Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
The Diviners (other topics)The Gift of Rain (other topics)
Our Darkest Night (other topics)
The Bridal Wreath (other topics)
The Gift of Rain (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Boyne (other topics)Naguib Mahfouz (other topics)
Jennifer Robson (other topics)
Margaret Laurence (other topics)
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√ 1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y - The Smell of Other People's Houses (Alaska)
√ 2. A book by an author you read in 2022 - Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz
√ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - Poll 6 - A book about a farm, a farmer, or a farming family - Addlands
√ 4. A book with an interracial relationship - Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation
√ 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover -
√ 6. A book where books are important -The Binding
√ 7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title - Who Is Maud Dixon?
√ 8. An author's debut book - The Bean Trees
√ 9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W - The Outrun - (Wainwright Award Winner 2016)
√ 10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - The Ginger Tree
√ 11. A book about a person/character with a disability - Flowers for Algernon
√ 12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies - Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv
√ 13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover -
√ 14. A book with a con, deception, or fake - The Talented Mr Ripley
√ 15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - C12 - Everything Under the Heavens
√ 16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - C14 - The Wreath
√ 17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - C16 - Bring Up the Bodies
√ 18. A book related to science - Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness
√ 19. A book related to the arts - Words and Pictures
√ 20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel -
√ 21. A book by an Asian diaspora author - Love Marriage
√ 22. A book with a faceless person on the cover -
√ 23. A book with a body of water in the title - Crow Lake
√ 24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy - The Unseeing (tailor)
√ 25. A book with a tropical setting - Jungle Nama: A Story of the Sundarban
√ 26. A book related to pride - The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers
√ 27. A book by an author from continental Europe - The Price of Water in Finistère
√ 28. A book that is dark - Impure Blood
√ 29. A book that is light - Pure
√ 30. A book related to a chess piece - Queenie
√ 31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com - Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson (input Margaret Laurence)
√ 32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature - Names for the Sea: Strangers in Iceland (Reykjavik)
√ 33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 - The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
√ 34. A novella - Every Heart a Doorway
√ 35. A book with a school subject in the title - The French Lieutenant's Woman
√ 36. A book that has been translated from another language - An African in Greenland
√ 37. A book with the theme of returning home - The Exiles Return
√ 38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover -
√ 39. A western - Where the Lost Wander
√ 40. A book with a full name in the title - The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
√ 41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists - Black Cake
√ 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or spectre - The Sentence
√ 43. A book that involves a murder - Children of War
√ 44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal - The Eighth Life
√ 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books - A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
√ 46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe - Burnt Sugar
√ 47. A book related to a geometric shape - The Kites
√ 48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - War with the Newts
√ 49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 - The Couple at No. 9
√ 50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies - Grey Bees
√ 51. A book published in 2023 - The New Life
√ 52. A book with an unusual or surprising title - Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea