2015 Master Reading List

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Written By Lecy Beth
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If you remember back at the beginning of this year, I shared that I would be participating in the 50 Books in 2015, and a few other reading challenges as part of my 101 goals in 1001 days. Today, I'm going to share the full list that I am reading this year (although there are many other books I'm planning on diving into as well).

50 Books in 2015 (Count: 50/50)

  1. A book with more than 500 pages - Divergent by Veronica Roth

  2. A classic romance - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

  3. A book that became a movie - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

  4. A book published this year - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

  5. A book with a number in the title - 1964 by James Farner

  6. A book written by someone under 30 - The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan

  7. A book with non-human characters - Merle's Door by Ted Kerasote

  8. A funny book - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling

  9. A mystery or thriller - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

  10. A book with a one-word title - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

  11. A book of short stories - Some Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens

  12. A book set in a different country - Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez

  13. A nonfiction book - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides

  14. A popular author's first book - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

  15. A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet - A Sudden Light by Garth Stein

  16. A book a friend recommended - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

  17. A Pulitzer Prize-winning book - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

  18. A book based on a true story - American Sniper by Chris Kyle

  19. A book at the bottom of your to-read list - Little Princes by Conor Grennan

  20. A book your mom loves - Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini

  21. A book that scares you - Dracula by Bram Stoker

  22. A book more than 100 years old - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

  23. A book based entirely on its cover - Leonardo and the Last Supper by Ross King

  24. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't - Moby Dick by Herman Melville

  25. A memoir - Duty by Robert Gates

  26. A book you can finish in a day - Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

  27. A book with antonyms in the title - The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

  28. A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit - Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mays

  29. A book published the year you were born - If Life is a Bowl of Cherries... by Erma Bombeck

  30. A book with bad reviews - Dirty Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain

  31. A trilogy - The Century trilogy (Fall of Giants, Winter of the World, Edge of Eternity) by Ken Follett (also here and here)

  32. A book from your childhood - Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

  33. A book with a love triangle - Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer (book 2, book 3, book 3.5, and book 4)

  34. A book set in the future - The Host by Stephanie Meyer

  35. A book set in high school - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

  36. A book with a color in the title - Island of Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

  37. A book that made you cry - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

  38. A book with magic - The Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

  39. A graphic novel - The Boxcar Children Graphic Novels by Shannon Eric Denton (and book 4, book 5, book 8, and book 9)

  40. A book by an author you've never read before - Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer

  41. A book you own but have never read - The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

  42. A book that takes place in your hometown - The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer

  43. A book originally written in a different language - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

  44. A book set during Christmas - The Christmas Promise by Donna Vanliere

  45. A book written by an author with your same initials - Brokeback Mountain by E. Annie Proulx

  46. A play - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

  47. A banned book - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

  48. A book based on or turned into a tv show - Delirium by Lauren Oliver

  49. A book you started but never finished - The Kennedy Curse by Edward Klein

  50. A book by a female author - The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

10 Books from the Back to University Reading List (Count: 10/10)

  1. Sonnets 12, 18, 19, 55, 73 (the time sonnets); 97, 107, 116, 129, 130 by William Shakespeare

  2. Macbeth by William Shakespeare

  3. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

  4. Paradise Lost by John Milton

  5. The Iliad by Homer

  6. The Odyssey by Homer

  7. The Aeneid by Virgil

  8. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

  9. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

  10. Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot

10 Books I Loved as a Child (Count: 10/10)

  1. The Peter Rabbit Series by Beatrix Potter

  2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

  3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

  4. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

  5. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

  6. The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

  7. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

  8. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

  9. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

  10. Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Lecy Beth
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