From Sci-fi and Scary:

This challenge was inspired by Abe Book’s 50 Essential Sci-Fi Novels list.

This challenge has 3 levels. Dabbler, Dreamer, and Connoisseur .

Choose a tier to aim for, and read an appropriate number of books from the Wired Into Sci-Fi bookshelf/list below.

Dabbler– Read 10 out of 30 of the Wired Into Sci-Fi Books. May DNF at the 33% point 2 times, and still have it count as a read. Any more after that, you must select an another book from the list to read instead.

Dreamer – Read 20 out of 30 of the Wired into Sci-Fi Books. May DNF at the 33% point 5 times, and still have it counted as a read. Any more after that, you must select another book from the list to read instead.

Connoisseur – Read 25+ books of the Wired into Sci-Fi Books. May DNF at the 33% point 7 times. Any more after that, you must select another book from the list to read instead.

Should you read all 30 books, you don’t get a special prize, but you will know you are completely awesome.

• You may note that most of these books are fairly well-known. That’s a deliberate choice, as they’re meant to be ones that are accesible. Not books you have to pay 15 or 20 bucks to get your hands on.

1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
2. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #1 by Douglas Adams
4. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
5. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
6. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
7. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
8. Ringworld by Larry Niven
9. Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
10. 1984 by George Orwell
11. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
12. Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
13. Ring Around the Sun by Cliffard D. Simak
14. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
15. The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
16. When Worlds Collide by Philip Wylie
17. The Death of Grass by John Christopher
18. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
19. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
20. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
21. The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
22. Make Room! Make Room! by Henry Harrison
23. Logan’s Run by William F. Nolan
24. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
25. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
26. The Female Man by Joanna Russ
27. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
28. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
29. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
30. Life by Gwyneth Jones

Chance to Win:(*age 18+, legal resident of the US)

Tier One:  A e-copy of Sci-Fi & Scary’s favorite science fiction novel.

Tier Two: Prize pack of 3  indie pubbed sci-fi novels that have received at least a 4* rating from Sci-Fi & Scary.

Tier Three: $25.00 GC to Thriftbooks.com

Challenge Ends: Dec 31st, 2017.

Participants have until Jan 15, 2018 to confirm  their completion.

Winners will be announced January 19th, 2018.

I'm going with the Dabbler level of 10 books. I would go for more, but I have so many reading challenges this year that I don't want to overwhelm myself.