2021 Reading Goals

Must-read 20 titles

1. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
5. Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
6. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
7. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
8. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
9. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
10. The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
11. Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
12. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
13. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
14. Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel
15. The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
16. 1984 by George Orwell
17. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
18. New York by Edward Rutherfurd
19. Habibi by Craig Thompson

Chunkster Reading Challenge (2 books)

1. If I Tell You The Truth by Jasmin Kaur
2. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Mount TBR Challenge (12 books)

1. Goodnight Numbers by Danica McKellar
2. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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Reading Women challenge (24 prompts)

1. TBD
2. Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova (An Author from Eastern Europe)
3. Displacement by Kiku Hughes (A book About Incarceration)
4. Indian-ish by Priya Krishna (Cookbook by a woman of color)
5. Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova (Protagonist Older than 50)
6. TBD
7. TBD
8. TBD
9. TBD
10. TBD
11. TBD
12. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Young Adult Novel by a Latinx Author)
13. TBD
14. Displacement by Kiku Hughes (A Book with a Biracial Protagonist)
15. Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (A Muslim Middle Grade Novel)
16. TBD
17. TBD
18. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (A Book with a Rural Setting)
19. Barely Functional Adult by Meichi Ng (A Book with a Cover Designed by a Woman)
20. TBD
21. TBD
22. Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (A Fantasy Novel by an Asian Author)
23. So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo (A Nonfiction Book Focused on Social Justice)
24. TBD

Uncorked Reading Challenge (12 books) - Abandoned

1. So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Jan '21 – Truth Bomb Nonfiction Book)
2. New Kid by Jerry Craft (Feb '21 - Book By A Contemporary Black Author)

Read Harder Challenge (24 books)

1. All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read)
2. So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism)
3. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Read a non-European novel in translation)
4. TBD
5. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author)
6. TBD
7. TBD
8. TBD
9. Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (Read a middle grade mystery)
10. TBD
11. Indian-ish by Priya Krishna (Read a food memoir by an author of color)
12. TBD
13. The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood (Read a book with a cover you don’t like)
14. TBD
15. TBD
16. TBD
17. Binti by Nnedi Olorafor (Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain)
18. TBD
19. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist)
20. TBD
21. My Beijing by Nie Jun (Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability)
22. TBD
23. TBD
24. TBD