Starting in 2015, in addition to logging all the books and plays that I read, I also challenged myself to PopSugar's Reading Challenge. I liked the challenge, so I did it again in 2016, and again this year with the 2017 version.
This year, I also set a goal to read one Shakespeare play each month. These are all included on this list under the "plays" heading. I didn't quite make it, but I'm still pretty pleased!
As always, only books that were finished made the list; anything partially read or unfinished is not listed here.
Here's what I read in 2017:
Fiction
- The Tropic of Serpents by -a book involving a mythical creature
Plays
- Richard III by William Shakespeare -- a book by or about a person who has a disability
- The Addams Family Musical book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa -- a book with multiple authors
- Henry VI Part 2 by William Shakespeare -- a book with a title that's a character's name
- Honeymoon in Vegas book by Andrew Bergman, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown -- a book involving travel
- Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare
- Ordinary Days music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
- Henry V by William Shakespeare
- Red by John Logan -- a book with a red spine
- Henry IV Part 2 by William Shakespeare
- The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane -- a book set in a hotel
- Henry IV Part 1 by William Shakespeare
- It's Only a Play by Terrence McNally
- Richard II by William Shakespeare -- a book written by someone you admire
- The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare -- a book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown music and lyrics by Clark Gesner -- a book with a nonhuman perspective
- The Nance by Douglas Carter Beane -- a book with an eccentric character
Unused Categories:
-a book recommended by a librarian
-a book of letters
-an audiobook
-a book by a person of color
-a book with one of the four seasons in the title
-a book that is a story within a story
-an espionage thriller
-a book with a cat on the cover
-a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
-a bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
-a book with a subtitle
-a book that's published in 2017
-a book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
-a book about food
-a book with career advice
-a steampunk novel
-a book set in the wilderness
-a book you loved as a child
-a book by an author from a country you've never visited
-a novel set during wartime
-a book with an unreliable narrator
-a book with pictures
-a book where the main character is a different ethnicity that you
-a book about an interesting woman
-a book set in two different time periods
-a book with a month or day of the week in the title
-a book that's becoming a movie in 2017
-a book set around a holiday other than Christmas
-the first book in a series you haven't read before
-a book you bought on a trip
-a book recommended by an author you love
-a bestseller from 2016
-a book with a family-member term in the title
-a book that takes place over a character's life span
-a book about an immigrant or refugee
-a book from a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of
-a book that's more than 800 pages
-a book you got from a used book sale
-a book that's been mentioned in another book
-a book about a difficult topic
-a book based on mythology