20...19...18...17... Oh wait, I thought we were counting down!

[Jesse]

~~JANUARY~~

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
√ Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
√ Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
√ The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)
√ The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
√ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

~~FEBRUARY~~

6. A book with a dual timeline
√ The Broken Girls by Simone St James

7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
√ In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
√ The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
√ Zone One by Colson Whitehead

~~MARCH~~

10. A book featuring an historical figure
√ American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America by David O Stewart

11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
√ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
√ The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
√ The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

~~APRIL~~

14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
√ Oracle Night by Paul Auster

15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
√ Romeo and Juliet by David Hewson

16. A book told from multiple perspectives
√ See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
√ Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
√ Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper

~~MAY~~

19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
√ The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
√ Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden

21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes
√ The Hand That Feeds You by AJ Rich (A Domestic Thriller)

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
√ 14 by Peter Clines

~~JUNE~~

23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
√ A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
√ The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker

25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
√ Bird Box by Josh Malerman

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
√ The Nowhere Child by Christian White

~~JULY~~

27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
√ The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
√ Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris

29. A book published before 1950
√ Persuasion: A Story of Love and Romance by Jane Austen

30. A book featuring an elderly character
√ Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
√ All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

~~AUGUST~~

32. A book with more than 500 pages
√ Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
√ Cycle of Arawn by Edward W Robertson

34. A book with a person's name in the title
√ Emma by Jane Austen

35. A psychological thriller
√ Sunburn by Laura Lippman

~~SEPTEMBER~~

36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
√ Ghostland by Colin Dickey (NPR Best Books of 2016)

37. A book set in a school or university
√ My Education by Susan Choi

38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)
√ The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian by Alexie Sherman

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
√ Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

~~OCTOBER~~

40. A book you stumbled upon
√ At the End of the Century by Ruth Prawar Jhabvala

41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
√ The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
√ The End of the World is Nigh by Tony Moyle

43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]
√ Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life by Georgina Ferry

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.)
√ The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

~~NOVEMBER~~

45. A multi-generational saga
√ Morningwood by Neven Iliev

46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
√ Zeroville by Steve Erickson

47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
√ Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
√ The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

~~DECEMBER~~

49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
√ Confessions by Kanae Minato

50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
√ The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

51. A book published in 2019
√ The Day it Finally Happens by Mike Pearl

52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
√ Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover