So I realize that we are already more than half-way through the second month of 2018, but I am finally ready to update you on my TBR (to be read) list. A couple weeks back, I installed some new shelves in my office to dedicate to my TBR pile.
As you can see – I have varied interests when it comes to reading, but one of my
Below are my reading lists, which will show the full range of books that I am going to attempt to read in 2018. So far I have only completed one book, but I have 5 more books that should be wrapping up in the next 2 months to get me back on track. Some of those
The first list is for the Book Riot Read Harder Challange, which you can check out here! I still have a few gaps in my selections, but I’m hoping to fill them in as the year progresses.
| Book Riot Read Harder Challenge | |
| A book published posthumously | Ariel by Sylvia Plath |
| A book of true crime | Writing to Save a Life by John Edgar Wideman |
| A classic of genre fiction | Fledgling by Octavia Butler |
| A comic written and drawn by the same person | Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi |
| A book set in or about one of the five BRIC countries | A Woman is a Woman Until She is a Mother by Anna PrushinskayaLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng |
| A book about nature | Silent Spring by Rachel Carson |
| A western | My Antonia by Willa Cather |
| A comic written or drawn by a person of color | America vol. 1 by Gabby Rivera |
| A book of colonial or post colonial literature | Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe |
| A romance novel by or about a person of color | Getting Even by Kayla Perrin |
| A children’s classic published before 1980 | A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle |
| A celebrity memoir | We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabriel Union |
| An Oprah Book Club selection | Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison |
| A book of social science | The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols |
| A one-sitting book | Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson |
| The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series | Cinder by Marissa Meyer |
| A sci-fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author | Warcross by Marie Lu |
| A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image | March by John Lewis and Andrew AydinIllustrated by Nate Powell |
| A book of genre fiction in translation | |
| A book with a cover you hate | |
| A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author | |
| An essay anthology | Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion |
| A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 | |
| An assigned book you hated (or never finished) | The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Gertz |
As you can see above – I have yet to fill in all the blanks.
The next TBR list is the Social Science books I plan to read. I have set a goal of 12 Social Science books this year and I will not be counting the two that I’ve included above in this additional list.
- The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by Peter Berger
- Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michel Foucault
- Slim’s Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity by Mitchell Duneier
- Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris-Perry
- We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement by Andi Zeisler
- We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- Playing on the Edge: Sadomasochism, Risk, and Intimacy by Staci Newmahr
- Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler
- The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
- Dreamworlds of Alabama by Allen Shelton
- Walter Benjamin’s Grave by Michael Taussig
So – that sets me up to read about 30 or so books. I have set my GoodReads challenge at 12 books, but I’m hoping to well exceed that this year. Now – it’s time to read! Let me know what you are reading this year, in the comments!
Peace, Chantale