Carrie Gelson at There's a Book for That, hosts #MustRead. If you have a "want to read" list on Goodreads (or somewhere else) that goes on forever, then you might be interested in joining for 2018. All you have to do is choose any number of specific books on that list, and do your best to read them all.
The two lists here include a fiction and nonfiction list that I plan to read from. The other is a more flexible list of books by Canadian Indigenous authors that I plan to read at least 24 books from. You can see that list here. I'm also working on a Must Read Picture Book list but will see where that one goes.
I'm hoping to read at least 25 books from the following fiction list.
Ban This Book by Alan GratzBook Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1) by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman- The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip M. Hoose
- Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
- The Daybreak Bond by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Dear Martin by Nic Stone- Diamond Boy by Michael Williams
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1) by Christopher Moore- Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
- An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
The Ethan I Was Before by Ali StandishEugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package (Tales from Deckawoo Drive #4) by Kate DiCamillo- The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
- Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Give Me Some Truth by Eric GansworthThe Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan BradleyHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHome of the Brave by Katherine Applegate,- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling- The Last Grand Adventure by Rebecca Behrens
- The Law of Finders Keepers by Sheila Turnage,
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds- Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
- Moon Shadow by Erin Downing
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- Once by Morris Gleitzman
- The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
- Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Restart by Gordon Korman- The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
- The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall
- Smart Cookie by Elly Swartz
- Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard (Peter Nimble, #2) by Jonathan Auxier
- Sunny by Jason Reynolds
- The Theory of Hummingbirds by Michelle Kadarusman
- Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
- Under Suspicion (Friday Barnes #2) by R.A. Spratt
The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley- The Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson- What Elephants Know by Eric Dinerstein
- Where You'll Find Me by Natasha Friend
- Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer
Wish by Barbara O'Connor- You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
- Zero Repeat Forever (The Nahx Invasions #1) by Gabrielle Prendergast
From this list of Nonfiction titles I plan to read at least 12
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel A. van der Kolk
The Bee Book by by Fergus Chadwick, Steve Alton, Emma Sarah Tennant, Bill Fitzmaurice, Judy EarlBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer- Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Daisy Hernandez
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené BrownDisrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Robert ProbstFirewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (and Yours)
by Harold Johnson- Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli
- Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World by Kelly Jensen
- The Hunting Accident by David L. Carlson
- The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
- Love and Laughter in the Time of Chemotherapy by Manjusha Pawagi
Maximum Canada: Why 35 Million Canadians Are Not Enough by Doug Saunders- Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
On The Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks- The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
- The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating
- Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves by Kate T. Parker
- This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
- Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD by Roméo Dallaire
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,We Were Eight Years In Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates- Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
I like your approach! It was hard to narrow down my list and I kept it short because I know many other books I want to read will pop up. I loved Homegoing. I should add more nonfiction into my reading. If you want another great nonfiction title check out The Power of Moments.
ReplyDeleteOh my, Cheriee, there are so many good books on your list, and some I've forgotten about! As I read everyone's lists, I've added a 2nd private list so I can remember. Of your books, I loved The Serpent King, The Seventh Most Important Thing, The War I Finally Won and The Only Road. The Eugenia Lincoln book is just perfect, too!I have Dear Martin on my list. And I have Daring Greatly and Strong Is the New Pretty which I'm saving for my granddaughters! Thanks for sharing so many, love seeing the lists! And Happy Reading!
ReplyDeleteI've added a few to my want to read list too after reading everyone's list.
DeleteWhat a list - or should I say lists! I got so excited when I saw Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth - this is a book I MUSt read this year. Can't wait to follow along with you over the year.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to be able to compare our reactions to Give Me Some Truth!
DeleteYou've got an increbible list of books - many I want to read as well. All the best in your reading this year!
ReplyDeleteLove your lists! The Body Keeps the Score is truly one of my favorite books--a must-read for understanding trauma and working with people who have experienced it. Love that Tupac is on your list! I'm crowd-sourcing my list again this year and really appreciate the diversity of choices your list gives me--including so many Indigenous authors who are new to me. Thank yoU!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading The Body Keeps the Score. You have some impressive books on your list!
DeleteI like this approach - making a number goal from a list of books/genres. So many great ones to choose from! I have Shark Lady in my bag right now and highly recommend Disrupting Thinking! My favs from your fiction list are WISH and The Serpent King! Both so good! Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading to you and good luck on your own goals this year!
DeleteWhat a wonderful way to approach this challenge! I love it! I hope you enjoy The Serpent King, Diamond Boy, Turtles, Dear Martin, Long Way Down, Cactus, Moon, and Sophie Quire as much as I did!!!
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt that I will since we seem to appreciate the same kinds of books!
DeleteGreat list! Tupac's book is great. I'm reading Daring Greatly now, so will be interested to hear what you think.
ReplyDeletePeople keep saying that theTupac book is good, so it will certainly be one that I get to!
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