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Kara Berg I made a list of possible reads for at least half of the topics, and I'm already disregarding said list! I'll just update as I read.

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title Accidentally Dead

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link) Sourdough

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...) Unearthed

5. A book about or inspired by real events

6. A book originally written in a language other than English

7. A gothic novel Abigale Hall

8. 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 fiction

12. A book set in Africa or South America

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) A Stranger in the House Lots of dirty secrets in this one!

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire

15. 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 The Address About the Dakota apartment building, "THE Address" for that part of New York

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) Misery Can't go wrong with Stephen King!

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends

21. A book written in first person perspective Dolores Claiborne

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for The Cruel Prince

23. A medical or legal thriller

24. A book with a map A Torch Against the Night

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view

26. 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 Water

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)

30. A short book Milk and Honey

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

34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (Graphic Novel)

35. A book featuring a murder

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee

38. A science book or a science fiction book

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title Woman No. 17

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater The Lying Game

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence I See You

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) Little Monsters Plenty of envy!

49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists

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


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