Duration: 1st January – 31st December 2018
Number of books: 52
Hosted by: A Dance with Books

FANTASY

1. Classic fantasy – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
2. Magic school – An Apple for the Creature edited by Charlaine Harris & Toni L.P. Kelner
3. Necromancers – Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
4. PTSD –
5. Dragons – Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs
6. Fairytale (retelling) – Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
7. Grimdark – A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
8. Ghosts – Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
9. Uncommon fantasy creatures – Sea Witch by Virginia Kantra
10. Shapeshifters – Wild Fire by Christine Feehan
11. Gods – Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
12. Animal companion – The Silver Horse by Kate Forsyth
13. Maternal heritage – Gene of Isis by Traci Harding
14. Set in our world – The Siren by Kiera Cass
15. Witches – No Rest for the Witches by MaryJanice Davidson, Lori Handeland, Cheyenne McCray & Christine Warren
16. Magical Law Enforcement – Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
17. Thief – Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne
18. Pirates – The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
19. Portal fantasy – Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
20. Warrior – Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

Sci-Fi

1. On a different planet – Haunted Nights edited by Ellen Datlow and Lisa Morton
2. Utopia – Return to the Isle f the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
3. Space ship – Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
4. Steampunk – Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak
5. Time travel – The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
6. Artificial Intelligence POV –
7. Proto Sci-Fi – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
8. Hive – To Marry Medusa by Theodore Sturgeon
9. Alien – Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow
10. Virtual reality –
11. Super powers – The Young Elites by Marie Lu
12. Science – Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
13. Replicate –
14. Space colonisation –
15. Mecha –
16. Space creatures / Beasts – Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout
17. Teleportation –
18. Space Western –
19. The Moon – The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
20. Invasion – The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Generic

1. Satire – Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
2. Under 500 pages – When Demons Walk by Patricia Briggs
3. Over 800 pages – IT by Stephen King (1166 pp.)
4. Novella – Hexed by Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn, Allyson James & Jeanne C. Stein
5. Finish a series – Seeing is Believing by Erin McCarthy
6. Mental health – The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil
7. Disability –
8. Published before 1990 – The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947)
9. Set in Africa – In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
10. Library – Blood Work by Kim Harrison
11. By a woman of color – Laughing All the Way to the Mosque by Zarqa Nawaz
12. One word title – Masques by Patricia Briggs