2009: Challenges – 100+ Reading Challenge

The 2010 100+ Reading Challenge is hosted by J.Kaye. Here are the guidelines:

• The goal is to read 100 or more books. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate. –Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here.
• Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Library books, Young Reader, Nonfiction — as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.
• No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.
• Crossovers from other reading challenges count.
• Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.
• When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to your post where your books will be listed. Include the URL to this post so that other viewers can find this fun challenge. If you’d prefer to put your list in the sidebar of your blog, please leave your viewers the link to the sign up page. Again, so viewers can join the challenge too.

Sign up is at J. Kaye’s Book Blog! My list will be below — I’m choosing an extremely (for me) ambitious goal of 144 books, because I am participating in a challenge to read 144 books on GoodReads.

last updated 12/30/10

1. The First Rule – Robert Crais 
2. Shogun – James Clavell
3. Lamb – Christopher Moore 
4. Night Fire – Catherine Coulter
5. Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott
6. Little Children – Tom Perrotta
7. Pacific Vortex! – Clive Cussler
8. Tongue in Chic – Christina Dodd 
9. Forbidden Falls – Robyn Carr 
10. What to Expect Before You’re Expecting – Heidi Murkoff
11. Kitty Takes a Holiday – Carrie Vaughn
12. Eat This, Not That – David Zinczenko
13. No One You Know – Michelle Richmond 
14. The Kitchen House – Kathleen Grissom
15. Heat Wave – Richard Castle
16. Ivory Tower Cop – George Kirkham & Leonard Territo
17. Outrageous – Christina Dodd
18. Anthem – Ayn Rand
19. London Bridges – James Patterson
20. Gossip of the Starlings – Nina de Gramont
21. Already Dead – Charlie Huston
22. The Seventh Commandment – Lawrence Sanders
23. Black Seconds – Karin Fossum
24. Shakespeare’s Landlord – Charlaine Harris
25. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove – Christopher Moore
26. What Do We Do Now? – Keith Malley & Chemda
27. Rest in Pieces – Rita Mae Brown
28. Hit and Run Holiday – Carolyn Keene
29. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual – Michael Pollan
30. Desert Heat – J.A. Jance
31. White Witch, Black Curse – Kim Harrison
32. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
33. A Stab in the Dark – Lawrence Block
34. A Lesson Before Dying – Ernest J. Gaines
35. Murder at the Vicarage – Agatha Christie
36. Dark Entries – Ian Rankin
37. In Ecstasy – Kate McCaffrey
38. Inner Harbor – Nora Roberts
39. Beneath a Blood Red Moon – Shannon Drake
40. Murder at Monticello – Rita Mae Brown
41. So Much For That – Lionel Shriver 
42. Strawberry Shortcake Murder – Joanne Fluke
43. Stalking the Angel – Robert Crais
44. Chasing the Dime – Michael Connelly 
45. Shelter Mountain – Robyn Carr 
46. A Reliable Wife – Robert Goolrick
47. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson 
48. Horns – Joe Hill 
49. The Beach House – Jane Green 
50. Voices – Arnaldur Indridason 
51. Back to the Bedroom – Janet Evanovich
52. Pay Dirt – Rita Mae Brown
53. Worst Case – James Patterson 
54. Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint – Nancy Kress
55. Killing Orders – Sara Paretsky
56. Chenxi and the Foreigner – Sally Rippin
57. Possessed – Kate Cann 
58. Just Before Sunrise – Carla Neggers
59. Cleanskin – Val McDermid
60. All Together Dead – Charlaine Harris 
61. From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris 
62. Undertow – Sydney Bauer
63. Dead and Gone – Charlaine Harris
64. Dead in the Family – Charlaine Harris 
65. See Jane Write – Sarah Mlynowski & Farrin Jacobs
66. Standoff – Sandra Brown
67. The Anniversary Man – R.J. Ellory 
68. Flirt – Laurell K. Hamilton
69. Broken – Karin Slaughter
70. Fool – Christopher Moore
71. The Black Ice – Michael Connelly
72. Tell Me Lies – Jennifer Crusie
73. Metro Girl – Janet Evanovich
74. Smoke Screen – Sandra Brown 
75. Heat Lightning – John Sandford 
76. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Lisa See
77. The Secret of Ka – Christopher Pike
78. Catering to Nobody – Diane Mott Davidson
79. Banker – Dick Francis
80. Stalking Susan – Julie Kramer
81. Broken – Karin Fossum
82. Time Was – Nora Roberts
83. Baltimore Blues – Laura Lippman
84. The Clinic – Jonathan Kellerman
85. Saving Max – Antoinette van Heugten
86. The Sands of Time – Sidney Sheldon
87. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
88. The Eye of the Needle – Ken Follett
89. Black Hills – Nora Roberts
90. Sizzling Sixteen – Janet Evanovich
91. Without Mercy – Lisa Jackson
92. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures< /em> – Vincent Lam
93. Morrigan’s Cross – Nora Roberts
94. Tapestry of Love – Rosy Thornton
95. Abandon – Carla Neggers
96. Revenge of the Spellmans – Lisa Lutz
97. Don’t Look Down – Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer
98. Lake Magic – Kimberly Fisk
99. How to Write Killer Fiction – Carolyn Wheat
100. The Strain – Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
101. Hollywood is Like High School With Money – Zoey Dean
102. All He Ever Wanted – Anita Shreve
103. Charley’s Web – Joy Fielding
104. At Home: A Short History of Private Life – Bill Bryson
105. Gone, Baby, Gone – Dennis Lehane
106. Reckless – Andrew Gross
107. You Suck – Christopher Moore
108. The Help – Kathryn Stockett