Tracy Ks 2019 Prompts to Pick and Choose From

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2019 Read In Order:
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2019 Virtual Bookshelf ATY & Rejects:
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The 2019 List

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Where the Red Fern Grows


1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
The Marrow Thieves 1/12/19
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, what, where, when, why)
Where the Red Fern Grows
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
If I Could Turn Back Time by Nicola Doherty2/15/19
4. A book with a criminal character
The Perfect Nanny 1/12/19
5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
New Boy
6. A book with a dual timeline
The Chalk Man 4/18/19
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
Towers Falling
9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (horror)
Doctor Sleep
10. A book featuring an historical figure
The Emancipator's Wife
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
When God Was a Rabbit
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
Book Girl: A Journey Through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life 3/19
13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
What We Lose
The Serpent King
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
The Mars Room 4/19/19
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
People of the Book
My Family and Other Animals
Beautiful Ruins
16. A book told from multiple perspectives
Good Kings Bad Kings
Four Weeks, Five People
17. A speculative fiction (ie fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
The Name of the Wind
The Selection
18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
Gold
Salt to the Sea
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
Fragments of the Lost
The Interestings
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
There There 4/12/19
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes (A Dark Fairytale)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
Sabriel
Beowulf
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
Nine Perfect Strangers 3/6/19
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
In a Dark, Dark Wood
26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
Faithful
Fellside
Challenger Deep
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
Never Let Me Go
28. A book related to something cold
Winter Garden
First Frost
29. A book published before 1950 (1948)
I Capture the Castle
The Good Earth
30. A book featuring an elderly character
The Storyteller
31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
Uncle Wiggily's Story Book
32. A book with more than 500 pages
The Knife of Never Letting Go 5/3/19
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
You 5/3/19
34. A book with a person's name in the title
Verity 2/17/19
35. A Psychological Thriller
The Silent Patient 3/5/19
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
Her Body and Other Parties
The Best We Could Do
37. A book set in a school or university
Educated: A Memoir
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (graphic novel)
Adulthood Is a Myth 2/16/19
39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Island of Sea Women
Fylgia
40. A book you stumbled upon
Sounder
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
The Astonishing Color of After
Red Clocks
The Map of Salt and Stars
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Next Year in Havana
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People
43. A book related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) [fiction or nonfiction]
Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done 3/19
44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed
Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide
45. A multi-generational saga
Land of Love and Drowning
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
Looking for Alaska
The Road
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Salvage the Bones
The Hunger Games
48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
The Thing About Jellyfish
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
Human Acts
The Hole
50. A book that includes a journey
Sisters 4/13/19
51. A book published in 2019
On the Come Up
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

[Tracy]

Possible Rejects Challenge

1/52



1. A book from "The Great American Read"
Swan Song
2. 3 Books published in consecutive years by authors you've never read before 2016
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
3. 3 Books published in consecutive years by authors you've never read before 2017
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
4. 3 Books published in consecutive years by authors you've never read before 2018
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
5. A book you meant to read in 2018
The Great Alone
6. A book related to your zodiac sign
Bull
7. A Man Booker Prize winner or nominee
Home Fire
8. A book with a type of metal in the title
Iron Gold
9. A book dealing with memory
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story
Still Alice
10. A book with an abduction or kidnapping
Sadie
11. A book with a non traditional family
This is How It Always Is
12. A book where the protagonist enters another world
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Darkdeep
13. A portal fiction
Every Heart a Doorway
14. A domestic thriller
The Couple Next Door
15. A book that won or was short listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
The Miniaturist
16. A book you have completely judged by its cover
Swallow's Dance
17. A book from the ATY list of "lesser known" books
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
18. A book published in a special to you year
2010:Smile3/8/19
2011:Anya's Ghost
19. A book about the expatriate experience
The Expatriates
20. A book form you don't usually read (poetry)
The Princess Saves Herself in this One
21. A book that has some kind of controversy around it
Tampa
22. A book with an interesting or beautiful spine
Inside Out & Back Again
23. Fiction about climate change
Annihilation
The Water Knife
24. A book from the Texas Library Lariat list
I Let You Go
25. A book with the theme of immortality
The Immortalists
Suicide Club
26. 2 books, one inspired by the word high and one inspired by the word low
Crazy Rich Asians
27. 2 books, one inspired by the word high and one inspired by the word low
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
28. A book with an amusement park setting
FantasticLand
29. A book from The Millions Most Anticipated list
Everything Here Is Beautiful
30. 3 books that are part of a trilogy book #1
Red Rising
Matched
31. 3 books that are part of a trilogy book #2
Golden Son
Crossed
32. 3 books that are part of a trilogy #3
Morning Star
Reached
33. A book connected to health or medicine
Sick: A Memoir
34. A book or collection written by multiple authors
Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
35. A book about a cult
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
36. A book where faith or religion has a major role in the plot
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
37. A book about a serial killer
Stalking Jack the Ripper
38. A book recommended by or mentioned in a podcast, blog, or vlog
A Head Full of Ghosts
39. A book with an LGBTQ+ character or author
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
40. A book that is getting lots of praise from others on Good Reads
Where the Crawdads Sing
41. An "Up Lit" book
The Keeper of Lost Things
42. A book connected to a Cultural Appreciation Month
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
43. A book connected to your ancestry/heritage ( Nordic/Icelandic)
Burial Rites
44. A book that is "good for you"
Year of Yes
45. A hyped book that has been given mixed reviews by your friends or people you follow
Wonder
46. A book featuring a mythical creature or figure
Circe
47. Go back to the first year you started keeping records of reading and read a book that relates to a book you read that year ( 2012: The Handmaids Tale)
Vox
48. A new to you book by an author you recently discovered
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Heart's Invisible Furies
49. A book that is sad, depressing, devastating or dark
The Fault in Our Stars
50. A book by a writer with addiction issues
More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction
Lit
51. A book with a romantic element or relationship
Beautiful Disaster
52. A book by an author who has a form of punctuation in their name
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

[Tracy]

Pop Sugar 2019
Ref # 123

6/50


1.Book Becoming a Movie in 2019:
Little Women
2.Book That Makes You Nostalgic:
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 1/6/19
3.Book Written by a Musician (Fiction or Nonfiction):
Just Kids
Scrappy Little Nobody
4.Book You Think Should be Turned Into a Movie:
My Sister, the Serial Killer
5.Book With at Least One Million Ratings on Goodreads:
The Golden Compass
6.Book With a Plant in the Title or on the Cover:
LaRose
Wild Beauty
7.Reread of a Favorite Book:
The Yearling
8.Book About a Hobby:
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness
9.Book You Meant to Read in 2018:
The Tiger Rising
Eliza and Her Monsters
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
10.Book With "Pop," "Sugar," or "Challenge" in the Title:
The Sugar Queen
Beneath the Sugar Sky
11.Book With an Item of Clothing or Accessory on the Cover:
The Marriage Lie
Pretty Girls
12.Inspired by Mythology, Legend or Folklore:
The Bear and the Nightingale
The Lightning Thief
The Song of Achilles
13.Published Posthumously:
The Diary of a Young Girl
14.Book You See Someone Reading on TV or in a Movie:
Love Me Back
15.Retelling of a Classic:
Eligible
Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
16.Book With a Question in the Title:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
17.Set on a College or University Campus:
The Secret History
American Panda
18.About Someone With a Superpower:
A Great and Terrible Beauty
19.Book Told From Multiple Character POVs:
Homegoing
20.Set in Space:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
21.By Two Female Authors:
The Wife Between Us
Autoboyography
22.Title that Contains "Salty," "Sweet," "Bitter" or "Spicy"
Sweetbitter
Bittersweet
23.Set in Scandinavia:
The Considerate Killer
24.Takes Place in a Single Day:
Hello, Universe 3/2/19
25.Debut Novel:
The Book of Essie
26.Book Published in 2019:
The Winter of the Witch
Once Upon a River
The Testaments
27.Featuring an Extinct or Imaginary Creature:
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Untold Story of a Lost World
Beastworld: Terrifying Monsters and Mythical Beasts
28.Recommended by a Celebrity You Admire:
Grist Mill Road
29.Book with "Love" in the Title:
The Hypnotist's Love Story
P.S. I Still Love You
30.Book Featuring an Amateur Detective:
Truly Devious
31.Book About a Family:
The Turner House 2/20/19
32.Written by an Author from Asia, Africa, or South America:
The House of the Spirits
33.Zodiac Sign or Astrology Term in the Title:
The Scorpio Races
34.Book That Includes a Wedding:
The Wedding Date
35.By an Author Whose First and Last Name Start with the Same Letter:
Daughters of the Lake
See What I Have Done
36.A Ghost Story:
Horrorstör
Second Glance
37.Two-Word Title:
Baby Teeth
Crazy House
38.Novel Based on A True Story:
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Before We Were Yours
39.Book Revolving Around a Puzzle or Game:
The Westing Game 1/12/19
40.Your Favorite Prompt from a Past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge;
2015: ( A book with magic)
Practical Magic
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
2016: (a Graphic Novel)
Ghosts
2017: (First book in a series)
Scythe
2018: ( winner from GR Choice Awards)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

Advanced:
41."Cli-Fi" (climate fiction) Book:
Oryx and Crake
Flight Behavior
42."Choose Your Own Adventure" Book:
My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel 2/16/19
INFECTED: Will YOU Survive the Zombie Apocalypse? 2/16/19
43.An #OwnVoices Book:
Here Comes the Sun
History Is All You Left Me
El Deafo
44.Read a Book During the Season it is Set In:
The Girl in the Tower
45.A Lit RPG Book:
The Secret of Dreamland: A Fantasy Adventure
The Fabled Islands: A LitRPG Adventure
46.Book with No Chapters/Unusual Chapter Headings/Unconventionally Numbered Chapters:
Gemina
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
Long Way Down
47.Two Books That Share the Same Title (1):
Thunderhead
The Night Gardener
48.Two Books That Share the Same Title (2):
Thunderhead
The Night Gardener
49.Book that has a Common Phrase or Idiom
The Outsiders
Gaslight
50.Book set in an Abbey, Cloister, Monastery, Vicarage or Convent:
Red Sister

[Tracy]

Book Riot 2019

3/24


1.A epistolary novel or collection of letters
84, Charing Cross Road 1/6/19
2.An alternate history novel
The Underground Railroad
3.A book by a woman and/or AOC that won a literary award in 2018
We Are Okay
Piecing Me Together
4.A humor book
Bossypants
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
5.A book by a journalist or about journalism
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland 3/1/19
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
6.A book by an AOC set in or about space
Binti
7.An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
Things We Lost in the Fire
Blood of the Dawn
8.An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
Where We Once Belonged
The Whale Rider
9.A book published prior to Jan. 1, 2019 with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
The Fish Girl
10.A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing 1/28/19
11.A book of manga
Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1
12.A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
Watership Down
Tarka the Otter
13.A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
14.A cozy mystery
Catering to Nobody
15.A book of mythology or folklore
Daughter of the Forest
16.An historical romance by an AOC
An Extraordinary Union
17.A business book
Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers - And Seize Success
The 7-Step Guide to Authorpreneurship
18.A novel by a trans or nonbinary author
Peter Darling
19.A book of nonviolent true crime
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
20.A book written in prison
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
21.A comic by an LGBTQIA creator
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir
Love Is Love: A Comic Book Anthology to Benefit the Survivors of the Orlando Pulse Shooting
22.A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
Wonderstruck
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
23.A self-published book
Beds Are For Flowers
24.A collection of poetry published since 2014
Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life

[Tracy]

Unfinished 2018 ATY Prompts

1/22


8. An "own voices" book*
The Hate U Give
11. A literary fiction
An American Marriage
16. A narrative nonfiction
Marrow: Love, Loss and What Matters Most
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
18. A book with a location in the title
Newtown: An American Tragedy
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Beartown
23. A medical or legal thriller
Defending Jacob
26. A book with a text only cover
Exit West
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Force of Nature
32. An Alternate History book
His Majesty's Dragon 1/1/19
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ( picked by Lauren, Zoey, Kalley )
The Pact
Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
The Dog Who Saved Me
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
2017I Liked My Life
2018Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
38. A science book or a science fiction book
Ender's Game
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
A Clockwork Orange
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
Pride and Prejudice
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before

[Tracy]

Unfinished 2018 Pop Sugar Challenge Prompts

1/36


1.A book made into a movie you've already seen
The Last Unicorn
2.True crime
In Cold Blood
4.A book involving a heist
The Lies of Locke Lamora
5.Nordic noir
Death of a Nightingale
6.A novel based on a real person (Virginia Wolff)
The Hours
7.A book set in a country that fascinates you(somewhere in the Amazon...Brazil)
State of Wonder
8.A book with a time of day in the title
Morning Glory
9.A book about a villian or antihero
Six of Crows
10.A book about death or grief
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
14.A book by an author of a different ethnicity to you
Parable of the Sower
16.A book about mental health
Turtles All the Way Down
18.A book by two authors
Will Grayson, Will Grayson 5/1/19
20.A book by a local author (Same State ...close enough)
We Are Water
21.A book with your favourite colour in the title
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
22.A book with alliteration in the title
Spinning Silver
23.A book about time travel
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
24.A book with a weather element in the title
The Mist
25.A book set at sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
26.A book with an animal in the title
Little & Lion
27.A book set on a different planet
Carve the Mark
28.A book with song lyrics in the title
How to Save a Life
31.A book mentioned in another book ( The Mother-Daughter Book Club)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
32.A book from a celebrity bookclub (Reese)
The Rules of Magic
33.A childhood classic you've never read
Anne of Green Gables
34.A book that's published in 2018
The Hazel Wood
35.A past goodreads Choice Awards winner ( nominee)
Wolf Hollow
36.A book set in the decade you were born (1970's)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
39.A book that involves a bookstore or library
The Library at Mount Char
40.Your favourite prompt from the 2015, 2016 or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (2017: A recommendation from one of your favorite authors: Chris Bohjalian)
My Absolute Darling
Advanced
1.A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
2.A cyberpunk book
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4.A book tied to your ancestry(The Balkans)
Girl at War
5.A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
The House on Mango Street
6.An allegory
Animal Farm
7.A book by an author with the same first or last name as you (Tracy Chevalier)
Remarkable Creatures
9.A book about a problem facing society today
This Is Where It Ends

[Tracy]

Unfinished 2018 Book Riot Challenge Prompts

3.A classic of genre fiction ( i.e. mystery, SFF, romance)
Rosemary's Baby
5.A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
Waiting
6.A book about nature
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean
10.A romance novel by or about a person of color
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
12.A celebrity memoir
You're Never Weird on the Internet
13.An Oprah Book Club selection
Behold the Dreamers
14.A book of social science
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
16.First in a new to you YA or Middle Grade Series
Lady Midnight
17.A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
Kindred
20.A book with a cover you hate
Stardust
21.A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
Malice
23.A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
24.An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Lord of the Flies
Frankenstein

[Tracy]

ATY 2018 Unfinished Middle Grade Challenge Prompts

5. A book about or inspired by real events
Misty of Chincoteague
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Pippi Longstocking
7. A gothic novel
Bunnicula
8. An "own voices" book*
Salsa Stories
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Henry Huggins
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
The Secret of the Old Clock
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
My Father's Dragon
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Forget Me Not
16. A narrative nonfiction
Hachiko Waits
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Dory Fantasmagory
18. A book with a location in the title
Island of the Blue Dolphins
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author
Greenglass House
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends (Mom)
A Little Princess
21. A book written in first person perspective
The One and Only Ivan
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
Ella Enchanted
23. A medical or legal thriller
Harriet the Spy ( she's a detective....sort of)
24. A book with a map
Redwall
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
The Bad Beginning
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
Code Name Verity
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Ninth Ward
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Coraline
30. A short book
Ramona the Pest
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Red Scarf Girl
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you ( The word is "Gamification"....meaning playing games)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ( A book picked off your TBR by Mom)
The Trumpet of the Swan
35. A book featuring a murder-
A Tale Dark & Grimm
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an
2018My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee....used Newbery winner
The Tale of Despereaux
38. A science book or a science fiction book
The Giver
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Mr. Popper's Penguins
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list
Little House on the Prairie
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
How to Train Your Dragon
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Wayside School Is Falling Down
44. A ghost story
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Beast Keeper
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins ( greed)
Annie
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (Used GR choice awards)
Clementine, Friend of the Week
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Summer Pony
52. A book published in 2018
Maggie & Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort

[Tracy]

2018 & 2019 Reading Women Challenge

All books must be by and about women.

1) A book by a woman in translation (bonus points if it’s also translated by a woman)
Ru
2) A fantasy novel written by a woman of color
Akata Warrior
3) A book set in the American South
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
4) A short story collection
Dead Girls and Other Stories
5) A graphic novel or memoir
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
6) A book published by an independent press
Men Explain Things to Me
7) A book set in Russia or by a Russian author
Between Shades of Gray
8) A book with a viewpoint character who is an immigrant or a refugee
Esperanza Rising
9) A book by an Australian or a Canadian author
Picnic at Hanging Rock
10) An essay collection
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
11) A book about someone with a chronic illness
You've Been So Lucky Already: A Memoir
12) A true crime book
For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
Gorgeous Girl
13) A book by an African American Woman about Civil Rights
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
14) A classic novel written by a woman (bonus points if not Austen or a Bronte)
The Awakening
15) A poetry collection
The Poet X
16) A book where the characters are traveling somewhere
The Woman on the Orient Express
17) A book with a food item in the title
Like Water for Chocolate
18) A book written by a female Nobel Prize winner
The Bluest Eye
19) A book from the Reading Woman Award 2017 shortlists
Stay with Me
Pachinko
20) A memoir by someone who lives in a country different from yours
Infidel
21) A book inspired by a fairytale
Cinder
22) A book by a local author or recommended by your local bookstore
The Chemist
23) The book that has been on your TBR the longest (or one that's been there a long time)
Shanghai Girls
24) A book in a genre or subgenre you have never read
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1

BONUS
A book by Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse
A book by Flannery O’Connor
The Complete Stories


1) A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color
The Cutting Season
2) A book about a woman with a mental illness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
All My Puny Sorrows
3) A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand
The Bone People
4) A book about or set in Appalachia
Ellen Foster
Christy
5) A children's book
The Littlest Bigfoot
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
6) A multigenerational family saga
Cane River
Fall on Your Knees
7) A book featuring a woman in science
H is for Hawk
8) A play
A Raisin in the Sun
9) A novella
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
10) A book about a woman athlete
My Sergei: A Love Story
11) A book featuring a religion other than your own
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
12) A Lambda Literary Award winner
Under the Udala Trees
13) A myth retelling
Daughter of the Forest
14) A translated book published before 1945
The Wreath
15) A book written by a South Asian author
The Ghost Bride
16) A book by an Indigenous woman
Heart Berries: A Memoir
The Round House
17) A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
18) A romance or love story
Still Me
19) A book about nature
A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga: Stories
20) A historical fiction book
Lilac Girls
21) A book you bought or borrowed in 2019
An Anonymous Girl
Ghosted
22) A book you picked up because of the cover
Across the Universe
23) Any book from a series
The Selection
The Fifth Season
24) A young adult book by a woman of color
Children of Blood and Bone


BONUS:
25) A book by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing
26) A book by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lowland

[Tracy]

April/May/June 2019

ATY
Book Girl: A Journey Through the Treasures and Transforming Power of a Reading Life**
Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done****
There There****
Sisters***
The Chalk Man***
The Mars Room***
You****
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Rejects

Pop Sugar
The Knife of Never Letting Go***
My Sister, the Serial Killer**

Book Riot
[bookBinti|25667918]

2018 Unfinished prompts
Will Grayson, Will Grayson***

Reading Women 2018/19
You've Been So Lucky Already: A Memoir

Eye Candy

[Tracy]

July/August/September 2019

ATY

Rejects

Pop Sugar

Book Riot

2018 Unfinished prompts

Reading Women 2018/19

Eye Candy

[Tracy]

October/November/December 2019

ATY

Rejects

Pop Sugar

Book Riot

2018 Unfinished prompts

Reading Women 2018/19

Eye Candy

[Johanne]

That's a lot of plans :)

[Tracy]

Haha.... I've decided I'm just going to use my lists to read what I feel like this year without worrying about numbers. I do love lists though ;-)

[Johanne]

I would never guess! ;)

[Tracy]

its therapy lol

[Cheri]

Great list! Lab Girl is one of my favorites (I've read it twice), and I thought Lincoln in the Bardo and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry were wonderful reads. Enjoy!

[Tracy]

Cheri wrote: "Great list! Lab Girl is one of my favorites (I've read it twice), and I thought Lincoln in the Bardo and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry were w..."

Thank you! I'm getting so excited already, I'm not sure where I'm going to start!

[Melanie]

This list looks so good! We have a couple books in common, though not for the same challenges- New Boy, Radium Girls for example. I added The Only Harmless Great Thing to my TBR- it looks really interesting!

Some books that you have up for 2019 that I've loved: The Thirteenth Tale, I Capture the Castle, and Grendel were all fantastic. I hope you like them as much!

[Tracy]

Thanks, I noticed that we had some books in common :-)

My older brother is a huge fan of Grendel, so he's excited that I'll be reading it next year.

[Katie]

Missoula is a great choice for the university book.

And A Gentleman in Moscow is a really excellent book, one of my favorites of this year.

[Tracy]

Katie wrote: "Missoula is a great choice for the university book.

And A Gentleman in Moscow is a really excellent book, one of my favorites of this year."

Oh good!! All of a sudden I'm finding myself drawn to non-fiction, so I've been including more and more on each list. Maybe something that comes with age?

And I've seen so many great reviews for Gentleman in Moscow, kind of has my hopes up.

[Joan]

Salt to the Sea and The Sun Is Also a Star are probably my favorites on your list.

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women and Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space - I did as audio. They were really interesting. Non-fiction is hard for me to read though and that's why I usually do as audio.

I love your page and the eye candy!

[Tracy]

Joan wrote: "Salt to the Sea and The Sun Is Also a Star are probably my favorites on your list.

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women and [..."

Thanks. I read Everything Everything this year and LOVED it, and I have The Sun is Also a Star on my kindle. Been meaning to get to Salt to the Sea for awhile.

Non fiction takes me a while to get through sometimes, depending on how its written, so I'm a little worried about some of them, but I've been learning so much this year. I need to try doing audio while doing some sort of activity....coloring maybe? So I can focus. Otherwise it pretty much goes in one ear and out the other.

So. Much. Eye. Candy.
It gets me excited for the new year :-)

[Kelly]

Wow!! So many books my brain can’t keep them all in to comment!! Lol!! I loved a bunch!! I am messenger, educated, lab girl, the hearts invisible furies, wonder, fault in our stars, this is how it always is, and the giver!! Hated a few in your list too lol but maybe I should keep those to myself! Looks like it’s gonna be an ambitions year!!

[Tracy]

Kelly wrote: "Wow!! So many books my brain can’t keep them all in to comment!! Lol!! I loved a bunch!! I am messenger, educated, lab girl, the hearts invisible furies, wonder, fault in our stars, this is how it ..."

I plan on mood reading, so whatever catches my eye on my virtual shelf is what I plan on picking up. I have no hope of ever finishing it all... well maybe the ATY and Rejects but definitely not ALL of them. Do tell what you hated.....I need to know what I'm in for. I also love seeing how everyones opinions vary.

[Peter]

It looks like we're going to be reading a few of the same books next year. The Marrow Thieves, Lincoln in the Bardo and There There are three of the books I'm really looking forward to next year!

You also have the Red Rising trilogy on your list!! That is one of my all-time favourite series and I think each book was better than the last one! I hope you enjoy them - I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about them.

[Rachelnyc]

Such a great list and it looks like we may be reading several of the same books again this year!

[Tracy]

Peter wrote: "It looks like we're going to be reading a few of the same books next year. The Marrow Thieves, Lincoln in the Bardo and There There are three of the ..."

Peter, I read Red Rising as soon as it came out and devoured it. I could not put it down, I loved it so much. I pre-ordered all of the sequels plus Iron Gold so everything is on my kindle. I just got sidetracked because I started doing challenges and couldn't figure out how to plan them in but its been driving me crazy every year because I just want to go back to that world!!!! I Have all of them plus Iron Gold on my lists and I plan on starting off my year with them :-)

And I stole Marrow Thieves off your plan. Its one I had seen Zaz mention and then forgot about so I fit into the awards category. Excited for all of them. Lincoln in the Bardo I'll be listening to on audio. I had started it last year but didn't get far in at all. It was so much fun with the full cast narrating :-)

[Tracy]

Rachelnyc wrote: "Such a great list and it looks like we may be reading several of the same books again this year!"

Because we have good taste in books :-)

[Kelly]

Well it’s great to have options that’s for sure!! I personally was not a fan of Lincoln in the Bardo, a Gentleman in Moscow, Home Fire, In cold Blood, and Hidden Figures. But there are lots more in your list that I loved!!

[Tracy]

Kelly wrote: "Well it’s great to have options that’s for sure!! I personally was not a fan of Lincoln in the Bardo, a Gentleman in Moscow, Home Fire, In cold Blood, and Hidden Figures. But there are lots more in..."

And with the exception of Home Fire and In Cold Blood those are a few on my plan that I'm worrying the most about lol. I tried Lincoln in the Bardo last year but couldn't get through it, I'll try one more time. But I added in Lady of the River ( my mom loves these books) as a backup.

Thanks for your thoughts :-)

[Kelly]

I really wanted to like both Lincoln in the Bardo and Gentleman in Moscow!! Lincoln seemed so unique especially since I am an audio book lover but just couldn't really get into it. I felt like I was confused most of the book! And Gentleman in Moscow I am almost embarrassed to say that I didn't like because it is well-written book and it seems like a smart book but it was really boring. I liked the end better than the beginning but not enough to say I loved the book that is for sure. And Hidden Figures.... oh my as much as I hate to trash non-fiction books it was just the dullest book with no narrative drive!!! WATCH the movie instead and i never say that! LOL

[Tracy]

Kelly wrote: "I really wanted to like both Lincoln in the Bardo and Gentleman in Moscow!! Lincoln seemed so unique especially since I am an audio book lover but just couldn't really get into it. I felt like I wa..."

I've heard that about Hidden Figures, but I figured I'd give it a try. I have NO problem this year DNFing anything that takes me more than a week to read lol ( Im looking at you Blood Meridan). Not planning on wasting an entire month again next year to read something I hate.

[Kelly]

Tracy wrote: "Kelly wrote: "I really wanted to like both Lincoln in the Bardo and Gentleman in Moscow!! Lincoln seemed so unique especially since I am an audio book lover but just couldn't really get into it. I ..."

Good philosophy Reading is fun! And time is limited so sense wasting good time on not-so-good-for-me BOOKS!

[Brooke]

Like last year, a lot of the books in your plan I’ve either read or own and haven’t gotten to yet. I haven’t started my planning for 2019 yet, but plan to do a little in a few weeks. I absolutely love lists and planning, but I have a family calendar project I have to finish first, so I’m trying not to look at everyone’s posts. I’ll get distracted and never finish the calendar!! 😜

Good luck with the rest of your 2018 reading!

[Tracy]

Brooke wrote: "Like last year, a lot of the books in your plan I’ve either read or own and haven’t gotten to yet. I haven’t started my planning for 2019 yet, but plan to do a little in a few weeks. I absolutely l..."

Thanks Brooke!! I've been wasting most of my day looking at everyones plans lol. Makes it hard not to keep adding books.

[MJ]

Well, The Haunted Vagina certainly caught my attention!
Since I try not to purchase books, I checked my libraries (I work at a university library) and according to the world catalogue, only the St Louis Library (approx. 1300 km from me) has it! So... I probably won't be reading it next year.

Where did you find that gem or does the master list have a link for this prompt that I haven't seen yet?

And best of luck!!

[Tracy]

MJ wrote: "Well, The Haunted Vagina certainly caught my attention!
Since I try not to purchase books, I checked my libraries (I work at a university library) and according to the world catalogue, only the St ..."

LOL MJ!!!! I don't know, there was a strange side track conversation over in the Pop Sugar group and I remembered finding this book on a listopia and mentioned it. I think it was probably while I was looking for strange or weird titles. Anyways, my dad and my aunt were here visiting at the time and I had to look it up to see what it was about and then the reviews were making us laugh. In the Pop Sugar discussion I said it would fit perfect here. I found it on kindle for $4 😂

[Sabrina]

We have several in common on our 2019 lists! I have gentleman in moscow for my sense of place too, as well as gentleman's guide to vice and virtue, six of crows and circe, slotted into other prompts.

Of the ones on your list I have read, I loved you're never weird on the internet (as a professed former supernatural fan haha), code name verity, and the giver, ESPECIALLY the giver. Read that cover to cover in 6th grade in one night. best assigned reading i ever had

[Johanne]

Oh! How could I forget the Haunted Vagina! I just had a look at the authors other titles - most of them work for weird titles ;)

[Tracy]

Ahhhh!!! Holds are starting to come in! I am excited but nervous....Hopefully 2019 will calm down a little.

Of course, my first few available books would all be non fiction, LOL.

Curious to see if I can plow through Hidden Figures?

[Nadine in NY]

Kelly wrote: "... And Gentleman in Moscow I am almost embarrassed to say that I didn't like because it is well-written book and it seems like a smart book but it was really boring. ..."

LOL I hated that book and I'm not the least bit embarrassed about it!! :-) It's one of my reviews that gets a lot of comments, all from people saying, more or less, "you are not alone!"

[Nadine in NY]

Tracy wrote: "Ahhhh!!! Holds are starting to come in! I am excited but nervous....Hopefully 2019 will calm down a little.

Of course, my first few available books would all be non fiction, LOL.

Curious to see i..."

SAME!! Suddenly I have a BIG stack of library books waiting for me and YIKES!!! Deep breaths. Worst case scenario: I return some of the books and just check them out again later.

I don't read a ton of non-fiction, but I read some, and I enjoyed Hidden Figures. It wasn't a fast read, and it wasn't as good as, say, Henrietta Lacks (which was AMAZING), but I didn't feel like quitting it either. However, I'm an engineer, so reading about engineering history is not a complete snoozefest for me ;-) YMMV

I am a proud member of Team DNF If You Need To

[Tracy]

Nadine wrote: "I am a proud member of Team DNF If You Need To "

I am SO on this team for 2019 LOL.

[Tracy]

And so it begins!!!!!!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Best of luck, Tracy!

[Tracy]

FIRST QUARTER UPDATE

January/February/March 2019

ATY
The Marrow Thieves***
If I Could Turn Back Time***
The Perfect Nanny****
Adulthood Is a Myth**
Verity****
The Silent Patient*****
Nine Perfect Strangers***

Rejects
Smile*****

Pop Sugar
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret*****
The Westing Game***
My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel****
INFECTED: Will YOU Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?**
The Turner House***
Hello, Universe****

Book Riot
84, Charing Cross Road****
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing****
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland****

2018 Unfinished prompts
His Majesty's Dragon***

Reading Women 2018/19


Eye Candy