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The Literary Exploration Challange will be back in 2015, with the same list as 2014. We are challenging you to try out new genres; with a 12 book, 24 book and 36 book challenge. We give you a list of genres and anyone participating in the challenge has to complete one book from each genre over the course of the year.


Easy Challenge

Classics
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Horror
Literary Fiction
Mystery
Non Fiction
Romance
Science Fiction
Thriller
Young Adult

Hard Challenge

Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Classics
Drama
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Mystery
Non Fiction
Paranormal
Philosophical
Poetry
Pulp â€� (Hard-BoiledÌý´Ç°ùÌýNoir)
Romance
Science Fiction
Steampunk
Thriller
Victorian
Young Adult

Insane Challenge

Action/Adventure
Auto-Biography/Biography
Chick-Lit
Childrens Book
Classics
Contemporary/Drama
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
Epic
Erotica
Espionage
Fantasy
Graphic Novels
Gothic
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Literary Fiction
Magical Realism
Mystery
Non Fiction
Paranormal/Supernatural
Philosophical
Poetry
Pulp â€� (Hard-BoiledÌý´Ç°ùÌýNoir)
Romance
Science Fiction
Self Help/Educational
Short Stories
Thriller
Travel
True Crime
Urban Fantasy
Victorian
Western
Young Adult

Bonus points points (can be exchanged for bragging rights) for Translated Fiction and books over 800 pages.

I will set a thread for the three challenges soon, so people can start planning and talking about 2015 :)

I think it would be nice to change the lists up so that participants can't make it through the harder challenges get to explore some new genres as well.

Minna wrote: "I think it would be nice to change the lists up so that participants can't make it through the harder challenges get to explore some new genres as well."

We changed it up last year, but we are pretty happy with the list, think it is a nice mix of genres. Maybe next year we will mix it up again

Still deciding which one I'll do this upcoming year. I'll probably go with the easy one again. It is tough to find time to read.

I'm thinking about starting at the opposite end this year, beginning with the insane challenge.

Im going for the Easy challenge and then go up from there.

I just found this challenge-- and I appreciate that the genres are linked to book lists. Thanks!

Where has this been my whole life? It's June, but I'm starting now.

Glad you are joining the challenge. What level are you going for?

Janet wrote: "Glad you are joining the challenge. What level are you going for?" I have decided to attempt the 24 count challenge. Do I need to log this somewhere official? I though twelve would be good, until I realized I had nearly knocked it out by now anyway. Is that trashy, or should I aim to start from scratch?

No need to start from scratch. Any books that you have read during 2015 that fit into the different genres count. Most of us use the separate threads for the different levels to post what we read for each genre. Hope this makes sense to you.

Is there going to be a challenge for 2016?

been dying t ask the same thing. im ready to make my list