The 50 Book Challenge is a goal to read 50 books in a year. There are no specific rules, but the following are what is generally accepted.
- Read the whole book.
- Don’t include a book more than once, but you can include a book you’ve already read prior to 2010.
- New-to-me books are best, and will be indicated by a *
- Anything goes; fiction, non-fiction, e-books and textbooks may all count towards the total.
E-books are indicated by a (e) after the title.
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson*
- The Complete Notes, Bill Bryson
- The Girl who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson*
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, JK Rowling
- Harry, a History, Melissa Anelli*
- Gorillas in the Mist, Dian Fossey*
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, JK Rowling
- The Year of the Hare, Arto Paasilinna*
- Going Postal, Terry Pratchett
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
- Maskerade, Terry Pratchett
- Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett
- Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
- The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
- Pyramids, Terry Pratchett
- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini*
- Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby
- The Other Bolyn Girl, Phillipa Gregory
- The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson*
- The Loop, Nicholas Evans*
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
- The Agility Advantage: Health and Fitness for the Canine Athlete, M. Christine Zink D.V.M., Ph.D.*
- Blindness, José Saramago*
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, JK Rowling
- Jumping From A to Z: Teach Your Dog to Soar, M. Christine Zink D.V.M., Ph.D. and Julie Daniels*
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Burrows*
- The White Queen, Phillipa Gregory*
- The Greatest Show on Earth, Richard Dawkins*
- Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
- A Home for Rose, Jon Katz*
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
- Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett*
- The Tiger in the Well, Phillip Pullman
- The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins*
- The Bolyn Inheritance, Phillipa Gregory*
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman*
- The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
- The Ruby in the Smoke, Phillip Pullman
- The Shadow in the North, Phillip Pullman
- The Tin Princess, Phillip Pullman*
- Lyra’s Oxford, Phillip Pullman*
- The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown*
- The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien
- Walking Ollie, Stephen Foster
- Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
- Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett
- Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett
- Jingo, Terry Pratchett
50 books! 31st August 2010