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Zoe (zoemmaude) | 12 comments This is also my first time attempting AtY and I will be reading out of order.

✔️1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy: Here Comes the Sun; Dennis-Bennet, Nicole

✔️2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, what, where, when, why): What Katy Did; Coolidge, Susan

✔️3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y:
Everyone Knows You Go Home; Sylvester, Natalia

4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc):

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare:


6. A book with a dual timeline:
✔️ All the Light We Cannot See; Doerr, Anthony

✔️7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1:
Tweak; Sheff, Nick

✔️8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
Beautiful Boy; Sheff, David

✔️9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror):
Until I Met Her; Barelli, Natalie

✔️10. A book featuring an historical figure
The First Muslim; Hazleton, Lesley

11. A book related to one of the 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals:

12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer:

✔️13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list:
Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures; Alagbé, Yvan

✔️14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: Wayfarers 1; Chambers, Becky


15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country:

16. A book told from multiple perspectives:

17. A speculative fiction (ie fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia):


✔️18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements:
The Virtues of Oxygen; Schoenberger, Susan

✔️ 19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR

20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country:


21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes:

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover:

23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old

24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New:


25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue:


27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list

28. A book related to something cold:

29. A book published before 1950:

30. A book featuring an elderly character:

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read

32. A book with more than 500 pages:

33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet

34. A book with a person's name in the title:

35. A psychological thriller

36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list:

37. A book set in a school or university:

38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc):

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life:

40. A book you stumbled upon:

41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards

42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character:

43. A book related to STEM:

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed

45. A multi-generational saga

46. A book with a (mostly) black cover

47. A book related to food

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year

49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country

50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual):

51. A book published in 2019:

52. A book with a weird or intriguing title


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