Karene's 20x20

Only one proviso for this challenge, and that is trying to read as many books from my own TBR collection as possible and also reading as many as I can from the library I work in.

1001 Books
1. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
2. Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami.
3. Breakfast at Tiffanys by Truman Capote.
4. Queen Margot by Alexandra Dumas.
5. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.
6. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
7. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
8. The Sea by John Banville.
9. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
10. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.
11. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
12. No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
13. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.

1001 Comics
1. 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die.
2. Chicken With Plums by Marjane Satrapi.
3. Stuff and Nonsense by A. B. Frost.
4. The Four Immigrants Manga by Henry Kiyama.
5. Wonder Woman by Roy Thomas.
6. Princess Knight by Osamu Tezuka.
7. Sick Sick Sick by Jules Feiffer.
8. Astro City: Life in the Big City by Kurt Busiek.
9. A Distant Neighborhood by Jiro Taniguchi.
10. Monster by Naomi Urasawa.
11. Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs.

The Western Canon
1. The Western Canon by Harold Bloom.
2. River Writing: An Eno Journal by James Applewhite.
3. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham.
4. Selected Poems by Mark Strand.
5. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare.
6. Paradise Lost by John Milton.
7. Faust part 1 & Faust part 2 by Goethe
8. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain.
9. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
10. Sphere: The Form of a Motion by A. R. Ammons.
11. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
12. Stephen Fry Presents Oscar Wilde's Stories for All Ages

Manga...lots and lots of manga!
1. Wandering Son by Shimura Takako.
2. Heart No Kakurega by Isaku Natsume.
3. Give Me Your Love by Kazumi Ohya.
4. Mars by Fuyumi Soryo.
5. Date With a Billionaire by Kako Ito.
6. A Spanish Honeymoon by Masako Ogimaru.
7. Kimiiro Eden by Aomoto Sari.
8. Mixed Vegetables by Ayumi Komura
9. Otokogokoro by Neko Kanda.
10. Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto by Nami Sano.
11. Shortcake Cake by Suu Morishita.
12. Imadoki! Nowadays by Yuu Watase
13. Nichijou by Keiichi Arawi.
14. Mad Cinderella by Kotetsuko Yamamoto.
15. Yoru Kafe by Maki Enjoji.
16. An Incurable Case of Love by Maki Enjoji.
17. Happy Marriage!? By Maki Enjoji.
18. Tsuiteru Kanojo by Maki Enjoji.
19. Private Prince by Maki Enjoji.
20. That Summer by Kim Hyun.
21. Midnight Secretary by Tomu Ohmi.
22. The Cornered Mouse Dreams Of Cheese by Setone Mitzushiro.
23. The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice by Setone Mitzushiro.
24. Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura.
25. Library Wars by Kiiro Yumi.
26. Young Hot Lady From the Village by YeJingDongManDesignStudio.
27. Dear Brother! By Maki Enjoji.
28. Aioi Musubi by Syaku.
29. Ten Count by Takarai Rihito.
30. Haro No Noroi by Asuka Konishi.
31. Kingyo Used Books by Seimu Yoshizaki.
32. Waiting For Spring by Anashin.
33. Kiss Me At the Stroke of Midnight by Rin Mikimoto.
34. Almost Paradise by Marta Matsuo
35. Wild Ones by Kiyo Fujiwara.
36. Daytime Shooting Star by Mika Yamamori.
37. Yukikaze by Chohei Kambayashi.
38. Ultimate Venus by Takako Shigematsu.
39. Gravitation by Maki Murakami.
40. Toradora! By Yuyuko Takemiya.
41. Blue Lust by Hinako.
42. 100% Perfect Girl by Wann.
43. Kill Me, Kiss Me by Lee Young You.
44. 50 Rules For Teenagers by Yeri Na.
45. 19 Days by Old Xian.
46. Ano Hi no Kimi wo Dakishimeta naro If Only I Held You That Dayby Sakiya Haruhi.
47. Cowboys, Babies and Shotgun Vows by Shirley Rogers.
48. Cappuccino by Wataru Yoshizumi.
49. Koguresou Monogatari by Shion Muira.
50. Advent of Snow White of the Hell by Huang Mi Ri.
51. At the End of the Road by Haribo.
52. Lover Boy by Zec.
53, A Man Like You by Waje.
54. Make Me Bark by Segold.
55. Practice Husband by Mao Marino.
56. Cherry Blossoms After Winter by Bamwoo.
57. Flower in a Storm by Shigeyoshi Takagi
58. Blue Sky Complex by Ichikawa Kei
59. My Pet Bat by Jade.
60. Food Wars by Yuto Tsukuda.
61. Otomen by Ata Kanno.
62. Ecstasy Hearts by Silentmaru.
63. Given by Natsuki Kizu.
64. Otomen by Aya Kanno.
65. My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame.
66. Restless by Hoben.
67. Millennium Snow by Bisco Hatori.
68. I Want To Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino.
69. The Girl and the Geek by DAGAB.
70 I Was XXX by my Idol by Young Dream.
71. A "Dimwitted" Monk Fell From Heaven by Hong Jun.
72. Flower in a Storm by Shigeyoshi Takagi.
73. Practice Husband by Mao Marino.
74. Skip Beat! Vol.44 by Yoshiki Nakamura.
75. Yakitate!! Japan by Takashi Hashiguchi.
76. Akiyama Kun by Nobara Aiko.
77. Spun Together by 100g Rice Noodles.
78. Unintentional Love Story by PIBI (re-read).
79. Spirit Pact by Pingzi.

Japanese Literature
1. Kokin Wakashu.
2. Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami.
3. These Things Called Dreams: The Poems of Ono no Komachi.
4. After Dark by Haruki Murakami.
5. The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa.
6. Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami.
7. Strong in the Rain: Selected Poems by Kenji Miyazawa.
8. The Silver Yarn edited by Kore Yamazaki.
9. Japanese Poetry Now translated by Thomas Fitzsimmons.
10. The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.
11. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami.
12. Love Isn't the Slightest Bit Easy by Kiyoi Kiriyu.
13. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi by Shungiku Nakamura.
14. Hitorijime Boyfriend by Memeco Arii.
15. Junjou Romantica by Shungiku Nakamura
16. Flower and Bunny by Chiaki Kashima.
17. Kannou Reminder by Unohana.
18. Ou-sama to Puppy Love by Noichi Mikuro.
19. Nibiiro Musica by Kemeko Tokyo.
20. Ore o Oniku- chan by Kome Mochino.

Australian Literature
1. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey.
2. Halt's Peril by John Flanagan.
3. Cold Skin by Steven Herrick
4. Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley.
5. The Mirrabrook Marriage by Barbara Hannay.
6. Subhuman Redneck Poems by Les Murray.
7. The Things She's Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina.
8. The Man From Snowy River and Other Poems by A. B. Paterson
9. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
10. Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak.

Literature from the UK
1. Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett.
2. Burton & Swinburne: The Mystery of the Empty Bay by Mark Hodder.
3. Kraken by China Mieville.
4. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
5. Carry On, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.
6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander.
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
8. The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell.
9. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells.
10. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes.
11. The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.
12. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman.

American Literature
1. The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci.
2. The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace.
3. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Weis.
4. Crank by Ellen Hopkins.
5. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth.
6. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
7. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.
8. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli.
9. Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
10. The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth girl by Barry Lyga.
11. The Alchemist by Paolo Bacigalupi.
12. Wires and Nerve: Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer.
13. Ask the Passengers by A. S. King.
14. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World by Abigail Reynolds.
15. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.

Romance
1. I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn.
2. Seven days: Monday-Sunday by Venio Tachibana.
3. Candy Color Paradox by Isaku Natsume.
4. I Am Beautiful by Cha Yi Do.
5. Higouhou Junai by Shinri Fuwa.
6. Does the Flower Blossom? by Shoko Hidaka.
7. Love Stage by Eiki Eiki.
8. Almost Love by Ping.
9. Window to Window by Lee Aru.
10. Room to Room by Lee Aru.
11. Wotakoi: Love is Hard For Otaku Vol. 4 by Fujita.
12. Between the Sheets by Aoi Hashimoto.
13. Only Serious About You by Asou Kai.
14. Only the Flower Knows by Rihito Takarai.
15. Lonely to Organdy by Ogeretsu Tanaka.
16. Sayonara Game by Minaduki Yuu.
17. Heart No Kakurega Volumes 2,3 &4 by Isaku Natsume
18. Mother's Spirit by Enzou.
19. Unintentional Love Story by Pibi.
20. Phoenix of the Nine Heavens by Island Project.

Adventure, Action and Thrillers
1. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter.
2. Prisoner of Dieppe by Hugh Brewster.
3. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik.
4. The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
5. Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
6. The World On Either Side by Diane Terrana.
7. Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto.
8. Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein.
9. Take to the Skies by R. T. Martin.
10. It's Murder at St. Baskets by James Lincoln Collier.
11. Library Wars by Kiiro Yumi.
12. Frau Faust by Kore Yamazaki.
13. My Pretty Policeman by Niyama.
14. Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World by Iruka Shiomiya.
15. Scum Villain System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (re-read).
16. Radiant by Tony Valente.

Mystery
1. A Wife in Time by Mami Ishikawa.
2. The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife By Melodie Campbell.
3. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris.
4. The Turnaround by R. T. Martin.
5. And Everything Nice by Kim Moritsugu.
6. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
7. Cleanup by Norah McClintock.
8. The Blue Dragon by Ronald Tierney.
9. The Spider Bites by Medora Sale.
10. One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus.
11. Phantom Thief Jeanne by Arina Tsnemura.
12. What's Wrong With Secretary Kim? By Myeong Mi Kim.
13. On What Grounds by Cleveland Coyle.

Fantasy
1. Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
2. Thin Places by Lesley Choyce
3. Mo Dao Zu Shi (novel) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
4. Tale of Dragon Morph by Ji Li.
5. Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast For Spirits by Waco Ioka.
6. House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig.
7. The Ruined City by John Wilson.
8. The Scum Villain System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
9. You Ling Jiu Dian by Su You Bing.
10. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer.
11. Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge.
12. Caste Heaven by Chise Ogawa.
13. Orange by Ichigo Takano.
14. Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya.
15. Wolf in the House by Park Ji-Yeon.
16. Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast For Spirits Vol. 6 by Waco Ioka
17. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman.
18. The Executioness by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell
19. Toritan by Kotetsuko Yamamoto.
20. Feng Yu Jiu Tian by Feng Nong.

Horror
1. Asylum by Madeleine Roux.
2. Sanctum by Madeliene Roux.
3. Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire.
4. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
5. Blood Bank by SilB.
6. Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum.
7. Vampire Library by Lee Sun-young.
8. Memoire du Masque by Kim Jung Han.
9. Monster Child by Sang-Yoon Lee.
10. The Late Bus by Rick Jasper.
11. Layers of Fear by Junji Ito.

Graphic Novels (lots of those too)
1. Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu.
2. Guts by Raina Telgemeier.
3. Gandhi: A Manga Biography by Kazumi Ebine.
4. Sugar Falls by David Alexander Robertson.
5. 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga by David Alexander Robertson.
6. Lillian the Legend by Kerry Byrne.
7. Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm.
8. Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm.
9. Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm.
10. This Place: 150 Years Retold
11. Pemmican Wars by Katherena Vermette.
12. Red River Resistance by Katherena Vermette.
13. Northwest Resistance by Katherena Vermette.
14. Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder.
15. Grave Sight: Part 1 by Charlaine Harris et al.
16. Grave Sight: Part 2 by Charlaine Harris et al.
17. Grave Sight: Part 3 etc.
18. Grave Sight: Part 4 etc.
19. Grave Sight: Part 5 etc.
20. Grave Sight: Part 6 etc.
21.The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation by Ray Bradbury et al.
22. The Crossover (graphic Novel) by Kwame Alexander illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile.
23. The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci.
24. To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel adapted by Fred Fordham.
25. Marceline Gone Adrift by Pendleton Ward et al.
26. Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki.
27. Gotham Academy, Volume 1 by Becky Cloonan et al.
28. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Takako.
29. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson.
30. The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.
31. Heartstopper by Alice Oseman.
32. Pumpkinheads by Faith Erin Hicks.
33. Lily Renee, Escape Artist by Trina Robbins.
34. A Game For Swallows by Zeina Abirached.
37. Almost American Girl by Robin Ha.
38. In the Beginning: Illustrated Stories From the Old Testament by Serge Block & Frederick Boyer.

Realistic Fiction
1. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Given.
2. Our Dreams At Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani.
3. If I Stay by Gayle Forman.
4. At the End of the Road by Haribo.
5. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.
6. 19 Days by Old Xian.
7. Hideaway for the Heart by Natsume Isaku.
8. False Memories by Natsume Isaku.
9. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell.
10. Devil's Honey by Natsume Isaku.
11. Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Akiko Higashimura.
12. Escape Journey by Tanaka Ogeretsu.
13. Our Dining Table by Ori Miya.
14. Happy Cafe by Kou Matsuzuki.
15. Lovely Complex by Aya Nakahara.
16. The Good Teacher by Eeej.
17. Yakitate by Takashi Hashiguchi.
18. War in the Kitchen by Lianjie.
19. Ginger Honey by Natsume Isaku.
20. Candy Color Paradox: Volume 2 by Natsume Isaku.

Science Fiction
1. Safe Zone by R. T. Martin.
2. So Long and Thanks For all the Fish by Douglas Adams.
3. 009 Re:Cyborg: Volume 1 by Shotaro Ishinomori.
4. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Stories by George Lucas.
5. Now You See Me by Vanessa Acton.
6. 2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino.
7. Cosmoknights by Hannah Templar.
8. Space Case by Stuart Gibbs.
9. O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti.
10. Realm of Mystics by Raelyn Drake.
11. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. By Shuichi Aso.
12. Alien Invasion (Level Up) by Israel Keats
13. Four the Son by Veronica Roth.
14. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu.

Nebula, Hugo and Andre Norton
Awards and nominees...
1. At the Rialto by Connie Willis.
2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
3. Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress.
4. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik.
5. A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke
6. All Systems Red by Martha Wells.
7. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik.
8. Rocks Fall Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar.
9. Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin.
10. Seraphina by Rachel Hartman.
11. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee.

National Book Award
Awards and nominees...
1. A Swinger of Birches by Robert Frost
2. The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine by Donald Barthelme.
3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
4. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos.
5. The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin.
6. Noggin by John Corey Whaley.
7. Hey, Kiddo by Jarret J. Krosoczka
8. The Auroras of Autumn by Wallace Stevens.
9. Collected Poems by Marianne Moore
10. Collected Poems, 1917-1952 by Archibald McLeish.
11. Life Studies by Robert Lowell.
12. Stargazing by Jen Wang.
13. Story of a Girl by Sarah Zarr.
14. Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick.

Michael L. Printz
Awards and nominees...
1. Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos.
2. John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth by Elizabeth Partridge
3. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater.
4. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman.
5. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell..
6. Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool.
7. Postcards From No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers.
8. Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi.
9. Dodger by Terry Pratchett.
10. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon.

Gotta have that catch-all spot for the books that I cannot fit anywhere else!
1. A Brief History of Manga by Helen McCarthy.
2. Hokusai Manga by Katsushika Hokusai.
3. The Story of My Life by Giacomo Casanova.
4. #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women Edited by Lisa Charleyboy et al.
5. Hostage by Elie Wiesel.
6. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous.
7, The Constant Wife by W. Somerset Maugham.
8. The Manga Biography of Kenji Miyazawa by Ko Yano.
9. Vegetarian Sushi Secrets by Marisa Baggett.
10. Japanese Pickled Vegetables by Machiko Tateno.
11. No Love Zone by Dambi.
12. Shores of Haida Gwaii: Poems of the Haida Gwaii Islands by Norma Kerby.
13. Shadows & Light: Poems of Emergence by Writers North of 54°.
14. Seed Dreams: Poems of Blossoming by Writers North of 54°.
15. Wuhan Diary by Fang Fang.

Thoughts for next year...
1. Haiku.
2. Chinese literature.
3. Korean literature.
4. Diaries.

You have some interesting categories!

We have a few categories in common, so look forward to following along and getting some ideas.

Great categories. Happy reading in 2020!

Great categories - looks like you are going to have an excellent reading year in 2020.

We share a few categories so I am looking forward to following you through the year,

Have a good reading year!

Looks like you're all set for 2020! :)

Enjoy your 2020 reads!

Nice range of categories!

Lots of great categories! I'm interested in what you'll be reading for the 1001 category, the awards and nominees and what the Shakespeare project is!

How did you like Underground?