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2016 Reading Challenge

69/50 books read

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Fastest read in 2016

208 pages read in 1 days
My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel - Elizabeth Strout

Number of pages read in 2016

24462 pages read

2016 Challenge Books

71.
Into the Wilderness - Sara Donati
Into the Wilderness
Read: 6 November 2016 - 29 December 2016
Review
70.
Enrique's Journey - Sonia Nazario
Enrique's Journey
Read: 23 December 2016 - 26 December 2016
Review
69.
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City - Alice Goffman
On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City
Read: 11 December 2016 - 17 December 2016
Review
68.
Gather Together in My Name - Maya Angelou
Gather Together in My Name
Read: 5 December 2016 - 10 December 2016
Review
67.
The Murder of Halland - Pia Juul, Martin Aitken
The Murder of Halland
Read: 10 December 2016 - 10 December 2016
Review
66.
Emma's War - Deborah Scroggins
Emma's War
Read: 20 November 2016 - 4 December 2016
Review
65.
Potiki - Patricia Grace
Potiki
Read: 28 November 2016 - 3 December 2016
Review
64.
The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Du Bois, Terri Hume Oliver, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Souls of Black Folk
Read: 17 October 2016 - 27 November 2016
Review
63.
A Lupita le gustaba planchar - Laura Esquivel
A Lupita le gustaba planchar
Read: 12 November 2016 - 19 November 2016
Review
62.
Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World - Katherine Zoepf
Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World
Read: 22 October 2016 - 5 November 2016
Review
61.
Crown of Stars - Kate Elliott
Crown of Stars
Read: 28 September 2016 - 17 October 2016
Review
60.
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation - Rebecca Traister
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
Read: 1 October 2016 - 13 October 2016
Review
59.
Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire
Rosemary and Rue
Read: 15 September 2016 - 2 October 2016
Review
58.
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose - Alice Munro
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
Read: 5 September 2016 - 24 September 2016
Review
57.
The Lion Seeker - Kenneth Bonert
The Lion Seeker
Read: 14 August 2016 - 11 September 2016
Review
56.
City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism - Jim Krane
City of Gold: Dubai and the Dream of Capitalism
Read: 7 August 2016 - 10 September 2016
Review
55.
Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History - Tananarive Due, Sofia Samatar, Ken Liu, Victor LaValle, Nnedi Okorafor, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Thoraiya Dyer, Rose Fox, Daniel José Older, Julie Dillon
Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
Read: 19 July 2016 - 29 August 2016
Review
54.
The Thorn and the Blossom - Theodora Goss, Scott McKowen
The Thorn and the Blossom
Read: 14 August 2016 - 14 August 2016
Review
53.
Yo!: A Novel - Julia Alvarez
Yo!: A Novel
Read: 31 July 2016 - 13 August 2016
Review
52.
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield - Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
Read: 26 July 2016 - 29 July 2016
Review
51.
My Antonia - Willa Cather
My Antonia
Read: 9 July 2016 - 18 July 2016
Review
50.
The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young - Somini Sengupta
The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India's Young
Read: 13 July 2016 - 17 July 2016
Review
49.
The Time of the Dark - Barbara Hambly
The Time of the Dark
Read: 6 July 2016 - 8 July 2016
Review
48.
The Pillar of Salt - Albert Memmi
The Pillar of Salt
Read: 2 July 2016 - 7 July 2016
Review
47.
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat - Bee Wilson
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
Read: 3 July 2016 - 6 July 2016
Review
46.
Jane Eyre - Q.D. Leavis, Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre
Read: 18 June 2016 - 30 June 2016
Review
45.
In the Ruins - Kate Elliott
In the Ruins
Read: 2 June 2016 - 25 June 2016
Review
44.
Solomon Time: An Unlikely Quest in the South Pacific - Will Randall
Solomon Time: An Unlikely Quest in the South Pacific
Read: 9 June 2016 - 23 June 2016
Review
43.
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp - Ben Rawlence
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Read: 29 May 2016 - 18 June 2016
Review
42.
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World - Baz Dreisinger
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World
Read: 4 June 2016 - 18 June 2016
Review
41.
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - Helen Oyeyemi
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Read: 23 May 2016 - 1 June 2016
Review
40.
Sula - Toni Morrison
Sula
Read: 28 May 2016 - 29 May 2016
Review
39.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Matthew Desmond
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Read: 15 May 2016 - 25 May 2016
Review
38.
Kristin Lavransdatter - Tiina Nunnally, Sigrid Undset, Brad Leithauser
Kristin Lavransdatter
Read: 13 March 2016 - 22 May 2016
Review
37.
Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross: The Cross: 3 - Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally, Sherrill Harbison
Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross: The Cross: 3
Read: 11 May 2016 - 21 May 2016
Review
36.
My Fathers' Daughter: A Story of Family and Belonging - Hannah Pool
My Fathers' Daughter: A Story of Family and Belonging
Read: 4 May 2016 - 6 May 2016
Review
35.
The Gathering Storm - Kate Elliott
The Gathering Storm
Read: 8 April 2016 - 1 May 2016
Review
34.
July's People - Nadine Gordimer
July's People
Read: 25 April 2016 - 1 May 2016
Review
33.
Damascus Nights - Rafik Schami
Damascus Nights
Read: 17 April 2016 - 30 April 2016
Review
32.
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America - H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn J. Edin
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
Read: 16 April 2016 - 23 April 2016
Review
31.
Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice - Curtis Sittenfeld
Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Read: 19 April 2016 - 22 April 2016
Review
30.
A Pattern Of Islands - Arthur Grimble
A Pattern Of Islands
Read: 4 April 2016 - 16 April 2016
Review
29.
The Wife - Sigrid Undset
The Wife
Read: 2 April 2016 - 14 April 2016
Review
28.
The Mirror Empire: Worldbreaker Saga 1 - Kameron Hurley
The Mirror Empire: Worldbreaker Saga 1
Read: 22 March 2016 - 3 April 2016
Review
27.
My Urohs - Emelihter Kihleng
My Urohs
Read: 1 April 2016 - 1 April 2016
Review
26.
The Ladies Are Upstairs - Merle Collins
The Ladies Are Upstairs
Read: 27 March 2016 - 30 March 2016
Review
25.
Broken Glass - Helen Stevenson, Alain Mabanckou
Broken Glass
Read: 25 March 2016 - 26 March 2016
Review
24.
The Wreath - Sigrid Undset, Tiina Nunnally
The Wreath
Read: 13 March 2016 - 20 March 2016
Review
23.
Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want - Nicholas Epley
Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
Read: 8 March 2016 - 19 March 2016
Review
22.
The Winged Histories: a novel - Sofia Samatar
The Winged Histories: a novel
Read: 3 March 2016 - 16 March 2016
Review
21.
Season of Migration to the North - Denys Johnson-Davies, Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ, Laila Lalami
Season of Migration to the North
Read: 11 March 2016 - 13 March 2016
Review
20.
The Purple Violet of Oshaantu - Neshani Andreas
The Purple Violet of Oshaantu
Read: 6 March 2016 - 10 March 2016
Review
19.
My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel - Elizabeth Strout
My Name Is Lucy Barton: A Novel
Read: 9 March 2016 - 9 March 2016
Review
18.
Child of Flame - Kate Elliott
Child of Flame
Read: 1 February 2016 - 5 March 2016
Review
17.
The True Deceiver - Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Ali Smith
The True Deceiver
Read: 1 March 2016 - 3 March 2016
Review
16.
The Girl with Seven Names - Hyeonseo Lee, John David Mann
The Girl with Seven Names
Read: 26 February 2016 - 28 February 2016
Review
15.
Uzbekistan Speaks - Aibek, Abdullah Kahhar, Askad Mukhtar, Aidyn, Rahmat Faizi, Sa'ida Zunnonova, G. Hanna, D. Skvirsky
Uzbekistan Speaks
Read: 22 February 2016 - 25 February 2016
Review
14.
Huasipungo - Raul Neira, Jorge Icaza
Huasipungo
Read: 13 February 2016 - 21 February 2016
Review
13.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope - William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
Read: 14 February 2016 - 20 February 2016
Review
12.
Six-Gun Snow White - Catherynne M. Valente
Six-Gun Snow White
Read: 11 February 2016 - 13 February 2016
Review
11.
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America - Jill Leovy
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
Read: 1 February 2016 - 12 February 2016
Review
10.
Come Together, Fall Apart - Cristina Henriquez
Come Together, Fall Apart
Read: 2 February 2016 - 10 February 2016
Review
9.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Read: 23 January 2016 - 31 January 2016
Review
8.
The Sailmaker's Daughter - Stephanie Johnson
The Sailmaker's Daughter
Read: 24 January 2016 - 31 January 2016
Review
7.
The Burning Stone - Kate Elliott
The Burning Stone
Read: 9 January 2016 - 26 January 2016
Review
6.
Tales of the Tikongs - Epeli Hau'ofa
Tales of the Tikongs
Read: 23 January 2016 - 24 January 2016
Review
5.
The Girl in the Moon Circle - Sia Figiel
The Girl in the Moon Circle
Read: 18 January 2016 - 22 January 2016
Review
4.
The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Read: 4 January 2016 - 22 January 2016
Review
3.
Where The Hell Is Tuvalu?: How I became the law man of the world's fourth-smallest country - Philip Ells
Where The Hell Is Tuvalu?: How I became the law man of the world's fourth-smallest country
Read: 8 January 2016 - 18 January 2016
Review
2.
Prince of Dogs - Kate Elliott
Prince of Dogs
Read: 28 December 2015 - 9 January 2016
Review
1.
What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know - Joan C. Williams, Rachel Dempsey, Anne-Marie Slaughter
What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know
Read: 31 December 2015 - 9 January 2016
Review

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