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Polarizing
Two books - one inspired by the word high and one inspired by the word low (eg title, author, setting, # of pages, highbrow/lowbrow)
A portal fiction
Bottom
A book that is “good for you”
A book with a circus/carnival/amusement park setting
A book that names a drink in its title
A book by, or about, a current or former journalist
No Designation
A 20th century classic
A book from The Millions' Most Anticipated lists
Two books: A book with a female protagonist & a book with a male protagonist who are in the same profession
A book related to social justice
A book set in extreme weather (cold, heat, rain, drought, etc.)
A book about royalty (fiction or non-fiction)
A book about or related to immortality
An experimental book
A book set in or written by an author from a country with a red, white and blue flag other than US and UK
A Bildungsroman
A Victorian or neo-Victorian related book
POLL #10
Close Call
A book about a person who travels to another country as a vacationer, an expatriate, an immigrant, or a refugee
A book where the author’s name contain A, T, and Y
Polarizing
2 books linked to the voting for the 2019 ATY challenge - one for a prompt that was polarizing and one for a prompt that was in the bottom
A book of short stories, essays, or poems
Bottom
A book that none of your Goodreads friends have read/ rated
A book with a quest or treasure hunt
No Designation
The winner or nominee for a literary prize in a country other than your own.
A book that spans a week or less
A book written by a man with a female main character or written by a woman with a male main character
A book you think you should read
A book that reminds you of your youth
A book with revenge or vengeance as a theme
POLL #11
Polarizing
A book connected to health or medicine (fiction or non-fiction)
A book recommended to you by Goodreads based on one of your shelves
A book about or featuring STEM
3 books that are a trilogy or part of a series
A book about or inspired by a legend, such as King Arthur or Atlantis
A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
Bottom
A book inspired by a song
2 books, a book written by an author when they were under 30 and a book written by an author when they were over 60
No Designation
A book dealing with memory
A book or collection written by multiple authors
A book published in the 1960s
A graphic novel or comic book
POLL #12
Close Call
A book about a cult or a group of people
A book from one of The Millions Most Anticipated lists
A book related to a deck of playing cards
A book related to the arts
Polarizing
A book related to an "obscure or unusual" holiday
Bottom
A book that fits a prompt for the 2020 ATY challenge
Go back to the first year you started keeping records of reading (on Goodreads or elsewhere) and read a book that relates to a book you read that year
A book by a writer with addiction issues
A book where the chapters aren’t numbered (the author either writes the word one out or uses a word for the chapter title)
No Designation
A book that you're skeptical about
A book featuring a person with a mental, physical or learning disability
A book recommended by an author from the “Good Minds Suggest” section of Goodreads
POLL #13
Close Call
A book about or inspired by an ancient civilization
Polarizing
A book in which faith or religion play a role in a main character's life or decision making
Two books - one inspired by the word high and one inspired by the word low
Bottom
A book you were assigned to read (for school, Book Club, by a friend/family member) that you either didn’t read, didn’t finish, or didn’t like but which you think deserves a second chance
A book about a person, place or topic that you have a negative opinion of
No Designation
A Victorian or neo-Victorian related book
A book featuring a character with a job or profession you aspired to when you were a child
A book about or related to a conspiracy theory
A book that involves another world or planet or realm
A book from the Costa Awards - winner or short list from any year
A book with a theme of gender or gender issues
A book with a cover where the author's name is as large or larger than the title
POLL #14
Close Call
A book related to or set in a national capital city
Polarizing
A book you can connect to the game of Monopoly
A book recommended by or mentioned in a podcast, blog, or vlog
Bottom
A book that takes place during a holiday other than Christmas
A book with a race in it
No Designation
A book about an unlikely friendship
A book with an epigraph
A book with a title that contains an allusion or a quote from another literary work
A book with an 'unusual' narrator
A book not originally written in your mother tongue
A diverse book
A book that is getting lots of praise from others on Goodreads
POLL #15
Close Call
A book with a romantic element or featuring a romantic relationship
A book from the ATY Group Members Recommendations list of lesser known books
Polarizing
A book in the "up lit" genre (uplifting literary novels with themes of optimism and hope despite hardship and trauma)
A dark fairytale
No Designation
A book featuring a mythical creature or figure as a character
A book you never read in school
A book selected only by the appearance of its cover
A book by an author who uses one or more initials
A book by an author who is more famous for something other than writing
A book recommended by a favourite author
A book you meant to read last year but didn't get to
A book with a non-traditional family
POLL #16
Close Call
A book set in a small town or village
A book with less than 200 pages
The first book on your TBR, sorted by whichever criteria you choose
Polarizing
A book about a disaster
A book connected to a cultural appreciation month
Bottom
A book you connect to your ancestry/heredity
An extreme book
No Designation
A book connected to a dwelling
A book with an unusual narrator, or told from an unusual point of view
A fiction or nonfiction book where music plays a part in the story
A book involving a lie
A book with an ensemble cast
A book set in or about a country or place that no longer exists
Must resist temptation to increase reject list.
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SAME. As I was reviewing these, I kept finding ones I wanted to add/change out. I think I'll play around with my list until November 30th... Maybe plan for as many as I think I like, then narrow it down when we get closer to the new year.
Emily wrote: "Rachelnyc wrote: "Must resist temptation to increase reject list."SAME. As I was reviewing these, I kept finding ones I wanted to add/change out. I think I'll play around with my list until Novem..."
Yea, I have a feeling once I am feeling good about my official challenge options and the rejects I intend to do, I will circle back and start choosing books for others I like, you know, JUST IN CASE!
Thanks for pulling this together Emily. I'm considering how many of the rejects I can cover in the actual list ie I'm going to read Unsheltered for the polarizing/close call prompt (it was recommended on a podcast) but I see it would also work really well for the rejected promo of a book connected to a dwelling. If I can manage that then my eventual reject list should look a little less intimidating. Fingers crossed at least.
And this is why I am doing a Double Rejects Challenge (two prompts per one book). So many fantastic prompts!
B-but...there are so many! HOW DOES ONE CHOOSE??
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That's my struggle! I thought I had a list... then I typed out this list and decided to change my list... and now I have a list of 45 that needs to be narrowed to 20.
Emily wrote: "Melody wrote: "B-but...there are so many! HOW DOES ONE CHOOSE??"That's my struggle! I thought I had a list... then I typed out this list and decided to change my list... and now I have a list of ..."
I have mine down to 27, which is still...too much? I know one of them will be ported over to the main challenge for the "polarizing/close call" prompt, but really, so many of these really captured my imagination that I want to do them all, even if one of those on my shortlist (five books that can make up a poker hand) technically bloats my totals even further...
Bahahaha I have a whole other challenge with my rejects list. Its sitting at 52 prompts :-(I'll just pick and choose as I go I guess.
The way I chose mine was that I first decided that the maximum # was 20. Then, I picked prompts that I was most interested in during the voting process and which I had a specific book or 2 in mind. The fiction/nonfiction prompt I’m leaving open because I didn’t want to plan it. I think it will serendipitously come to me during the year! Who knows what I’ll find interesting next year?
Thank-you for this list. I want to create a whole new challenge from these, but i don't have enough time as it is!!!
This is so great! I'm doing A book written by an author that has the same birthday (not including year) as you - searched and found out Robert M. Pirsig, the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was born on my birthday and now I'm stoked to finally have a reason to read this book!
PRE-POLL
No designations given
A previous suggestion that didn't make the list
Reader's Choice
A category from another challenge
A book you meant to read in 2018
POLL #1
Close Call
Three unrelated books that are linked only by having the same word in the title
Bottom
Four books, one for each of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: pestilence, famine, war, and death
Five books that can make up a poker hand
Read 3 books on the same topic, at least one being non-fiction
No Designation
Four books related to the four cardinal points of a compass: North, South, East, West
Three books related to "Mind, Body, and Soul"
Four books related to the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn, winter
Three books representing the three stages of life: childhood/adolescence, adulthood, and old age
Four books that make up a family (members in the title)
Three books related to Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll
A book related to each of the 4 Hogwart's Houses (Harry Potter)
Four books by authors from 4 different continents
Three books published in 3 different decades in a row (i.e. 1960, 1970, 1980)
Read the Rainbow (Four books related to the colors of the rainbow)
Three books published in three consecutive years by authors you haven’t read before
A book with an animal in the title, a book with an animal on the cover, and a book where an animal is central to the story
Three books with the theme "raining cats and dogs"
POLL #2
Close Call
A book by an author from an island
Polarizing
A book related to your zodiac sign
Bottom
A book written by an author that has the same birthday (not including year) as you
A book about a dog
No Designation
A book about the arts
A book with an occupation in the title or a book in which a person's occupation is central to the plot
A book with a story trope you love or hate
A Man Booker Prize winner or nominee
A book with a type of metal (gold, silver, bronze, brass, iron, etc) or something made from metal in the title
A book set after a time of war (ie: post WWII)
A book featuring an ancient civilization
A book about a serial killer
A book dealing with memory (amnesia, eidetic memory, PTSD etc.)
A book from "The Great American Read"
A book you'd recommend to a fictional character you like
A book with an abduction or a kidnapping
A book that was written by a Nobel Laureate
A book with a non traditional family
POLL #3
Polarizing
A book where the protagonist enters another world
A domestic thriller
A book with at least one word in the title that can be found in our group name (scrambled)
Bottom
A book by a transgender author
A book set in the city, state or area where you grew up
A book in translation originally written in a language you haven't read a translation from before
A book with an ugly cover
No Designation
A book by an author best known for writing something else
A book written by a woman (including those who identify as a woman)
A book with alliteration in the title
A new to you book by an author you recently "discovered"
A novel that won or was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
A book that was nominated for or won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
A book with an epigraph
A New York Times Best Seller
A book set after a time of war
POLL #4
Polarizing
A fiction and non-fiction book on the same topic
A book related to a zodiac sign
Bottom
A book where the main character is a psychic, medium, clairvoyant or empath
A book whose page count is a prime number
Two books by an author who writes using two different names
No Designation
A hyped book that has been given mixed reviews by your friends or people you follow
A book you have completely ‘judged by its cover’
A book about someone that you'd like to have dinner with
A book by an author who is no longer alive
A book with a family member in the title or a book in which a character's role as a family member in central to the plot
A book related to an activity on your bucket list
The first book shown on your TBR page
A book with a rare kind of hero
An author's last book
A book inspired by a fairy tale or a book told from the perspective of a villain from a fairy tale
A book that was mentioned in another book you read
A book linked to a library
A book inspired by Shakespeare or actually by Shakespeare
POLL #5
Polarizing
A book linked to one of your favorite songs or artists
A book that's sad, depressing, devastating or dark
A book from a GR list of lesser known books recommended by people in the ATY group
A book based on a "classic" monster
Two books: A book with a female protagonist & a book with a male protagonist who are in the same profession
A book published in a special-to-you year
Bottom
A book with a month in the title during that month
No Designation
A book about the expatriate experience
A book that takes place (mainly) on a mode of transport
A book with a meteorological phenomena in the title
A book by an author from an island
A book set in a place that starts with "I" (country, state, city, etc)
POLL #6
Close Call
A book with monsters or a "monstrous" character
Polarizing
A book in which faith/religion plays an integral role in the plot or the life of a main character
A book related to Arthurian legend
A book from the ATY list of "lesser known" books
Bottom
A book published in a year important to you
A book about natural resources
A book form you don't usually read
A play that won either the Pulitzer for Drama or the Tony for Best (non-musical) Play
No Designation
A book with elements from at least two genres
A book that has some kind of controversy around it
A book in which a character uses a disguise or a false/fake identity
A book with an LGBTQ+ character or author
POLL #7
Close Call
A book in which a character uses a disguise or a false/fake identity
Polarizing
A "light" book (easy, fun, entertaining) and a "heavy" book (deep, thought provoking, or dark)
2 books from 2 different sides of an issue/event/perspective
A Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction winner or shortlist
Bottom
A book with a character who has the same personality type as you
No Designation
A work of social/political satire
A book recommended by Bill Gates
A book by an author who has a form of punctuation in their name
A book from a new/emerging genre (Cli-fi, bizzaro, interactive fiction...)
A book about a relationship other than romantic (parent/child, sibling, friendship, human/animal, etc.)
A Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
POLL #8
Close Call
A portal fiction
A book from the Texas Library Lariat List
Polarizing
A book with a interesting or beautiful spine
Fiction or non-fiction about the climate and/or climate change
Bottom
A book about someone with your dream job (realistic or fantastical)
A book featuring a Disney character
A serial book (either a book you have read as a serial or was originally published as a serial)
No Designation
A book that has been made into a movie
A book by or about a real hero/heroine of yours
A book with the theme of immortality