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� 14. A book with a strong female character: Jordmor på jorda by Edvard Hoem. Read March ★★★★�
� 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia: Markens grøde (Growth of the soil), by Knut Hamsun. Read April ★★★★�
� 16. A mystery: The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Read February ★★★★�
� 17. A book with illustrations: Paris for én by Jojo Moyes. Read October ★★☆☆�
� 18. A really long book (600+ pages): Den blinde morderen (The blind Assassin) by Margaret Atwood. ★★★★�
19. A New York Times best-seller:
� 20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading: The Bell Jar (Glassklokken) by Sylvia Plath. Read July ★★★★�
� 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: Hvitt Hav by Roy Jacobsen. Read February ★★★★�
� 22. A book by an author you haven't read before: City of Glass (New York Trilogy #1) by Paul Auster. Read July ★★★☆�
� 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list: Geisha by Arthur Golden. Read June ★★★★�
24. A book written by at least two authors: Juleroser 2016 by Herborg Kråkevik
25. A book about a famous historical figure:
� 26. An adventure book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Read August ★★★★�











� 27. A book by one of your favorite authors: Bror din på prærien by Edvard Hoem. Read November ★★★★�
� 28. A non-fiction: To søstre by Åsne Seierstad. Read October ★★★★�
� 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre): Alltid tilgivelse by Anne B. Ragde, published by Forlaget Oktober. Read Nov/Dec ★★★★�
âœ� 30. A book from Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Top 100 YA Books: Insurgent by Veronica Roth. Read April ★★☆☆â˜�
� 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: : Waiting for the Barbarians (Før barbarene kommer), by J.M. Coetzee. Read May ★★★★�
� 32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle): At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft. Read July ★★☆☆�
� 33. A magical realism novel: Beloved by Toni Morrison. Read September ★★★★�
� 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: The Grass is Singing (Det synger i gresset), by Doris Lessing. Read March ★★★★�
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty: The Other Boleyn Girl or In the Shadow of the Banyan
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee: Fahrenheit 451 or Kallocain. Possibly a wild card
� 37. A book you choose randomly: The Locked Room (The New York Trilogy #3), by Paul Auster. Read August ★★★★�
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon? Or On Beauty (inspirert av Howards End)










� 39. An epistolary fiction: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. Read May ★★★★�
âœ� 40. A book published in 2017: °Õø°ù²õ³Ù by Jo Nesbø. Read June/July, ★★â˜�(â˜�)
� 41. A book with an unreliable narrator: Never Let Me Go (Gå aldri fra meg), by Kazuo Ishiguro. Read April ★★★☆�
� 42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Read September ★★★★�
� 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): Veggen (Die Wand/The Wall) by Marlen Haushofer. Read January ★★★★�
� 44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, based on search "Me before You" by Jojo Moyes . Read August ★★�(�)
� 45. A book with a one-word title: Wonderboy by Henrik H. Langeland. Read January ★★★★�
46. A time travel novel: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany. Read January ★★★☆�. If not doubledipping could use this: The Time Machine (Tidsmaskinen), by H.G. Wells. Or possibly a wild card
� 47. A past suggestion that didn't win: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy based on the prompt "Reader's choice" Read Sept ★★★☆�
� 48. A banned book: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Read July ★★★★�
� 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: Willful Disregard (Rettstridig forføyning) by Lena Andersson. Read March ★★★☆�
� 50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read November ★★★★�
� 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays): Peer Gynt (A play by Henrik Ibsen). Read February ★★★★�
� 52. A book set in a fictional location: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. Read May ★★★★�













Books mentioned in this topic
The Secret Garden (other topics)Juleroser 2016 (other topics)
Julemysteriet (Aschehougs juniorbøker) (other topics)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 (other topics)
Alltid tilgivelse (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Frances Hodgson Burnett (other topics)Herborg Kråkevik (other topics)
Jostein Gaarder (other topics)
Anne B. Ragde (other topics)
John Tiffany (other topics)
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I know that I will be tempted to read other books than I have planned, when seeing what everyone else is reading for the different prompts, so the plan will most definitely change as we go.
I have divided the list in four, to make it easier to edit.
Read: 41/52
� = Completed
� = Currently reading
The 2017 AtY List part 1
âœ� 1. A book from the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2016: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany. Read January ★★★☆â˜�
� 2. A book with at least 2 perspectives: Nei og atter nei by Nina Lykke. Read February ★★★★�
� 3. A book you meant to read in 2016: Slåttekar i himmelen by Edvard Hoem. Read June/July ★★★★�
� 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": Ghosts (New York trilogy #2) by Paul Auster. Read July/Aug ★★★☆�
� 5. A historical fiction: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord (Profetene i Evighetsfjorden), by Kim Leine. Read May ★★★★�
� 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: Allegiant by Veronica Roth. Read June ★★☆☆�
� 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title:
Fugletribunalet (The Bird Tribunal) by Agnes Ravatn Read October ★★★★�
� 8. A book written by a person of color: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: Med livet foran seg (The life before us/La Vie devant soi), by Émile Ajar/Romain Gary
10. A dual-timeline novel: Frost i mai? or Jazz?
� 11. A category from another challenge: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty based on the prompt "A book with a family member-term in the title" from PopSugar 2017. Read September ★★★☆�
� 12. A book based on a myth: Julemysteriet by Jostein Gaarder. Read December ★★★★�
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, recommended by J.K. Rowling