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2018 Book Challenge

The Challenge: Finish 52 books in 2018.

The Rules:

  • I am trying to finish 52 books this year. The books I started in 2017 will count if I finish them.
  • Audiobooks count, but will be marked with an asterisk. There is definitely a difference between reading and listening to a book, but for the purposes of this challenge, both will count toward the total.
  • Children’s chapter books (i.e. middle-grade readers) count and graphic novels do too. Picture books and comic books — shorter serial volumes — do not.

The Books

  1. “The Wordy Shipmates,” by Sarah Vowell *
  2. “Between Me and You,” by Allison Winn Scotch
  3. “The Lost Queen of Crocker County,” by Elizabeth Leiknes
  4. “Crosswind: Volume One,” by Simone Staggs
  5. The Mad Wolf’s Daughter,” by Diane Magras *
  6. A Wrinkle in Time,” by Madeleine L’Engle *
  7. Ghost Boys,” by Jewell Parker Rhodes * (twice)
  8. Big Foot and Little Foot,” by Ellen Potter *
  9. The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (and Their Muses),” by Terri-Lynne DeFino
  10. Relish: My Life in the Kitchen,” by Lucy Kinsley
  11. The Orphan Band of Springdale,” by Anne Nesbet
  12. The Lies They Tell,” by Gillian French
  13. Tangerine,” by Christine Mangan *
  14. Vox,” by Christina Dalcher
  15. Maid,” by Stephanie Land
  16. The Boy, The Bird and The Coffin Maker,” by Matilda Woods, illustrated by Anuska Allepuz *
  17. The Beach Club,” by Elin Hilderbrand
  18. Always Forever Maybe,” by Anica Mrose Rissi
  19. Spill Zone,” by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
  20. Spill Zone: The Broken Vow,” by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
  21. Bob,” by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead and illustrated by Nicholas Gannon *
  22. The Paris Secret,” by Karen Swan *
  23. Louisiana’s Way Home,” by Kate DiCamillo *
  24. Friday Black,” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  25. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus,” by Dusti Bowling *
  26. Train I Ride,” by Paul Mosier *
  27. The Hunt for the Mad Wolf’s Daughter,” by Diane Magras *
  28. The Best American Food Writing 2018,” edited by Ruth Reichl
  29. Marilla of Green Gables,” by Sarah McCoy
  30. The Story of Arthur Truluv,” by Elizabeth Berg