The 50 Book Challenge

[Korath]

Previous:

1-6. Jim Butcher - Codex Alera series (6 books)
7-12. Chris Bradford - Young Samurai (6 books)
13. Christopher Paolini - Inheritance
14. Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller #2)
15. Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1)
16. Scott Lynch - Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard #2)
17-19. Peter F. Hamilton - Nights Dawn Trilogy (3 books)
20. Michael J. Sullivan - The Crown Conspiracy (Riyria Revelations #1)
21-25. Michael J. Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations (#2-5)
26. Danny Wallace - Yes Man
27. Danny Wallace - Join Me
28-33. Isuna Hasekura - Spice & Wolf Novels (#1-6)
34. Christ Bradford - The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai #7)
35. Dan Abnett - Horus Rising (Horus Heresy #1)
36. Various - Books of Skyrim (Can I count this as the 300+ books it is? :P)
37. (or 337). David Gemmell - Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy #1)
38. David Gemmell - Shield of Thunder (Troy #2)

New:

39. David & Stella Gemmell - Fall of Kings (Troy #3)

[Korath]

Previous:

1-6. Jim Butcher - Codex Alera series (6 books)
7-12. Chris Bradford - Young Samurai (6 books)
13. Christopher Paolini - Inheritance
14. Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller #2)
15. Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1)
16. Scott Lynch - Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard #2)
17-19. Peter F. Hamilton - Nights Dawn Trilogy (3 books)
20. Michael J. Sullivan - The Crown Conspiracy (Riyria Revelations #1)
21-25. Michael J. Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations (#2-5)
26. Danny Wallace - Yes Man
27. Danny Wallace - Join Me
28-33. Isuna Hasekura - Spice & Wolf Novels (#1-6)
34. Christ Bradford - The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai #7)
35. Dan Abnett - Horus Rising (Horus Heresy #1)
36. Various - Books of Skyrim (Can I count this as the 300+ books it is? :P)
37. (or 337). David Gemmell - Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy #1)
38. David Gemmell - Shield of Thunder (Troy #2)
39. David & Stella Gemmell - Fall of Kings (Troy #3)

New:

40. Reki Kawahara - Sword Art Online Novel #1

Since starting work last month I'm on a reading roll. 2.5 hours on a train a day was enough to get me stuck into reading again and find myself back in the habit of getting home and continuing :)

[midgetonfire]

LIST FROM MAY 2010 TO DECEMBER 2010

1. Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis and other short stories
2. M.T. Anderson - Feed
3. George Orwell - Animal Farm
4. Dave Stern - The Nature of the Beast
5. R.A. Salvatore - The Legacy
6. R.A. Salvatore - Starless Night
7. J.K. Rowling - The Order of the Phoenix
8. J.K. Rowling - The Half Blood Prince
9. J.K. Rowling - The Deathly Hallows
10. J.K. Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard
11. Sharon Creech - Love That Dog
12. Truman Capote - In Cold Blood
13. Joseph Heller - Catch 22
14. Lemony Snicket - The Slippery Slope
15. R.A.. Salvatore - Siege of Darkness
16. Lemony Snicket - The Grim Grotto
17. R.A. Salvatore - Passage to Dawn
18. Lemony Snicket - The Penultimate Peril
19. Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
20. Lorrie Moore - Birds of America
21. J.M. Barrie - Peter Pan
22. John Green - Looking For Alaska
23. Shusaku Endo - Deep River
24. John Irving - A Prayer For Owen Meaney

List 2011!!!!

1. Jose Saramago - Death With Interruptions
2. Max Brooks - The Zombie Survival Guide
3. Lemony Snicket - The End
4. Max Brooks - World War Z
5. John Green - Paper Towns
6. Robert E. Howard - Conan(First of the series 221 pgs.)
7. Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet In Heaven
8. Marc Cerasini - Wolverine: Weapon X(Pocket Novels)
9. F. Scott Fitzgerald - Great Gatsby
10. George Saunders - In Persuasion Nation
11. Edwin A. Abbott - Flatland
12. Robert E. Howard - Conan of Cimmeria(Book 2 190pgs.)
13. Ward Churchill with Mike Ryan - Pacifism as Pathology
14. Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's
15. A.J. Jacobs - The Guinea Pig Diaries
16. Stieg Larsson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
17. Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book
18. Ernest Cline - Ready Player One
19. Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire
20. Neil Gaiman - American Gods: 10th Anniversary Edition
21. Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
22. Soren Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling
23. Simone Weil - The Love of God and Affliction
24. Karl Jaspers - Philosophy of Existence
25. Mary Shelly - Frankenstein
26. Jean-Paul Sartre - Being and Nothingness
27. Chuck Palahniuk - Invisible Monsters
28. Chuck Palahniuk - Damned
29. Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
30. H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
31. Sean Williams - The Force Unleashed II

List 2012.

1. John Green - The Fault in Our Stars
2. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit
3. Lorrie Moore - Self-Help
4. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fellowship of the Ring
5. Neal Shusterman - Unwind

6. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Two Towers

Man it's been a while since I've been on here. I don't see how I'm going to make a big list this year, I didn't read much while I was abroad in Japan :P

[Aranneas]

2012
previous

1. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie, 544 pages (Shoutout to Abercrombie reader above!)
2. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 641 pages
3. Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher, 672 pages
4. Mortal Coils by Eric Nylund, 608 pages
5. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King, 752 pages
6. Thunderer by Felix Gillman, 448 pages
7. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, 672 pages
8. Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher, 720 pages
9. The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss, 1008 pages
10. Return of the Crimson Guard by Ian C. Esslemont, 880 pages
11. Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont, 640 pages
12. Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson, 816 pages
13. Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher, 656 pages
14. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher, 371 pages
15. The Crippled God by Steven Erikson, 1200 pages
16. The Partner by John Grisham, 416 pages
17. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson, 841
18. Under the Dome by Steven King, 1088 pages
19. The Rainmaker by John Grisham, 608 pages
20. The 49th paradox: Canada in North America by Richard Gwyn, 362 pages
21. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, 352 pages
22. Small Favor by Jim Butcher, 560 pages
23. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher, 432 pages
24. The Chamber by John Grisham, 640 pages
25. Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher, 400 pages
26. Spadework by Timothy Findley, 520 pages
27. Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan, 822 pages
28. Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan, 784 pages
29. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Some Other Dude, 784 pages
30. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Some Other Dude, 864 pages
31. Warbreaker by That Other Dude, 688 pages
31. probably nothing else ever again by That Other dude. but I've broken these before so we'll see
32. Scar Night by Alan Campbell, 549 pages
33. Iron Angel by Alan Campbell, 493 pages
34. Monument by Ian Graham, 568 pages
35. The Fate of the Fallen by Ian Irvine, 607 pages
36. City of Night by Michelle West, 467 pages
37. Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon, 528 pages
38. Bone Song by John Meany, 384 pages
39. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1088 pages
40. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card, 384 pages
41. A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin, 1044 pages

considering my average length I'm willing to forgive myself a couple of light novels.

42. The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough, 408 pages
43. Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis, 480 pages
44. The World is Flat 3.0 by Thomas L. Friedman, 660 pages
45. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie, 576 pages
46. Orb Sceptre Throne by Ian C. Esslemont, 608 pages.
47. Fifty Shades of kidding
47. The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi by Nagaru Tanigawa, 224 pages
48. The Sigh of Suzumiya Haruhi by Nagaru Tanigawa, 208 pages
49. The White-Luck Warrior by R. Scott Bakker, 608 pages
50. The Boredom of Suzumiya Haruhi by Nagaru Tanigawa, 224 pages

:3

[Korath]

Originally Posted by Aranneas

considering my average length I'm willing to forgive myself a couple of light novels.

:3

Thats my justification for adding the Sword Art Online light novels (and adding skyrim books as one :P) - Back on the sci-fi now so update towards the end of the week methinks :)

[Thrawn]

1. The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson, 593 pages
2. The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé, 108 pages
3. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht and Jennifer Worcik, 175 pages
4. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) by George R. R. Martin, 1009 pages
5. The Greatest Knight (William Marshal #1) by Elizabeth Chadwick, 552 pages
6. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 244 pages
7. And Hereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer, 323 pages
8. Reamde by Neil Stephenson, 1044 pages
9. The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie, 617 pages
10. The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy #1) by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 338 pages
11. At the Crossing Places (Arthur Trilogy #2) by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 367 pages
12. King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3) by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 396 pages
13. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, 306 pages
14. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III, 365 pages
15. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law #2) by Joe Abercrombie, 631 pages
16. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett, 285 pages
17. The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi, 330 pages
18. Last Argument of Kings (The First Law #3) by Joe Abercrombie, 726 pages
19. Mort by Terry Pratchett, 317 pages
20. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie, 536 pages

21. The Tournament by John Clarke, 280 pages
22. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, 608 pages
23. Star Wars X-Wing - Iron Fist (X-Wing #6) by Aaron Allston, 310 pages

[HasseRovdjur]

1. Isaac Asimov - The Complete Robot
2. Nagaru Tanigawa - The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya
3. Umberto Eco - Rosens namn
4. Nagaru Tanigawa - The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya
5. Isabel Allende - Andarnas hus
6. Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant
7. Marcus Gners and Per Sjölund - Slipsboken
8. Charles Portis - True Grit
9. Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
10. Terry Pratchett - Snuff
11. Richard Morgan - Market Forces
12. Sandy Mitchell - The Emperor's Finest
13. James Swallow - Hammer and Anvil
14. Elizabeth Moon - Sheepfarmer's Daughter
15. Elizabeth Moon - Divided Allegiance
16. Elizabeth Moon - Oath of Gold
17. Martin Gardner - Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
18. George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones
19. George R.R. Martin - A Clash of Kings
20. George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords
21. John Ajvide Lindqvist - Människohamn
22. George R.R. Martin - A Feast for Crows

23. Carl Sagan - Cosmos

[Korath]

1-6. Jim Butcher - Codex Alera series (6 books)
7-12. Chris Bradford - Young Samurai (6 books)
13. Christopher Paolini - Inheritance
14. Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller #2)
15. Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard #1)
16. Scott Lynch - Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard #2)
17-19. Peter F. Hamilton - Nights Dawn Trilogy (3 books)
20. Michael J. Sullivan - The Crown Conspiracy (Riyria Revelations #1)
21-25. Michael J. Sullivan - The Riyria Revelations (#2-5)
26. Danny Wallace - Yes Man
27. Danny Wallace - Join Me
28-33. Isuna Hasekura - Spice & Wolf Novels (#1-6)
34. Christ Bradford - The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai #7)
35. Dan Abnett - Horus Rising (Horus Heresy #1)
36. Various - Books of Skyrim (Can I count this as the 300+ books it is? :P)
37. (or 337). David Gemmell - Lord of the Silver Bow (Troy #1)
38. David Gemmell - Shield of Thunder (Troy #2)
39. David & Stella Gemmell - Fall of Kings (Troy #3)
40-47. Reki Kawahara - Sword Art Online Novel #1-8

New:

48. James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Wakes (Expanse #1)
49. James S.A. Corey - Caliban's War (Expanse #2)

[Thrawn]

1. The Edge of the World - Kevin J. Anderson, 593 pages
2. The Vanishing by Tim Krabbé, 108 pages
3. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht and Jennifer Worcik, 175 pages
4. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) by George R. R. Martin, 1009 pages
5. The Greatest Knight (William Marshal #1) by Elizabeth Chadwick, 552 pages
6. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks, 244 pages
7. And Hereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer, 323 pages
8. Reamde by Neil Stephenson, 1044 pages
9. The Blade Itself (The First Law #1) by Joe Abercrombie, 617 pages
10. The Seeing Stone (Arthur Trilogy #1) by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 338 pages
11. At the Crossing Places (Arthur Trilogy #2) by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 367 pages
12. King of the Middle March (Arthur Trilogy #3) by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 396 pages
13. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, 306 pages
14. House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III, 365 pages
15. Before They Are Hanged (The First Law #2) by Joe Abercrombie, 631 pages
16. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett, 285 pages
17. The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi, 330 pages
18. Last Argument of Kings (The First Law #3) by Joe Abercrombie, 726 pages
19. Mort by Terry Pratchett, 317 pages
20. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie, 536 pages
21. The Tournament by John Clarke, 280 pages
22. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, 608 pages
23. Star Wars X-Wing - Iron Fist (X-Wing #6) by Aaron Allston, 310 pages

24. A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) by George R.R. Martin, 973 (?) pages
I'll get back to it.

[HasseRovdjur]

1. Isaac Asimov - The Complete Robot
2. Nagaru Tanigawa - The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya
3. Umberto Eco - Rosens namn
4. Nagaru Tanigawa - The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya
5. Isabel Allende - Andarnas hus
6. Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant
7. Marcus Gners and Per Sjölund - Slipsboken
8. Charles Portis - True Grit
9. Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird
10. Terry Pratchett - Snuff
11. Richard Morgan - Market Forces
12. Sandy Mitchell - The Emperor's Finest
13. James Swallow - Hammer and Anvil
14. Elizabeth Moon - Sheepfarmer's Daughter
15. Elizabeth Moon - Divided Allegiance
16. Elizabeth Moon - Oath of Gold
17. Martin Gardner - Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
18. George R.R. Martin - A Game of Thrones
19. George R.R. Martin - A Clash of Kings
20. George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords
21. John Ajvide Lindqvist - Människohamn
22. George R.R. Martin - A Feast for Crows
23. Carl Sagan - Cosmos

24. Hans Villius - Rättegångar som skakat världen