Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
Books mentioned in this topic
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (other topics)Hidden Figures (other topics)
How Far to Bethlehem? (other topics)
The Obsession (other topics)
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (other topics)
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2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) - How Far to Bethlehem? - read 20-Jan-17
3. A book you meant to read in 2016 - Bay of Sighs - read 27-Jan-17
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" - Island of Glass - read 27-Jan-17
5. A historical fiction - The Girl Who Knew Too Much - read 10-Jul-17
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017 - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
8. A book written by a person of color
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
10. A dual-timeline novel
11. A category from another challenge
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
19. A New York Times best-seller
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
28. A non-fiction
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (link)
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) - Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
37. A book you choose randomly
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
52. A book set in a fictional location
I am planning on reading the prompts in order, although not always in the correct week as I will start on the next prompt as soon as I finish the one before it.