megan's 2024 reads

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Goal: 75

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POPSUGAR 2024

[x] A book with the word "leap" in the title - Before You Leap
[x] A bildungsroman - Maurice
[x] A book about a 24-year-old - Into the Wild
[x] A book about a writer - How to Solve Your Own Murder
[] A book about K-pop
[x] A book about pirates - Pirate Latitudes
[x] A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete - Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory
[x] A book by a blind or visually impaired author - We Solve Murders
[x] A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author - Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life
[x] A book by a self-published author - Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death
[x] A book from a genre you typically avoid - Love, Creekwood
[x] A book from an animal's POV - The Cat Who Saved Books
[x] A book originally published under a pen name - Career of Evil
[x] A book recommended by a bookseller - A Farwell to Arms
[x] A book recommended by a librarian - Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
[x] A book set 24 years before you were born - Something Wicked This Way Comes
[x] A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list - One Hundred Years of Solitude
[x] A book set in space - The Apollo Murders
[x] A book set in the future - I Cheerfully Refuse
[x] A book set in the snow - The Frozen River
[x] A book that came out in a year that ends with "24 - End of Story
[x] A book that centers on video games - The Three-Body Problem
[x] A book that features dragons - Fourth Wing
[x] A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
[x] A book that was published 24 years ago - In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
[x] A book that was turned into a musical - Goodbye to Berlin
[x] A book where someone dies in the first chapter - Yellowface
[] A book with a main character who's 42 years old
[x] A book with a neurodivergent main character - The Mystery Guest
[x] A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary - Neuromancer
[x] A book with a title that is a complete sentence - The Last Devil to Die
[x] A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot - I Will Repay
[x] A book with an unreliable narrator - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
[x] A book with at least three POVs - Infinite Country
[x] A book with magical realism MFG - Weyward
[x] A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person - Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood
[] A book written during NaNoWriMo
[x] A cozy fantasy book - The Kiss Curse
[] A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
[x] A horror book by a BIPOC author - The Only Good Indians
[x] A memoir that explores queerness - Pageboy
[x] A nonfiction book about Indigenous people - Empire of the Summer Moon
[x] A second-chance romance - Second First Impressions
[x] An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll - Just Kids
[] An LGBTQ+ romance novel


[x] A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours - James
[x] A book with 24 letters in the title - The House in the Cerulean Sea
[x] A collection of at least 24 poems - Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems
[x] The 24th book of an author -The Good Daughter
[] A book that starts with the letter "X"

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Book Riot Reading Harder Challenge 2024

1. Read a cozy fantasy book. - The Kiss Curse
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. - How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
5. Read a sci-fi novella. - All Systems Red
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. - The Vegetarian
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. - Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. - Stealing
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. - We Solve Murders
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15. Read a YA nonfiction book. - Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
16. Read a book based solely on the title. - Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage
17. Read a book about media literacy. - Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. - The House of Hidden Meanings
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. - Intermezzo
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. - All the Missing Girls
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
2020: Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII - The Women

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Non-Fiction 2024
Goal: 35 books

January
1. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex - Jan 6
2. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things - 18 Jan
3. Napoleon - 25 Jan

February
4. Empire of the Summer Moon - 16 Feb
5. Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II - 24 Feb
6. Just Kids - 27 Feb

March
7. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases - 5 March
8. The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - 11 March
9. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed - 13 March
10. Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage - 29 March
11. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - 31 March

April
12. Into the Wild - 15 April
13. How to Say Babylon - 18 April
14. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice - 22 April

May
15. Pageboy - 6 May
16. Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death - 9 May
17. Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul - 25 May
18. The Victors : Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II - 31 May

June
19. Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism - 16 June
20. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - 23 June

July
21. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood - 3 July
22. Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life - 15 July
23. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space - 24 July
24. When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II - 25 July

August
25. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - 14 Aug
26. Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles - 14 Aug
27. The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers - 28-Aug

September
28. Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory - 16 Sep
29. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War - 30 Sep

October
30. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America - 6 Oct
31. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day - 30 Oct

November
32. Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy - 7 Nov
33. The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich - 18 Nov
34. They Knew: The US Federal Government's Fifty-Year Role in Causing the Climate Crisis - 21 Nov
35. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - 23 Nov
36. The House of Hidden Meanings - 26 Nov
37. Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries - 30 Nov

December
38. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult - 5 Dec
39. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune - 10 Dec
40. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America - 16 Dec
41. Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It - 20 Dec
42. We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: Tips, Tales, Travels

[megan]

To Be Read 2024
Goal: 15

2014

2015
6. 15 April 2015 - One Hundred Years of Solitude - 15 June
13. 15 June 2015 - The House in the Cerulean Sea - 17 Oct
3. 5 Nov 2015 - The Heart Goes Last - 28 March


2016
8. 7 Jan 2016 - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II - 25 July
10. 17 Jul 2016 - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - 14 Aug
5. 3 Nov 2016 - All the Missing Girls - 20 May
1. 4 May 2016 - A Farewell to Arms - 22 March

2017
9. 28 Feb 2017 - Something Wicked This Way Comes
7. 2 Nov 2017 - The Good Daughter - 10 July

2018
11. 28 Nov 2018 - Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America - 6 Oct

2019
12. 22 Jun 2019 - Maurice - 8 Oct
14. 16 Sept 2019 - Second First Impressions - 22 Nov

2020

2021
2. 28 Feb 2021 - Infinite Country - 26 March
4. 6 Oct 2021 - The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - 31 March

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[x] A book that was published 24 years ago - In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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[x] A book with a title that is a complete sentence - The Last Devil to Die

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3. Napoleon - 25 Jan

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8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. - The Vegetarian

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[x] A nonfiction book about Indigenous people - Empire of the Summer Moon

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[x] An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll - Just Kids

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7. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases - 5 March

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8. The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - 11 March

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[x] A book with magical realism MFG - Weyward

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[x] A book with at least three POVs - Infinite Country

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[x] A book recommended by a bookseller - A Farwell to Arms

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16. Read a book based solely on the title. - Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage

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11. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - 31 March

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[x] A book that came out in a year that ends with "24 - End of Story
2024

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[x] A book where someone dies in the first chapter - Yellowface

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[x] A book that centers on video games - The Three-Body Problem

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13. How to Say Babylon - 18 April

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[x] A book with an unreliable narrator - I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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[x] A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary - Neuromancer

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[x] A memoir that explores queerness - Pageboy

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14. The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice - 22 April

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[x] A book by a self-published author - Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death

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[x] A book set in the snow - The Frozen River

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Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul - 25 May
The Victors : Eisenhower and His Boys: The Men of World War II - 31 May

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[x] A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list - One Hundred Years of Solitude - Columbia

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10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. - Stealing

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[x] A book from a genre you typically avoid - Love, Creekwood
Epistolary

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[x] The 24th book of an author -The Good Daughter

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[x] A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author - Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life

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20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). - When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II

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[x] A book with a neurodivergent main character - The Mystery Guest

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[x] A book recommended by a librarian - Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

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[x] A book set 24 years before you were born - Something Wicked This Way Comes

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[x] A book that was turned into a musical - Goodbye to Berlin
Cabaret

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[x] A book with the word "leap" in the title - Before You Leap

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[x] A book originally published under a pen name - Career of Evil

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[x] A collection of at least 24 poems - Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

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[x] A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete - Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory

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[x] A horror book by a BIPOC author - The Only Good Indians

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[x] A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot - I Will Repay

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[x] A book about pirates - Pirate Latitudes

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15. Read a YA nonfiction book. - Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War

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[x] A bildungsroman - Maurice

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[x] A book with 24 letters in the title - The House in the Cerulean Sea