2014 Reading Challenges -- Perpetual Edition
Overall, I want to focus most of my 2014 reading challenges of knocking out some of my perpetual reading challenges. So I've chosen a few books from each challenge to help me reach my ultimate goals.
Fantasy Project: 20 Books
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- The Little Prince by
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
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Nonfiction Adventure: 20 Books
- The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- John Adams by
- Washington by
- American Lion by
- Woodrow Wilson by
- Alexander Hamilton by
- The Private World of Georgette Heyer by Jane Aiken Hodge
- What Ifs of American History by
- A Vindication on the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
- Becoming Mona Lisa by Donald Sassoon
- The Emperor of Maladies by
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NPR Scifi and Fantasy: 10 Books
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Contact by Carl Sagan
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
NPR Teen Books: 10 Books
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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Top 100 YA Novels: 5 Books
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- Tithe by Holly Black
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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21st Century Women Authors: 5 Books
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- House of Riverston by Kate Morton
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
United States of YA: 5 Books
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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Time Top 100: 5 Books
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
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Rory Gilmore: 10 Books
- The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
- Living History by Hilary Rodham Clinton
- The TIme Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
- Siddartha by Herman Hesse
- The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
1001 Books: 10 Books
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Contact by Carl Sagan
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
- Siddartha by Herman Hesse
- Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
- Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
- The Little Prince by
- The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Douglas Adams
U.S. Presidents: 5 Books
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- John Adams by
- American Lion by
- Washington by
- Woodrow Wilson by