Books I Want to Read in 2016

2016 may be a crazy year for me, but it's one I'm excited for in regard to reading because I'm changing things up a bit. In addition to reading what I've got on hand (except anthologies/reference/collected works books which are more of a "read as needed" and "lifetime reading list" type of thing), I want to finally get around to those that have been on my reading list forever, and I want to start a project of reading children's/middle grade classics (and newer releases) that I never got around to. My library and its Overdrive service are going to become my best friends, because I realized that buying them for the purpose of having a good children's collection is not necessary right now and something I can always do later on. Ultimately, by knocking out some of these titles I've wanted to read for a long time, I hope to feel really accomplished with slashing down my reading goals. (Next year: reading more classic YA?)

So! Without further ado, here are books that I'm (very probably) going to read in 2016, accompanied by others of course that I'm not going to plan for. There are a lot more here than I would like, but the middle grade books are short and shouldn't take that long. I'm also not including books that will be released in 2016, as I don't buy most new releases and I'm going to make a separate post about that (I'm excited though!). Chances are one or two might be read next year, though!

Middle Grade

• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? by Lemony Snicket
• Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle
• A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
•  A House Like a Lotus by Madeleine L'Engle
• Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
• Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman (I've had this for a long time but I don't think I ever read it)
• The Truth About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M Valente
• Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

 And if I have time, I might reread L'Engle's A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet.

Young Adult

• More Than This by Patrick Ness
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by  Sherman Alexie
• Winter by Marissa Meyer (I don't think I'm going to bother to read Fairest)
• UnWholly by Neal Shusterman
• Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

(And possibly: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio, Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas, Falling into Place by Amy Zhang, and/or more of the Unwind books.)


Adult/Literary Fiction/Classics 

• Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
• The October Country by Ray Bradbury
• A collection of George Orwell essays
• The Celebrated Jumping Frong and Other Stories by Mark Twain
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

 Nonfiction/Other 

• Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
• Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
•  Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh