The 2016 List - In-Progress, because there are way too many books to pick from right now
January 1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't - Dragon Coast 2. A book set in a different continent - Pocket Apocalypse 3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) - Kitchens of the Great Midwest 4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 - The Rogue Not Taken 5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name - Ella Minnow Pea
May 18. A book on a summer/beach reading list 19. A non-fiction book 20. A book with a first name in the title 21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page - The Last Witness 22. The first book in a new to you series - The Eyre Affair
June 23. The next book in a series you are reading 24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.) 25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you 26. A book everyone is talking about
July 27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) 28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir 29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name - Claire North 30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own 31. A work of young adult fiction
August 32. A historical fiction book 33. The 16th book on your TBR - The Time Traveler's Wife 34. A book about mental illness 35. An award winning book
September 36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation 37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read 38. A book about an anti hero 39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
October 40. A novella from your favorite genre 41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) 42. A top 100 fantasy novel - Deathless 43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night 44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
November 45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have 46. A crime story 47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title 48. A dystopia
December 49. A book with a great opening line 50. A book originally written in a language other than English 51. A short story from a well-known author 52. A book published in 2016
Looking good so far. It seems there a few of us reading What If?. I'm looking forward to Ella Minnow Pea. It's actually one of the books I'm most looking forward to most, especially once I figured out the title is part of the alphabet spelled phonetically!
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January
1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't - Dragon Coast
2. A book set in a different continent - Pocket Apocalypse
3.
A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) - Kitchens of the Great Midwest4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 - The Rogue Not Taken
5.
A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name - Ella Minnow PeaFebruary
6. The highest rated on your TBR - The Way of Kings
7. A book about books - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
9. A book that was mentioned in another book - The Man in the High Castle
March
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now - The Color Purple
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America -
12. A childhood classic - Half Magic
13. Reader’s Choice
April
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago) - Rebel Queen
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels - The Moonstone OR The Talented Mr. Ripley
17. A book with a beautiful cover
May
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
19. A non-fiction book
20. A book with a first name in the title
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page - The Last Witness
22. The first book in a new to you series - The Eyre Affair
June
23. The next book in a series you are reading
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
26. A book everyone is talking about
July
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name - Claire North
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
31. A work of young adult fiction
August
32. A historical fiction book
33. The 16th book on your TBR - The Time Traveler's Wife
34. A book about mental illness
35. An award winning book
September
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
38. A book about an anti hero
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
October
40. A novella from your favorite genre
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
42. A top 100 fantasy novel - Deathless
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
November
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
46. A crime story
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
48. A dystopia
December
49. A book with a great opening line
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
51. A short story from a well-known author
52. A book published in 2016