Eleen's Reverse ATY [2023]

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52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
Butts: A Backstory — Heather Radke
The Ugly American — William J Lederer
The Man Who Spoke Snakish — Andrus Kivirähk

51. A book published in 2023
tbc

50. A second book that fits your favourite prompt
honestly love the spice girls prompt so:
Barbarian Days — William Finnegan (Sporty)
Gingerbread — Helen Oyeyemi (Ginger)
Eat a Peach — David Chang (Ginger)
The Dollhouse — Fiona Davis (Posh)
Crazy Rich Asians — Kevin Kwan (Posh)
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen (Posh)
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires — Grady Hendrix (Scary)

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
Cloud Cuckoo Land — Anthony Doerr
Piranesi — Susanna Clarke
The Cartographers — Peng Shepherd

48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
The Trials of Morrigan Crow — Jessica Townsend
The Master and Margarita — Mikhail Bulgakov
The Neverending Story — Michael Ende


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47. A book related to a geometric shape
Why we Fight — Christopher Blatt
The Colour of Magic — Terry Pratchett
Smaller and Smaller Circles — F.H. Batacan

46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Salt, Sugar, Fat — Michael Moss
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking — T Kingfisher
Kitchen Confidential — Anthony Bourdain
Four Fish — Paul Greenberg
fun list

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Neil Gaiman
Louise Erdrich
Brandon Sanderson
Terry Pratchett
Tad Williams

44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
The Westing Game — Ellen Raskin
Magic for Liars — Sarah Gailey
Spoonbenders — Darryl Gregory
Peaces — Helen Oyeyemi
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels — Jason Schreier


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43. A book that involves a murder
The Honjin Murders — Seishi Yokomizo
Bluebird, Bluebird — Attica Locke
The Roman Hat Mystery — Ellery Queen
anything Agatha Christie

42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
Howl’s Moving Castle — Diana Wynne Jones
Gideon the Ninth — Tasmyn Muir
The Night Watchman — Louise Erdrich
The Bear and the Nightingale — Katherine Arden

41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
Dilla Time — Dan Charnas
Ordinary Monsters — JM Miro
The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir — Ingrid Rojas Contreras

40. A book with a full name in the title
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao — Martha Batalha
Good Omens — Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
Therese Raquin — Emile Zola


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39. A western
How Much of these Hills is Gold — C Pam Zhang
The Sisters Brothers — Patrick deWitt
Cult of Glory — Doug J. Swanson
anything Cormac McCarthy

38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
Klara and the Sun — Kazuo Ishiguro
How High We Go in the Dark — Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Night Tiger — Yangsze Choo
Journey by Moonlight — Antal Szerb

37. A book with the theme of returning home
Little Gods — Meng Jin
Dog Flowers — Danielle Geller
Circe — Madeline Miller
We Measure the Earth with our Bodies — Tsering Yangzom Lama
The God of Small Things — Arundhati Roy

36. A book that has been translated from another language
Beartown — Fredrik Backman (Swedish)
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao — Martha Batalha (Portuguese)
The Sky Over Lima — Juan Gómez Bárcena (Spanish)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 — Cho Nam-Joo (Korean)


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35. A book with a school subject in the title
The Wonder Down Under — Nina Brochmann, Ellen Stokken Dahl (History)
True History of the Kelly Gang — Peter Carey
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress — Dai Sijie
Dance of the Jakaranda — Peter Kimani
How Music Works — David Byrne

34. A novella
Ring Shout — P. Djeli Clark
The Ocean at the End of the Lane — Neil Gaiman
Convenience Store Woman — Sayaka Murata
Our Souls at Night — Kent Haruf

33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
The Overstory — Richard Powers (UK)
Digital Citizenship in a Datafied Society — Arne Hintz, Lina Dencik, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Norway)

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
The Heart’s Invisible Furies — John Boyne (Dublin)
The House of Paper — Carlos María Domínguez (Montevideo?)
Names for the Sea — Sarah Moss (Reykjavik)
Yellow Flowers in the Antipodean Room — Janet Frame (Dunedin)

31. A book found by inputting a favourite author on https://www.literature-map.com
The Things They Carried — Tim O’Brien
The Warmth of Other Suns — Isabel Wilkerson


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30. A book related to a chess piece
Deacon King Kong — James McBride
Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History — Richard Thompson Ford
The Way of Kings — Brandon Sanderson
11/22/63 — Stephen King

29. A book that is light
Tokyo Ueno Station — Miri Yū
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America — Matt Kracht

28. A book that is dark
A Brief History of Seven Killings — Marlon James
Mrs Death Misses Death — Salena Godden
Oddjobs — Heide Goody, Iain Grant (paranormal horror comedy?)
An Instance of the Fingerpost — Iain Pears

27. A book by an author from continental Europe
Therese Raquin — Emile Zola (France)
Spaceman of Bohemia — Jaroslav Kalfar (Czech Republic)

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26. A book related to pride
This is How You Lose the Time War — Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Dear Committee Members — Julie Schumacher
Middlesex — Jeffrey Eugenides

25. A book with a tropical setting
Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen — Queen Lili’uokalani
Sharks in the Time of Saviours — Kawai Strong Washburn
Bangkok Wakes to Rain — Pitchaya Sudbanthad

24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Dress Codes — Richard Thompson Ford (Tailor)
Dress Code — Veronique Hyland (Tailor)
Leviathan Wakes — James SA Corey (Tinker)
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe — Alex White

23. A book with a body of water in the title
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia — Christina Thompson
Names for the Sea — Sarah Moss
The Inland Sea — Madeleine Watts

22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Radiance — Catherynne M Valente
A Gentleman in Moscow — Amor Towles
City of Thieves — David Benioff
Deacon King Kong — James McBride


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21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
Ninefox Gambit — Yoon Ha Lee
The Night Tiger — Yangsze Choo
Leftover Women — Leta Hong Fincher
Crazy Rich Asians — Kevin Kwan

20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
Unworthy Republic — Claudio Saunt
The Street — Ann Petry
Don't Shed Your Tears for Anyone Who Lives on These Streets — Patricio Pron
Beasts of a Little Land — Juhea Kim

19. A book related to the arts
Radiance — Catherynne M. Valente
A Natural History of Color: The Science Behind What We See and How We See it — Rob Lasalle
The Designer’s Dictionary of Color — Sean Adams
Citizen First, Designer Second  — Rejane Dal Bello

18. A book related to science
The Secrets of Alchemy — Lawrence M Principe
A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie — Kathryn Harkup
Elementary: The Periodic Table Explained — James M. Russell


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15 - 17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress — Dai Sijie (1966-1976??)
Five Star Billionaire — Tash Aw
Since I Laid My Burden Down — Brontez Purnell
Go Tell It on the Mountain — James Baldwin
A Room of One’s Own — Virginia Woolf
Middlemarch — George Eliot
The Analects — Confucius

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
Hummingbird Salamander — Jeff VanderMeer
Confident Women — Tori Telfer
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks — Patrick Radden Keefe


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13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
There, There — Tommy Orange
This is How you Lose the Time War — Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
The Ensemble — Aja Gabel
Commonwealth — Ann Patchett

12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
The Murmur of Bees — Sofía Segovia
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America — Matt Kracht
We Are All Birds of Uganda — Hafsa Zayyan

11. A book about a person/character with a disability
Disability Visibility — ed. Alice Wong
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space — Amanda Leduc
True Biz — Sara Nović

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
Zonal Marking — Michael Cox (Sporty)
Inverting the Pyramid — Jonathan Wilson (Sporty)
Why we Kneel How We Rise — Michael Holding (Sporty)
Barbarian Days — William Finnegan (Sporty)
Gingerbread — Helen Oyeyemi (Ginger)
Eat a Peach — David Chang (Ginger)
The Dollhouse — Fiona Davis (Posh)
Crazy Rich Asians — Kevin Kwan (Posh)
Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen (Posh)
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires — Grady Hendrix (Scary)

9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
How High We Go in the Dark — Sequoia Nagamatsu (Waterstones 2022)
Rebirding — Benedict Macdonald (Wainwright 2020)
Underland — Robert Macfarlane (Waterstones 2019)
Open Water — Caleb Azumah Nelson (Waterstones 2021)


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8. An author's debut book
Sharks in the Time of Saviours — Kawai Strong Washburn
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers — Yiyun Li
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies — Tsering Yangzom Lama

7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
Genghis Khan: The Man Who Conquered the World — Frank McLynn
Why We Kneel how We Rise — Michael Holding
Where the Wild Ladies Are — Aoko Matsuda

6. A book where books are important
The Shadow of the Wind — Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress — Dai Sijie
The Magpie Murders — Anthony Horowitz
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections — Eva Jurczyk

5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Hummingbird Salamander — Jeff VanderMeer
Skippy Dies — Paul Murray
Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports — Edward Hitching-Brooke
Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine — Anna Reid


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4. A book with an interracial relationship
The Japanese Lover — Isabel Allende
Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Souls of Black Folk — W.E.B. DuBois

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list (a nonfiction nature book)
Animal Vegetable Mineral — Wellcome Collection
Braiding Sweetgrass — Robin Wall Kimmerer

2. A book by an author you read in 2022
Babel — RF Kuang
The Books of Jacob — Olga Tokarczuk
CAPS LOCK — Ruben Pater
The Memory Police — Yoko Ogawa

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
In Patagonia — Bruce Chatwin (Argentina)
Commonwealth — Ann Patchett (Arlington, Torrance)
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union — Michael Chabon (Alaska)
Bangkok Wakes to Rain — Pitchaya Sudbanthad (Thailand)

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