Back in my post 2013/2014 New Year euphoria, I came across several articles and social media posts on the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge and thought “I’m a book lover! I must/can/should do this!”. A quick Google later I came across a set rules here, which I intend to follow as much as possible. If you end up wanting to read the books on this list, please use the Amazon affiliate links after the author’s name. It would support me and allow me to buy the occasional book for my Kindle.

In short:

• Read whatever you want.
• Read them all between Jan 1st and Dec 31 (Try not to read at the party).
• Any format works incl. paper, plastic, metal, stone, audiobooks and brainwave beaming.
• Complete them within a year (do them all in one week is fine, except try not to die).

Need a few tips to get you going?

• Always try to read several books at the same time (not simultaneously)
• Keep a book with you at all times (also a great defensive tool)
• It’s OK to give up on a book (even classics can be a slog)
• Read anything you want classics/contemporary/fact/fiction/comic books/etc)
• Go to the reddit/r/52book for inspiration
• And have fun!

Reading completed in 2016:

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Reading completed in 2015:

1. Mogworld – Yahtzee Croshaw – Amazon link
2. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography – Neil Patrick Harris – Amazon link
3. Countdown to Zero Day – Kim Zetter – Amazon link
4. The Long Mars (The Long Earth, #3) – Terry Pratchett – Amazon link
5. Keep on Running – Phil Hewitt – Amazon link
6. What If? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions – Randall Munroe – Amazon link
7. Coffee Gives Me Superpowers – Ryoko Iwata – Amazon link
8. The Great Beanie Baby Bubble  – Zac Bissonnette – Amazon link
9. The Martian – Andy Weir – Amazon link
10. Everything Bad is Good for You – Steven Johnson – Amazon link
11. Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free – Cory Doctorow – Amazon link
12. The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology – John Sweeney – Amazon link
13. American Gods – Neil Gaiman – Amazon link
14. Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer – Amazon link
15. So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed – Jon Ronson – Amazon link
16. The Fold – Peter Clines – Amazon link
17. The End of All Things – John Scalzi – Amazon link
18. The Shambling Guide to New York City – Mur Lafferty – Amazon link

Reading completed in 2014:

1. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami – Amazon link
2. Screw It, Lets Do It – Sir Richard Branson – Amazon link
3. Dagpengeland – Lau Aaen – Amazon link
4. Prepping for Survival – Robert Paine
5. The Circle – Dave Eggers – Amazon link
6. SEO 2014 & Beyond – Dr. Andy Williams – Amazon link
7. The Gentleman’s Guide to Beard and Mustache Management – Chris Martin – Amazon link
8. The God Engines – John Scalzi – Amazon link
9. Skin Game – Jim Butcher – Amazon link
10. Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card – Amazon link
11. Snuff – Terry Pratchett – Amazon link
12. Life… With No Breaks – Nick Spalding – Amazon link
13. The Long War – Terry Pratchett – Amazon link
14. Wired for War – P. W. Singer – Amazon link
15. Contagious – Scott Sigler – Amazon link
16. The Art of Procrastination – John R. Perry – Amazon link
17. Spartan Up! – Joe De Sena – Amazon link
18. Robogenesis – Daniel H. Wilson – Amazon link
19. Stuff  – Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee – Amazon link
20. The Lives of Tao – Wesley Chu – Amazon link
21. Lock In – John Scalzi – Amazon link
22. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons I Run Long Distances – Matthew Inman – Amazon link
23. Pandemic – Scott Sigler – Amazon link
24. The Final Hours of Portal 2 – Geoff Keighley – Amazon link
25. An Economist Gets Lunch – Tyler Cowen – Amazon link
26. Habit Stacking – S. J. Scott – Amazon link

Enjoy!