Here are all the books I’ve read this year. After reading (and reviewing) far more books than I expected to last year I’ve set myself some goals. I want to read and review at least 50 books and I want to read more diversely. To give myself a bit of a push I’ve signed up for a couple of challenges. Wormhole’s The What’s in a Name challenge and BookdOut’s The Eclectic Reader challenge. Since I was planning on reading and reviewing 50 books, I thought I might as well add two more to that challenge and sign up for The Mad Reviewer Reading and Reviewing Challenge where I’m a Crazy Reviewer, so I have to read and review 52 books throughout 2015.
So here’s what I’m reading in 2015! Titles with an astericks are rereads and those with links go to their reviews.
January:
– Clariel – Garth Nix
– The Running Man – Stephen King
– The Punisher Vol. 2: Border Crossing – Nathan Edmondson, Kevin Maurer, Mitch Gerads, Carmen Carnero and Phil Noto
– Secret Avengers Vol. 1: Let’s Have a Problem – Ales Kot and Michael Walsh
– Saga Volume 4 – Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
– Lazarus Volume Two – Greg Rucka, Michael Lark and Santi Arca
– Legend – Marie Lu
– Prodigy – Marie Lu
February:
– Champion – Marie Lu
– Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther – Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr.
– The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act – Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles
– Black Widow Vol. 2:The Tightly Tangled Web – Nathan Edmondson, Phil Noto and Mitch Gerads
– The Color Purple – Alice Walker
– The Killing Moon – N.K. Jemisin
– Storm Vol. 1: Make It Rain – Greg Pak, Victor Ibañez and Scott Hepburn
– Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal – G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
March:
– Bad Feminist – Roxane Gay
– My So Called Secret Identity – Suze Shore, Will Brooker and Sarah Zaidan
– Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn
– #scandal – Sarah Ockler
– Geezer Girls – Dreda Say Mitchell
– The Iron King – Julia Kagawa
– Secret Avengers Vol. 2: The Labyrinth – Ales Kot and Michael Walsh
April:
– Doubletake – Rob Thurman
– The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
– Hawkeye vs Deadpool – Gerry Duggan, Mateo Lolli and Jacopo Camagni
– X, a Novel – Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
– Captain America: Winter Soldier – Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting, Michael Lark and John Paul Leon
– Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews
– Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Generation Why – G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt and Adrian Alphona
May:
– The Martian – Andy Weir
– The Fade Out: Act One – Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
– Seed – Lisa Heathfield
– Civil War – Mark Millar, Steve McNiven and Morry Hollowell
– Everyday Sexism – Laura Bates
– Lazarus Volume Three – Greg Rucka, Michael Lark and Santi Arca
June:
– To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
– Loki: Agent of Asgard: I Cannot Tell A Lie – Al Ewing, Jorge Coelho and Lee Garbett
– Queen of Katwe – Tim Crothers
– The Three – Sarah Lotz
– One Dog at a Time – Pen Farthing
– Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid – Sid Lowe
– Finding Audrey – Sophie Kinsella
– The Man Who Was Thursday – G.K. Chesterton
– Hood – Stephen R. Lawhead
– Runaways Volume Two – Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona and Takeshi Miyazawa
– Scarlet – Stephen R. Lawhead
– Ms. Marvel Vol 3: Crushed – G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa and Elmo Bondoc
July:
– The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
– X-Men: Days of Future Past – Chris Claremont and John Byrne
– Crash and Burn – Michael Hassan
– Techbitch – Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
– Velvet Vol 1: Before the Living End – Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting and Elizabeth Breitweiser
– Slashback – Rob Thurman
– Secret Avengers Vol. 3: God Level by Ales Kot and Michael Walsh
August:
– The Hounding of David Oluwale – Kester Aspden
– Becoming Death – Melissa Brown
– Throne of Glass – Sarah J. Maas
– A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness
– Thor: Goddess of Thunder – Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Jorge Molina
– Cinder – Marisa Meyer
September:
– The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
– Scarlet – Marisa Meyer
– Raven’s Gate – Anthony Horowitz*
– Evil Star – Anthony Horowitz*
– Nightrise – Anthony Horowitz*
– Night Owls – Jenn Bennett
October:
– Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
– Lost Boi – Sassafras Lowrey
– Cress – Marissa Meyer
– Kitchen – Banana Yoshimoto
– Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy – Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters and Brooke Allen
– Fairest – Marissa Meyer
November:
– Tokyo Heist – Diana Renn
– Saga Volume 5 – Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
– Five Ghosts Vol. 3: Monsters & Men – Frank J. Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham and Lauren Affe
– Hawkeye Vol. 4: Rio Bravo – Matt Fraction, David Aja, Chris Eliopoulos and Francesco Francavilla
– Winter – Marissa Meyer
– The House of Hidden Mothers – Meera Syal
December:
– Crime Wave – Rose Pressey
– Lagoon – Nnedi Okorafor
Currently Reading:
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Books read: 81/52
Books reviewed: 52/52
Book titles in italics are just suggestions for now as to what I might read for the challenge – it’s not set it stone.
The What’s in a Name challenge is to read six books whose titles fit in certain categories.
A word including ‘ing’ in it: The Running Man – Stephen King
A colour: Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther – Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr.
A familial relation: The House of Hidden Mothers – Meera Syal
A body of water: Lagoon – Nnedi Okorafor
A city: Tokyo Heist – Diana Renn
An animal: One Dog at a Time – Pen Farthing
Book titles in italics are just suggestions for now as to what I might read for the challenge – it’s not set it stone. The Eclectic Reader challenge is to read twelve books that fit in certain categories.
Retellings: Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
A book set in a country starting with the letter S: The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
PI Crime: Crime Wave – Rose Pressey
A novel published before you were born: To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Contemporary romance: Anna and the French Kiss – Stephanie Perkins
Fiction for foodies: Kitchen – Banana Yoshimoto
Microhistory: The Hounding of David Oluwale – Kester Aspden
Science Fiction set in space: The Martian – Andy Weir
Sports: Fear and Loathing in La Liga: Barcelona vs Real Madrid – Sid Lowe
Featuring diversity: X, a Novel – Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
Epistolary Fiction: The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Middle Grade/YA Adventure: Legend – Marie Lu
Glad to have you joining me in 2015 for the Eclectic Reader Challenge. I look forward to seeing what you choose to read.
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out
It’s certainly a great challenge!
I’m already sort of planning what I’m going to be reading for each category.
Thanks for creating the challenge 🙂
Make sure you check out my Sunday posts over the next month for suggestions!
Well done on your first What’s In A Name book, Shelleyrae! The Iron Daughter is good, and The Iron Queen even better – you’ve lots left to look forward to in that series 🙂
Thank you!
I’ve got the whole series but haven’t started it so I’m looking forward to giving it a go 🙂