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best science fiction and fantasy books
Best Science Fiction of 21st Century
Gathering Blue
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
A Game of Thrones
The Martian
Messenger
Son
The Time Traveler's Wife
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Red Rising

Best Crime Mystery Books
15. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Completed 18/10/16 Rating 4 stars
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
16. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Completed 23/10/16 Rating 3 stars
16/25
Update #326.
✔ 7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (512 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 19 to 26, 2016
8/10
✔ 7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (512 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 19 to 26, 2016
8/10
Update to message #326.
✔ 5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (974 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 26 to November 05, 2016
9/10
✔ 5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (974 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 26 to November 05, 2016
9/10
Update to message #325.
***COMPLETE***
✔ 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1,536 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 02 to 12, 2016
✔ 2. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (912 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from September 13 to 16, 2016
✔ 3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1013 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 27 to November 06, 2016
✔ 4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (592 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 13 to 19, 2016
✔ 5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (974 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 26 to November 05, 2016
✔ 6. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (896 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 04 to 08, 2016
✔ 7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (512 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 19 to 26, 2016
✔ 8. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (592 pages) ★★★★★
Read from October 06 to 11, 2016
✔ 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (895 pages) ★★★☆☆
Read from September 28 to October 04, 2016
✔ 10. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,856 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 15 to October 03, 2016
10/10
***COMPLETE***
✔ 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1,536 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 02 to 12, 2016
✔ 2. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (912 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from September 13 to 16, 2016
✔ 3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1013 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 27 to November 06, 2016
✔ 4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (592 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 13 to 19, 2016
✔ 5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (974 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 26 to November 05, 2016
✔ 6. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (896 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 04 to 08, 2016
✔ 7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (512 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 19 to 26, 2016
✔ 8. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (592 pages) ★★★★★
Read from October 06 to 11, 2016
✔ 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (895 pages) ★★★☆☆
Read from September 28 to October 04, 2016
✔ 10. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,856 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 15 to October 03, 2016
10/10

TOTAL GOAL: 140/140
Penguin Drop Caps
Authors A-Z from the Penguin Drop Caps collection
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YA Novels of 2015
22/22
✓ 1. Queen of Shadows
✓ 2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
✓ 3. The Heir
✓ 4. An Ember in the Ashes
✓ 5. Carry On
✓ 6. The Wrath & the Dawn
✓ 7. Shadow Study
✓ 8. Illuminae
✓ 9. Happily Ever After
✓ 10. Miss Mayhem
✓ 11. The Invasion of the Tearling
✓ 12. Dumplin'
✓ 13. The Rose Society
✓ 14. Ten Thousand Skies Above You
✓ 15. Soundless
✓ 16. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
✓ 17. The Heart of Betrayal
✓ 18. The Darkest Part of the Forest
✓ 19. Golden Son
✓ 20. The Mime Order
✓ 21. The Girl at Midnight
✓ 22. Their Fractured Light
Can't Wait Books of 2016
36/36
✓ 1. The Raven King
✓ 2. Glass Sword
✓ 3. The Crown
✓ 4. The Hidden Oracle
✓ 5. Stars Above
✓ 6. A Gathering of Shadows
✓ 7. The Rose & the Dagger
✓ 8. Passenger
✓ 9. Night Study
✓ 10. Starflight
✓ 11. Kings Rising
✓ 12. Rebel of the Sands
✓ 13. The Last Star
✓ 14. The Siren
✓ 15. Stiletto
✓ 16. Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure
✓ 17. The Forbidden Wish
✓ 18. Truthwitch
✓ 19. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
✓ 20. Firstlife
✓ 21. A Study in Charlotte
✓ 22. The Bands of Mourning
✓ 23. League of Dragons
✓ 24. This Savage Song
✓ 25. The Abyss Surrounds Us
✓ 26. A Court of Mist and Fury
✓ 27. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
✓ 28. The Beauty of Darkness
✓ 29. The Star-Touched Queen
✓ 30. Empire of Storms
✓ 31. A Torch Against the Night
✓ 32. Crooked Kingdom
✓ 33. The Hammer of Thor
✓ 34. Gemina
✓ 35. A Million Worlds with You
✓ 36. Heartless
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
24/24
✓ 1. Matilda
✓ 2. Wild Magic
✓ 3. Poison Study
✓ 4. Throne of Glass
✓ 5. Magic Study
✓ 6. Fire Study
✓ 7. Grave Mercy
✓ 8. Storm Glass
✓ 9. Matched
✓ 10. Mistborn: The Final Empire
✓ 11. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
✓ 12. Touch of Power
✓ 13. Alanna: The First Adventure
✓ 14. In the Hand of the Goddess
✓ 15. The Goose Girl
✓ 16. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
✓ 17. Lioness Rampant
✓ 18. Terrier
✓ 19. So You Want to Be a Wizard
✓ 20. The Red Pyramid
✓ 21. Vampire Academy
✓ 22. Wolf-Speaker
✓ 23. Emperor Mage
✓ 24. The Realms of the Gods
Best Feminist Books
14/14
✓ 1. The Bell Jar
✓ 2. The Color Purple
✓ 3. The Help
✓ 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns
✓ 5. How to Be a Woman
✓ 6. Kindred
✓ 7. Valley of the Dolls
✓ 8. The Red Tent
✓ 9. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
✓ 10. Herland and Selected Stories
✓ 11. We Should All Be Feminists
✓ 12. Cat's Eye
✓ 13. The Penelopiad
✓ 14. The Second Sex
Books That Make You Laugh
10/10
✓ 1. The Importance of Being Earnest
✓ 2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
✓ 3. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
✓ 4. Anne of Green Gables
✓ 5. Go the Fuck to Sleep
✓ 6. Life of Pi
✓ 7. The Princess Bride
✓ 8. Coyote Blue
✓ 9. Dead Until Dark
✓ 10. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Top 100 Gay Novels of the XXI century
8/8
✓ 1. Almost Like Being in Love
✓ 2. Captive Prince
✓ 3. Prince's Gambit
✓ 4. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
✓ 5. The Song of Achilles
✓ 6. Rainbow Boys
✓ 7. Havemercy
✓ 8. Cut & Run
Completed 11/11/2016

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Completed 26/11/16 Rating 5 stars
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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
18. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Completed 11/12/16 Rating 4 stars
Favorite Chick Lit
19. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Completed 9/12/16 Rating 4 stars
19/25
Finished!
Listopia Challenge
Lists Completed: 5/5
Books Completed: 25/25
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2016
Best Young Adult Books
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Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
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Books That Blew Me Away...
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Listopia Challenge
Lists Completed: 5/5
Books Completed: 25/25
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2016
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Brainpicking's Best Science and Technology Books
Save Our Science: How to Inspire a New Generation of Scientists
Wonders of the Universe (Wonders of Brian Cox #2)
You Read a Book about What?
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Spook
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
The Cloudspotter's Guide
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
7/7

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
20. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Completed 30/12/16 Rating 4 stars
Must Read Classics
21. Animal Farm by George Orwell Completed 19/12/16 Rating 4 stars
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✔ 1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1,536 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 02 to 12, 2016
✔ 2. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (912 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from September 13 to 16, 2016
3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
✔ 4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (592 pages) ★★★★☆
Read from October 13 to 19, 2016
5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
✔ 6. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (896 pages) ★★☆☆☆
Read from October 04 to 08, 2016
7. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
✔ 8. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (592 pages) ★★★★★
Read from October 06 to 11, 2016
✔ 9. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (895 pages) ★★★☆☆
Read from September 28 to October 04, 2016
✔ 10. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1,856 pages) ★★★★★
Read from September 15 to October 03, 2016
7/10