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✔ 1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't - Between Worlds: The Collected Ile-Rien and Cineth StoriesMartha Wells
✔ 2. A book set in a different continent - The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan
✔ 3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
✔ 4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
✔ 5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name - Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton
✔ 6. The highest rated on your TBR - Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
✔ 7. A book about books - A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe
✔ 8. A classic book with less than 200 pages - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
✔ 9. A book that was mentioned in another book Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
✔ 10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now - Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
✔ 11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
✔ 12. A childhood classic - Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
✔ 13. Reader’s Choice - Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
✔ 14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
✔ 15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago) - Peter: The Untold True Story by Christopher Daniel Mechling
✔ 16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels - The Bat by Jo Nesbø
✔ 17. A book with a beautiful cover - The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
✔ 18. A book on a summer/beach reading list - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
✔19. A non-fiction book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler Kerry Patterson
✔ 20. A book with a first name in the title - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
✔21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page - Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
✔ 22. The first book in a new to you series - Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
✔ 23. The next book in a series you are reading - Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
✔ 24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.) - Fairest by Marissa Meyer
✔ 25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you - Fields of Wrath by Mark Wheaton
✔ 26. A book everyone is talking about - The Builders by Daniel Polansky
✔ 27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion) - Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
✔ 28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir - Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
✔ 29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name - Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey
✔ 30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own - Winter by Marissa Meyer
✔ 31. A work of young adult fiction - Morning Star by Pierce Brown
✔32. A historical fiction book - Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
✔ 33. The 16th book on your TBR - Uprooted by Naomi Novik
✔ 34. A book about mental illness - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
✔ 35. An award winning book - Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal
✔ 36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation - The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
✔ 37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
✔ 38. A book about an anti hero - Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence
✔ 39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list - Zer0es by Chuck Wendig
✔ 40. A novella from your favorite genre - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson
✔ 41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) - Find Me by Laura van den Berg
✔ 42. A top 100 fantasy novel - Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
✔ 43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night - Broken Harbor by Tana French
✔ 44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public - Darkness Falls by Erin Kellison
✔ 45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have - The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
✔ 46. A crime story - Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
✔ 47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title - The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
✔ 48. A dystopia - Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
✔ 49. A book with a great opening line - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
✔ 50. A book originally written in a language other than English - The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
✔ 51. A short story from a well-known author - The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
✔ 52. A book published in 2016 - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders


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