Challenge: 50 Books discussion

This year has been weird. I've been reading a lot and have noticed keeping track of what I read as if it is a challenge motivate me to keep it up, so here it goes!

Books I usually buy second hand when traveling or in my city, borrow from friends, buy on Audible, or get via library (or the Libby app, which I guess it's the same thing).

This year I am aiming to read more female authors and more Asian authors. Will be editing this stats as I go:

Female authors: 32 books (59.26%)
Asian authors: 27 books (50%)

(last updated August 28)

January

1# The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
2# A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara
3# I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
4# Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
5# What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
6# It Devours! by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

February

7# The Gunslinger by Stephen King
8# The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
9# Full Throttle by Joe Hill

March

10# Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
11# The Vegetarian by Han Kang
12# Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang
13# The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida by Clarissa Goenawan

April

*nothing*

May

14# Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
15# I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
16# The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
17# If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
18# The Last by Hanna Jameson
19# Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
20# Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey
21# If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim
22# Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
23# The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
24# Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
25# Escape Routes by Naomi Ishiguro
26# The Elementals by Michael McDowell

June

27# The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
28# Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
29# Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
30# Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
31# The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
32# The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
33# The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
34# Suicide Club by Rachel Heng
35# Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey
36# The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
37# Out by Natsuo Kirino

July

38# The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
39# I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
40# The Secret Life Of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
41# Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
42# Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey

August

43# Confessions by Kanae Minato
44# Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
45# Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
46# Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
47# Dawn by Yoshiki Tanaka
48# Human Acts by Han Kang
49# Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
50# The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
51# No-No Boy by John Okada
52# Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey
53# Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

September

54# Becoming Kim Jong Un by Jung H. Pak
55# Jade City by Fonda Lee
56# Jade War by Fonda Lee
57# Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
58# The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
59# The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
60# To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini

October

61# Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
62# Ring by Kōji Suzuki
63# Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis
64# Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
65# The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
66# Real World by Natsuo Kirino
67# The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
68# Severance by Ling Ma
69# Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
70# Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
71# Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey
72# Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
73# The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
74# Almond by Won-pyung Sohn
75# How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
76# Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
77# Group by by Christie Tate

November

78# The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
79# The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
80# Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
81# Luster by Raven Leilani
82# Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
83# Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
84# Rebel by Marie Lu
85# Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
86# Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
87# Firefly: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove

December

88# Hyperion by Dan Simmons
89# Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
90# Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
91# Spiral by Kōji Suzuki
92# The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
93# Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
94# Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Queralt wrote: "This year has been weird. I've been reading a lot and have noticed keeping track of what I read as if it is a challenge motivate me to keep it up, so here it goes! ..."

I'm only 4 months late to welcoming you, but like you said, this year has been weird.

It looks like you've done quite well on reading 50+ books this year, as well as your goals to read more female and Asian authors! Nice job! Did you find any new favorite authors?

Tiffany wrote: "Queralt wrote: "This year has been weird. I've been reading a lot and have noticed keeping track of what I read as if it is a challenge motivate me to keep it up, so here it goes! ..."

I'm only 4 ..."

Thanks for the welcome! I'm happy to say I somehow succeeded in reading more Asian authors, but in 2021 I want to have more of a balanced reading experience haha My new favorites are Koji Suzuki, Natsuo Kirino, and Clarissa Goenawan without a doubt!