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Ann (izesicle) | 19 comments THE 2023 LIST: My nth attempt to not buy new books for this challenge lolol

☑️1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
The Alchemist - Andalusia, Spain

☑️2. A book by an author you read in 2022
Neon Gods by Katee Robert - read another book of hers last August 2022

☑️3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
A work of biographical fiction
The Zookeeper's Wife

☑️4. A book with an interracial relationship
Slave to Sensation

☑️5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
The Summer Solstice and Other Stories

☑️6. A book where books are important
Dreaming of You - heroine is a writer and pretends to be her fictional character during a ball; insisted on keeping her career

☑️7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
The Lady Who Came in from the Cold

☑️8. An author's debut book
My Oxford Year

☑️9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

☑️10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
Posh A Gentleman in Moscow - audio

☑️11. A book about a person/character with a disability
When Beauty Tamed the Beast - hero has a limp

☑️12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
What Moves the Dead - hare in the cover and content

☑️13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
Leaders Eat Last Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek

☑️14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
A Christmas to Remember

☑️15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
The Highwayman
Book Set in 1855

☑️16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
Set During the 21st Century
The Trees by Percival Everett - 2018

☑️17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
Set During the 20th Century
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - 1990

☑️18. A book related to science
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory

☑️19. A book related to the arts
Daisy Jones & The Six

☑️20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas

☑️21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam

☑️22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Take Us Back to Genesis by Errol Fernandez

☑️23. A book with a body of water in the title
A Long Petal of the Sea

☑️24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
When a Scot Ties the Knot
Soldier

☑️25. A book with a tropical setting
Eva Luna - Chile

☑️26. A book related to pride
Heartstopper: Volume One

☑️27. A book by an author from continental Europe [not from UK or Ireland] - Der Sandmann - Germany

☑️28. A book that is dark
Shuggie Bain - audio

☑️29. A book that is light [light read or short book]
In the Event of Love

☑️ 30. A book related to a chess piece
Twisted Games - queen

☑️31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
Agatha Christie to J.K. Rowling
The Ink Black Heart

☑️32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
Reykjavík Boulder

☑️33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
[ John, Mary, Frank, Dorothy, Virginia, Richard, etc.]
The Moon, the Stars, and Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan

☑️34. A novella
Lord Dashwood Missed Out - 144 pages

✅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
Eva Luna

☑️37. A book with the theme of returning home
A Holiday of Love

☑️38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (Friday Harbor, #1) by Lisa Kleypas

☑️39. A western
Texas Destiny


☑️40. A book with a full name in the title
Get a Life, Chloe Brown

☑️41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
A Lady for a Duke

☑️42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
The Earl of Christmas Past

☑️43. A book that involves a murder
The Last Time I Saw You

☑️44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Window Shopping

☑️45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Love in the Afternoon

☑️46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
The Heat is On

☑️47. A book related to a geometric shape
NW - diamond shapes on the cover

☑️48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
Haroun and the Sea of Stories

☑️49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
The Rakess

☑️50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
2. A book by an author you read in 2022
Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon - read another book of hers last March 2022

☑️51. A book published in 2023
How to Sell a Haunted House

☑️52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
Diary of a Void


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