Mindy's 2019 ATY Reading challenge

[Mindy]

Around the Year in 52 Books

52/52

✔1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy: Milkman Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2018
✔2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) Where the Crawdads Sing
✔3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y There There by Tommy Orange
✔4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc) My Sister, the Serial Killer

✔5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors
✔6. A book with a dual timeline Warlight
✔7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 The Dictionary of Animal Languages
✔8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 Speak No Evil (both 2019 Tournament of Books shortlist selections).

✔9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror) The Big Sleep
✔10. A book featuring an historical figure Meditations
✔11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) Babe: The Gallant Pig
✔12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer Fahrenheit 451

✔13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list America Is Not the Heart
✔14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term The Mars Room
✔15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country The Italian Teacher
✔16. A book told from multiple perspectives The House of Broken Angels
✔17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) Red Clocks

✔18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements The Golden State
✔19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR The Children Act
✔20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
✔21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes Circe (A book about feminism or with feminist themes.)

✔22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover Daisy Jones & The Six
✔23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old The Old Man and the Sea
✔24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New Emily of New Moon
✔25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed The Last Painting of Sara de Vos

✔26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue Devil in a Blue Dress
✔27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list Middlemarch
✔28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.) A Terrible Country
✔29. A book published before 1950 Don Quixote
✔30. A book featuring an elderly character The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

✔31. A children’s classic you’ve never read Island of the Blue Dolphins
✔32. A book with more than 500 pages The Overstory
✔33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet Skippy Dies
✔34. A book with a person's name in the title Giovanni’s Room

✔35. A psychological thriller The Silent Patient
✔36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list The Animators
✔37. A book set in a school or university A Separate Peace
✔38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc) Beowulf

✔39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life Fiddler on the Roof
✔40. A book you stumbled upon The Trial of Lizzie Borden
✔41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards An American Marriage
✔42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
✔43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction] The Anatomist's Wife

✔44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.) Hidden Figures
✔45. A multi-generational saga A Secret History of Witches
✔46. A book with a (mostly) black cover Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
✔47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.) The Man With The Candy: The Story of The Houston Mass Murders

✔48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year House of Sand and Fog
✔49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country Pachinko
✔50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual) The Parking Lot Attendant
✔51. A book published in 2019 The Testaments
✔52. A book with a weird or intriguing title The God of Carnage