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The 2017 Beat The Backlist challenge is hosted over at Novelknight AND also includes a Harry Potter themed mini challenge. Of course I will be joining that one as well, proudly trying to win the Hogwarts House Cup along with my fellow Ravenclaws. My challenge name is OakSickle!!

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I signed up for this challenge about two weeks ago, but never actually made the full backlist/TBR for this challenge. With only two weeks left in 2016, I thought it was about time to properly sit down and write down those books I have been neglecting for way too long. Remember my goals?

  • read 50 books published before 2016
  • read 20 books published before 2013
  • review each book 
  • update challenge post monthly

I want to try and read at least 50 books that were published before 2016, and I’m 20 of them have to be published before 2013. I’m hoping to actually be able to read more older books that way. On to the backlist!!

BACKLIST/ CHALLENGE TBR

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  • Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (384 pages) (published in 2005)
  • An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (443 pages) (published in 2015)
  • Bird Box by Josh Malerman (262 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Bone Gap by Laura Ruby (373 pages) (published in 2015)
  • Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (342 pages) (published in 2014)

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  • Defending Jacob by William Landay (421 pages) (published in 2012)
  • Graceling  by Kristin Cashore (471 pages) (published in 2008)
  • Half Bad by Sally Green (394 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Ink And Bone by Rachel Caine (352 pages) (published in 2015)
  • More Than This by Patrick Ness (480 pages) (published in 2013)

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  • My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (423 pages) (published in 2004)
  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (288 pages) (published in 2005)
  • Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (297 pages) (published in 1987)
  • Not A Drop To Drink by Mindy McGinnis (309 pages) (published in 2013)
  • Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (896 pages) (published in 1991)

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  • Prisoner Of Night And Fog by Anne Blankman (401 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight (405 pages) (published in 2013)
  • Red Rising by Pierce Brown (384 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Room by Emma Donoghue (321 pages) (published in 2010)
  • Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (417 pages) (published in 2015)

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  • Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (338 pages) (published in 2002)
  • Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson (449 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Splintered by A.G. Howard (371 pages) (published in 2013)
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (336 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Talon by Julie Kagawa (449 pages) (published in 2014)

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  • The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks (268 pages) (published in 2013)
  • The Chaos Of Stars by Kiersten White (277 pages) (published in 2013)
  • The Color Purple by Alice Walker (295 pages) (published in 1982)
  • The Darkest Minds  by Alexandra Bracken (488 pages) (published in 2012)
  • The Elephant Vanishes by Huraki Murakami (336 pages) (published in 1986)

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  • The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August by Claire North (432 pages) (published in 2014)
  • The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (399 pages) (published in 1995)
  • The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (384 pages) (published in 2010)
  • The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson (312 pages) (published in 2015)
  • The Library At Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (388 pages) (published in 2015)

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  • The Magicians by Lev Grossman (402 pages) (published in 2009)
  • The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven (368 pages) (published in 2013)
  • The Marble Collector by Cecelia Ahern (304 pages) (published in 2015)
  • The Museum Of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (368 pages) (published in 2014)
  • The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows (391 pages) (published in 2015)

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  • The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters (564 pages) (published in 2014)
  • The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (653 pages) (published in 1998)
  • The Queen Of The Tearling by Erika Johansen (432 pages) (published in 2013)
  • The Selection by Kiera Cass (336 pages) (published in 2012)
  • The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller (352 pages) (published in 2011)

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  • The Strain by Guillermo del Toro (403 pages) (published in 2009)
  • The Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (456 pages) (published in 2011)
  • The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (994 pages) (published in 2011)
  • The Young Elites by Marie Lu (355 pages) (published in 2014)
  • Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (292 pages) (published in 2012)