The challenge is to read one book for each year using your birth year as the beginning point. You can read in order (forwards or backwards) or you can skip around. The older you are, the more books to read.
1965 – Hotel by Arthur Hailey – read 3/30/2021
1966 – Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
1967 – Restoree by Anne McCaffrey
1968 – Below Stairs by Margaret Powell
1969 – The Godfather by Mario Puzo
1970 – Love Story by Erich Segal
1971 – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
1972 – All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot – read 5/27/2021
1973 – Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
1974 – Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read – read 5/28/2021
1975 – Forever by Judy Blume
1976 – Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
1977 – Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson – read 5/8/2021
1978 – The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
1979 – Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
1980 – Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
1981 – Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
1982 – The Color Purple by Alice Walker – read 5/31/2021
1983 – The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley – read 2/7/2021
1984 – Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
1985 – Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart
1986 – Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
1987 – Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
1988 – A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
1989 – Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel – read 4/2/2021
1990 – Postmortem by Patricia Cornwall
1991 – Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
1992 – Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce – read 4/3/2021
1993 – Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen – read 5/2/2021
1994 – One for the Money by Janet Evanovich – read 12/1/2019
1995 – Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts – read 1/27/2021
1996 – Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich – read 12/2/2019
1997 – Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich – read 12/6/2019
1998 – Four to Score by Janet Evanovich – read 12/8/2019
1999 – High Five by Janet Evanovich – read 12/9/2019
2000 – Hot Six by Janet Evanovich – read 12/10/2019
2001 – Seven Up by Janet Evanovich – read 12/11/2019
2002 – Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich – read 12/12/2019
2003 – To the Nines by Janet Evanovich – read 12/14/2019
2004 – Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich – read 12/15/2019
2005 – Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich – read 12/16/2019
2006 – Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich – read 12/17/2019
2007 – Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich – read 12/20/2019
2008 – Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich – read 12/22/2019
2009 – Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich – read 12/24/2019
2010 – Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich – read 12/24/2019
2011 – Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich – read 12/24/2019
2012 – Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich – read 12/26/2019
2013 – Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich – read 12/28/2019
2014 – Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich – read 12/28/2019
2015 – Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich – read 12/29/2019
2016 – Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich – read 12/30/2019
2017 – Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich – read 12/30/2019
2018 – Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich – read 12/31/2019
2019 – Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich – read 12/31/2019
2020 – When I Was You by Minka Kent -read 1/1/2020
2021 – The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah -read 2/12/2021