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iskandrea t1_ivtt4je wrote

I think specific themes can be fun as goals. Like, read a book set in every state/province in your country, read a book that starts with each letter of the alphabet, read a book focused on each of the five senses, read books by authors with your same first name, etc. If you love a certain author, you could make a challenge of reading their entire backlist. You can find your very specific subgenre of interest and read every book that covers the topic. For example, I’m super interested in sci-fi/fantasy + exploring archaeology/ancient ruins, so I’ve made a list of every book I can find that focus on these things and am working my way through the list. I think focusing on themes makes a reading list more fun and hobby-like than trying to achieve a total book count. And if you want to keep book numbers as a goal, maybe focus on amount of time (ex: 30min a day) or pages (25 pages a day) instead of total books read.

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LawRepresentative428 t1_ivu70yq wrote

I did the alphabet “challenge.” Started late last year. I wasn’t shooting for a time frame. I read other books too like the first law trilogy.

If you do the alphabet challenge and you’re looking for an X book, Xingu by Edith Wharton.

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bigsquib68 t1_ivudv7w wrote

I like the senses theme. If you do this I absolutely must recommend Perfume by Patrick Suskind. It was one of my favorites this year

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Agai_n t1_ivvclvs wrote

Came here to say this, also Blindness by Saramago

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sianabananaa t1_ivxste4 wrote

I read this this year too and was also one of my favourites!

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