Goodreads Choice Awards (2018) Reading Challenge

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The annual Goodreads Choice Awards gives readers around the world a chance to recognize their favorite books of the year. With over 20 categories of books and more than half a million votes, it's clear that this award is in a league of its own. Here at NBRC, we like to utilize this award by making a reading challenge out of it- after all, it's what we do best.

Duration
Start: 1/1/2019
End: 12/31/2019

Levels
There are a couple different ways to play:

★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✩ Easy: 1 book from 5 different categories
✩ Moderate: 1 book from 10 different categories
✩ Hard: 1 book from all 20 categories

★ Category Demolisher: Read all books from same category
✩ Easy: 1/2 a category (10 books from any 1 category)
✩ Moderate: 1 category (20 books)
✩ Hard: 2 categories (40 books)
(In case you've already read some of the books, you can count them also, or read nominee/winner for same category from previous years.)

★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy- 10 Books
✩ Moderate- 20 books
✩ Hard- 40 books

★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!


Rules/Explanation
◈You are not limited to Choice Award winners; runner ups and nominees in each category will also count.
◈You can read more than one book from each category.
◈When updating your challenge on this thread please include the category.
◈Audio books are acceptable.
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Categories, winner & nominees:

Fiction
Winner

Nominees



Mystery & Thriller
Winner

Nominees



Historical Ficton
Winner

Nominees



Fantasy
Winner

Nominees



Best of the Best
Winner

Nominees



Romance
Winner

Nominees



Science Fiction
Winner

Nominees



Horror
Winner

Nominees



Humor
Winner

Nominees



Nonfiction
Winner

Nominees



Memoir & Autobiography
Winner

Nominees

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...continuing...

History & Biography
Winner

Nominees



Science & Technology
Winner

Nominees



Food & Cookbooks
Winner

Nominees



Graphic Novel & Comics
Winner

Nominees



Poetry
Winner

Nominees



Debut Authors
Winner

Nominees



Young Adult Fiction
Winner

Nominees



Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Winner

Nominees



Middle Grade & Children's
Winner

Nominees



Picture Books
Winner

Nominees

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Participants

Amber
Amber M

Cheryl
Cindy III

Elizabeth
Emma

Katherine
Katy Lyn
Kelsey
Kristina Simon

Laura
Lauren

Mary

Nele
Nikki

Stephanie
Suzanne

Tina

Vicki
Viji

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[Amber M.]

I was figuring on doing a version of this anyway. Might as well keep track of it here!

Come What May!

Total to Date: 29

Best of the Bests: 9/20

• The Hate U Give: 1/18/19

• All the Light We Cannot See:

• A Court of Mist and Fury:

• The Help: < 2017

• The Nightingale:

• The Martian: 9/25/17

• Gone Girl:

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane: 12/11/18

• Catching Fire: < 2017

• The Fault in Our Stars: < 2017

• 11/22/63:

• Queen of Shadows:

• A Dance with Dragons: < 2017

• Little Fires Everywhere:

• Eleanor & Park: 9/5/18

• It Ends with Us: 1/6/19

• Red Rising: 2/4/18

• A Court of Wings and Ruin:

• Before We Were Yours:

• All the Bright Places:

Debut Authors: 3/13

• Children of Blood and Bone:

• The Woman in the Window:

• The Tattooist of Auschwitz:

• The Kiss Quotient: 11/30/18

• To Kill a Kingdom:

• The Astonishing Color of After:

• Something in the Water:

• The Chalk Man:

• A Place for Us:

• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: 2/8/19

• Fruit of the Drunken Tree:

• Witchmark:

• The Terminal List:

Counted Elsewhere:
• There There:
• The Poppy War: 11/14/18
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: 1/10/19
• The Map of Salt and Stars:
• Sky in the Deep:
• Girls Burn Brighter:
•Everything Here Is Beautiful:

Fiction: 2/20

• Still Me:

• An American Marriage:

• Us Against You: 6/12/18

• Nine Perfect Strangers:

• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: 1/10/19

• Killing Commendatore:

• There There:

• Girls Burn Brighter:

• All We Ever Wanted:

• Every Note Played:

• The Female Persuasion:

• A Place for Us:

• A Spark of Light:

• My Year of Rest and Relaxation:

• Everything Here Is Beautiful:

• The Overstory:

• You Think It, I'll Say It:

• How to Walk Away:

• The Book of Essie:

• The Mars Room:

Fantasy: 4/20

• Circe:

• The Shape of Water:

• Spinning Silver:

• Year One: 1/26/19

• Iron and Magic: 2/6/19

• The Poppy War: 11/14/18

• Beneath the Sugar Sky:

• High Voltage:

• Burn Bright:

• Grey Sister:

• The Book of M:

• The Girl in the Tower:

• Age of War:

• The Land: Predators:

• Time's Convert: 2/4/19

• Magic Triumphs:

• Senlin Ascends:

• Wrath of Empire:

• Foundryside:

• Bloody Rose:

Science Fiction: 5/20

• Vengeful:

• Iron Gold: 4/25/18

• Vox: 1/12/19

• Only Human: 2/16/19

• Red Clocks:

• The Night Masquerade: 11/25/18

• Persepolis Rising:

• Artificial Condition:

• The Oracle Year:

• Head On:

• Record of a Spaceborn Few: 7/29/18

• Alliances:

• Severance:

• The Calculating Stars:

• Rosewater:

• Ball Lightning:

• Space Opera:

• The Gone World:

• Revenant Gun:

• The Consuming Fire:

Young Adult Fiction: 0/19

• Leah on the Offbeat:

• Sadie:

• What If It's Us:

• All the Little Lights:

• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy:

• Save the Date:

• Truly Devious:

• Puddin': Emergency Contact:

• Love, Life, and the List:

• Let's Talk About Love:

• Starry Eyes:

• The Cheerleaders:

• The Case for Jamie:

• Love, Hate & Other Filters:

• A Very Large Expanse of Sea:

• Tyler Johnson Was Here:

• I Was Born for This:

• The Accidentals:

Counted Elsewhere:
• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: 1/10/19

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction: 3/20

• Kingdom of Ash:

• Children of Blood and Bone:

• The Cruel Prince: 3/20/18

• War Storm:

• A Court of Frost and Starlight:

• Obsidio: 4/7/18

• Thunderhead:

• Restore Me:

• A Reaper at the Gates:

• Wildcard:

• The Belles:

• Dread Nation:

• The Fates Divide:

• Sky in the Deep:

• Muse of Nightmares:

• Skyward:

• The Hazel Wood:

• Legendary: 11/17/18

• Lifel1k3:

• Sightwitch:

Middle Grade & Children's: 3/20

• The Burning Maze:

• City of Ghosts:

• The Magic Misfits:

• Aru Shah and the End of Time: 5/13/18

• Amal Unbound:

• Ghost Boys:

• The Penderwicks at Last:

• Willa of the Wood: 2/18/19

• The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl:

• Bob:

• Front Desk:

• Sunny: 12/27/18

• You Go First:

• The Night Diary:

• The Serpent's Secret:

• Louisiana's Way Home:

• The Golden Tower:

• Dragonwatch:

• Small Spaces:

• The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair:

Historical Fiction: 0/4

• The Immortalists:

• The Clockmaker's Daughter:

• Where the Crawdads Sing:

• The Map of Salt and Stars:

Humor: 0/1

• Calypso:

Nonfiction: 0/2

• The Library Book:

• The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century:

Memoir & Autobiography: 0/3

• Educated:

• I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death:

• Heart Berries: A Memoir:

History & Biography: 0/3

• The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers:

• Robin:

• House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery:

Science & Technology: 0/4

• The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth:

• She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity:

• The Order of Time:

• The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos:

Mystery & Thriller

Romance:

Horror

Food & Cookbooks

Graphic Novel & Comics

Poetry

Picture Books:


List of Finalists

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Welcome Amber!

[Stephanie]

i'm game

[Cheryl]

Always a favorite challenge for me!

Goodreads Choice Awards (2018) Reading Challenge
1/1/19-12/31/19
40/40

Fiction
Still Me by JoJo Moyes
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman



Mystery and Thriller

Historical Fiction
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni



Fantasy

Best of the Best
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn



Romance

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor

Nonfiction

Memoir & Autobiography
Educated by Tara Westover



History & Biography
Robin The Definitive Biography of Robin Williams by Dave Itzkoff
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King



Science and Technology

Food & Cookbooks

Graphic Novels & Comics
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol



Poetry

Debut Authors
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris



Young Adult Fiction
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli



Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi



Middle Grades and Childrens
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DeCamillo
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacey McAnulty



Picture Books
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Petra by Marianna Coppo
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
Love by Matt de la Pena
Drawn Together by Minh Le

[Emma (M)]

My favourite yearly challenge.


★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you
★ Moderate = 20 books

Read in 2018:

:> 4/20

Fantasy
- 4/29/19

Non-fiction
- 1/19/19

YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi
- 3/12/19

Mystery Thriller
- 6/21/19

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Emma, Cheryl and Stephanie!

Its nice to hear that this is a favorite! Enjoy and good luck.

Links are posted in message #4

[Amber M.]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome Amber!"

Thank you :)

[Kelsey]

One of my favorite challenges. I am going to start with read any combination of books that appeal to you moderate.
I may increase the challenge this year for me later if needed.
1/1/19-12/31/19

2/20 read
Read in 2019
Picture Books


Read in 2018
Best of the Best

Humor

Middle Grade

Picture Books

[Kristina Simon]

I always mean to read more of the Goodreads Choice Award books that I do. This looks like a great push to follow through with that plan! For now, I'm going to do:

★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you
★ Moderate = 20 books

1. Best of the Best: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ~ Read 2/1/19
2. Graphic Novels: Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka ~ Read 2/3/19
3. Nonfiction: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou ~ Read 2/12/19
4. Graphic Novels: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy ~ Read 2/12/19
5. Graphic Novels: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang ~ Read 2/14/19
6. Graphic Novels: Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu ~ Read 2/23/19
7. Poetry: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo ~ Read 2/28/19
8. Graphic Novels: Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu ~ Read 3/3/19
9. Graphic Novels: Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol ~ Read 3/8/19
10. Graphic Novels: Sabrina by Nick Drnaso ~ Read 3/22/19
11. Debut Authors: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton ~ Read 3/30/19
12. Best of the Best: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ~ Read 6/1/19
13. Debut Authors: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi ~ Read 7/19/19
14. Young Adult Fiction: Sadie by Courtney Summers ~ Read 9/11/19
15. Science & Technology: When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink ~ Read 11/25/19
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

[Mary]

I'm in!!

★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!

Total for 2019: 1

Gone Girl - January 5, 2019

[Viji]

This is an inspiration to me ro read more good books and I want to try this.

I will take Come What May and see how many I could finish!

[Elizabeth]

Yay! I'm so excited to see this challenge return. :) It's my favorite favorite!

Duration
Start: 1/1/2019
End: 12/31/2019

Read in 2018: 3


Read in 2019: 3

★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy - 10 Books

Fiction

Mystery & Thriller

Historical Ficton

Fantasy

Best of the Best

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor

Nonfiction

Memoir & Autobiography


Science & Technology


Poetry


Debut Authors

[Brittany]

Does anyone knwo where there is a good list that I can copy?

[Vicki]

Fiction
There There 4/17/19 (5 stars)



Mystery & Thriller
The Outsider 2/21/19 (5 stars)
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 12/18/18 (3 stars)
Something in the Water 12/29/18 (4 stars)
The Chalk Man 4/27/19 (5 stars)



Historical Ficton
The Great Alone 3/5/19 (5 stars)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz 1/06/19 (4 stars)
The Tuscan Child The Tuscan Child 1/06/19 (4 stars)
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell 1/16/19 (5 stars)



Fantasy
Circe 3/31/19 (5 stars)




Best of the Best
The Hate U Give 12/09/18 (5 stars)

[Cindy III]

Goodreads Choice Awards (2018) Reading Challenge
Duration
Start: 1/1/2019
End: 12/31/2019

Levels
There are a couple different ways to play:

★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✩ Easy: 1 book from 5 different categories
✩ Moderate: 1 book from 10 different categories
✩ Hard: 1 book from all 20 categories

★ Category Demolisher: Read all books from same category
✩ Easy: 1/2 a category (10 books from any 1 category)
✩ Moderate: 1 category (20 books)
✩ Hard: 2 categories (40 books)
(In case you've already read some of the books, you can count them also, or read nominee/winner for same category from previous years.)

★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy- 10 Books
✩ Moderate- 20 books
✩ Hard- 40 books

★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!


Rules/Explanation
◈You are not limited to Choice Award winners; runner ups and nominees in each category will also count.
◈You can read more than one book from each category.
◈When updating your challenge on this thread please include the category.
◈Audio books are acceptable.
★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★✩★

[Nikki]

I’m in!
Read any combination of books that appeal to you.
0/20

[Nele]

I'm not really up to date with the stuff I am reading so this challenge seems interesting :D

Finished before this challenge:


★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!
Finished:
- Debut authors, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Fantasy
- Middle Grade & Children
- Fantasy
- Fantasy

[Suzanne]

Level: Come What May!

2018 Goodreads Choice:
Finished in 2018: 30
Finished in 2019: 13
Total: 43

Past Statistics

2017 Goodreads Choice:
Finished in 2017: 30
Finished in 2018: 18
Total: 48

2016 Goodreads Choice:
Finished in 2016: 22
Finished in 2017: 24
Total: 46

2015 Goodreads Choice
Finished in 2015: 23 books
Finished in 2016: 15
Total: 38

Fiction

Read in 2019:

Mystery & Thriller

Read in 2018:


Read in 2019:

Historical Fiction

Read in 2019:

Fantasy

Read in 2019:


Read in 2018:


Best of the Best

Read Previously: (Won't count these in the total)


Romance
Read in 2019:

Read in 2018:



Science Fiction

Read in 2018


Read in 2019:


Horror

Humor

Nonfiction

Read in 2018:


Memoir & Autobiography

Read in 2018:


History & Biography

Debut Authors

Read in 2018:


Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2019:


YA Fantasy & Science Fiction

Read in 2018:


Read in 2019:


Middle Grade and Childrens

Read in 2019

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome to the challenge everyone!

You are linked at the top:-)

[Amber]

Level: Come What May!

Total: 8/?


Fiction
- 21 Aug 2019

Mystery & Thriller
- 20 Apr 2019
- 12 Aug 2019
- 5 Dec 2019

Historical Fiction

Fantasy

Best of the Best
- 09 Oct 2019

Read Previously: (Won't count these in the total)


Romance

Science Fiction
- 24 Nov 2019

Horror
- 17 Jan 2019

Humor

Nonfiction

Memoir & Autobiography

History & Biography

Debut Authors
- 12 Aug 2019

Young Adult Fiction
- 27 Feb 2019

YA Fantasy & Science Fiction

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Amber;
You are linked as well at the top!

[Katy]

Oh I love this idea! I’m going to challenge myself with the cone what may and see how many I can get through!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Welcome Katy Lyn!

[Lauren]

I'm in!

Come What May

Best of the best - read before 2019


Read in 2018:


2019:
Fiction 0/20
Mystery & Thriller 0/20
Historical Fiction 0/20

Fantasy 3/20


Best of the Best 11/20
Romance 0/20

Science Fiction 3/20


Horror 0/20
Humor 0/20
Nonfiction 0/20
Memoir & Autobiography 0/20
History & Biography 0/20
Science & Technology 0/20
Debut Author 2/20
Young Adult Fiction 2/20

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction 7/20


Middle Grade & Children's 1/20

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Welcome Lauren!

[Laura]

Goodreads 2018 Challenge
Jan 1, 2019-Dec 31, 2019

Level: Come What May

Read in 2018:


2019:
Fiction


Mystery & Thriller
-1/26/19

Historical Fiction
-1/20/19

Romance
2/2/19


Debut Author 2/5/19
-1/29/19

Best of the Best ( not counting in total)

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Welcome Laura!

[Katherine]

★✩★✩★✩★ 2019: Goodreads Choice Awards (2018) Reading Challenge ★✩★✩★✩★

Best of the Best (view spoiler)[
★ Eleanor & Park June 24, 2019 ★
(hide spoiler)]


Graphic Novels & Comics (view spoiler)[
★ Saga, Vol. 8 February 13, 2019 ★★★
★ Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven January 25, 2019 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]


Young Adult Fanasy & Science Fiction (view spoiler)[
★ The Cruel Prince July 11, 2019 ★
(hide spoiler)]


Picture Books (view spoiler)[
★ The Truth Pixie March 6, 2019 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

[Tina ❣]

Start: 01/01/2019
End: 31/01/2019
Level: Read any combination of books that appeal to you
Moderate: 20 books
Read previously: 18
Read in 2019: 07
Total read: 25

Fiction
25/01/2019
18/08/19

Mystery & Thriller
Read in 2018
28/06/2018

Read in 2019


Historical Fiction
Read in 2018
24/07/2018

Read in 2019
.

Fantasy
Read in 2018
20/05/2018

Read in 2019
.

Best of the best
Read previously
06/10/2016
20/06/2017
25/07/2017

Read in 2019
31/01/2019

Memoir & Autobiography
Read in 2019
26/04/19

Debut Authors
Read in 2018
10/05/2018
28/06/2018
24/07/2018
25/06/2018
13/06/2018

Read in 2019
18/08/19


Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2018
29/11/2018
13/06/2018

Read in 2019
.

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Read 2018
12/03/2018
21/03/2018
10/05/2018
18/07/2018
12/07/2018

Read in 2019
28/02/19
15/03/19
16/08/19

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Welcome Katherine & Tina!

[Krissy]

KRISSY'S SPOT 1

Fiction
Read in 2018: 2
(view spoiler)[
-An American Marriage ★★★
-Nine Perfect Strangers ★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-Still Me, 1/07 ★★


Mystery & Thriller
Read in 2018: 9
(view spoiler)[
-The Outsider ★★★★★
-The Woman in the Window ★★
-The Wife Between Us ★★★
-Then She Was Gone ★★★
-Force of Nature ★★★
-Sometimes I Lie ★★★★
-The Chalk Man ★★★
-The Broken Girls ★★★★
-The Last Time I Lied ★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-The Death of Mrs. Westaway, 1/19 ★


Historical Ficton
Read in 2018: 3
(view spoiler)[
-The Great Alone ★★★★★
-The Tattooist of Auschwitz ★★★★
-The Map of Salt and Stars ★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-The Immortalists, 1/10 ★★


Fantasy
Read in 2018: 2
(view spoiler)[
-Circe ★★★
-Year One ★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-Beneath the Sugar Sky, 2/01 ★★


Best of the Best
Already Read: 13
(view spoiler)[
-11/22/63 ★★★★
-The Fault in Our Stars ★★★★★
-Catching Fire ★★★★★
-The Ocean at the End of the Lane ★★
-Gone Girl ★
-The Martian ★★★★★
-The Nightingale ★★★★
-The Help ★★★★★
-All the Light We Cannot See ★★★
-Little Fires Everywhere ★★
-Eleanor & Park ★★★★
-Before We Were Yours ★★★
-All the Bright Places ★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

Romance
Read in 2018: 1
(view spoiler)[
-Wicked and the Wallflower ★★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-Roomies, 1/11 ★★★


Science Fiction
Read in 2018: 0
Read in 2019:

Horror
Read in 2018: 1
(view spoiler)[
-Elevation ★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

Humor
Read in 2018: 2
(view spoiler)[
-The Last Black Unicorn ★★
-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told ★★★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

Nonfiction
Read in 2018: 1
(view spoiler)[
-I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer ★★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

[Krissy]

KRISSY'S SPOT 2

Memoir & Autobiography
Read in 2018: 2
(view spoiler)[
-In Pieces ★★★★
-A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea ★★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

History & Biography
Read in 2018: 0
Read in 2019:

Graphic Novel & Comics
Read in 2018: 3
(view spoiler)[
-Saga, Vol. 8 ★★★★
-Fence, Vol. 1 ★★★★
-Bingo Love ★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-The Prince and the Dressmaker, 1/24 ★★★★


Poetry
Read in 2018: 0
Read in 2019:

Debut Authors
Read in 2018: 5
(view spoiler)[
-Children of Blood and Bone ★★★★
-The Woman in the Window ★★
-The Tattooist of Auschwitz ★★★★
-The Chalk Man ★★★
-The Map of Salt and Stars ★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2018: 0
Read in 2019:

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Read in 2018: 1
(view spoiler)[
-Children of Blood and Bone ★★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019:

Middle Grade & Children's
Read in 2018: 0
Read in 2019:

Picture Books
Read in 2018: 4
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-I Am Enough ★★★★
-A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo ★★★★
-We Don't Eat Our Classmates ★★★★★
-Petra ★★★ (hide spoiler)]

Read in 2019: 1
-Ocean Meets Sky, 2/08 ★★★★

[Amber]

I finished the year having read 8 of the books across 6 categories.

Final list in message #27.

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Well done Amber- congratulations!