Are You Taking the 2017 Reading Challenge? Here Are 100+ Book Ideas to Help You Out!
Need a good book rec? You've come to the right place. Goodreads users have been actively tracking their progress and sharing their book lists for our 2017 reading challenge. So if you're plotting your 2017 reading game plan or you're just looking for a good weekend or vacation read, here are more than 150 book ideas to get you started!
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A Book of Letters
- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams by Abigail Adams and John Adams
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Dracula (Dracula of Stoker Family #1) by Bram Stoker
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
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A Book With 1 of the 4 Seasons in the Title
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A Book That Is a Story Within a Story
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A Book With Multiple Authors
- Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
- Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
- The Last Survivors by T.W. Piperbrook and Bobby Adair
- Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- The Forgotten Room by Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig
- The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
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A Book With a Cat on the Cover
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia #1) by C.S. Lewis
- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce #8) by Alan Bradley
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Cat Among the Pigeons: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
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A Book Involving Travel
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A Book With a Subtitle
- Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
- Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
- Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt
- Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
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A Book Involving a Mythical Creature
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
- Neverwhere (London Below, The World of Neverwhere) by Neil Gaiman
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break by Steven Sherrill
- At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
- The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel (P.S.) by Helene Wecker
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A Book With Career Advice
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- Power Your Happy: Work Hard, Play Nice and Build Your Dream Life by Lisa Sugar
- In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs by Grace Bonney
- #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
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A Book Set in the Wilderness
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A Book With Pictures
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling
- Carry This Book by Abbi Jacobson
- Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton
- Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein
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A Book About an Interesting Woman
- Katherine by Anya Seton
- Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
- Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation by Brad Ricca
- I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
- Boys in the Trees: A Memoir by Carly Simon
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A Book With a Month or Day of the Week in the Title
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