megan's 2022 reads

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[x] A book about a found family - The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks

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[x] A book about or set in a non-patriarchal society - She Who Became the Sun

[megan]

1. Read a biography of an author you admire. - Mary Shelley

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20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. - An Artist of the Floating World
1986

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8. Read a classic written by a POC. - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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[x] A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read - Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio
read after I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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[x] A book set in twin towns/sister cities (1) - Empire of the Sun
Shanghai: Chicago

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[x] A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon - Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
- Ron Chernow

[megan]

[x] A #OwnVoices SFF book - Orlando

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[x] A book with a tiger on the cover or in the title - The Teeth of the Tiger

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[x] A book set in twin towns/sister cities (2) - City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
Chicago: Shanghai

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[x] A book with a misleading title - Watership Down

[megan]

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. - A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

[megan]

29. The Nineties - 10 October

[megan]

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. - Locked On
Tea Party Politics

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[x] A book by a Latinx author - What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era

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[x] A book about someone leading a double life - Threat Vector

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4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. - Walking in My Joy: Stories from on My Way to Happy

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19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. - Fledgling

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18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. - Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Non-fiction 2021

[megan]

[x] A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Challenge - Command Authority
*A book published posthumously - 2019 (3 months after Clancy's death)

[megan]

TBR
10. 22 JUN - Columbine

[megan]

[x] A book set in the 1980s - I Must Betray You
1989

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[x] A book set in Victorian times - A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem

[megan]

34. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

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3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. - We Need to Talk About Kevin
2005

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[x] A different book by an author you read in 2021 - The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman

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[x] A book set during a holiday - Blackmail and Bibingka

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[x] A book with a palindromic title - Seveneves

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[x] A duology (1) - Spellbreaker

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35. One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America - 9 November
36. The Facemaker: One Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I - 15 November
37. American Midnight: Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921 - 23 November

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21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. - Beast

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[x] A duology (2) - Spellmaker

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38. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks - 5 December

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[x] A book by a Pacific Islander author - The Girl from Everywhere

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[x] A book that features two languages - The Book of Goose
English/French

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[x] A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

[megan]

40. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - 9 December

[megan]

[x] A book with the name of a board game in the title - Einstein: His Life and Universe
Life

[megan]

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. - The Husband's Secret

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[x] A book featuring a party - The Hunting Party

[megan]

42. The Devil and Harper Lee - 28 December

[megan]

23. Read a book by a disabled author. - The Heart Principle

[megan]

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. - A Torch Against the Night

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15. 5 MAY - Breakfast of Champions

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[x] A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title - The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher