Book It – Year’s End
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The year has come to a close, so here’s a run down of how I did in meeting the 2015 Reading List from PopSugar.
There were a total of 50 different categories to read a book in, so I decided right off the bat that I would need to mark each category a book fell under to meet the total goal for the year. It might seem a bit lazy, but you will see in the lists below that I had many categories with multiple books in them.
A book with more than 500 pages –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A classic romance –
A book that became a movie –
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A book published this year (2015) –
- A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything by Alex Sheshunoff
- Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
- The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
- Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African by Simon Fenton
- Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
A book with a number in the title –
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- Lady Mechanika #2
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales by Margaret Atwood
A book written by someone under 30 –
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
A book with nonhuman characters –
- And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
- Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Cinda Doidge
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
- The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Joyland by Stephen King
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Lady Mechanika #2
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- The Lost Island by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Prison of Despair (Island of Fog, Book 8) by Keith Robinson
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A funny book –
- And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer
- A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything by Alex Sheshunoff
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by Davis Sedaris
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
A book by a female author –
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
- The Cry of the Peacock by V.R. Christensen
- Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Cinda Doidge
- Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
- The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley
- The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keen
- The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Sea by Caroline Mytinger
- The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
- Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales by Margaret Atwood
- Mystery of Crocodile Island by Carolyn Keen
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
- The Traitor’s Wife by Kathleen Kent
- Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
- Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
A mystery or thriller –
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Clue of the Screeching Owl by Franklin Dixon
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Cinda Doidge
- The Devil’s Grin by A. Wendburg
- The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keen
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- Joyland by Stephen King
- The Masked Monkey by Franklin Dixon
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Mystery of Crocodile Island by Carolyn Keen
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
- Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
A book with a one-word title –
- Joyland by Stephen King
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
A book of short stories-
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by Davis Sedaris
- Short Stories (published online) by Neil Gaiman
- Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales by Margaret Atwood
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
A book set in a different country (outside the United States) –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny
- Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- The Cry of the Peacock by V.R. Christensen
- Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent
- The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley
- The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Sea by Caroline Mytinger
- A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Lady Mechanika #2
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by Davis Sedaris
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- The Lost Island by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Masked Monkey by Franklin Dixon
- Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant by Alex Gilvarry
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
- My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
- The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
- Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African by Simon Fenton
- Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
- The Traitor’s Wife by Kathleen Kent
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A nonfiction book –
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Sea by Caroline Mytinger
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by Davis Sedaris
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
A popular author’s first book –
- The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny
- The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
A book from an author you love that you haven’t read yet –
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keen
- The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- Joyland by Stephen King
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- The Lost Island by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
- Prison of Despair (Island of Fog, Book 8) by Keith Robinson
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
- Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales by Margaret Atwood
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
A book a friend recommended –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman
A Pulitzer Prize-winning book –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A book based on a true story –
A book at the bottom of your to-read list –
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- The Cry of the Peacock by V.R. Christensen
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Lady Mechanika #2
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
A book your mom loves –
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
A book that scares you –
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
A book more than 100 years old –
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A book based entirely on it’s cover –
- A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t –
A memoir –
- A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything by Alex Sheshunoff
- Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent
- The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Sea by Caroline Mytinger
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais (fictionalized)
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by Davis Sedaris
- Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant by Alex Gilvarry (fictionalized)
- My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
- Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African by Simon Fenton
- Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
- Then Again by Diane Keaton
A book you can finish in a day –
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Clue of the Screeching Owl by Franklin Dixon
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Cinda Doidge
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Lady Mechanika #2
- The Masked Monkey by Franklin Dixon
- Mystery of Crocodile Island by Carolyn Keen
- The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keen
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
A book with antonyms in the title –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant by Alex Gilvarry
- Then Again by Diane Keaton
A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
- The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
A book that came out the year you were born (1985) –
A book with bad reviews –
A trilogy –
- Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian: book 1 of 3
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey: book 1 of 3
- The Lost Island by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child: book 3 in the series
- Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove: book 1 of 3
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A book from your childhood –
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keen
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Mystery of Crocodile Island by Carolyn Keen
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
A book with a love triangle –
- The Cry of the Peacock by V.R. Christensen
- The Devil’s Grin by A. Wendburg
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
- Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
- The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
A book set in the future –
- The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A book set in high school –
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
A book with a color in the title –
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Sea by Caroline Mytinger
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
A book that made you cry –
- Joyland by Stephen King
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
- Then Again by Diane Keaton
A book with magic –
- The Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit
- Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
- Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Cinda Doidge
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- Prison of Despair (Island of Fog, Book 8) by Keith Robinson
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
- Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
A graphic novel –
- Lady Mechanika #2
A book by an author you’ve never read before –
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer
- A Beginner’s Guide to Paradise: 9 Steps to Giving Up Everything by Alex Sheshunoff
- The Book of Madness and Cures by Regina O’Melveny
- Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
- The Cry of the Peacock by V.R. Christensen
- Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Cinda Doidge
- Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood by Leah Vincent
- The Devil’s Grin by A. Wendburg
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
- Faerie Born by Alice Kasey
- The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov
- The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
- The Foremost Good Fortune by Susan Conley
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands: Around the Coral Sea by Caroline Mytinger
- A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
- Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by Davis Sedaris
- Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant by Alex Gilvarry
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- My Kitchen Wars by Betty Fussell
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
- Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove
- One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman
- The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
- The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
- Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African by Simon Fenton
- Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor
- Then Again by Diane Keaton
- The Traitor’s Wife by Kathleen Kent
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
- Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
A book you own but have never read –
- The Hidden by S.A. Hunt
- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice
- The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
A book that takes place in your hometown (Princeton, IN) –
A book that was originally written in another language –
- The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri: originally written in Italian
A book set during Christmas –
- The Cry of the Peacock by V.R. Christensen
- A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
- Landline by Rainbow Rowell
- Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
A book written by an author with your same initials (A.T.) –
A play –
A banned book –
- The Clue in the Old Album by Carolyn Keen
- The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keen
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- The Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keen
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
A book you started but never finished –