- A book with more than 500 pages
- The Goldfinch- Donna Tartt
- A classic romance
- Just Kids- Patti Smith (Sure, this is not a traditional classic romance. So what!)
- A book that became a movie
- A book published this year
- Modern Romance- Aziz Ansari
- A book with a number in the title
- Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
- A book written by someone under 30 (Local philly author, what what. Follow her @nicolebrett and thanks for the borrow/rec @noshingshiksa)
- Getting Lucky- Nicole Steinberg
- A book with non-human characters
- Library of Souls- Ransom Riggs
- A funny book
- Why Not Me? – Mindy Kaling
- A book by a female author (Two books read for this category, both meh.)
- Orphan Train- Christine Klein and/or The Boston Girl- Anita Diamant
- A mystery or thriller
- Dark Places- Gillian Flynn
- A book with a one word title
- A book of short stories
- The Game We Play- Sooze Lanier (Can’t recommend this fresh author enough. You can also follow her on twitter @soozelanier)
- A book set in a different country
- Girl on the Train- Paula Hawkins
- A non-fiction book
- The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up- Mary Kondo
- A popular author’s first book (Totally cheated on this one. I know.)
- Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me?- Mindy Kaling
- A book from an author you love but haven’t read yet
- The Marriage Plot- Jeffrey Eugenides
- A book a friend recommended (thanks, @tifsum)
- Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl- Carrie Brownstein
- A Pulitzer-prize winning book
- A Visit from the Goon Squad- Jennifer Egan
- A book based on a true story
- Out of Her Mind- edited by Rebecca Shannonhouse
- A book at the bottom of your to read list
- A book your mom loves
- A book that scares you
- We Need to Talk About Kevin- Lionel Shriver
- A book more than one hundred years old
- The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
- A book based entirely on its cover
- A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t
- The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
- A memoir
- Girl in a Band- Kim Gordon
- A book you can finish in a day
- Home with Henry- Anne Kaier
- A book with antonyms in the title
- Burning in Water, Drowning in Flames
- A book set somewhere you’ve always wanted visit
- No Country for Old Men- Cormac McCarthy
- A book that came out the year you were born
- The Basketball Diaries- Jim Carroll
- A book with bad reviews
- A trilogy (Okay, so I read Divergent in 2012, and never finished Allegiant. I admit it)
- Divergent/Insurgent/Allegiant- Veronica Roth
- A book from your childhood
- The Celery Stalks at Midnight- James Howe
- A book with a love triangle
- A book set in the future
- The Road- Cormac McCarthy
- A book set in high school
- Eleanor and Park- Rainbow Rowell
- A book with a color in the title
- Black Hole- Charles Burns
- A book that made you cry
- All the Bright Places- Jennifer Niven
- A book with magic
- Hollow City- Ransom Riggs
- A graphic novel
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic- Alison Bechdel
- A book by an author you’ve never read before
- A book you own but have never read
- Devil in the White City- Erik Larson
- A book that takes place in your hometown (Shameless self-promotion? No. Editing/Rewriting/Thesising totally counts y’all)
- Water Down a Drain- Abigail Lalonde
- A book that was originally written in a different language
- A book set during Christmas
- A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle- John Green from Let it Snow- various
- A book written by an author with the same initials
- Bird by Bird- Anne Lamott
- A play
- A banned book
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian- Sherman Alexie
- A book based on a TV show
- The Leftovers- Tom Perotta
- A book you started but never finished
- Perrigrine’s Home for Peculiar Children- Ransom Riggs