prezzey's 111111 category challenge!

I'm starting on Jan 1.

Progress: FINISHED

Short books are counted as 0.5

Categories:

1. Jewish religious books (as usual) - FINISHED

1 / 1 Meditation and Kabbalah by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, March, in English
2 / 1 The Chief Rabbi's Haggadah by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, April, in English
3 / 1 Biblical Images by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, April, in English
3.5 / 0.5 Talmudic Images by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, April, in English
4.5 / 1 The Seven Beggars and Other Kabbalistic Tales by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, April, in English
5.5 / 1 Torah Umadda by Rabbi Norman Lamm, April, in English
6.5 / 1 Pebbles of Wisdom From Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz by Arthur Kurzweil (Ed.), May, in English
7.5 / 1 Subversive Sequels in the Bible by Judy Klitsner, May, in English
8 / 0.5 The Halakhic Mind by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, June, in English
9 / 1 Mitokh Ha-Ohel by Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman and Stuart W. Halpern (Eds.), June, in English
10 / 1 Torah Lights: Bereshit by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, August, in English
11 / 1 Everyday Holiness by Alan Morinis, October, in English

2. Books from book swapping sites - FINISHED

0.5 / 0.5 Sinistra körzet by Ádám Bodor, February, in Hungarian
1 / 0.5 Le Vieux Nègre et la médaille by Ferdinand Oyono, February, in Hungarian
1.5 / 0.5 PetePite by Gábor Nógrádi, April, in Hungarian
2 / 0.5 Eisprong by Judith Uyterlinde, May, in Hungarian
3 / 1 Filmi poikki! by Hanna Marjut Marttila, April, in Hungarian
3.5 / 0.5 Zacc - gangregény by Bernadett Vág, May, in Hungarian
4 / 0.5 The God Engines by John Scalzi, June, in English
5 / 1 Az elnök, a képviselő és a diplomata - történetek az új Európai Unióból by Bálint Szlankó, August, in Hungarian
6 / 1 A sündisznó eleganciája by Muriel Barbery, August, in Hungarian
6.5 / 0.5 Kegyelem by Linn Ullmann, August, in Hungarian
7.5 / 1 A léleklátó by Ádám Raffy, October, in Hungarian
8 / 0.5 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, October, in English
8.5 / 0.5 Bestiárium by Julio Cortázar, October, in Hungarian
9.5 / 1 Vérvonal by Arnaldur Indriðason, November, in Hungarian
10.5 / 1 Bűnről dalol a föld by Timo K. Mukka, November, in Hungarian
11 / 0.5 Apropó, comics! by Rubovszky Kálmán, November, in Hungarian

3. Speculative fiction that won some sort of award - FINISHED

- At the moment I'm most interested in the Carl Brandon Society awards, but that's only five books and I've already read one. I started reading the Hugos/Nebulas a few years ago but stopped after a few really disappointing books. I read three Tiptree award anthologies earlier this year and they were sort of hit and miss, but I liked the theme.

1 / 1 Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin, January, in English (Nebula award)
2 / 1 Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, March, in English (Carl Brandon award)
3 / 1 Usurper of the Sun by Housuke Nojiri, April, in English (Seiun award)
4 / 1 Rumini by Judit Berg, April, in Hungarian (Hungarian IBBY book of the year)
5 / 1 The Ancestors by L.A. Banks, Tananarive Due, Brandon Massey, April, in English (Carl Brandon award)
6 / 1 Harmony by Project Itoh, May, in English (Seiun award)
7 / 1 Yukikaze by Chōhei Kambayashi, May, in English (Seiun award)
8 / 1 Liar by Justine Larbalestier, May, in English (Carl Brandon award)
9 / 1 Mirror Dance, by Lois McMaster Bujold, August, in English (Hugo award, Locus award)
9.5 / 0.5 Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, September, in English (Children's Mythopoeic, Newberry Honor)
10 / 0.5 The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by Alan Lee, September, in Hungarian (Academy Award for best art direction)
11 / 1 Summer, Fireworks and My Corpse by Otsuichi, October, in English (Jump short fiction prize)

4. A nonfiction category - FINISHED

0.5 / 0.5 Miért nem bírjuk a vállalkozókat? by Zoltán Belinszki, January, in Hungarian
1 / 0.5 Jövőmunkások - cigány értelmiségiek mondják by Ágnes Diósi (Ed.), January, in Hungarian
2 / 1 Az igazi misszió by Péter Ambrus, January, in Hungarian
2.5 / 0.5 Jel, jelentés, információ, kép by Özséb Horányi, January, in Hungarian
3 / 0.5 Antiszemitizmus - holokauszt - államszocializmus by Tamás Krausz, February, in Hungarian
4 / 1 Poródon a Bíkás, Ríten a Tirimpó… by Gyula Szekeres, May, in Hungarian
5 / 1 Gottland by Mariusz Szczygieł, May, in Hungarian
6 / 1 Pixelhősök by Tamás Beregi, May, in Hungarian
6.5 / 0.5 Hakni by Éva Wortmann (Ed.), June, in Hungarian
7.5 / 1 Kozmikus társkereső by Iván Almár, June, in Hungarian
8.5 / 1 Harcolj vagy menekülj by György Moldova, June, in Hungarian
9 / 0.5 Mind to Mind by René Warcollier, July, in English (the new edition. Technically not a reread since the contents are substantially different)
10 / 1 Elsikkasztott feminizmus by Vera Bozzi and Gábor Czene, July, in Hungarian
11 / 1 The Shaking Woman by Siri Hustvedt, in English

5. Books I've been putting off reading (I really need this category LOL!) - FINISHED

0.5 / 0.5 Csandra szekere by Menyhért Lakatos, January, in Hungarian
1.5 / 1 Farewell Horizontal by K. W. Jeter, February, in English
2.5 / 1 Egyszer karolj át egy fát by Gábor Murányi (Ed.), April, in Hungarian
3.5 / 1 Ice Age Four by Kobo Abe, May, in Hungarian
4.5 / 1 Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie, May, in English
5.5 / 1 Világlélek by Yemtsev & Parnov, March, in Hungarian
6.5 / 1 A kárhozott város by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, March, in Hungarian
7 / 0.5 A hosszú éjszakák meséi / A paramisák ivadékai by Menyhért Lakatos, June, in Hungarian
8 / 1 The World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt, June, in Hungarian
9 / 1 Halting State by Charles Stross, June, in English
10 / 1 Mass Effect: Redemption by Drew Karpyshyn, July, in English
11 / 1 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, September, in Hungarian

6. Literature by/about migrants ("by" preferred, idally both: so, books which are about migrants, by migrants.) - FINISHED

- My minorities-related categories were great in previous years but I'm trying to do change something every year. Maybe this time it'd be interesting to focus on migrants (including immigrants, refugees, exiles etc).

0.5 / 0.5 Learning to Fly by Paul Yee, January, in English (Chinese immigrants in Canada)
1 / 0.5 Reb Áncsli és más avasi zsidókról szóló széphistóriák by Rodion Markovits, February, in Hungarian (Jewish refugees in Transylvania, though the author's family are the only Jews in the village who are *not* refugees, so I'm a bit unsure about including this one)
2 / 1 Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes, March, in English (Ghana/UK)
2.5 / 0.5 Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan, March, in English (China/US)
3 / 0.5 Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe, May, in English (Nigeria/US, though I'm unsure whether to include this bc he wrote these stories before he moved to the US...)
4 / 1 An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina and Tom Zoellner, June, in English (Rwanda/Belgium)
5 / 1 Los by Tom Naegels, June, in Hungarian (Autobiographic novel featuring a romantic relationship with an immigrant, so it sort of counts but is not the typical book I'd like to put in this category)
6 / 1 Half World by Hiromi Goto, July, in English (Japan/Canada) (Also: Carl Brandon Award winner)
7 / 1 Pizzamaffia by Khalid Boudou, August, in Hungarian (Berbers in the Netherlands)
8 / 1 Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila, September, in English (Nigeria/UK/US)
8.5 / 0.5 The Incorporation of Eric Chung by Steven C. Lo, September, in English (Taiwan/US)
9 / 0.5 Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse, October, in English (Ukraine/US, story of the author's aunt)
10 / 1 Távoli tájak, közeli emberek by V/A, November, in Hungarian (Canada, UK, Zimbabwe / Hungary)
11 / 1 Nagyobbak a sorsuknál by Eli Netzer, October, in Hungarian (Hungary / Israel)

7. Speculative fiction by women authors - FINISHED

1 / 1 Black Sun Rising by C. S. Friedman, June, in English
2 / 1 When True Night Falls by C. S. Friedman, July, in English
3 / 1 Crown of Shadows by C. S. Friedman, July, in English
4 / 1 Csodaidők 1. - Az ogfák vöröse by Raana Raas, July, in Hungarian
5 / 1 Csodaidők 2. - Kiszakadtak by Raana Raas, July, in Hungarian
6 / 1 Csodaidők 3. - Árulás by Raana Raas, July, in Hungarian
7 / 1 Csodaidők 4. - Hazatérők by Raana Raas, July, in Hungarian
8 / 1 The Madness Season by C. S. Friedman, August, in English
9 / 1 Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold, August, in English
10 / 1 Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold, August, in English
11 / 1 Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan, September, in English

8. Some sort of YA category - FINISHED

1 / 1 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, January, in English
2 / 1 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, January, in English
3 / 1 Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer, January, in English
3.5 / 0.5 Middle Row by Sylvia Olsen, February, in English
4 / 0.5 Lockdown by Diane Tullson, February, in English
4.5 / 0.5 The Wave by Morton Rhue, January, in English
5.5 / 1 Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, February, in English
6 / 0.5 Dear Olly by Michael Morpurgo, February, in English
6.5 / 0.5 Big Guy by Robin Stevenson, April, in English
7 / 0.5 Scum by James Dekker, April, in English
7.5 / 0.5 Pain & Wastings by Carrie Mac, April, in English
8 / 0.5 Az anyu én vagyok by Gábor Nógrádi, April, in Hungarian
8.5 / 0.5 A bölcs hiánypótló by Pál Békés, April, in Hungarian
9 / 0.5 Csoda és Kósza by Zoltán Czigány, May, in Hungarian
9.5 / 0.5 Az aranyifjítószóló madár by Ervin Lázár/Lajos Ámi, July, in Hungarian
10 / 0.5 Az aranyhalas lószem tükre by Magda Szécsi, January, in Hungarian
11 / 1 Bad Company by Mike Walker, September, in English

9. Northern Europe - FINISHED

0.5 / 0.5 Reggel és este by Jon Fosse, January, in Hungarian
1 / 0.5 Elfújta a nő by Erlend Loe, January, in Hungarian
2 / 1 Purge by Sofi Oksanen, February, in Hungarian
2.5 / 0.5 Műrepülés by Marcel Möring, April, in Hungarian
3.5 / 1 Kurt series 1-3 by Erlend Loe, June, in Hungarian
4 / 0.5 Left Luggage by Carl Friedman, June, in Hungarian
5 / 1 The Forest of the Hanged Foxes by Arto Paasilinna, June, in Hungarian
5.5 / 0.5 Az emlékek látnak by Tomas Tranströmer, June, in Hungarian
6 / 0.5 A három barlang hegye by Per Olov Enquist, June, in Hungarian
6.5 / 0.5 Egy méhész halála by Lars Gustafsson, July, in Hungarian
7 / 0.5 Az üvöltő molnár by Arto Paasilinna, July, in Hungarian
7.5 / 0.5 A thesszaloniki kutyák by Kjell Askildsen, August, in Hungarian
8.5 / 1 "Exterminate All the Brutes" by Sven Lindqvist, October, in English
9 / 0.5 A sors anekdotái by Karen Blixen, October, in Hungarian
10 / 1 Weather Reports You by Roni Horn, November, in English
11 / 1 Bűnről dalol a föld by Timo K. Mukka, November, in Hungarian

10. Poetry, plays, screenplays - FINISHED

0.5 / 0.5 Síró ponyva by Krisztina Tóth, January, in Hungarian
1 / 0.5 Porhó by Krisztina Tóth, January, in Hungarian
1.5 / 0.5 Pompóné könyve by Ágnes Gergely (Ed.), February, in Hungarian
2 / 0.5 The Prodigal by Derek Walcott, February, in English
2.5 / 0.5 Angelo and other poems by Alexandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, March, in Hungarian/Russian/French (multilingual edition)
3 / 0.5 Csillagszedő Márió by Ottó Kiss, April, in Hungarian
3.5 / 0.5 Az élet egy nagy öröklakás by Gábor Képes, June, in Hungarian
4.5 / 1 Mai finn drámák by Éva Pap (Ed.), August, in Hungarian
5 / 0.5 1001 magányos rinocérosz by Attila Havasi, August, in Hungarian
6 / 1 Fegyverek szomorú éjszakája by András Simor (Ed.), October, in Hungarian
6.5 / 0.5 Két Übü-dráma by Alfred Jarry, November, in Hungarian
7 / 0.5 Homokszökőkút by El Kazovszkij, November, in Hungarian
8 / 1 Három dráma by András Sütő, November, in Hungarian
8.5 / 0.5 Jeremiás by János Térey, November, in Hungarian
9 / 0.5 Tribádok éjszakája by Per Olov Enquist, November, in Hungarian
9.5 / 0.5 Cigány népballadák és keservesek by Imre and Sándor Csenki, November, in Hungarian
10 / 0.5 A földigiliszták életéből by Per Olov Enquist, November, in Hungarian
11 / 1 Monster by Walter Dean Myers, November, in English

11. More spec fic - FINISHED

1 / 1 The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis, January, in English
2 / 1 Ugrás az űrbe by Sergei Lukyanenko, March, in Hungarian
3 / 1 Ugrás az ismeretlenbe by Sergei Lukyanenko, March, in Hungarian
4 / 1 All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, May, in English
4.5 / 0.5 The Alan Wake Files by "Clay Steward", June, in English
5.5 / 1 Slum Online by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, June, in English
6.5 / 1 Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven, September, in English
7.5 / 1 Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto, September, in English
8.5 / 1 Wizard's Bane by Rick Cook, September, in English
9.5 / 1 Altináj by Attila Kiss, October, in Hungarian
10.5 / 1 The Cage of Zeus by Sayuri Ueda, October, in English
11.5 / 1 Beloved by Toni Morrison, October, in English

For the non fiction, science or cutting edge? (so new discoveries in science, or new research into history etc).

Finished! (Actually, finished back a month ago, I just could not get around to reorganizing the list.)

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