52 books

My brother talked me into joining him in what he calls “The 52 book-week challenge,” (something he read about somewhere) where we have to finish 1 book per week or 52 books in a year. So my brother and I started making the lists of the 52 books we hope to finish by the end of the year. I’m sharing with you my list, ambitious I know, for some of the books I wrote here are really long. So wish me luck guys and happy reading!

1. Winning With People – John Maxwell
2. Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffeneger
3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
8. Around the World in 80 days – Jules Verne
9. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
10. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
11. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
12. World War Z – Max Brooks
13. Kafka on the Shore – Haruki Murakami
14. Bringing Home the Birkin – Michael Tonello
15. Deluxe – Dana Thomas
16. Keeping You a Secret – Julie Anne Peters
17. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
19. The Elegance of the Hedgehog – Muriel Barbery
20. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
21. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
22. The Princess Bride – William Goldman
23. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister – Gregory Maguire
24. Twenties Girl – Sophia Kinsella
25. Emma – Jane Austen
26. Songs of Love & Death – George R.R. Martin
27. The Historian – Elizabeth Kostova
28. Labyrinth – Kate Mosse
29. The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
30. War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells
31. The Meaning of Sunglasses – Hadley Freeman
32. Sophie’s World – Jostein Gaardner
33. Vanity Fair – William Thackeray
34. Cum Laude – Cecily Von Ziegesar
35. Strengthsfinder 2.0 – Tom Rath
36. The Little Black Book of Style – Nina Garcia
37. 90 Minutes in Heaven – Don Piper
38. Dark Fever – Karen Marie Moning
39. The Thirteenth Tale – Dianne Setterfield
40. Confessions of a Shopaholic – Sophie Kinsella
41. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan – Sophie Kinsella
42. Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris
43. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
44. Second Helpings – Megan McCafferty
45. Charmed Thirds – Megan McCafferty
46. Fourth Comings – Megan McCafferty
47. Perfect Fifths – Megan McCafferty
48. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Truman Capote
49. Mirror, Mirror – Gregory Maguire
50. Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami
51. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
52. The Name Of The Rose – Umberto Eco

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go."

— Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"