MARIA MAGDELEINA

writer, podcaster, artist, child of God

Reading Challenge for my Readers

Here is a list of books I have read in my life and thought I should share with my readers. Maybe you need a new challenge or a different reading challenge than what you’re used to, so here you go. Let me know if you’ve read some of these books before or are interested in reading some of them!

  1. A book with a color in the title: White by Bret Easton Ellis
  2. A book that is a memoir: Inside Out by Demi Moore
  3. A book that is a graphic novel: Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown
  4. A New York Times #1 best-seller: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  5. A book of poetry: No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay
  6. A book of essays: 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
  7. A book that is considered a classic: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  8. A book about military life: Be Safe by Xavier-Laurent Petit
  9. A book that will teach you a new skill: Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous by Henry Carroll
  10. A book with more than 500 pages: Habibi by Craig Thompson
  11. A classic romance: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
  12. A book that became a movie: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
  13. A book with a number in the title: The Seven Crystal Balls by Hergé
  14. A book written by someone under 30: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  15. A funny book: Messieurs les enfants by Daniel Pennac
  16. A book by a female author: It by Alexa Chung
  17. A mystery or a thriller: Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
  18. A book with a one-word title: Salomé by Oscar Wilde
  19. A book of short stories: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  20. A book set in a different country: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
  21. A nonfiction book: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
  22. A popular author’s first book: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
  23. A book a friend recommended: Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
  24. A book my mom loves: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  25. A book you can finish in a day: Love Your Enemies by Hieromonk Gregorios
  26. A book set somewhere you have visited: Petite histoire des monuments de Paris
  27. A book with a love triangle: No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
  28. A book from my childhood: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  29. A book set in the future: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
  30. A dystopia: 1984 by George Orwell
  31. A book set in high school: Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme by India Desjardins
  32. A comic book: Lou! by Julien Neel
  33. A book that takes place in your hometown: Les belles-sœurs by Michel Tremblay
  34. A play: The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca
  35. A banned book: The Handmaid’s Tale (Graphic Novel) by Margaret Atwood (Renée Nault)
  36. A book turned into a TV show: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
  37. A book on feminism: Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto by Jessa Crispin
  38. A book regarding Christianity: The Love Chapter by Saint John Chrysostom
  39. A book regarding music: Not Afraid: The Evolution of Eminem by Anthony Bozza
  40. A book read in school: Vango, Entre ciel et terre by Timothée de Fombelle
  41. A book you wish you’d read in school: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  42. A book of your choice: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
  43. A YA book: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
  44. A book you read last year: Before They Were Authors by Elizabeth Haidle
  45. A book that made me sad: A Face Like the Moon by Mina Athanassious
  46. A book from one of your favourite writers: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  47. A book you wish more people would read: The Bible (New King James Version)
  48. A book that changed your opinion on something: Toward Repentance by Seraphim El Baramosy
  49. The most surprising plot twist/ending: Parce que je t’aime by Guillaume Musso
  50. The first book you remember reading: Le petit Nicolas by René Goscinny
  51. A book you never finished: The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) by Ernest Hemingway
  52. Favourite quotes: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers by Benedicta Ward
  53. A book that disappointed me: Junky by William S. Burroughs
  54. Other: HoneyFace, Hers Truly

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