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Deshda's (deshdasbooknook) | 3 comments Week 1 (January 1-7). A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title || To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1) by Jenny Han

Week 2 (January 8-14). A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list || God Ain't Blind (God Don't Like Ugly, #4) by Mary Monroe

Week 3 (January 15-21). A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link) || The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Week 4 (January 22-28). 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author…) || A New Earth Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

Week 5 (January 29-February 4). A book about or inspired by real events || Hidden Figures The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly

Week 6 (February 5-11). A book originally written in a language other than English || The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Week 7 (February 12-18). A gothic novel || Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2) by Ransom Riggs

Week 8 (February 19-25). An "own voices" book* || Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Week 9 (February 26-March 4). A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) || Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Week 10 (March 5-11). An author's debut book (their first book to be published) || The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Week 11 (March 12-18). A literary fiction || Sula by Toni Morrison

Week 12 (March 19-25). A book set in Africa or South America || The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Week 13 (March 26-April 1). A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) || 1984 by George Orwell


Week 14 (April 2-8). 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire || A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin

Week 15 (April 9-15). A book with an unique format/writing structure || The Princess Bride  by William Goldman

Week 16 (April 16-22). A narrative nonfiction || I Am Malala The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

Week 17 (April 23-29). A book you expect to make you laugh || Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Week 18 (April 30 - May 6). A book with a location in the title || A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Week 19 (May 7- May 13). A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) || Paper Towns by John Green

Week 20 (May 14-20). A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends || The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Week 21 (May 21-27). A book written in first person perspective || The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Week 22 (May 28- June 3). A book you have high expectations or hope for || N/A

Week 23 (June 4-10). A medical or legal thriller || The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter

Week 24 (June 11-17). A book with a map || A Grimm Warning (The Land of Stories, #3) by Chris Colfer

Week 25 (June 18-24). A book with an antagonist/villain point of view || Helter Skelter The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

Week 26 (June 25-July 1). A book with a text only cover || After You (Me Before You, #2) by Jojo Moyes

Week 27 (July 2-8). A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc) || Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Week 28 (July 9-15). 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water || Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Week 29 (July 16-22). A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench) || N/A

Week 30 (July 23-29). A short book || N/A

Week 31 (July 30-August 5). A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to || Resurrecting Midnight (Gideon Series #4) by Eric Jerome Dickey

Week 32 (August 6-12). An alternate history book || The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Week 33 (August 13-19). A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link) || Never Die Alone by Donald Goines (Crack Babies)

Week 34 (August 20-26). A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) { A book with a supernatural character (vampire, werewolf, witch/wizard, zombie, ghost, etc.) } || Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

Week 35 (August 27- September 2). A book featuring a murder || Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) by Walter Mosley

Week 36 (September 3-9). A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before || Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1) by Cassandra Clare

Week 37 (September 10-16). A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2) || Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Week 38 (September 17-23). A science book or a science fiction book || Red Rising (Red Rising, #1) by Pierce Brown

Week 39 (September 24-30). A book with a form of punctuation in the title || The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis

Week 40 (October 1-7). A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link) || Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Week 41 (October 8-14) . A book by an author with the same first and last initials || Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs

Week 42 (October 15-21). A book that takes place on, in, or underwater || Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Week 43 (October 22-28). A book with a title that is a whole sentence || The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Week 44 (October 29 - November 4) . A ghost story || The Shining by Stephen King

Week 45 (November 5-11). A book that intimidates/ scares you || The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown

Week 46 (November 12-18). 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air || Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Week 47 (November 19-25). A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own || The Other Side of Paradise A Memoir by Staceyann Chin

Week 48 (November 26-December 2). A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) || The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Week 49 (December 3-9). A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link) || All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Week 50 (December 10-16). A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) || Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Week 51 (December 17-23). An award-winning short story or short story collection || The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe

Week 52 (December 24-31). A book published in 2018 || War Storm (Red Queen, #4) by Victoria Aveyard


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