2018: Around the the World, a Reading List for Raya

[raya (a little mango)]

I don't think I'll make it to 52 books but I still hope to get through a good amount. 2017 was a crazy and stressful year, and I didn't get through much of anything. This time should be different (and for the better).

Here's to another year of discovering and reading good books~!


1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title ➟ Planetary, Volume 1: All Over the World and Other Stories
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list ➟ The Golden Compass
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards ➟ Big Mushy Happy Lump
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth ➟
5. A book about or inspired by real events ➟
6. A book originally written in a language other than English ➟ Six Four
7. A gothic novel ➟
8. An "own voices" book* ➟
9. A book with a body part in the title ➟ Children of Blood and Bone
10. An author's debut book ➟
11. A literary fiction ➟
12. A book set in Africa or South America ➟
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) ➟
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire ➟
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure ➟
16. A narrative nonfiction ➟
17. A book you expect to make you laugh ➟
18. A book with a location in the title ➟
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) ➟
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends ➟ The Final Empire
21. A book written in first person perspective ➟
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for ➟ Want
23. A medical or legal thriller ➟
24. A book with a map ➟
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view ➟
26. A book with a text only cover ➟
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc) ➟
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water ➟
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench) ➟
30. A short book ➟
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to ➟
32. An alternate history book ➟
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you ➟
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ➟
35. A book featuring a murder ➟
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before ➟
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee ➟
38. A science book or a science fiction book ➟
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title ➟
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list ➟
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials ➟
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater ➟
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence ➟
44. A ghost story ➟
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you ➟
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air ➟
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own ➟
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) ➟
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists ➟
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) ➟
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection ➟
52. A book published in 2018 ➟