The 2016 AJ Fikry Reading Challenge

A.J Fikry Reading Challenge 2016

Created By: Me, at MyBookishEmpire

In lou of just completing the novel, The Storied Life of AJ Fikry By: Gabriel Zevin I would like to make 2016 the year of short stories for me and whomever joins me... I am going to be reading the short stories that came at the front of each chapter this year to broaden my reading horizons. There is a Goodreads page set up to join in on the fun where we will be reading one or two stories a month and discussing them. 

The Stories: 

1. Lamb to the Slaughter
1. By:Roald Dahl
2. The Diamond as big as the Ritz
1. By:F Scott Fitzgerald
3. The Luck of Roaring Camp
1. By: Bret Harte
4. What feels like the World
1. By: Richard Bausch
5. A Good Man is Hard to Find
1. By: Flannery O'Connor
6. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
1. By:Mark Twain
7. The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
1. By:Irwin Shaw
8. A Conversation with My Father
1. By: Grace Paley
9. A Perfect day for Bananafish
1. By: JD Salinger
10. The Tell Tale Heart 
1. By: Edgar Allen Poe
11. Ironhead
1. By: Aimee Bender
12. Moby Dick
1. By: Hermin Melville
2. This will be read because of the bar in town with all of the cocktails named after characters in this literary work, and one I feel we all should read.

These are the books that will be read in honor of The Storied Life of AJ Fikry throughout 2016, I have created a goodreads page for you all to join me if you like, and remember these are all short stories that are cheap or free on Kindle, Nook, or Kobo.

I hope to see some of you over on the Goodreads page for some well deserved conversation about these short stories, Threads will be posted as the months come.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/179165-2016-a-j-fikry-reading-challenge