999

It is very simple.

1. Pick 9 categories
2. Read 9 books in each of those categories
3. Complete them in 2009.
4. To make it easier —
The 888 challenge allowed an overlap of 8 books which would fit into more than one category. So for this challenge, you could overlap 9 books, but that’s up to you.
5. To make it harder —
Complete all your books by 9/9/09.

I have chosen my categories and they are…

New-to-me Authors:
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County - Tiffany Baker

Non-fiction:
A Short History Of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

Classics:
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Self Help:
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch

Award Winner:
Shadow Country - Peter Matthiessen

Mystery:
What the Dead Know - Laura Lippman

Beginning Of A Series:
Vienna Prelude - Bodie & Brock Thoene

Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
Impossible - Nancy Werlin

One Of My Favorites:
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card