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1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1) by Cynthia Hand
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 Jackaby (Jackaby, #1) by William Ritter
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" Look Both Ways (Witch City Mystery, #3) by Carol J. Perry
5. A historical fiction In the Shadow of Lakecrest by Elizabeth Blackwell
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title Hot Dogs A Lord Tyee Mystery (Lord Tyee Mysteries Book 1) by Kaimana Wolff
8. A book written by a person of color Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) by Zoraida Córdova
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list The Line (Witching Savannah, #1) by J.D. Horn
10. A dual-timeline novel Letters from Paris by Juliet Blackwell
11. A category from another challenge The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
12. A book based on a myth Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin
14. A book with a strong female character The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) Where Roses Never Die (Varg Veum, #18) by Gunnar Staalesen
16. A mystery The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
17. A book with illustrations Stumptown Volume 1 The Case of the Girl Who Took her Shampoo (But Left her Mini) by Greg Rucka
18. A really long book (600+ pages) Middlemarch by George Eliot
19. A New York Times best-seller Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read The Hammett Hex (Book Collector Mystery #5) by Victoria Abbott
22. A book by an author you haven't read before Soho Dead (The Soho, #1) by Greg Keen
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
24. A book written by at least two authors The Forgotten Room by Karen White
25. A book about a famous historical figure The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
26. An adventure book The Bigfoot Expedition by Robin Moore
27. A book by one of your favorite authors Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
28. A non-fiction Secret Life Firsthand, Documented Accounts of Ufo Abductions by David M. Jacobs
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions Ten Thousand New Year's Eves by Dawn DeAnna Wilson
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre A Familiar Tail (Witch's Cat Mystery, #1) by Delia James
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation by Susannah Gora
33. A magical realism novel The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere Queen of the Flowers (Phryne Fisher, #14) by Kerry Greenwood
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty The Secret Wife by Gill Paul
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire
37. A book you choose randomly Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1) by Sherry Thomas
39. An epistolary fiction Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
40. A book published in 2017 Geekerella by Ashley Poston
41. A book with an unreliable narrator Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) by Elizabeth Wein
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) The Elementals by Michael McDowell
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
45. A book with a one-word title Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
46. A time travel novel The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
47. A past suggestion that didn't win One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
48. A banned book How the García Girls Lost Their Accents  by Julia Alvarez
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) A Haven Harbor Halloween A Haven Harbor Anthology by Tawny Weber
52. A book set in a fictional location The Ridge by John Rector


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