You can learn more about this challenge on the group's Goodreads page.
I will be tracking my progress here as well as on my goals post on the group forum. For the most part, I already owned most of these books at the start of 2017. I have listed two books for some categories, as I may have multiple eligible books on my shelves.
The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: (1/1-1/7)
First Women - completed Jan 2017
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view):
And Then There Were None - completed Jan 2017
3. A book you meant to read in 2016:
Miss Wyoming - completed Jan 2017
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E":
Into thin Air - completed Jan 2017
5. A historical fiction:
20th Century Ghosts - completed Feb 2017
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017:
The Gunslinger - completed Feb 2017
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title:
Pit Bull: The Battle of an American Icon
8. A book written by a person of color:
Signs Preceding the End of the World - completed Feb 2017
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list:
Preacher, volume 1 - completed Feb 2017
10. A dual-timeline novel:
Dark Places
11. A category from another challenge:
(Highest rated on your TBR shelf)
Invisible North: The Search For Answers on a Troubled Reserve
12. A book based on a myth
Fifteen Dogs
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
(recommended by Heather O'neill)
Wide Sargasso Sea
14. A book with a strong female character
Salvage the Bones
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
The Nightmare
16. A mystery
Confessions
17. A book with illustrations
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
It
19. A New York Times best-seller
The Cuckoo's Calling
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
The Kite Runner
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
The Awakening
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
1984
24. A book written by at least two authors
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
25. A book about a famous historical figure
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
26. An adventure book
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night
28. A non-fiction
Common Ground
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
Pumpkinflowers
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
Cinder
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
(Nonfiction -- Feminism)
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
33. A magical realism novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
Feed
37. A book you choose randomly
North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
Hag-Seed
39. An epistolary fiction
Dracula (reread)
40. A book published in 2017
TBD
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Room
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
House of Leaves
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
(from Tell the Wolves I'm Home)
Night Film
45. A book with a one-word title
Wenjack
46. A time travel novel
Ruby Red
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
(a book about refugees or immigrants)
Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes
48. A banned book
The Bell Jar
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
The Queen of the Tearling
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
The Great Gatsby (reread)
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
The Lovecraft Compendium
52. A book set in a fictional location
Oryx and Crake
I will be tracking my progress here as well as on my goals post on the group forum. For the most part, I already owned most of these books at the start of 2017. I have listed two books for some categories, as I may have multiple eligible books on my shelves.
The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: (1/1-1/7)
First Women - completed Jan 2017
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view):
And Then There Were None - completed Jan 2017
3. A book you meant to read in 2016:
Miss Wyoming - completed Jan 2017
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E":
Into thin Air - completed Jan 2017
5. A historical fiction:
20th Century Ghosts - completed Feb 2017
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017:
The Gunslinger - completed Feb 2017
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title:
Pit Bull: The Battle of an American Icon
8. A book written by a person of color:
Signs Preceding the End of the World - completed Feb 2017
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list:
Preacher, volume 1 - completed Feb 2017
10. A dual-timeline novel:
Dark Places
11. A category from another challenge:
(Highest rated on your TBR shelf)
Invisible North: The Search For Answers on a Troubled Reserve
12. A book based on a myth
Fifteen Dogs
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
(recommended by Heather O'neill)
Wide Sargasso Sea
14. A book with a strong female character
Salvage the Bones
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
The Nightmare
16. A mystery
Confessions
17. A book with illustrations
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
It
19. A New York Times best-seller
The Cuckoo's Calling
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
The Kite Runner
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
The Awakening
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
1984
24. A book written by at least two authors
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
25. A book about a famous historical figure
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
26. An adventure book
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night
28. A non-fiction
Common Ground
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
Pumpkinflowers
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
Cinder
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
(Nonfiction -- Feminism)
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
33. A magical realism novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
Feed
37. A book you choose randomly
North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
Hag-Seed
39. An epistolary fiction
Dracula (reread)
40. A book published in 2017
TBD
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Room
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
House of Leaves
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
(from Tell the Wolves I'm Home)
Night Film
45. A book with a one-word title
Wenjack
46. A time travel novel
Ruby Red
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
(a book about refugees or immigrants)
Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes
48. A banned book
The Bell Jar
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
The Queen of the Tearling
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
The Great Gatsby (reread)
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
The Lovecraft Compendium
52. A book set in a fictional location
Oryx and Crake