Where Does This Book Fit? the 2022 edition

[Carol]

Courtney wrote: "I'm hoping to try both Popsugar and the Book Riot Read Harder challenges this year, so am looking to see where I can find overlap! I have quite a bit, but here's some things I've identified for Boo..."

I would definitely count Weather and I'm with the Bears as man-made disaster.

[Carol]

Help with any of these books would be appreciated. They are some of our book club picks for my two book clubs.

The Night Watchman
The Silent Wife - book about a secret?
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life
The Book of Lost Friends
The Pull of the Stars
The Last Romantics
The Thursday Murder Club
When the Stars Go Dark - misleading title?
Amal Unbound

Thanks in advance!

[LeahS]

The Night Watchman might fit 'found family'?

The Thursday Murder Club would fit prompt 40, using 'featuring an amateur detective'. It might also fit protagonist using a mobility aid, but I can't remember precisely.

[Klaire]

Can anyone help with which prompt The Dark Path by Michelle Sacks would fit? Tia

[Phoebe]

Hi friends! My New Year's resolution is to clear my bookshelf! I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me fill some of the shelves. I already know that some will work and some probably won't. Thank you in advance!

Death in St. Petersburg
Thirteen Reasons Why
Wonder Woman: Warbringer
The Mists of Avalon
Inferno
The Brilliant Death
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
The Scorch Trials
A Study in Treason
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
The Familiars
Rebel of the Sands
Unclean Spirits
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lost Roses
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1
The Sherlockian
Beauty
Akata Witch
A Treacherous CurseUnderground
Vanished
Labyrinth
Downpour
Seawitch
Library of Souls
The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal
Flygirl
A Tyranny of PetticoatsA Second Chance
A Trail Through Time
Maisie Dobbs

[Erica]

Dragon Tattoo could be double life or secrets

Akata Witch fits the witches prompt and own voices sff

[Dubhease]

Phoebe wrote: "Hi friends! My New Year's resolution is to clear my bookshelf! I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me fill some of the shelves. I already know that some will work and some probably won't...."

13 Reasons Why could fit the prompt about the Afterlife or secrets

Mists of Avalon could be a nonpatriarchal society (although equally problematic)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could be a book about someone leading a double life.

The Fangirl Life (which I've never read or even heard of) does have Life (a board game) in the title.

[Ashleigh]

Just wondering if anyone knows what prompts Outlander might fit in. I'm behind on the times and know little to nothing about it apart from it involves time travel haha!

[Courtney]

Carol wrote: "Courtney wrote: "I'm hoping to try both Popsugar and the Book Riot Read Harder challenges this year, so am looking to see where I can find overlap! I have quite a bit, but here's some things I've i..."

Thanks!!

[Verity]

Ashleigh wrote: "Just wondering if anyone knows what prompts Outlander might fit in. I'm behind on the times and know little to nothing about it apart from it involves time travel haha!"

How about Prompt 36: A book you know nothing about?

[Nadine in NY]

sanju wrote: "Would Call Me By Your Name work for a book about gender identity or is that a stretch?"


I don't see how that would work for "gender identity"

[Carol]

Phoebe wrote: "Hi friends! My New Year's resolution is to clear my bookshelf! I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me fill some of the shelves. I already know that some will work and some probably won't...."


Thirteen Reasons Why - a book about a secret; also afterlife?

Wonder Woman: Warbringer - nonpatriarchal society?

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. - a book about witches; also DODO is a board game https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Kosmos-697... a book about a man-made disaster; a misleading title (DODO dosen't literally rise or fall); a book about a secret

The Scorch Trials - a book about a man-made disaster? a misleading title?

Akata Witch - also a book about witches

[K.L.]

Ashleigh wrote: "Just wondering if anyone knows what prompts Outlander might fit in. I'm behind on the times and know little to nothing about it apart from it involves time travel haha!"

I think Outlander would work well for the "a book about a secret" prompt.

[Jane]

Klaire wrote: "Can anyone help with which prompt The Dark Path by Michelle Sacks would fit? Tia"

Thirteen Reasons Why is told from two POV (one of the advanced challenges)

Mists of Avalon features women who do magic - could use in the witches category, though they use the term priestess

Akata Witch is Own Voices SFF but is also PopSugar's recommendation for found family

Beauty seems to be all about a secret, based on the GR page

[Miri]

If anyone could recommend prompts to fit all the books in the truly devious series, I would be eternally grateful! I really want to read all of them next year and I'm struggling to find room for them in my challenge.

Thanks in advance!

[Ellie]

Miri wrote: "If anyone could recommend prompts to fit all the books in the truly devious series, I would be eternally grateful! I really want to read all of them next year and I'm struggling to find room for th..."

Found family, about a secret, maybe your favourite season (trilogy starts in autumn and continues into winter and newest book is over summer). If there are any books on your plan with a title ending in T, you could do starts with the last letter of your previous read with Truly Devious. There might be a party involved but I can't recall specifics.

[Renn]

Is there a spreadsheet?

[Nadine in NY]

Sarina wrote: "Is there a spreadsheet?"


https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


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[Heather L]

Phoebe wrote: "Hi friends! My New Year's resolution is to clear my bookshelf! I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me fill some of the shelves. I already know that some will work and some probably won't...."

Maisie Dobbs is set in London, which could be paired with a sister city — or use a past prompt of a place you would like to visit.

[Molly]

Hello! This is my first time posting in the group and I’m hoping you all can help me find a spot for some random books on my TBR shelf.

Exile by Grace cavendish
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen chbosky
Among the hidden by Margaret had six
Virgin river by Robyn Carr
All the missing girls by Megan Miranda
Please like me by mindy Kaling
Lumberjanes vol. 16 mind over mettle by Shannon watters
Braced for love by Mary Connealy

[Alicia]

For Mindy Kaling, you can do the prompt about reading in one sitting since it’s only 20-ish pages

[Carol]

Jennifer wrote: "I have a few trilogies and series hanging out on my shelves I’ve been meaning to get to, any ideas would be great!

A Court of thorns and roses series and throne of glass series by [author:Sarah J...."

Cinder is listed in the listopia as a protagonist who uses a mobility aid

[Carol]

Leah wrote: "The Night Watchman might fit 'found family'?

The Thursday Murder Club would fit prompt 40, using 'featuring an amateur detective'. It might also fit protagonist usi..."

Thanks!

[Miranda]

I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 list. Does anyone know which prompt it might fit?

[Nadine in NY]

Miranda wrote: "I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 list. Does anyone know which prompt it might fit?"



I just downloaded that too!!! From the description, I was wondering if it would fit in "nonpatriarchal society"? Maybe? Maybe not.

And it must work for "sapphic."


I thought I had read that on Storygraph you could see where other readers slotted a certain book for a reading challenge, and that sounded very interesting, but I'm not seeing that feature.

[ela]

HI! Can anyone recommend prompts for the books I have listed below

The Cruel Prince
The Wicked King
The Queen of Nothing
The Inheritance Games
The Hawthorne Legacy
Caraval
Legendary
Finale
The Atlas Six
Kingdom of the Wicked
Kingdom of the Cursed
Vow of Thieves
The Blood of Olympus

[Carol]

Molly wrote: "Hello! This is my first time posting in the group and I’m hoping you all can help me find a spot for some random books on my TBR shelf.

Exile by Grace cavendish
The perks of being a wallflower by ..."

Lumberjanes would fit for a book that can be read in one sitting. Sorry, but I haven't read any of the others.

[Amy J.]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Miranda wrote: "I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 list. Does anyone know which prompt it ..."

Yes, you can. So... If you have an individual book you want to know about, you go to the book's page. Scroll beyond the "Community Reviews" section and then there should be a reading Challenges selection. It will tell you which of the reading challenges you're actively participating in (you've clicked "joined") the book has been added to...

I wish I knew how to post screenshots here. But I'll try to describe what it looks like. So when I go to the book "Hana Khan Carries On" Storygraph tells me it's been added the following of my challenges:

People have added this book to Book of the Month Club Reading Challenge 2022, POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2021, POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2022, and The Book Revolution 2022 TBR

If I want to see what prompt it was added to for the "POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2022" I'd click on that link in my challenge list below that description. When I click on it I see all the prompts and can select where to add the book. Above that list, you can see where others have added the book. So for Hana Khan Carries On I can see the following:

"People have added this book to: A romance novel by a BIPOC author and A different book by an author you read in 2021"

Hope that helps.

[Amy J.]

Ela wrote: "HI! Can anyone recommend prompts for the beloved books I have listed below

According to my Popsugar 2022 challenge on storygraph

The Cruel Prince: Has not been added to Popsugar 2022
The Wicked King: Has not been added to Popsugar 2022
The Queen of Nothing: Has not been added to Popsugar 2022
The Inheritance Games: "People have added this book to: A #BookTok recommendation"
The Hawthorne Legacy: Has not been added to Popsugar 2022
Caraval: People have added this book to: A #BookTok recommendation and A book featuring a parallel reality
Legendary: Has not been added to Popsugar 2022
Finale: Has not been added to Popsugar 2022
The Atlas Six: People have added this book to: A #BookTok recommendation and A book about a secret

Sorry it's not more helpful

[Nadine in NY]

Amy J. wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "Miranda wrote: "I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 list. Does anyone ..."



Thanks. Storygraph is just not intuitive for me, I hate the way it is laid out. But out of curiosity, I jumped through the hoops and joined two of the larger Popsugar 2022 Challenges (why are there so many??? )

And, survey says: Upright Women is a sapphic book, and could also be own voices SFF.

[Miranda]

Amy J. wrote: "Yes, you can. So... If you have an individual book you want to know about, you go to the book's page. Scroll beyond the "Community Reviews" section and then there should be a reading Challenges selection. It will tell you which of the reading challenges you're actively participating in (you've clicked "joined") the book has been added to...
..."

Thank you! That's really helpful!

[Thais]

Would Anxious People by Backman fit any prompts?

[Lexi]

Miranda wrote: "I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 list. Does anyone know which prompt it might fit?"

It is not a nonpatriarchal society, as much of the book is about working around the patriarchy. It does work for Sapphic, but the main romance in the book involves a nonbinary character. It also works very well for OwnVoice and "found family" and gender identity (author uses they/them pronouns as does a charecter).

[Lexi]

Thais wrote: "Would Anxious People by Backman fit any prompts?"

A book about a secret is all I can think of

[poshpenny]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Miranda wrote: "I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 list. Does anyone know which prompt it might fit?"

I just downloaded that too!!! From the description, I was wondering if it would fit in "nonpatriarchal society"? Maybe? Maybe not."

Definitely NOT on this one.

[Amy J.]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Amy J. wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "Miranda wrote: "I just got a free ebook of Upright Women Wanted and I've been wanting to read it for a while so I'd like to add it to my 2022 lis..."

Because they have been created by individual users who did not check to see if the challenge was already in storygraph. *me making an annoyed face at those users* None of the Popsugar challenges are official (created by Popsugar on the site). I joined the one with the most users and books

[Nadine in NY]

Amy J. wrote: "Because they have been created by individual users who did not check to see if the challenge was already in storygraph. *me making an annoyed face at those users* None of the Popsugar challenges are official (created by Popsugar on the site). I joined the one with the most users and books ..."


To be fair, it's the same story here, really. This group is one of the biggest and oldest, but it's not the only one, and none of them are officially affiliated w/ Popsugar the way the FB group is.

[poshpenny]

Phoebe wrote: "The Sherlockian"

A book about a secret
set in London

[Amy J.]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Amy J. wrote: "Because they have been created by individual users who did not check to see if the challenge was already in storygraph. *me making an annoyed face at those users* None of the Popsuga..."

that's fair

[Erica]

Upright Women Wanted does not work for nonpatriarchal society. Sapphic, SFF own voices and read in one sitting (it's a short novella) look possible to me.

The Cruel Prince trilogy
found family can work
there are parties/coronations/weddings
I can read these books in one sitting because I love them so much and have reread them a few times
double life could be used

Inheritance Games/Hawthorne Legacy
Definitely secrets.
There is a party in book 2
Either book could be stretched into man made disaster because the grandpa purposely left people out of his will which made character do desperate things
These books have short chapters and the plot moves quickly so you could read them in one sitting
You can stretch it into found family
The Inheritance Games is being turned into a tv show tbd

[Nadine in NY]

Has anyone read Deacon King Kong? I'm wondering if it works for "misleading title"?

[Brandon]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Has anyone read Deacon King Kong? I'm wondering if it works for "misleading title"?"

It could definitely fit there. It does feature a deacon, but there are no giant apes in it. Deacon King Kong is a nickname.

[Becky]

Would We Should All Be Feminists fit into 3) about or set in a non-patriarchal society?

[Becky]

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Does anyone know if this would fit into #22 a book with a character on the ace spectrum? If not, suggestions on where it might fit please?

[Nadine in NY]

Becky wrote: "Would We Should All Be Feminists fit into 3) about or set in a non-patriarchal society?"


No, it's an essay on dealing with the existing patriarchal culture.

You could read this in one sitting, though!

Or you can find another book you're reading whose title ends in W, find a favorite author quoted on the cover, or find a BookTok recommendation for it. (I bet it's been recommended on BookTok!)

[Becky]

Nadine in NY wrote: No, it's an essay on dealing with the existing patriarchal culture.

You could read this in..." Thank you for the help!

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer]

Carol wrote: "Help with any of these books would be appreciated. They are some of our book club picks for my two book clubs.

The Night Watchman
The Silent Wife - book about a sec..."

I've only read The Last Romantics from your list, but if I'm remembering it correctly, it should fit in these prompts:

-A book set in the 1980s - the early part of the book covers the siblings' childhood
-A book about a secret
-A misleading title, maybe?
-A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page - quotes by Kevin Wilson, Meg Wolitzer, Laurie Frankel, Lisa Gabriele

[Carol]

Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer wrote: "Carol wrote: "Help with any of these books would be appreciated. They are some of our book club picks for my two book clubs.

The Night Watchman
The Silent Wife - bo..."

Thanks so much!

[Amanda]

sanju wrote: "Would Call Me By Your Name work for a book about gender identity or is that a stretch?"

If you're willing to torture youself through "Find Me," you can use it as a duology. The best part takes place in Rome, so you could use Rome as one of the sister cities. It's mostly in summer, if that's your favorite season. It's about a secret, kinda. I don't remember if there's any Italian in it, but it may work for 2 languages. I'd say Oliver is living a double life.

It's SO good!

[Heather]

Anyone know where Fan Girl might fit?