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3. a Book from the Goodreads Choice Award
- Debut YA author winner for 2017Pages: 464
Rating: 4
10. An author’ Debut novel
Brian Ming is a songwriter who wrote this novel based on a song with the same title. Can be found on YouTube. Suitable for Christmas time.
Pages: 188
Rating: 3
1. A book with letters A,T,Y in its title
Pages: 320
Rating: 4.5
Also could be used for task 15- novel in verse
20. A Book rated 5* by at least one friendThree of my GR friends: Chris, Amy J and Jamie rated this as 5*
Pages: 406
My rating: 4
28. A book linked by the Element- Water
Pages: 434
Rating: 3
Also woks as a debut novel, Edgar Award Nominee, or book featuring a murder
48. A book related to one of the seven deadly sins: Greed
Pages: 388
Rating: 3.5
Works for a book about real events, book with an antagonist/villain POV, book takes place on water
34. A book from a poll that didn't win or was polarizing
This deals with grief and loss as well as the immigrant experience
Pages: 312
Rating: 4
also be used for surviving hardship, own voices, body part in title
49. A book from Best Books of the Month - August 2011
Pages: 430
Rating: 3.5
8. An "own voices" novel
Pages: 367
Rating: 2
36. A book published in 2016, 2017 , 2018 by an author you have never read
Pages: 537
Rating: 3.5
Also works for "own voices " novel, surviving hardship, book set in a place I"ve never visited but would like to -Japan
40. A book on the Amazon Top 100 books to read in a lifetime
Pages: 560
Rating: 4
13. A plot centered around a secret
Pages: 484
Rating: 3.5
4. A book linked by the element-Earth
- bodies buried in the earthPages : 532
Rating: 4
6. A book originally written in language other than English
by Jo NesbøOriginally published in Norwegian
Pages: 469
Rating: 3
11. Literary fiction
Pages : 418
Rating: 3
12. A book set in Africa
Pages: 298
Rating: 3.5
14. A book linked by the element: Fire
- series name: The Refiner's FirePages: 432
Rating: 3.5
25. A book written from a villian's POV
Pages: 722
Rating: 3.5
35. A book featuring a murder
Pages: 345
Rating: 3.5
7. A Gothic Novel
Pages: 138
Rating: 4
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1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)5. A book about or inspired by real events
6. A book originally written in a language other than English7. A gothic novel8. An "own voices" book*9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)11. A literary fiction12. A book set in Africa or South America13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view26. A book with a text only cover
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)35. A book featuring a murder36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018