2016 Reading Challenge

 

Welcome to 2016! To celebrate, we have decided to do a reading challenge – one book a week for a year.

Below is a list of topics and genres we will be covering week to week – feel free to join in and read your own. Let us know what you are reading on our Facebook page.

 

1. A 20^th century classic

2. A book at least 100 years older than you

3. A book about a road trip

4. A book about an immigrant or refugee to Australia

5. A book about women in war

6. A book based on a fairy tale

7. A book under 150 pages

8. A book becoming a movie in 2016

9. A book featuring an indigenous culture

10. A book from Oprah’s Book Club

11. A book from the library

12. A book in which the protagonist is in the same profession as you

13. A book of essays

14. A book of more than 600 pages

15. A book of non-fiction regarding feminism

16. A book published in 2016

17. A book published in the decade of your birth

18. A book recommended by a family member

19. A book set in Africa, written by an African author

20. A book set in your home state

21. A book that takes place on an island

22. A book with a blue cover

23. A book with the main character who has a mental illness

24. A book written by a celebrity

25. A book written by a woman under 25

26. A book written by an author from South-East Asia

27. A childhood favourite

28. A dystopian novel

29. A feminist sci-fi novel

30. A fiction/non-fiction book about religion

31. A graphic novel by a woman

32. A historical fiction novel set before 1900

33. A horror novel

34. A book set in Europe

35. A memoir by someone identifying as LGBTQIA

36. A Miles Franklin Award winner

37. A murder mystery novel

38. A non-fiction book based in science

39. A political memoir

40. A post-apocalyptic book by a woman

41. A romance novel set in the future

42. A self-improvement book

43. A translated book

44. A book set in the Middle East

45. A YA bestseller

46. An autobiography

47. One of your favourite authors’ favourite books

48. Read a children’s book aloud

49. The first book in a series you have never read before

50. The first book you see in the bookstore

51. YA book by an author of colour

52. Facebook choice

 

To begin, I am going to read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – most definitely a 20th century classic!

The Grapes of Wrath