Karene's 21 Categories

While I am still reading a lot of the same categories from previous years I have found a few new ones that I am pretty excited about (especially the haiku). My goals are still oriented about working through MTB at home and the ever-growing catalogue at work. I work in a high school library and have been specializing in manga and comics ( I host a manga club every week), so you can expect to see a lot of those listed :-)
There will not be any set amounts as I read more of some and less of the other (and it began to be a little stressful that I couldn't meet the amounts specified... even though I had read more than enough and often way more books in other categories).

1001 Books to Read Before you Die
1. 1001 Books to Read Before you Die.
2. Chrome Yellow by Aldous Huxley.
3. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

Poetry
1. Selected Poems of Jay Wright.
2. Selected Poems by Donald Justice.
3. Du Fu: A Life in Poetry.

Japanese Literature (including manga).
1. Heart no Kakurega (manga - 4 volumes) by Natsume Isaku.
2. Takane no Hana wa Chirasaretai (manga - 2 volumes) by Aya Sakyo.
3. The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Golden Yarn by Kore Yamazaki et al.,
4. Skip Beat: Vol. 45 (manga)by Yoshiki Nakamura.
5. Mousou Elektel (manga) by Yonezo Nekota.
6. The Poems of Nakahara Chuya .
7. 1000 Poems From the Manyoshu.
8. Fruits Basket (manga)by Natsuki Takaya.
9. Library Wars (manga)by Kiiro Yumi.

Korean Literature (including manhwa)
1. I Have a Boyfriend (webcomic) by Pibi.
2. Unintentional Love Story (webcomic) by Pibi.
3. Under the Oak Tree by Sooji Kim ( webnovel).
4. Under the Oak Tree by Hermes (webcomic).
5. My Ex Client (webcomic) by Kim SuJin, Hera Kang.
6. The Greatest Villain by Kim SuJin.
7. The Knight's Unfulfilled Dreams by Kim SuJin.
8. The Lady and her Butler by JADE

Chinese Literature (including manhua).
1.The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System (web novel) by Mo Xiang TongXiu.
2. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (web novel) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
3. Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse translated by Red Pine.
4. Heaven Official's Blessing (web novel) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu.
5. The Master of Diabolism (manhua) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu et al.
6. Heaven Official's Blessing (manhua) by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu et al.
7. Selected Poems of Wang Wei translated by David Hinton.
8. The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien translated by David Hinton.
9. Stonehouse's Poems for Zen Monks translated by Red Pine.
10. Songs of My Heart: Chinese Lyric Poetry by Ruan Ji.

Diaries & Epistolary novels.
1. The Gryphon by Nick Bantock.
2. We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra.

Haiku.
1. The Haiku Anthology edited by Cor Van den Heuvel.
2. Haiku: Japanese Art and Poetry by Judith Patt et al.
3. Masaoka Shiki: Selected Poems .
4. The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa edited by Robert Hass.
5. Modern Japanese Haiku by Makoto Ueda.

Verse Novels.
1. The Lost Marble Notebook of Forgotten Girl & Random Boy by Marie Jaskulka.
2. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander.
3. Rebound by Kwame Alexander.
4. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo.
5. The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan.
6. Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson.
7. Everybody Looking by Candace Iloh.
8. Sold by Patricia McCormick.

American Literature.
1. Storm Front by Jim Butcher.
2. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher.
3. Swing by Kwame Alexander.
4. Firefly July selected by Paul Janeczko
5. Sweep Up the Sun by Helen Frost
6. Invincible by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Literature from the UK.
1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.
2. The Man with Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse.
3. Dark Man: Fear in the Dark by Peter Lancett.
4. Dark Man: Destiny in the Dark by Peter Lancett.
5. Dark Man: The Dark Fire of Doom by Peter Lancett.
6. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.
7. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

Romance Literature.
1. The Last Train by Natsuo Shiki.
2. Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli.
3. Falling in Love in the Supernatural World By Jimo Yao.
4. Twinkling Stars Dial by Natsume Isaku.
5. Ten Count by Rihito Takarai.

Adventure, Action and Thrillers.
1. The Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane.

Mystery
1. Twin Spirit Detectives by Jiao Ran.
2. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher.

Fantasy Fiction.
1. Spirit Hotel by Su You Bing.
2. Grave Peril by Jim Butcher.
3. Dark Man: The Dark Never Hides by Peter Lancett.
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.
5. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Mass.

Horror
1. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher.
2. Blue Boods by Melissa de la Cruz.
3. Tales From the Fringes of Fear by Jeff Szpirglas.
4. Dark Man: Escape From the Dark by Peter Lancett.

Graphic Novels (lots!)
1. Laguardia by Nnedi Okorafor.
2. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds et al.
3. I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached.
4. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang.
5. Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson et al.
6. Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story by Lauren Myracle et al.
7. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei et al.
8. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans by Don Brown.
9. Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash.
10. Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook.
11. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists by Mikki Kendall et al.
12. Bloom by Kevin Panettiere.
13. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brogsol.
14. The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks.
15. The Stone Heart by Faith Erin Hicks.
16. The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks.
17. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pennelope Bagieu.
18. Strange Planet by Nathan Pyle.
19. Stranger Planet by Nathan Pyle.

Realistic Fiction.
1. The King of Jam Sandwiches by Eric Walters.
2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenze.
3. Eight Times Up by John Corr.
4. Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry.
5. Becoming Muhammad Ali: A Novel by James Patterson & Kwame Alexander.
6. Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner.

Science Fiction.
1. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells.
2. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells.
3. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu.

Nebula, Hugo and Andre Norton
Awards and nominees...
1. All Systems Red by Martha Wells.
2. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells.
3. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark.

Gotta have that catch-all spot for the books that I cannot fit anywhere else!
1. Isa Does It By Isa Chandra Moskowitz.
2. Literary Terms: A Dictionary by Karl Beckson.
3. Jane Austen: A Biography by Elizabeth Jenkins.
4. Black Girl Magic by Mahogany L. Browne
5. I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes.
6. Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott
7. Dark Man: The Face in the Dark Mirror by Peter Lancett
8. Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne et al.
9. Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon.
10. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.

National Book Award
Awards and nominees...
1. 19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye.

Spot reserved for ideas for next year :-)

Good luck with your 2021 reading!

Looks like a great variety of reading! I will be interested to see what you're reading in the Japanese, Chinese, and Korean categories in particular -- that's an area I don't read enough of.

Great variety in those categories. Have fun with them.

Wow! You have quite a variety of reading planned. But your pictures in posts #5&6 aren't showing for me.

Happy reading in 2021. That's a nicely diverse set of categories you have set up.

Your categories are so varied, you are sure to have fun reading in 2021.

Lots of interesting categories here. I am looking forward to seeing how you fill them.

Hope you have a great year of reading.

Happy reading in 2021. Interested to see what you read for your Australian category.

Thanks for all of your welcomes and good wishes, I am looking forward to a new year of reading and a fresh start in 2021 :-)

I admit that I am not much of a poetry reader by haikus do intrigue me. I am also a fan of epistolary novels... would those fit into your Diaries category? Happy reading in 2021!

>34 lkernagh: Absolutely! I love a good epistolary novel too!

Well.... don't know about the rest of you but I was/am kinda stressed and depressed after a challenging year, and I find that when I am this way I tend to seek out simpler and softer things to read. I ended up reading a lot of danmei and poetry (there is a connection). Because of the danmei I have a new collection of Chinese poetry which I plan to consume in the following year.