I will be participating in NovelKnight’s Beat the Backlist Hogwarts House Challenge for 2017! In addition, each year I always participate in the TBR Group Challenge at Library Thing.
My minimum goal for 2017 is the first 24 books on this list. Quite a few of them are definitely large, chunky books…I’m looking at you George R.R. Martin and Ron Chernow!
I happen to have a few themes for 2017. The two biggest themes are Agatha Christie and Series reads. In 2017, I plan on starting my goal of reading all of Agatha Christie’s books in order of publication; I only listed the first 8 on this post, but consider all of them on my backlist (except for the 5-6 I have already read)!
My second theme of 2017 is to tackle a few series that I have been meaning to read for a while: Game of Thrones, Divergent, and Throne of Glass, to name a few.
I also have quite a few books on the list that further my goal of reading more diversely in 2017: George, Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Sympathizer, Timekeeper are just a few that fulfill that category.
And finally, quite a few books make an appearance by authors I have read in the past and loved, and want to read more of their work. Jacqueline Winspear, Agatha Christie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Neil Gaiman and Gregory Maguire all fit into that category.
As for the Hogwarts House Mini Challenge, I am a proud Ravenclaw!
The Top 24 TBR/Beat the Backlist Books:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie– Review Coming Soon!The Secret Adversary by Agatha ChristieThe Murder on the Links by Agatha ChristieThe Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie- The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
- The Big Four by Agatha Christie
- The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin- A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
- A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
- A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
The Happiness Project by Gretchen RubinReview here.- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
- Allegiant by Veronica Roth
- The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- John Adams by David McCullough
George by Alex GinoReview here.The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadReview here.The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Extra Credit:
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
- Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
- Swallow by Sefi Atta
Year of No Sugar by Eve O. SchaubReview here.- The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
- Rising Strong by Brene Brown
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- The Graveyard book by Neil Gaiman
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
- Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
- The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
- Vicious by VE Schwab
- Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
- A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
- Holding Up The Universe by Jennifer Niven
- Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland
- Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions by River and Joyce Higginbotham
- The White Goddess by Robert Graves
- The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa
- An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
- Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
- The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
- Timekeeper by Tara Sim
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich
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