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message 1: by Clare (last edited Dec 31, 2019 11:35AM) (new)

Clare Boucher | 11 comments 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Less
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - The Closed Circle
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - Young Stalin
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live - Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
5. The first book in a series that you have not started - The Rotters' Club

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover Round the Bend
7. A book set in the Southern Hemisphere - A Town Like Alice
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
9. A book that can be read in a day - Fahrenheit 451

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - Small Island
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number - Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - author and translator - Family Lexicon
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link) - collection of plays - Lysistrata and Other Plays
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link) - Wolf Hall

15. A book set in a global city - This is London: Life and Death in the World City
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - Cider with Rosie
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
18. A book by an author you've only read once before

19. A fantasy book
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
22. A book with the major theme of survival - The Beekeeper of Aleppo

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
24. A book with an emotion in the title
25. A book related to the arts - Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
27. A history or historical fiction - Bring Up the Bodies

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
31. A book inspired by a leading news story - Middle England

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
33. A book about a non-traditional family
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name - probably Crime - The Big Sleep
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce

40. A book with a place name in the title
41. A mystery - The Haunting of Hill House
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link) - Hot Milk
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse - possibly All Quiet on the Western Front?
44. A book related to witches

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
47. A classic book you've always meant to read The Canterbury Tales
48. A book published in 2020 - The Mirror & the Light

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link) (A book related to birds - The Genius of Birds
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - A Kind of Loving
52. A book related to time - How Green Was My Valley


message 2: by susan dwyer (new)

susan dwyer | 24 comments Where do I find the list to copy please


message 3: by Clare (new)

Clare Boucher | 11 comments susan dwyer wrote: "Where do I find the list to copy please"

You should be able to find it here, Susan: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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susan dwyer | 24 comments Thank you


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