The Challenge Factory discussion

19 views
Personal Challenges/Reading Logs > Asia's 2014 custom made reading challenge!

Comments Showing 1-1 of 1 (1 new)    post a comment »
dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Asia (last edited Jan 16, 2014 03:44PM) (new)

Asia (jo-anna) My 2014 custom made reading challenge!

Goal: To read 50 books and and least 3 from each of the lists below.

Since finding the next read usually takes me a lot of time, the lists will serve as my guideline. These are by no means complete. I will revise them as I go:)

Wish me luck!:)


1. Classics that appear to be readable

1984
The Count of Monte Christo
East of Eden
Robinson Crusoe
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Twenty Thousad Leagues Under the Sea
The Secret Garden
Emma
Persuasion
Little Women
The Call of the Wind / White Fang

1984 by George Orwell The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas East of Eden by John Steinbeck Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Extraordinary Voyages, #6) by Jules Verne The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Emma by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott The Call of the Wild/White Fang by Jack London

2. Older fantasy

The Hobbit
The Never Ending Story
The Mists of Avalon
Nine Princes in Amber
Pawn of Prophecy
The Crystal Cave
Sheepfarmer's Daughter
Legend
Howl's Moving Castle

The Hobbit (Middle-Earth Universe) by J.R.R. Tolkien The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley Nine Princes in Amber (Amber Chronicles, #1) by Roger Zelazny Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) by David Eddings The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) by Mary Stewart Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1) by Elizabeth Moon Legend (Drenai Saga, #1) by David Gemmell Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1) by Diana Wynne Jones

3. Fantasy

The Amulet of Samarkand
The Dragon's Path
Black Sun Rising
Magic Casement
The Legend of Eli Monpress
Across the Nightingale Floor
Geist
Eragon
The Lightning Thief
The Giver
Blood Song
The King of Elfland's Daughter
Two Moon Princess
The Briar King
The Warded Man
Cloak of Magic
Griffin's Daughter
Mythago Wood
The Jackal of Nar

The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1) by Jonathan Stroud The Dragon's Path (The Dagger and the Coin, #1) by Daniel Abraham Black Sun Rising (The Coldfire Trilogy, #1) by C.S. Friedman Magic Casement (A Man of His Word, #1) by Dave Duncan The Legend of Eli Monpress (The Legend of Eli Monpress #1-3) by Rachel Aaron Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1) by Lian Hearn Geist (Book of the Order, #1) by Philippa Ballantine Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan The Giver (The Giver Quartet, #1) by Lois Lowry Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1) by Anthony Ryan The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany Two Moon Princess (Two Moon Princess, #1) by Carmen Ferreiro-Esteban The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, #1) by Greg Keyes The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) by Peter V. Brett Cloak of Magic (Shaihen Heritage, #1) by S.A. Rule Griffin's Daughter (Griffin's Daughter Trilogy, #1) by Leslie Ann Moore Mythago Wood (Mythago Wood, #1) by Robert Holdstock The Jackal of Nar (Tyrants and Kings, #1) by John Marco

4. Steampunk

Cloakwork Angel
Perdido Street Station
Boneshaker
Promise of Blood
Retribution Falls

Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1) by Cassandra Clare Perdido Street Station (Bas-Lag, #1) by China Miéville Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) by Cherie Priest Promise of Blood (The Powder Mage, #1) by Brian McClellan Retribution Falls (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #1) by Chris Wooding

5. Science-fiction

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Divergent
Delirium
The Maze Runner
Oryx and Crake
The City of Ember
(Anathem)
Revelation Space

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth Delirium (Delirium, #1) by Lauren Oliver The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy, #1) by Margaret Atwood The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) by Jeanne DuPrau Anathem by Neal Stephenson Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

6. Mystery

Glenkill
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
The Ice Princess

Glennkill by Leonie Swann The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3) by Stieg Larsson The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedström, #1) by Camilla Läckberg

7. Historical fiction

A Great and Terrible Beauty
A Spy in the House
Silent in the Grave
The Ruby in the Smoke

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) by Libba Bray A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1) by Y.S. Lee Silent in the Grave (Lady Julia, #1) by Deanna Raybourn The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart, #1) by Philip Pullman

8. New authors

Camila Lackberg (The Ice Princess)
Neil Gaiman (The Ocean at the End of the Lane)

The Ice Princess (Patrik Hedström, #1) by Camilla Läckberg The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

9. Authors to come back to

Robin Hobb
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Stieg Larson
Dan Brown

Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3) by Stieg Larsson The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) by Dan Brown

10. My newly found stock of Polish fantasy and science fiction books

Pan Lodowego Ogrodu
Żarna Niebios
Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość
Achaja
Cienioryt
Przedksiężycowi
Północna Granica
Sherwood
Zbójecki Gościniec

Pan Lodowego Ogrodu. Tom 1 by Jarosław Grzędowicz Żarna Niebios (Zastępy Anielskie, #1) by Maja Lidia Kossakowska Perfekcyjna niedoskonałość by Jacek Dukaj Achaja. Tom I (Achaja, #1) by Andrzej Ziemiański Cienioryt by Krzysztof Piskorski Przedksiężycowi. Tom 1 by Anna Kańtoch Północna granica (Księga całości, #1) by Feliks W. Kres Sherwood (Sherwood, #1) by Tomasz Pacyński Zbójecki gościniec by Anna Brzezińska

11. Alternative history

His Majesty's Dragon

His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Naomi Novik

12. Urban fantasy

The Rook
Hounded
Libriomancer
War for the Oaks
The Crooked Letter
Shiver

The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) by Daniel O'Malley Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1) by Kevin Hearne Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris, #1) by Jim C. Hines War for the Oaks by Emma Bull Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater


back to top