Welcome to the “94 Babies Book Challenge” for 2024! 📚🎉

To celebrate our 30th year of life, let’s embark on a literary journey through the past three decades. From January 1st to December 31st, immerse yourself in stories that reflect the essence of each year from 1994 to 2024. Challenge yourself to read 30 books, one from each year, and relive the moments that shaped our lives.

Each book listed is the top five rated books of the year via GoodReads data. If a book is not the first in a series or a standalone, it is marked with a *. 

1. “One for the Money” by Janet Evanovich

2. “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” by Haruki Murakami

3. “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt

4. “Wizard’s First Rule” by Terry Goodkind

5. “The Alienist” by Caleb Carr

1. “The Golden Compass” by Phillip Pullman

2. “Wicked” by Gregory Maguire

3. “A Child Called ‘It’” by Dave Pelzer

4. “Dreams from My Father” by Barack Obama

5. “Kiss the Girls” by James Patterson*

1. “A Game of Thrones” by George R. R. Martin

2. “Into the Wild” by John Krakauer

3. “The Notebook” by Nicholas Sparks

4. “Bridget Jone’s Diary” by Helen Fielding

5. “Neverwhere” by Neil Gaiman

1. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s (US) Stone” by J.K. Rowling

2. “Memoirs of Geisha” by Arthur Golden

3. “Tuesdays are with Morrie” by Mitch Albom

4. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki 

5. “Guns, Germs, and Steel” by Jared Diamond

1. “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” by J.K. Rowling*

2. “Holes” by Louis Sachar

3. “A Clash of Kings” by George R. R. Martin*

4. “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver

5. “Digital Fortress” by Dan Brown

1999

1. “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” by J.K. Rowling*

2. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky

3. “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Tracy Chevalier

4. “A Walk to Remember” by Nicholas Sparks

5. “The Bad Beginning” by Lemony Snicket

1. “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by J.K. Rowling*

2. “Angels and Demons” by Dan Brown

3. “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell

4. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris 

5. “A Storm of Swords” by George R. R. Martin*

1. “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel

2. “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd

3. “The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares

4. “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman

5. “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

1. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold

2. “Eragon” by Christopher Paolini

3. “Coraline” by Neil Gaiman

4. “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides

5. “Kafka on the Shore” by Haruki Murakami

1. “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” by J.K. Rowling*

2. “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

3. “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown*

4. “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon

5. “The Time Traveler’s Wife ” by Audrey Niffenegger

1. “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult 

2. “Something Borrowed” by Emily Griffin

3. “P.S. I Love You” by Cecelia Ahern

4. “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell

5. “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow

1. “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer 

2. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson 

3. “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

4. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” by J.K. Rowling*

5. “The Lightening Thief” by Rick Riordan

1. “New Moon” by Stephenie Meyer*

2. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert

3. “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen

4. “The Sea of Monsters” by Rick Riordan* 

5. “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy

1. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by J.K. Rowling*

2. “City of Bones” by Cassandra Clare

3. “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer*

4. “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini 

5. “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss

1. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins

2. “Breaking Dawn” by Stephenie Meyer*

3. “Paper Towns” by John Green

4. “The Host” by Stephenie Meyer

5. “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell

1. “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins*

2. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

3. “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner

4. “If I Stay” by Gayle Forman

5. “City of Glass” by Cassandra Clare*

1. “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins*

2. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand

3. “Clockwork Angel” by Cassandra Clare

4. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot

5. “Matched” by Ally Condie

1. “Divergent” by Veronica Roth

2. “Fifty Shades of Grey” by E.L. James

3. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson 

4. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs

5. “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari 

1. “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green

2. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn

3. “The Selection” by Kierra Cass

4. “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell

5. “Insurgent” by Veronica Roth*

1. “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt

2. “Fangirl” by Rainbow Rowell

3. “Allegiant” by Veronica Roth*

4. “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” by Neil Gaiman

5. “The Elite” by Kierra Cass*

1. “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr

2. “Ugly Love” by Colleen Hoover

3. “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart

4. “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han

5. “Milk and Honey” by Rupi Kaur

1. “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins

2. “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah

3. “Six of Crows” by Leigh Bardugo

4. “Red Queen” by Victoria Aveyard

5. “November 9” by Colleen Hoover

1. “It Ends with Us” by Colleen Hoover

2. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck” by Mark Manson

3. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” by J.K. Rowling*

4. “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanith

5. “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah

1. “Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

2. “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas

3. “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman

4. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng

5. “They Both Die at the End” by Adam Silvera

1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

2. “Verity” by Colleen Hoover

3. “Educated” by Tara Westover

4. “The Cruel Prince” by Holly Black

5. “Circe” by Madeline Miller

1. “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides

2. “Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

3. “Red, White & Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston

4. “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” by Holly Jackson

5. “The Unhoneymooners” by Christina Lauren

1. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig

2. “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V.E. Schwab

3. “Beach Read” by Emily Henry

4. “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett

5. “The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

1. “The Love Hypothesis” by Ali Hazelwood

2. “People We Meet on Vacation” by Emily Henry

3. “Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4. “The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave

5. “The Spanish Love Deception” by Elena Armas

1. “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover

2. “It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover*

3. “Book Lovers” by Emily Henry

4. “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zavin

5. “Things We Never Got Over” by Lucy Score

2023
1. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros
2. “Happy Place” by Emily Henry
3. “Yellowface” by R. F. Kuang
4. “Love, Theoretically” by Ali Hazelwood
5. “The Stolen Heir” by Holly Black

2024, Most Anticipated
1. “House of Flame and Shadow” by Sarah J. Maas*
2. “The Prisoner’s Throne” by Holly Black*
3. “Bride” by Ali Hazelwood
4. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry
5. “The Familiar” by Leigh Bardugo

Let each book transport you back to the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of that time, and let these stories take you on a nostalgic ride during the 94 Babies Book Challenge! 📚🎉

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