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Kellye (kellye15) | 8 comments 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016.
ϖ All the Ugly and Wonderful Things – Bryn Greenwood
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view).
ϖ The Sun is Also a Star – Nicola Yoon
3. A book you meant to read in 2016.
ϖ Ruin and Rising – Leigh Bardugo
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E."
ϖ The Girls – Emma Cline
5. A historical fiction.
ϖ Salt to the Sea – Ruta Sepetys
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017. 
ϖ All the Bright Places – Jennifer Niven
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title.
ϖ The Unexpected Everything – Morgan Matson
8. A book written by a person of color.
ϖ Everything Everything – Nicola Yoon
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list.
ϖ Illuminae – Amie Kaufman
10. A dual-timeline novel.
ϖ Orphan Train – Christina Baker Cline or Big Little Lies – Liane Moriarty
11. A category from another challenge.
ϖ Backlist books (published a year or more before you read it)
ϖ Everybody Sees the Ants – A.S. King
12. A book based on a myth.
ϖ A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors.
ϖ Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
ϖ (recommended by George Martin)
14. A book with a strong female character.
ϖ A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland).
ϖ A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
16. A mystery.
ϖ The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware
17. A book with illustrations.
ϖ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
18. A really, long book (600+ pages).
ϖ Gemina – Amie Kaufman
19. A New York Times best-seller.
ϖ Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading.
ϖ Cinder – Marissa Meyer
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read.
ϖ Siege and Storm – Leigh Bardugo
22. A book by an author you haven't read before.
ϖ You – Carolina Kepnes
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
ϖ The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
24. A book written by at least two authors.
ϖ Let it Snow – John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
25. A book about a famous historical figure.
ϖ WILD CARD
ϖ The Kind Worth Killing – Peter Swanson
26. An adventure book.
ϖ The Martian – Andy Weir
27. A book by one of your favorite authors.
ϖ The Storytellar – Jodi Picoult
28. A non-fiction.
ϖ When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
ϖ Cress – Marissa Meyer
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link).
ϖ The Winner’s Curse – Marie Rutkoski
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre.
ϖ The Wrath & the Dawn – Renee Ahdieh
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle).
ϖ The Rose & the Dagger – Renee Ahdieh
33. A magical realism novel
ϖ The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
ϖ Big Little Lies – Liane Moriarty
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
ϖ Heartless – Marissa Meyer
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
ϖ Saga Volume 1 – Brian Vaughan
37. A book you choose randomly
ϖ The Cellar – Natasha Preston
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
ϖ Winter – Marissa Meyer
39. An epistolary fiction
ϖ The Color Purple – Alice Walker
40. A book published in 2017
ϖ A List of Cages – Robin Roe
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
ϖ Room – Emma Donoghue
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
ϖ Coraline – Neil Gaiman
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold).
ϖ Good as Gone – Amy Gentry
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
ϖ The Young Elites – Marie Lu
45. A book with a one-word title
ϖ Caraval – Stephanie Garber
46. A time travel novel
ϖ The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
ϖ A book with a color in the title.
ϖ Red Rising – Pierce Brown
48. A banned book
ϖ The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
ϖ Passenger - Alexandra Bracken
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
ϖ 1984 – George Orwell
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) 
ϖ Happily Ever After – Kiera Cass
52. A book set in a fictional location
ϖ Throne of Glass – Sarah J. Maas

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Kelly Audiogirl.booking.it (audiogirlbookingit) | 488 comments I really love some of the books you have choosen I almost wish I hadn't read them before so I could read them again for the first time... particularly... Man called Ove. Orphan Train... Station Eleven.... When Breath becomes air!!! Absolutely loved them!


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