Beverly is going to read everything in 2020 and there will be none left for anyone else.

[Beverly]

I broke my ankle on the first and we are about to get a boatload of snow in my area, so I got nothing but time to whittle away at my mountain of library books. Let's do the damn thing!

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
~~~~~"Annapurna: A Woman's Place"

3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
~~~~~"Strangers in Paradise: Volume 2"

4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
~~~~~"A Long Petal of the Sea"

5. The first book in a series that you have not started
~~~~~"Truly, Madly Viking"

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
~~~~~"Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant collection"

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
~~~~~"Paula"

8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
9. A book that can be read in a day
~~~~~"Shut Up, You're Fine: Poems for Very, Very Bad Children"

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
~~~~~"Bottle of Lies: The Inside story of the Generic Drug Boom"

11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
~~~~~"Whereas"

12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
~~~~~"We're Still Here: An All Trans Comics Anthology"

13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link)
~~~~~"Kissing the Coronavirus"

14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)

15. A book set in a global city
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
~~~~~"A Constellation of Roses"

17. A book with a neurodiverse character
~~~~~"The Outside" by Ada Hoffmann

18. A book by an author you've only read once before
~~~~~"White Teeth"

19. A fantasy book
~~~~~"The Cruel Prince"

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
~~~~~"Barbarella"

22. A book with the major theme of survival
~~~~~"Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver"

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
~~~~~"Comics for Choice"

24. A book with an emotion in the title
~~~~~"Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger"

25. A book related to the arts
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
~~~~~"The Wicked King"

27. A history or historical fiction

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
~~~~~"Instructional Design that Soars: Shaping What You Know Into Classes That Inspire"

30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
~~~~~"Trick Mirror"

31. A book inspired by a leading news story
~~~~~"The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation"

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
~~~~~"Snotgirl: California Screaming"

33. A book about a non-traditional family
~~~~~"The Likeness"

34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
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
~~~~~"Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town"

38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
~~~~~"Pantsdrunk: The Finnish Path to Relaxation (Drinking at Home, Alone, in Your Underwear)"

39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
~~~~~"Beverly"

40. A book with a place name in the title
~~~~~"Algeria is Beautiful like America"

41. A mystery
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
~~~~~"The Shadow King"

44. A book related to witches
~~~~~"Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive

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"
~~~~~"Make Me a Woman"

47. A classic book you've always meant to read
48. A book published in 2020
~~~~~"Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms"

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
~~~~~"The Queen of Nothing"

50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
~~~~~"Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language"

52. A book related to time
~~~~~"It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand"
It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand