So if you asked anybody in my life if I loved books, you would get a resounding “YES!”
All throughout college I collected books. My roommate and I were in love with Half Price Books (#HPBforlife!) and would peruse thrift shops for books at any given moment.
As a result, I have a LARGE number of books, many that I have never read. Until now! Because my stunning slave master (*ahem, I meant Lisa…) suggested I start giving you lovely readers book reviews, I figured, what better place to start than with my own book collection!
So, without further ado I present to you Danielle’s Reading Challenge – read all of my books (minus textbooks and anthologies), and write a book review for. Every. Single. One. (#nopressure)
Below is a list of the books (in no particular order) so that if some of you want to read along with me you can! OR, if you see a book on the list that you really really really really want to know more about (but no spoilers!) comment below that you want it read first! Or if you have a book that you want me to review but you don’t see on the list, feel free to suggest it and I will add it to the pile!!
Be warned – this is by no means a complete list. I have piles of books in my room that I have yet to go through. I left out a lot of books (namely academic and Shakespeare…and Twilight 😉 ).
Love you all 🙂
1. The Shack – William P. Young
2. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters – Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters
3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith
4. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls- Jane Austen, Steve Hockensmith
5. Lolita – Vladimier Vladimirovich Nabokov
6. The Widow Killer – Pavel Kohout
7. The Novel – Nawal El Saadawi {translated by Omnia Amin and Rick London}
8. The Killing – David Hewson
9. The Tale of Desperaux – Kate DiCamillo
10. Atonement – Ian McEWan
11. Storm of the Century – Stephen King
12. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
13. The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien
14. The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien
15. The Center of Everything – Laura Moriarty
16. Perfection – Julie Metz
17. The original of Laura – Vladimir Nabokov
18. The Closers – Michael Connelly
19. Deadspin – Gregory Michael MacGregor
20. The Giver – Los Lowry
21. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister – Gregory Maguire
22. Son of a Witch – Gregory Maguire
23. Wicked – Gregory Maguire
24. Moving Violations – John Hockenberry
25. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer
26. Imposter – Davis Bunn
27. A Man Named Dave – Dave Pelzer
28. A Child Called It – Dave Pelzer
29. Chanel Bonfire – Wendy Lawless
30. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
31. The Tenth Circle – Jodi Picoult
32. The Nanny Diaries – Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
33. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
34. For One More Day – Mitch Albom
35. The Last Good Man – A.J. Kazinski
36. The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova
37. Shopgirl – Steve Martin
38. When Crickets Cry – Charles Martin
39. One Child – Torey Hayden
40. Holes – Louis Sachar
41. Home: A Memoir – Julie Andrews
42. The Litvinenkg File – Martin Sixsmith
43. The Road – Cormac McCarthy
44. The Davinci Code – Dan Brown
45. The Coral Thief – Rebecca Stott
46. Divergent – Veronica Roth
47. Insurgent – Veronica Roth
48. Allegient – Veronica Roth
49. Cheyenne – Lisa Wiedmeier
50. Promises – Lisa Wiedmeier
51. Daylight – Lisa Wiedmeier
52. Awakening – Lisa Wiedmeier
53. Fated – Lisa Wiedmeier
54. Deceptions – Lisa Wiedmeier
55. The Misteress’s Daughter – A.M. Holmes
56. City of Thieves – David Benioff
57. The Fading Smile – Peter Davison
58. Beautiful Boy – David Sheff
59. Human Fly – T.C. Boyle
60. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
61. The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson
62. The Reader – Bernhyard Schlink
63. Thirteen Reasons Why – Debra Wiseman
64. The Uglies – Scott Westerfield
65. The Pretties – Scott Westerfield
66. The Specials – Scott Westerfield
67. The Extras – Scott Westerfield
68. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen
69. The Cellist – Sarajevo
70. Blue Heaven C.J. Box
71. Eat. Pray. Love. – Elizabeth Gilbert
72. The City of Ember – Jeanne DuPrau
73. The People of Sparks – Jeanne DuPrau
74. The Maze Runner – James Dashner
75. The Scorch Trials – James Dashner
76. The Death Cure – James Dashner
77. The Kill Order – James Dashner
78. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
79. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling
80. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling
81. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
82. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
83. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling
84. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling
85. Down The Rabbit Hole – Holly Madison
86. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
87. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred D. Taylor
88. That Summer – Sarah Dessen
89. August – Judith Rossner
90. Eden Close – Anita Shreve
100. Authentic Beauty – Leslie Ludy
101. This Cold Country – Annabel Davis-Goff
102. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass – Frederick Douglass
103. Ain’t I A Woman! [Classic Poetry by women from Around the World}
104. The Meowmorphosis – Franz Kafka and Coleridge Cook
105. The Red Tent – Anita Diamant
106. Storm of the Century – Stephen King
107. Forgotten Country – Catherine Chung
108. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
109. My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picolut
110. Night – Elie Wiesel
111. The Fifth Son – Elie Wiesel
112. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
113. Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore – Walter Mosley
114. Playing for Pizza – John Grisham
115. Gold of Kings – Davis Bunn
116. The Gone-Away World – Nick Harkaway
117. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
118. Lisey’s Story – Stephen King
119. Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
120. Don Quixote – Miguel De Cervantes
121. To the Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf
122. In the Beauty of the Lilies – John Updike
123. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
124. Bright Lights, Big City – Jay McInerney
125. In our Time – Ernest Hemingway
126. The Last of the Mohicians – James Fenimore Cooper
127. The Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
128. The Jungle – Upton Sinclair
129. Where the Red Fern Grows – Wilson Rawls
130. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
131. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
132. The Pardoner’s Tale – Geoffrey Chaucer
133. Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway
134. East of Eden – John Steinbeck
135. Waiting for Godot – Samual Beckett
136. Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
137. The Decameron – Giovanni Boccaccio
138. As I Lay Dying – William Faulkner
139. Let the Circle Be Unbroken – Mildred D. Taylor
140. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
141. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
142. Animal Farm – George Orwell
143. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
144. Nighttime Is My Time – Mary Higgins Clark
145. The Lost and Broken Realm – Chris M. Amone
146. Love Walked In – Marisa De Los Santos
147. Roommates – Whitney Lyles
150. Saint Maybe – Anne Tyler
151. Village of a Million Spirits – Ian Macmillan
152. Anthem – Ayn Rand
153. We the Living – Ayn Rand
154. Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
155. The Last Song – Nicholas Sparks
156. Safe Haven – Nicholas Sparks
157. The Wedding – Nicholas Sparks
158. At First Sight – Nicholas Sparks
159. A Bend in the Road – Nicholas Sparks
160. A Walk to Remember – Nicholas Sparks
161. Schindler’s List – Thomas Keneally
162. Game of Thrones – George R.R. Martin
163. A Feast for Crows – George R.R. Martin
164. A Clash of Kings – George R.R. Martin
165. The Pleasure of My Company – Steve Martin