Here's my list of categories for the year 2010 challenge. I did have a couple of other options so it's possible I might end up changing this list at some point. I also reserve the right to alter the books I've chosen at any time prior or even during this challenge.

1. Having a Butcher’s – Jim Butcher and related
2. Classic SF&F – Why haven’t I read this yet?
3. Watching the Detectives - Detective, Mystery & Thriller
4. Book Watch – Association to Film or TV Show
5. Impulse Buys and Recommends
6. Continuations - Next book(s) in series
7. Epic Fantasy - So I can continue series started in 2009
8. Wolf in Me – Wolf in the title or book about wolves
9. Lost in Translation – Originally written in a language other than English
10. Tickling the Funny Bone - Tagged Humour (or of that ilk) in my library

Six of these are carried over from my 999 challenge and another is similar leaving just 3 brand new categories.

Category photo idea borrowed from bfertig.

19/10/09 - Changed a category: From New in SF&F to Epic Fantasy.

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Having a Butcher’s – Jim Butcher and related



1. Summer Knight
2. Death Masks
3. Blood Rites
4. Dead Beat
5. Proven Guilty
6. White Night
7. Small Favor
8. Turn Coat
9. Furies of Calderon
10.

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Classic SF&F – Why haven’t I read this yet?



1. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
2. Have Spacesuit - Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
3. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
4. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
5. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
7. Dreams Underfoot: The Newford Collection by Charles de Lint
8. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
9. Ringworld by Larry Niven
10. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller

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Watching the Detectives - Detective, Mystery & Thriller



1. The Camel Club by David Baldacci
2. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
3. Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
4. Nevermore by William Hjortsberg
5. Word Made Flesh by Jack O’Connell
6. Killer Tune by Dreda Say Mitchell
7. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
8. Night Passage by Robert B. Parker
9. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
10.

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Book Watch – Association to Film or TV Show



1. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
2. Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen
6. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
7. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
8. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
9. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
10.

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Continuations - Next book(s) in series



1. The Gates of Noon by Michael Scott Rohan
2. Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy
3. Fractured by Karin Slaughter
4. Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom
5. Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay
6. Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
7. Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith
8. Replicant Night by K.W. Jeter
9. Hung Out by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin
10. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

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Epic Fantasy



1. Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
2. Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson
3. House of Chains by Steven Erikson
4. Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson
5. Ships of Merior by Janny Wurts
6. Warhost of Vastmark by Janny Wurts
7. Fugitive Prince by Janny Wurts

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Wolf in Me – Wolf in the title or book about wolves



1. Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
2. Wolf of the Plains by Conn Iggulden
3. Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan
4. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
5. The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick
6. The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt

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Lost in Translation – Originally written in a language other than English



1. The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri
2. Out by Natsuo Kirino
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruis Zafón
4. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
5. The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard
6. Snow by Orhan Pamuk
7. The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco
8. The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martínez
9. I'm Not Scared by Niccolò Ammaniti
10. In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami

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Tickling the Funny Bone - Tagged Humour (or of that ilk) in my library



1. I Predict a Riot by Colin Bateman
2. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
3. A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil by Christopher Brookmyre
4. Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
5. Closing Time by Joseph Heller
6. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
7. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
8. Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
9. Saki: The Complete Short Stories by Saki
10. Candide by Voltaire

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It's such fun to see your categories, although it makes me want to fill them in for you! I'll be watching your wolf category. Have you read Wolf Whistle?

Thanks. That certainly sounds like an interesting title and one which I'll probably include if I can find a copy over here.

I'll be populating my categories with some books soon but these selections will not be set in stone and I'm always open to suggestions.

Nice selection of categories djay.

I'll be watching for new titles and authors for my fun reads too.

Thanks for your comments. Most of my books will come from 2nd hand bookshops or cheap online options so a lot depends on availability. I'll be starting to list those on my TBR pile to fill in the blanks and see where we go from there.

I love some of your categories! I have Jim Butcher on my list for next year as a new author for me. And I read Dune this year for the first time and enjoyed it a lot more than I expected.

If you follow Anne Perry there is a Monk mystery named Sins of the Wolf. It was actually my first book by Anne Perry and on audio and it hooked me fr both.

#17 cmbohn, I've read the first 3 of the Dresden books in my 999 challenge and have managed to hold off on the rest so as to dedicate a full category in this challenge like I did with Raymond Feist in the 999.

#18 cyderry, thanks for the suggestion. I haven't read any of Anne Perry before so would it be okay to start with that book or would it be better to go from the beginning of the series first?

I didn't have a problem reading that one first, but having read the whole series, and loving them all, I would say start at the beginning.

This looks like a cool assortment! I love the "wolf" category.

I second #22, and kind of feel a thematic category would have been nice to have. Oh well, maybe in 2011.

Name change has been enacted to reflect more of my other online nick's. It now matches my LastFM name. Formerly known as djay666. The wolf category now makes more sense as well. Wonder if it's possible to change the thread title.

#21 cyderry, I think I'll leave it out of the challenge then for now. Might add it at a later date if I'm struggling though as Historical Fiction was one of my optional categories and to combine that with a mystery story would be a good thing.

Slight change to the name of category 10 although the content remains the same.

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Have you watched or read The Tenth Kingdom? I thought the Wolf was entertaining in it.

#25 Victoria, I caught maybe 1 or 2 episodes of the miniseries but have never read the book. It's certainly going up for consideration so thanks for the suggestion.

Looking forward to hearing about your Books in Translation next year.

Thanks for dropping by. Interesting subjects. I like the wolf category and will keep an eye on the SF&F and translations.

The order I read in is subject to change and I am actually tempted to bump Steppenwolf up the TBR pile and out of this challenge.

I was in a shop the other day and picked up a copy of Steppenwolf, with an intro by Hesse. The last paragraph concluded with the line (talking of the readers):
But I would be happy if many of them were to realise that the story of Steppenwolf pictures a disease and crisis - but not one leading to death and destruction, on the contrary: to healing.

I couldn't resist! I will let you know. (when it hits the top of the pile!)

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Thanks calm. It has certainly piqued my interest so will look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Hi, like the new SF&F category is cool, I do not read much science fiction anymore so it will be intrigued to see what is/will be out there. Also interested to see what you make of Out.. I found it quite er. strong!

Your classic SF&F category is great. I love the old Heinleins. I borrowed every one I could find from my school and city libraries when I was a teenager.

@30 clfisha, There's always plenty of new titles to choose from. Most of the selections will be impulse buys decided upon by reading the blurb on the back page or could include continuations of a series. Looking forward to reading Out so I don't think it will be too long into the year before I get to it.

@31 mathgirl, I've pretty much loved every Heinlein book that I've read so far. Friday and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress being my favourites. Hoping this one won't let me down.

I've been seriously giving some thought to cutting back on the number I read for this challenge. I'll probably end up going to something like 6 or 7 in each category instead of the originally planned 10. I think 100 books will not give me much leeway in selecting what I want to read next when I get nearer to the end of the year and I do not want to feel constrained in any way just to finish a challenge.

@33, I'm going to aim for 5 to 10 in each category, but my goal is to keep the numbers in the categories fairly balanced. I joined this challenge mainly to ensure more breadth in my reading.

I don't think you'll be disappointed in your Heinlein choice. It's been so many years since I'd read it that I don't remember it well, but I recall it was one of my favourites when I was young, and I'm sure I'd read it more than once. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was also one of my faves.

>33

I think 100 books will not give me much leeway in selecting what I want to read next when I get nearer to the end of the year and I do not want to feel constrained in any way just to finish a challenge.

I think you're right, Wolfy. That's exactly what happened to me when I was finishing up my 999 Challenge, and I don't think I enjoyed some of those last books as much as I would have if I'd read them at another time.

I'm still planning a true 1010 for next year, but I may change my goals during the year. Just to begin with, this has been an unusual reading year for me, and I'm not at all certain that I will even read 100 books next year.

I read Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst early in 2009 and I remember it as being very interesting and one I would recommend.

@35 ivyd, reading should never be a chore and that's exactly what I want to avoid happening here.

@36 hailelib, thanks for the recommendation. Sounds perfect for what I wanted for that category.

Hmm, been taking a look at what choices I have listed so far and I seem to have a lot of what I would class as quick and easy reads so perhaps the 100 goal is doable after all. I will leave things as they stand for now and see how it goes.

re Lost in Translation

This is a great category, I have and would recommend The Shadow of the Wind and Snow. Both are very different, engrossing reads.

I read a lot of translated books, if I can't travel myself, it is a good way to get an insight into other countries and cultures.

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@39 soffitta1, well that's the first category that has been filled so looks to be a favourite of mine to. Most of the titles listed will remain (including those two you specified) but at least one is subject to being swapped out. Not quite sure of the Umberto Eco one and it depends if I bring in anything else to my library instead that I like the look of more.

Thanks for the welcomes! Your list looks like a lot of fun. I'm reading In the Miso Soup for translated works too. Hopefully it's a good one!

@41 SlySionnach, I've not read any of his books yet but they do look intriguing and that was the one that jumped out at me to try first. If I enjoy it then I can always add Audition to my Movies category.

@42

I saw Audition. Freaked me out a little. I'm a sucker for any sort of horror movie.

I would have done a whole category of Japanese Fiction for the 1010 Challenge but I read a bunch of it over this summer. Thought I should explore some new countries.

Hi SlySionnach, I enjoyed In the Miso Soup enough to make me want to read Audition (I was kind of freaked out by the film though!). Anyway hope you enjoy it too.

I'm hoping I like In the Miso Soup enough for me to want to look further into his work and that will include the film adaptation of Audition as well.

I finished reading In The Miso Soup just a few days ago. It was really great but definitely not for the faint of heart. I've already picked up another of his books, Piercing, from the library because I enjoy his style so much. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Thanks remusly for your well wishes. It's looking like that will be one of the first I read in that category. Good to get another positive comment about his work.

For those watching what I was going to put in the New SF&F category I have some bad news, it's gone. Replaced by Epic Fantasy instead. Sorry! The new category will mainly be filled by books from series that I've started this year with a couple of spaces yet to be decided upon.

Don't despair too much though as I'm sure some of the titles I would've used in the now defunct category will more than likely end up in my Impulse Buys and Recommends instead.