. To help, we bundled it with "A book with illustrations", so it’d be wise that you pick a short read for this category (picture book, children book or graphic novel), tackle it first then start the doorstop. Like this, you’ll have 2 weeks to read your big guy. We also recommend children and Young Adult books if one interests you, they can be big but read faster than adult books. We collected some of them in this listopia, feel free to add more:
� GR Listopia: Children's and YA books over 600 pages
-> If you’re aiming at a very big book, feel free to start it before January and to read the 600 last pages during 2017.
-> If you’re crying looking at this doorstop category, we’re very sad that we made you unhappy and recommend you to check the omnibus editions for manga and graphic novels, if they contain 3+ books, they are probably over 550 pages and some can fit the 600+ requirement.
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Week 19: A New York Times best-sellerFor this category, you can choose a NYT best-seller book or a NYT best-seller author. If a book is very popular around you, it's probably in the best-seller list. There are different lists for several genres (YA, children books, fiction, non fiction, graphic novels) and editions (ebooks, paperbacks and hardcovers).
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Week 20: A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to readingAs there is no time limit for this category, you don't need to pick a book sitting on your shelves since 2 years. You can use a paper/audio copy or one of these ebooks sleeping in your ereader.
Suggestion: It can be a good spot for a sequel in a series, you just need to grab the book early so it'll have time to collect some dust ;)
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You're on your own with this one! We all have those partially finished series so now's your chance to revisit one.
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You only need one list for this week but there are some great choices in there!
Note: the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ lists are inaccurate for this week. We recommend sticking to the links above.
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Best Books Written by Two Authors
Popular Multiple Authors Books
Novels by Multiple Authors
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Popular Historical Figures Books
Including many historical figures: Popular Alternate History Books
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Popular Adult Adventure Books
Ultimate List of Women's Adventure Books
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You know your favorite authors better than anyone!
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This prompt is very general and hopefully no one has an issue finding a book that fits. But just in case you need a little extra help:
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
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There are a number of potential publishing houses but here's some inspiration to get you started:
List of Publishers:
Is it part of the "Top 4"?:
- Additional list of subsidiaries: /topic/show/...
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury 100 Must-read Life-Changing Books
Beat the Cold: Bloomsbury's Best Warm Reads
Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels
Macmillan
Books Published by Swoon Reads
Scholastic
Scholastic 100 Best Read-Aloud Books
Historical Fiction from Scholastics
Scholastic Apple Paperbacks
Indie Publishers & Self-Publishing
Self-Published Young Adult Books
Our Favorite Indie Reads
Great Indie Novels
Self-Pub or Indie Books Worth the Read
Best Independent Novels
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If you're strict in your selection, then this is the intended list: Top 100 YA Books
If you prefer a little more freedom in your choices:
Week 31: A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genreTo get ideas about different literary sub-genres that you may not know about, check out the links below.
Week 32: A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)GR Listopia: Books with Really Long Titles
Week 33: A magical realism novelPopular Magical Realism Books
GR Listopia: Favorite Magical Realism Novels
Week 34: A book set in or by an author from the Southern HemispherePopular South America Books
Popular South American Authors Books
Books Set in South Africa
Popular South African Literature Books
Popular South African Authors Books
Books Set in Australia
Popular Australian Authors Books
Popular Pacific Islands Books
GR Listopia: Best Books About the South Pacific
GR Listopia: Stories set in Antarctica
GR Listopia: All Things Antarctic
GR Listopia: Non-fiction books set in Antarctica
Week 35: A book where one of the main characters is royaltyGR Listopia: Royalty Book Lists
GR Listopia: YA Royalty
GR Listopia: Of Kings and Queens (Non-fiction)
Week 37: A book you choose randomlyThis topic is all about creativity. What method will you use for randomly choosing your read? A few suggestions:
Close your eyes & pick a book from a pile/bookshelf.
Write book titles on slips of paper & choose one of the slips of paper.
Use an online randomizer.
Week 38: A novel inspired by a work of classic literaturePopular Based on Classic Books
GR Listopia: Modern Reworkings of Classic Novels
Week 42: a best book of the 21st century (so far)You can choose any book on one of the lists below. If you find another "best book of the 21st Century list, please tell me here, so I can add it to the list.
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ voted best books of the 21st Century
Week 43: A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)This is the perfect week to fill in any book by Stephen King you want to read, because he is (at least for me), the creepiest author of all time. But of course lots of authors and books can fill the prompt, even if they're not from the horror gender!
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ: Popular Unsettling Books
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ: Cold books
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It is of course very personal what you find chilling or unsettling. You could choose for example a book taking place in a cabin in the woods or a small island, without being a horror book.
Week 44: A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next"Just enter the title of any book and get inspired by the results!
Week 45: A book with a one-word titleYou know us, we're not normally strict about sticking to the prompts, but this one is so straight-forward, that we have to: no "the", no subtitles, juste ONE word (or a number).
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ list based on people's shelves
Week 46: A time travel novelÅ·±¦ÓéÀÖ list based on voting (The Best Time Travel Fiction)
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ list based on shelves
scroll down to the end of the page to see the difference between the website list and the crowd-voted list!
Week 47: A past suggestion that didn't winThe whole list of the rejected prompt can be found here
Your book must of course fit the suggestion you chose.
Week 48: A banned bookYou can find banned books in multiple lists, here are just the first I stumbled upon. If you find others, please tell me here.
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Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
Banned & Challenged YA Novels
The Most Frequently Challenged Books
(this website has other lists for banned books, eg. , , Challenged Children's Books)
Week 49: A book from someone else's bookshelfAs with many prompts, you can be really creative, like asking someone you know to browse their shelves, peek in when you're invited somewhere, consult a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ friend or fellow group member shelves, or get inspiration from an author. Yes, some of them have put pictures of their bookshelves, like .
Week 50: A Penguin Modern ClassicAn uncomplete but easier to navigate GR list based on voting
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ list based on shelves
The first GR list seems quite reliable, but be sure to check anyway that the book you choose was at a time published by Penguin Modern Classic. You of course don't have to read it this specific edition!
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