There's 50 books to get through in a year (technically 52, as one is a trilogy), which I think is a tall order but I'm going to give it a go in an effort to diversify my reading choices this year.
1. A book you own but have never read
The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier (finished January 6th)
2. A book written by someone under 30
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (finished 17th January)
3. A Pulitzer prize winning book
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (finished 22nd January)
4. A popular author's FIRST book
Starter for Ten by David Nicholls (finished 1st February)
5. A memoir
Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck (finished 12th February)
6. A book that takes place in your home town - (LIVERPOOL)
The Four Streets by Nadine Dorries (finished 16th February)
7. A book that became a film
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel (finished 27th February)
8. A book with a number in the title
The One I Was by Eliza Graham
9. A book that was turned into a TV programme
South Riding by Winifred Holtby (finished 12th March)
10. A book that had bad reviews
The Fault in our Stars by John Green (finished 14th March)
11. A book you can finish in a day
Paris for One by Jojo Moyles (finished 15th March)
12. A book from your childhood
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (finished 17th March)
13. A book set in high school
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (finished March 19th)
14. A book with a one word title
Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart (finished March 26th)
15. A book set in a different country
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (finished April 5th)
16. A book with a love triangle
A book more than 100 years old
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (finished April 25th)
17. A book originally written in a different language
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker (finished May 4th)
18. A book based on a true story
Philomena by Martin Sixsmith (finished May 15th)
19. A book set at Christmas time
Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher (finished May 20th)
20. A book that will make you cry
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood (finished May 25th)
21. A book of short stories
Olive Kitteridge byElizabeth Strout
22. A book written by a female author
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
23. A book published this year
Us by David Nicholls
24. A book recommended by a friend
The Observations by Jane Harris
25. A book chosen entirely by it's cover
The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel
26. A mystery or thriller
Stranger Child by Rachel Abbott (finished 7th July)
27. A trilogy
The Sunflower Trilogy by Ruth Silvestre (K)
The House in the Sunflowers (finished 14th July)
A Harvest of Sunflowers
Reflections of Sunflowers (finished 21st July)
28. A book written in the year you were born
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durell (finished 26th July)
29. A book from a favourite author that you have never read
Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (K)
A Pocketful of Names by Joe Coomer
31. A book with more than 500 pages
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (K)
32. The book on the bottom of your 'to read' list
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
33. A book by an author you've never read beforeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
The Quaker Cafe by Brenda Bevan Remmes
34. A non-fiction book
Just Me by Sheila Hancock
A book with magic
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (K) ( started but couldn't finish it)
The White Lie by Andrea Gillies
37. A book with antonyms in the title
Me Before You by Jojo Moyles
Maus (TOM)
40. A book set in the future
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood
Sons and Lovers D.H. Lawrence (BOOK)
43. A classic romance
Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
Demelza by Winston Graham
44. A book written by an author with your initials
45. A play
A Doll's House by Ibsen (TOM)
46. A book that was banned
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (TOM)
47. A book that scares you
Room by Emma Donaghue (BOOK)
48. A book with non-human characters
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham (K)
50. A funny book
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