In response to my dear friend Chaitanya's Popsugar’s 2015 Reading Challenge, here goes my list :
1. A book with more than 500 pages – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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 in 2014 – All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5. A book with a number in the title – Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
6. A book written by someone under 30 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
7. A book with nonhuman characters – Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
8. A funny book – Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
9. A book by a female author – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10. A mystery/thriller – And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
11. A book with a one word title – Atonement by Ian McEwan
12. A book of short stories – The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
13. A book set in a different country – Neither here nor there by Bill Bryson
14. A nonfiction book – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
15. A popular author’s first book – The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet – The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
17. A book a friend recommended – Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
18. A Pulitzer Prize winning book – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
19. A book based on a true story – The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list – Open : An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
21. A book your mom loves – Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
22. A book that scares you – The Shining by Stephen King
23. A book more than 100 years old – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
24. A book based entirely on its cover – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – The Hound of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
26. A memoir – The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
27. A book you can finish in a day – Animal Farm by George Orwell
28. A book with antonyms in the title – The Light and Dark by Mikhail Shishkin
29. A book set somewhere you always wanted to visit – The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
30. A book that came out the year you were born – A Time to Kill by John Grisham
31. A book with bad reviews – Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
32. A trilogy – The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
33. A book from your childhood – Malgudi Days by R K Narayan
34. A book with a love triangle – The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
35. A book set in the future – 1984 by George Orwell
36. A book set in the high school – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
37. A book with a color in the title – The Green Mile by Stephen King
38. A book that made you cry – A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
39. A book with magic – The Prestige by Christopher Priest
40. A graphic novel – V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
41. A book by an author you have never read before – The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
42. A book you own but have never read – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
43. A book that takes place in your hometown – Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
44. A book that was originally written in a different language – The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
45. A book set during Christmas – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
46. A book written by author with your same initials – Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
47. A play – Hamlet by William Shakespeare
48. A banned book – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show – Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
50. A book you started but never finished – The Class by Erich Segal
Hope to a challenging 2015 ahead :)
1. A book with more than 500 pages – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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 in 2014 – All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
5. A book with a number in the title – Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
6. A book written by someone under 30 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
7. A book with nonhuman characters – Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
8. A funny book – Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
9. A book by a female author – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
10. A mystery/thriller – And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
11. A book with a one word title – Atonement by Ian McEwan
12. A book of short stories – The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
13. A book set in a different country – Neither here nor there by Bill Bryson
14. A nonfiction book – In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
15. A popular author’s first book – The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
16. A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet – The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
17. A book a friend recommended – Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
18. A Pulitzer Prize winning book – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
19. A book based on a true story – The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
20. A book at the bottom of your to-read list – Open : An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
21. A book your mom loves – Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
22. A book that scares you – The Shining by Stephen King
23. A book more than 100 years old – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
24. A book based entirely on its cover – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t – The Hound of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
26. A memoir – The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
27. A book you can finish in a day – Animal Farm by George Orwell
28. A book with antonyms in the title – The Light and Dark by Mikhail Shishkin
29. A book set somewhere you always wanted to visit – The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
30. A book that came out the year you were born – A Time to Kill by John Grisham
31. A book with bad reviews – Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
32. A trilogy – The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
33. A book from your childhood – Malgudi Days by R K Narayan
34. A book with a love triangle – The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
35. A book set in the future – 1984 by George Orwell
36. A book set in the high school – Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
37. A book with a color in the title – The Green Mile by Stephen King
38. A book that made you cry – A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
39. A book with magic – The Prestige by Christopher Priest
40. A graphic novel – V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
41. A book by an author you have never read before – The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
42. A book you own but have never read – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
43. A book that takes place in your hometown – Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
44. A book that was originally written in a different language – The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
45. A book set during Christmas – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
46. A book written by author with your same initials – Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
47. A play – Hamlet by William Shakespeare
48. A banned book – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
49. A book based on or turned into a TV show – Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
50. A book you started but never finished – The Class by Erich Segal
Hope to a challenging 2015 ahead :)
