Reading Challenge 2017

My library borrowing privileges were reinstated on Friday, but there are still a lot of books I own but haven’t got around to reading yet. My challenge to myself for the 173 days remaining in 2017 is to read 50 books, at least half of which must be books I already own. They can be re-reads as long as I haven’t read the copy I own yet.

Because I like categorizing things, I’m going to do this by genre: 10 each of: children’s lit, science fiction & fantasy, mystery & suspense, biography / memoir & non-fiction, and the original (unrevised) Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.

Children’s Lit

1. Walter Farley, The Black Stallion (re-read)
2. Walter Farley, The Son of the Black Stallion
3. Rosemary Sutcliffe, The Mark of the Horse Lord
4. Karen Wallace, The Secret of the Crocodiles
5. Kenneth Oppel, The Boundless

Science Fiction & Fantasy

1. Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam
2. Patricia Briggs, Silence Fallen
3. Laurell K. Hamilton, Crimson Death
4. Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear, An Apprentice to Elves
5. Lois McMaster Bujold, Gentlemen Jole and the Red Queen

Mystery & Suspense

1. Laurie R King, The Marriage of Mary Russell (short story)
2. Rex Stout, Three Men Out (Invitation to Murder / The Zero Clue / This Won’t Kill You)
3. Rex Stout, Where There’s a Will
4. M. M. Kaye, Death in Berlin
5. M. M. Kaye, Death in Kenya
6. Laurie R. King, The Murder of Mary Russell
7. Ellery Queen, Cat of Many Tails
8. Ellery Queen, Ten Days’ Wonder
9. Michael Pearce, A Cold Touch of Ice

Biography / Memoir & Non-Fiction

1. Agatha Christie Mallowan, Come, Tell Me How You Live
2. Kathryn Harkup, A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
3. Fred Watson, Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope
4. Hanne Blank, Virgin: The Untouched History
5. Ben Macintyre, Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
6. Charles C. Mann, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

1. The Secret of Red Gate Farm (#6)
2. The Sign of the Twisted Candles (#9)
3. The Password to Larkspur Lane (#10)
4. The Clue of the Broken Locket (#11)
5. The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (#26)
6. The Secret of the Wooden Lady (#27)
7. The Clue of the Black Keys (#28)
8. The Witch Tree Symbol (#33)
9. The Hidden Window Mystery (#34)