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[Stina]

Here is the entire list! If I counted correctly, this is 80 prompts (including the 4 "free" reads) and 12 specific titles. I will be multi-dipping as much as humanly possible.

You can copy any or all of this list into a post on this thread, add your planning notes if you like, and update it throughout the year.

Penitent Prioritization

** The oldest ARC you own
** A LitRPG book
** A family member's favorite book
* A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before
* An edition of a literary magazine
* A book from the 2019 Reading Women Award shortlists and honorable mentions
* Read a Victorian (1837-1901) diary or collection of letters
- An indigenous literature award nominee, such as the AIYLA, Burt, Indigenous Voices Awards, Nga Kupu Ora, etc.
- A book from the Sir Julius Vogel Award long-list from any year
- Book becoming a movie in 2021
- Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author
- Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color
- Read a food memoir by an author of color
- Read a book from the neighborhood library box
- A book by a Slovak author
- A book with a spine you love
- A Bookoplathon Chance card book
- A Victorian sensation novel

Lost Levels

*2021: Level 3*
- Read a book by an author with the same first name as one of your grandparents.
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 3
- A book that you intended to read on last year's challenge
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 4
- Read a book that a movie/show you've watched is based on but have yet to read
- Read any book from the Men's Health most popular book list
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 5
- Read a book by Georges Simenon
- Read a banned book from the specified ALA list
- Read a book that Linz read previously
- Free Space! Pick any book.

The Usual Fails

- A book by an Eastern European author
- A "Sense of Gender Award" winner, or a similar award such as the Otherwise Award (adjust as needed for age appropriateness and accessibility)
- A book featuring a parallel reality
- Read a biography of an author you admire
- Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
- Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
- Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
- Read a "Best ____ Writing of the year" book for a topic and year of your choice
- Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
- Book becoming movie in 2022
- Bottom of your to-read list
- Author who shares your initials
- Reread a favorite
- A second-person narrative
- A book picked based on its spine
- Jane Austen-inspired
- Read the second book in a trilogy
- Read the third book in a trilogy
- A food-related memoir
- Read a book with snow on the cover
- Read a book that gives you thrills and chills
- A middle grade book set in Asia or featuring an Asian main character
- A middle grade book older than you
- A middle grade book with an orphan main character
- A book translated from Korean
- A historical fiction novel featuring Korea
- A book featuring a Korean diaspora character
- An award-winning Korean novel
- A biography or book about history
- A book you've been wanting to re-read
- A graphic novel
- A book longer than 700 pages
- A book with the number 7 in the title or subtitle
- A book recommended to you by someone with a viewpoint different from yours
- A book you read as a child
- A 5-star prediction
- A book with a scripted font for the title
- Read a book that represents chaos to you
- Read a slasher
- A book in French or Italian
- A book with a title starting with the letter R
- A book by a Grand Master
- A nonfiction book related to the word "element"
- A nonfiction book related to the word "border"
- A nonfiction book related to the word "secret"
- A Victorian work with a Bildungsroman
- A Victorian work with chronic illness/disability rep
- A book with gods or godlike characters, or themes of religions, cults, or mythology
- A book with a colour in the title
- A book with spooky vibes
- Scroll through a social media feed and read the first book you own or have access to

Specific Titles

- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
- The Brave by James Bird
- The Blood Countess by Elizabeth Bathory
- The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
- Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
- Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
- Pony by R.J. Palacio
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
- Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen
- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

As usual, approach this however you like. I'm not the challenge police.
There are no points or prizes. This is just a fun way to tackle and/or build your TBR.

I will (hopefully) be posting discussion threads for all of the prompts, so check those out to suggest books, find recommendations, and discuss your reads with our reading community.

[Stina]

Here is the entire list! If I counted correctly, this is 80 prompts (including the 4 "free" reads) and 12 specific titles. I will be multi-dipping as much as humanly possible.

Penitent Prioritization

** The oldest ARC you own - Right as Rain
** A LitRPG book - RiftWorlds Online: Book 1 - Space Opera Insertion: a LitRPG Sci-Fi Adventure
** A family member's favorite book - The Family Trade
* A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before - The Island Kitchen: Recipes from Mauritius and the Indian Ocean
* An edition of a literary magazine - Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 56, May 2022
* A book from the 2019 Reading Women Award shortlists and honorable mentions - The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
* Read a Victorian (1837-1901) diary or collection of letters - The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant
- An indigenous literature award nominee, such as the AIYLA, Burt, Indigenous Voices Awards, Nga Kupu Ora, etc. - The Marrow Thieves - Elatsoe - Firekeeper's Daughter
- Book becoming a movie in 2021 - News of the World
- Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author - My Heart Is a Chainsaw - The Only Good Indians - The Mona Lisa Sisters - The Marrow Thieves - Robbers and Cops
- Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color - Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy - New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
- (22) Read a food memoir by an author of color - Notes from a Young Black Chef
- Read a book from the neighborhood library box - Forever . . . - The Long Call - Flowers in the Attic
- A book by a Slovak author - Seeing People Off
- A book with a spine you love - Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic - The Bone Witch
- A Victorian sensation novel - Lady Audley's Secret

Lost Levels

Level 3
- A book that you intended to read on last year's challenge - Handwritten: Speculative Fiction Stories and Vignettes
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 5
- Read a book by Georges Simenon - Le Chien Jaune - Pietr-le-Letton - Un échec de Maigret
- Read a banned book from the specified ALA list - The Glass Castle - The Hate U Give - The House of the Spirits - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Year of Wonders
- Read a book that Linz read previously - American Gods - Asylum - Blood Rites - The Bone Witch - Circe - The Deep - The Fault in Our Stars - Hollow CityThe Secret, Book & Scone Society - Spellbreaker - The Watchmaker's Daughter - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators - Graveyard Shift
- Free Space! Pick any book.

The Usual Fails

- A "Sense of Gender Award" winner, or a similar award such as the Otherwise Award (adjust as needed for age appropriateness and accessibility) - Perdido Street Station - Changeless - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - Waking the Moon - Half Life - The Drowning Girl - When the Moon Was Ours
- Read a biography of an author you admire - Dangerous Water: A Biography Of The Boy Who Became Mark Twain
- Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital) - Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 56, May 2022
- Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary - Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place - Pageboy
- Read a "Best ____ Writing of the year" book for a topic and year of your choice - The Best American Mystery Stories 1998
- Read an award-winning book from the year you were born - Ringworld
- A book picked based on its spine - The Silver Road - The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall
- Jane Austen-inspired - Pride, Prejudice and Poison - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- Read the third book in a trilogy - Blood Dawn - Impostor Syndrome - The Final Gambit - A Conjuring of Light
- (32) A middle grade book with an orphan main character - The Night Raven
- A book translated from Korean - Familiar Things
- A historical fiction novel featuring Korea - The Calligrapher's Daughter - Broken Summer -
- An award-winning Korean novel - The Vegetarian
- (131) A book with the number 7 in the title or subtitle - The Seven Purposes: An Experience in Psychic Phenomena
- (45) A book you read as a child - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - The Secret Garden -
- (25, 47, 77, 111) Read a book that represents chaos to you - Oona Out of Order
- (43, 124) A nonfiction book related to the word "border" - The Devil's Highway: A True Story - Romania
- Scroll through a social media feed and read the first book you own or have access to - Book Lovers - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Specific Titles

- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
- The Brave by James Bird
- The Blood Countess by Elizabeth Bathory
- The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
- Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
- Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
- Pony by R.J. Palacio
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
- Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen
- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

COMPLETED
3. Book becoming movie in 2022 - Glass Onion
4. A graphic novel - Digger, Volume One
5. Read a book that gives you thrills and chills - The Kaiju Preservation Society
7. A book with spooky vibes - The Decagon House Murders
9. The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
13. Reread a favorite - The Birthmark

14. Author who shares your initials - The Lost Baroness: A Regency Romance
17. A book with a colour in the title - Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense
20. A book by an Eastern European author - The White Guard
21. A Victorian work with chronic illness/disability rep - A Christmas Carol: What if Scrooge were a woman?
22. A food-related memoir - Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting-Pot Cuisine
23. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author - Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman
25. Read a book with snow on the cover - The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep

28. A biography or book about history - Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke
32. A middle grade book set in Asia or featuring an Asian main character - Greenglass House
38. (4, 23) A book with gods or godlike characters, or themes of religions, cults, or mythology - Black Candle Women
40. (22) A book featuring a Korean diaspora character - Daybreak on Raven Island
43. (28) A nonfiction book related to the word "secret" - Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
45. A book you've been wanting to re-read - The Mysterious Affair at Styles

47. Read a slasher - The Writing Retreat
50. (38) A book recommended to you by someone with a viewpoint different from yours - Verity
53. Read a book by an author with the same first name as one of your grandparents. - Where Billy Died
54. Free Space! Pick any book. - Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

68. A book with a title starting with the letter R - Remarkably Bright Creatures
69. A book from the Sir Julius Vogel Award long-list from any year - The Impossible Resurrection of Grief
74. (25) A nonfiction book related to the word "element" - Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors
77. Read any book from the Men's Health most popular book list - Lord of the Flies

91. Read a book that a movie/show you've watched is based on but have yet to read - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
92. Free Space! Pick any book. - Big Trouble in Little Rodentia
94. A middle grade book older than you - The Light Princess

111. (5, 9) A book featuring a parallel reality - The Ballad of Perilous Graves

124. A second-person narrative - In the Dream House
125. A Victorian work with a Bildungsroman - David Copperfield
131. (45) A book by a Grand Master - Babel-17
132. A 5-star prediction - Network Effect

139. A book longer than 700 pages - The Way We Live Now
146. Read the second book in a trilogy - Herland
147. Bottom of your to-read list - Monday's Not Coming

156. (132) A Bookoplathon Chance card book - A Gentleman in Moscow
166. A book in French or Italian - Violet (Purple) (Ma couleur préférée (My Favorite Color))

[Cheryl]

Hurrah! I literally did a fist pump when the notification popped up in my email that you had posted this! I get the impression that you might be a little frustrated with yourself for having so many of the same prompts each year. If it helps at all, this is the one reading challenge goal I manage to achieve every year and I find it incredibly helpful. I have actually cut down (a little) the size of Mt. TBR by trying to use the books I already have to satisfy the prompts. Can't wait to get started on planning for 2023!

Penitent Prioritization

** The oldest ARC you own
** A LitRPG book
** A family member's favorite book
* A food book about a cuisine you've never tried before
* An edition of a literary magazine
* A book from the 2019 Reading Women Award shortlists and honorable mentions
* Read a Victorian (1837-1901) diary or collection of letters
- An indigenous literature award nominee, such as the AIYLA, Burt, Indigenous Voices Awards, Nga Kupu Ora, etc.
- A book from the Sir Julius Vogel Award long-list from any year
- Book becoming a movie in 2021
- Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author
- Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color
- Read a food memoir by an author of color
- Read a book from the neighborhood library box -- DONE -- March: Book 3 by John Lewis
- A book by a Slovak author
- A book with a spine you love
- A Bookoplathon Chance card book
- A Victorian sensation novel

Lost Levels

*2021: Level 3*
- Read a book by an author with the same first name as one of your grandparents. -- DONE -- A Single Rose by Muriel Barbery
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 3
- A book that you intended to read on last year's challenge
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 4
- Read a book that a movie/show you've watched is based on but have yet to read
- Read any book from the Men's Health most popular book list
- Free Space! Pick any book.
Level 5
- Read a book by Georges Simenon -- DONE -- Omnibus 3: Maigret Has Doubts, The Old Man, and Maigret and the Minister
- Read a banned book from the specified ALA list
- Read a book that Linz read previously
- Free Space! Pick any book.

The Usual Fails

- A book by an Eastern European author -- DONE -- The Cat King of Havana
- A "Sense of Gender Award" winner, or a similar award such as the Otherwise Award (adjust as needed for age appropriateness and accessibility)
- A book featuring a parallel reality
- Read a biography of an author you admire
- Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
- Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
- Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
- Read a "Best ____ Writing of the year" book for a topic and year of your choice
- Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
- Book becoming movie in 2022
- Bottom of your to-read list
- Author who shares your initials
- Reread a favorite
- A second-person narrative
- A book picked based on its spine
- Jane Austen-inspired
- Read the second book in a trilogy -- DONE -- The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
- Read the third book in a trilogy -- DONE -- The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
- A food-related memoir -- DONE -- A Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena diBlasi
- Read a book with snow on the cover -- DONE -- Last Christmas in Paris
- Read a book that gives you thrills and chills
- A middle grade book set in Asia or featuring an Asian main character
- A middle grade book older than you -- DONE -- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- A middle grade book with an orphan main character
- A book translated from Korean -- DONE -- Tales of Korea by Im Bang, Yi Ryuk, and translated by James Scarth Gale
- A historical fiction novel featuring Korea
- A book featuring a Korean diaspora character
- An award-winning Korean novel
- A biography or book about history -- DONE -- March: Book One by John Lewis
- A book you've been wanting to re-read
- A graphic novel -- DONE -- March: Book Two by John Lewis
- A book longer than 700 pages
- A book with the number 7 in the title or subtitle
- A book recommended to you by someone with a viewpoint different from yours
- A book you read as a child
- A 5-star prediction -- DONE -- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
- A book with a scripted font for the title
- Read a book that represents chaos to you -- DONE - Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Read a slasher
- A book in French or Italian
- A book with a title starting with the letter R
- A book by a Grand Master -- DONE - Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. LeGuin
- A nonfiction book related to the word "element" -- DONE -- When Breath Becomes Air
- A nonfiction book related to the word "border" -- DONE -- Terra Incognita
- A nonfiction book related to the word "secret" -- DONE-- Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, by Dani Shapiro
- A Victorian work with a Bildungsroman
- A Victorian work with chronic illness/disability rep
- A book with gods or godlike characters, or themes of religions, cults, or mythology -- DONE -- Children of God, by Mary Doria Russell
- A book with a colour in the title -- DONE -- White Fragility
- A book with spooky vibes
- Scroll through a social media feed and read the first book you own or have access to

Specific Titles

- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
- The Brave by James Bird
- The Blood Countess by Elizabeth Bathory
- The Sundial by Shirley Jackson
- Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
- Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
- Pony by R.J. Palacio
- A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
- Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen
- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

[Stina]

Stina wrote: "Here is the entire list! If I counted correctly, this is 74 prompts (including the 4 "free" reads) and 11 specific titles. I ..."

Nope! Wrong! I found six prompts and one title I missed:
- A Victorian work with a Bildungsroman
- A Victorian work with chronic illness/disability rep
- A book with gods or godlike characters, or themes of religions, cults, or mythology
- A book with a colour in the title
- A book with spooky vibes
- Scroll through a social media feed and read the first book you own or have access to

- The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

So, 80 prompts and 12 titles. I could take the "parallel reality" prompt off, since I've realized Piranesi counted for that last year, but I've already read one book this year that fills it, so I won't bother. Anyway, do with this information whatever you like. (I'll be updating the lists wherever they appear.)

[Cheryl]

Interesting additions! For instance, I am tempted to take you up on The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy -- but I might count it as Reread a favorite because this was one of my favorites of all the books I read in college.

[Mary]

So, embarassingly, I'm only now making any kind of start. Here's my progress:
- A nonfiction book related to the word "border": "Beyond the Wall" by Katja Hoyer. It is a book about how East Germany came to be, and then followed the development of the country until its demise. It could conceivably also count as a book by an East European author as Hoyer was born in East Germany, but was just four when the wall fell.
- A book featuring a parallel reality: "Once Upon a River" by Diane Setterfield. The author begins by saying it is an alternative reality. She also quite charming at the end of the book tells the reader it is time they returned to their own.
- A book with a scripted font for the title: "The Thursday Murder Club" by Ricard Osman
- A book by an Eastern European author "Atoms and Ashes" by Serhii Plokhy. It could also be counted towards a book about history and a book relating to "secret". It is about six major nuclear accidents, and save Fukushima, there was quite an attempt to keep a lot of secrets about each of these accidents. The Kyshtym accident in the Soviet Union was successfully kept a secret for 30 years!
- A 5-star prediction "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel This was praised by several people in a group I'm in, so I decided to read it. I expected it to be great, since so many people enjoyed it. I hadn't read anything by Harmel before, but it seems she's written several best sellers. This novel is set in WWII France and is about the forgers who helped many escape the Nazis, although there are a couple of chapters set in 2005.

[Stina]

Well, the Goodreads PTBs have seen fit to delete all but a handful of the threads I posted for individual prompts. They've been deleting a bunch of stuff randomly in other groups, too. Or maybe their servers are just that unstable. Anyway, I am not going to re-post all those threads at this point. If you have any questions about prompts, we can discuss them here.

[Mary]

Stina wrote: "Well, the Goodreads PTBs have seen fit to delete all but a handful of the threads I posted for individual prompts. They've been deleting a bunch of stuff randomly in other groups, too. Or maybe the..."

That's so weird!