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THE 2021 LIST
1. A book related to “In the Beginning...” - A Beginning at the End
✅ - 2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - The Gown
✅ - 3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music - Salt to the Sea
✅ - 4. A book with a monochromatic cover - Exhalation
✅5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read - How Long 'til Black Future Month?
✅ - 6. A love story - The Bride Test
✅ - 7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list - "A book closely related to what you wanted to be as a kid (job, status, etc.)" - Dear Committee Members
✅ - 8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited - Before the Coffee Gets Cold
✅ - 9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year - Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
✅ - 10. A book with a female villain or criminal - Marvel 1602
11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum - Death on the Nile
12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation - The Memory Police
✅ - 13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020 - We Could Be Heroes
✅ - 14. A book set in a made-up place - The Ickabog
✅ - 15. A book that features siblings as the main characters - The Vanishing Half
✅ - 16. A book with a building in the title - The Invisible Library
✅ - 17. A book with a Muslim character or author - Leave the World Behind
18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1 - Cloud Cuckoo Land
19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2 -
20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3 -
✅ - 21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u" - Klara and the Sun
✅ - 22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads - The Four Winds
✅ - 23. A cross genre novel - The Silent Patient
✅ - 24. A book about racism or race relations - Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness
✅ - 25. A book set on an island - City of Girls
26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author -
✅ - 27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards - Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait
✅ - 28. A book connected to ice - The Great Alone
29. A book that you consider comfort reading -
✅ - 30. A long book - Quo Vadis
✅ - 31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years - Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people -
✅ - 33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry - Where I Am: Heaven, Eternity, and Our Life Beyond
✅ - 34. A book with a travel theme - Assassination Vacation
✅ - 35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer - Crazy Rich Asians
✅ - 36. A book with six or more words in the title - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- 37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list -
✅ - 38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator - "circle" - Tales from the Loop
39. A book involving an immigrant - The Shipping News
✅ - 40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover - The Family of Jesus
✅ - 41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author - Homegoing
✅ - 42. A mystery or thriller - The Flight Attendant
✅ - 43. A book with elements of magic - Master of the Revels
- 44. A book whose title contains a negative -
45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet -
✅ - 46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards - Hamnet
✅ - 47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
✅ - 48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?” - Idiot
✅ - 49. A book with an ensemble cast - A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
✅ - 50. A book published in 2021 - A History of What Comes Next
✅ - 51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name - The Dream Daughter
✅ - 52. A book related to "the end" - The Midnight Library
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Anna of Kleve The Princess in the Portrait (Six Tudor Queens, #4) by Alison Weir How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1) by Sylvain Neuvel Master of the Revels (D.O.D.O. #2) by Nicole Galland Catch and Kill Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Exhalation by Ted Chiang The Family of Jesus (Heart of the Story, #1) by Karen Kingsbury The Gown by Jennifer Robson Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Not My Idea A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) by Helen Hoang The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Where I Am Heaven, Eternity, and Our Life Beyond by Billy Graham A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1) by Genevieve Cogman Idiot by Laura Clery Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Talking to Strangers What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher Tales from the Loop by Simon Stålenhag Lake of the Ozarks My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America by Bill Geist Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) by Kevin Kwan


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