2015 Eclectic reader

I love this challenge.

I'll be picking one book to fill each of these categories.

1. Retellings (of fairytale, legends or myth) Fairest by Marissa Meyer (1/31/2015)
   
2.  A book set in a country starting with the letter S Yes, Chef: A Memoir by Marcus Samuelsson (1/18/2015) (A good chunk was set in Sweden, with some Switzerland thrown in for good measure.)
3.  PI Crime (fiction featuring a private investigator) Dead Irish by John Lescroart (2/20/2015)
4.  A novel published before you were born Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (2/10/2015)
5. Contemporary romance Landline by Rainbow Rowell (1/28/2015)
6. Fiction for foodies The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (6/16/2015)
7. Microhistory (Non Fiction) Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King (1/9/2015)
8. Science Fiction set in space The Martian by Andy Weir (1/4/2015)
9. Sports (Fiction or Non fiction) Who Killed Hoosier Hysteria by Wendell Trogdon (2/8/2015)
10. Featuring diversity Persuasion, Captain Wentworth, and Cracklin' Corn Bread by Mary Jane Hathaway(1/14/2015)
11. Epistolary Fiction . Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock (1/25/2015)
12. Middle Grade/YA Adventure The Maze Runner by James Dashner (1/20/2015)