Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
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JANUARY:
1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
The Book of Longings
Once There Were Wolves
✅The Great Believers⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
✅Talk Bookish to Me⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
✅Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders
Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers
Under the Whispering Door
In Every Mirror She's Black
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list (a book you meant to read in 2021)
Under the Whispering Door
Talk Bookish to Me
The Getaway Girls
✅The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
✅Once There Were Wolves⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Mothers
The Things We Cannot Say
FEBRUARY:
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
✅House of Earth and Blood⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
All the Light We Cannot See
Firekeeper's Daughter
The Last Graduate
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
✅Kindred⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dark Matter
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 (North America)
✅We Are Not Like Them⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 (Europe)
✅In Every Mirror She's Black⭐️⭐️⭐️
MARCH:
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 (Asia)
Out of the Easy
✅Our Violent Ends⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. A book from historical fiction genre
Out of the Easy
All the Light We Cannot See
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
✅The Heiress Gets a Duke⭐️⭐️⭐️
12. A book related to glass
✅Crown of Midnight⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Things in Jars
The Woman in Cabin 10
13. A book about a woman in STEM
✅The Echo Wife⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Soulmate Equation
The Kiss Quotient
The Only Woman in the Room
APRIL:
14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders
Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers
Island Queen
Band of Sisters
✅The Way Back⭐️
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
15. A book without a person on the cover
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
In Five Years
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
✅The Violin Conspiracy⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
16. A book related to Earth Day
✅The Martian Chronicles⭐️
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Starless Sea
✅Dark Matter⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Notes on a Silencing
MAY:
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Little Fires Everywhere
✅Four Aunties and a Wedding⭐️⭐️⭐️
Homicide and Halo-Halo
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
Dark Matter
11/22/63
A Darker Shade of Magic
✅The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II
✅The Diamond Eye⭐️⭐️⭐️
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
If the Shoe Fits
The Last Chance Library
Adult Assembly Required
✅Unlikely Animals⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
✅The Last Graduate⭐️⭐️⭐️
House of Sky and Breath
Spinning Silver
The Book of Lost Names
The Ex Talk
The Way Back
JUNE:
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
✅House of Sky and Breath⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
The Witch's Heart
Boyfriend Material
24. A book related to inclement weather
Spinning Silver
✅Float Plan⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I Know This Much Is True
Half Sick of Shadows
✅Serpent & Dove⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
✅ Under the Whispering Door⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Seven Day Switch
JULY:
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
✅Under One Roof⭐️⭐️⭐️
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
✅Behold the Dreamers⭐️⭐️⭐️
29. A book set on or near a body of water
✅It Happened One Summer⭐️⭐️⭐️
Firekeeper's Daughter
Float Plan
A Darker Shade of Magic
30. A book related to mythology
The Witch's Heart
✅Half Sick of Shadows⭐️⭐️⭐️
AUGUST:
31. A book published at least 10 years ago
The Space Between
Little Women
✅Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir⭐️⭐️⭐️
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
✅The Book of Cold Cases⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Firekeeper's Daughter
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Magic Bites
33. The next book in a series
Homicide and Halo-Halo
The Last Graduate
Four Aunties and a Wedding
✅The Takeover⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
Ninth House
The Gifted School
The Girl with All the Gifts
✅I Kissed Shara Wheeler⭐️⭐️⭐️
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
✅Part of Your World⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Reckless Girls
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
The Vine Witch
The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
SEPTEMBER:
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
The Wedding Date
One True Loves
✅The Change⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
The Soulmate Equation
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
✅Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?⭐️⭐️
38. A book by a Latin American author
✅With the Fire on High⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
The Book Thief
Allegedly
Children of Blood and Bone
✅Felix Ever After⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Firekeeper's Daughter
OCTOBER:
40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
Book Lovers
✅The Lifestyle⭐️⭐️
A Darker Shade of Magic
The Soulmate Equation
Shadow and Bone
The Wife Upstairs
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
Black Cake
✅Love & Other Disasters⭐️⭐️⭐️
Homicide and Halo-Halo
Kiss My Cupcake
A Pho Love Story
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
✅Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
American Royals
The Spanish Love Deception
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
Other Birds
Educated
✅Bath Haus⭐️⭐️⭐️
One Two Three
44. A book with gothic elements
The Golden Enclaves
Verity
✅Mirrorland⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
NOVEMBER:
45. A book related to a game
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✅The Hating Game⭐️
The Inheritance Games
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
The Witch's Heart
A Court of Thorns and Roses
✅The Ex Hex⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
Love on the Brain
Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
Room
Evvie Drake Starts Over
The Kiss Quotient
✅The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
Project Hail Mary
Educated
Dark Matter
What the Wind Knows
Boyfriend Material
✅Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
DECEMBER:
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
The Cartographers
The Martian
✅Project Hail Mary⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
The Reading List
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Razorblade Tears
✅A Shadow in the Ember⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
51. A book published in 2022
✅Love on the Brain⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The No-Show
In A New York Minute
Four Aunties and a Wedding
Homicide and Halo-Halo
Book Lovers
52. A book with a time-related word in the title
✅The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hour of the Witch
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
Your Perfect Year
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Book of Night