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message 1: by Harrison (last edited Mar 05, 2018 04:49AM) (new)

Harrison Braithwaite | 1 comments This is my first year doing this. Who knows how far I'll get.
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1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title – Twelve Angry Men RRR
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list – The Trial
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards – Little Fires Everywhere RRR
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth – The Good Earth
5. A book about or inspired by real events – Room RRR
6. A book originally written in a language other than English – The Clown – Heinrich Boll
7. A gothic novel – Frankenstein
8. An "own voices" book – The Hate U Give
9. A book with a body part in the title – Half-blood Prince
10. An author's debut book – Catcher in the Rye
11. A literary fiction – Kite Runner
12. A book set in Africa or South America – Season of Migration to the North RRR
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret – Chamber of Secrets
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire – Goblet of Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure – If on a winter’s night a traveller
16. A narrative nonfiction – Hidden Figures
17. A book you expect to make you laugh – The Sellout
18. A book with a location in the title – To Reach Japan RRR
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author – Mr Mercedes
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends – Order of the Phoenix
21. A book written in first person perspective – Nutshell RRR
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for – Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde RRR
23. A medical or legal thriller – Coma
24. A book with a map – Prisoner of Azkaban
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view – Gone Girl
26. A book with a text only cover - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime RRR
27. A book about surviving a hardship – Wonder
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water – Moby Dick
29. A book with a "Cluedo" weapon on the cover or title - Cannery Row
30. A short book – The Orange Grove
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to – Tamar
32. An alternate history book – The Man in the High Castle
33. A book connected to a word "born" in the same year as you – A Study in Scarlet
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call – The Giver
35. A book featuring a murder – The Girl on the Train
36. A book published in the last 3 years by an author you haven't read before – Lincoln in the Bardo
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee – Small Island
38. A science book or a science fiction book – 1984
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title – Catch-22
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list – Lolita RRR
41. A book by an author with the same initials as you – The Old Man and His Sons
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
44. A ghost story – The Turn of the Screw
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you – Deathly Hallows
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air – Coming Up For Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own – The Help
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory RRR
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
50. A book with a warm atmosphere – Philosopher’s Stone RRR
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection – The Bear Came Over the Mountain RRR
52. A book published in 2018


message 2: by Tammy (new)

Tammy | 704 comments Really great list! I've read about 1/2 of them and you have some on your list that are on my 2018 challenge (The Clown, Coming up for Air, Catch 22). The Harry Potter's are really fun and easy. Good luck on the challenge!


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