Hello, I just joined this group, so I’m a bit late to the game and have thus retro-actively applied what I’ve already read this year to the categories. Hopefully that’s okay.
I’ve decided to read (some are a reread) Anne Rice’s vampire chronicles this year and was on a general vampire binge, so there are a lot of vampire books on this list. I mostly gravitate towards horror/thrillers/supernatural stories, but am trying to expand my reading and force myself to read things out of my comfort zone every now and then. Feel free to make suggestions for prompts that I haven’t done yet.
2023 Prompt List Progress: 45/52
✅1. A book set in a location that starts with A, T, or Y. — Murder on the Orient Express (Yugoslavia) ✅2. An author you read in 2022 (I’m actually just getting back into reading and didn’t actually read anything last year, so I’m going to pick an author I’ve read before that, probably Anne Rice) The Witching Hour ✅3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list — Rebecca ✅4. A book with an interracial relationship - Bad Parts ✅5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover — New Moon
✅6. A book where books are important — Verity ✅7. A book with ONE of the five “W” questions words in it — What Moves the Dead ✅8. An author’s debut book — Shutter ✅9. A book nominated for an award starting with a “W” — The Vampire Lestat
✅10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls’ ‘personalities’ — Memory Man ✅11. A book about a person/character with a disability — The Sound and the Fury ✅12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies — Alice 13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - (planning on Sharp Objects)
✅14. A book with a con, deception, or fake — Shutter Island ✅15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century — The Vampire Armand (mostly Renaissance but spans several centuries) ✅16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century — Memnoch the Devil (90’s, but also goes back to biblical times at some point) ✅17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century — The Housemaid (present day)
✅18. A book related to science — Love, Theoretically ✅19. A book related to the arts - Shutter ✅20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel — The Ferryman ✅21. A book by an Asian diaspora author — How High We Go in the Dark ✅22. A book with a faceless person on the cover — Lasher
✅23. A book with a body of water in the title — Our Wives Under the Sea ✅24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy — Black Sunday (spy/soldier, kind of..) ✅25. A book with a tropical setting - Merrick ✅26. A book related to pride — Tale of the Body Thief
✅27. A book from an author from continental Europe Lolita ✅28. A book that is dark — Eclipse 29. A book that is light ✅30. A book related to a chess piece — The Queen of the Damned ✅31. A book that can be found by inputting a favorite author in literature map (Anne Rice) — Twilight
✅32. A book set in a UNESCO city of literature — Dracula(Stoker was born in Dublin) ✅33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 — Cari Mora ✅34. A novella — Carmilla 35. A book with a school subject in the title
36. A book that has been translated from another language (planning on Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ✅37. A book with the theme of returning home — Prodigal Son ✅38. A book with a sun, moon, or stars on the cover — The Sun Also Rises 39. A western
✅40. A book with a full name in the title — The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue ✅41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” list — Gideon the Ninth ✅42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter — Odd Thomas ✅43. A book that involves a murder — You ✅44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not entirely horizontal — Hidden Bodies
✅45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books — Carrie 46. A title that contains a word often found in recipes 47. A book that relates to a geometric shape ✅48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story — Taltos (giant babies count, right?)
✅49. A book posted on the ATY Best Book of The Month trends in 2022 or 2023 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ✅50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt — Gone Girl (con, deception, or fake) ✅51. A book published in 2023 — Such Pretty Flowers ✅52. A book with an unusual or surprising title — Interview with the Vampire
I’ve decided to read (some are a reread) Anne Rice’s vampire chronicles this year and was on a general vampire binge, so there are a lot of vampire books on this list. I mostly gravitate towards horror/thrillers/supernatural stories, but am trying to expand my reading and force myself to read things out of my comfort zone every now and then. Feel free to make suggestions for prompts that I haven’t done yet.
2023 Prompt List
Progress: 45/52
✅1. A book set in a location that starts with A, T, or Y. — Murder on the Orient Express (Yugoslavia)
✅2. An author you read in 2022 (I’m actually just getting back into reading and didn’t actually read anything last year, so I’m going to pick an author I’ve read before that, probably Anne Rice) The Witching Hour
✅3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list — Rebecca
✅4. A book with an interracial relationship - Bad Parts
✅5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover — New Moon
✅6. A book where books are important — Verity
✅7. A book with ONE of the five “W” questions words in it — What Moves the Dead
✅8. An author’s debut book — Shutter
✅9. A book nominated for an award starting with a “W” — The Vampire Lestat
✅10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls’ ‘personalities’ — Memory Man
✅11. A book about a person/character with a disability — The Sound and the Fury
✅12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies — Alice
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - (planning on Sharp Objects)
✅14. A book with a con, deception, or fake — Shutter Island
✅15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century — The Vampire Armand (mostly Renaissance but spans several centuries)
✅16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century — Memnoch the Devil (90’s, but also goes back to biblical times at some point)
✅17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century — The Housemaid (present day)
✅18. A book related to science — Love, Theoretically
✅19. A book related to the arts - Shutter
✅20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel — The Ferryman
✅21. A book by an Asian diaspora author — How High We Go in the Dark
✅22. A book with a faceless person on the cover — Lasher
✅23. A book with a body of water in the title — Our Wives Under the Sea
✅24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy — Black Sunday (spy/soldier, kind of..)
✅25. A book with a tropical setting - Merrick
✅26. A book related to pride — Tale of the Body Thief
✅27. A book from an author from continental Europe Lolita
✅28. A book that is dark — Eclipse
29. A book that is light
✅30. A book related to a chess piece — The Queen of the Damned
✅31. A book that can be found by inputting a favorite author in literature map (Anne Rice) — Twilight
✅32. A book set in a UNESCO city of literature — Dracula(Stoker was born in Dublin)
✅33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 — Cari Mora
✅34. A novella — Carmilla
35. A book with a school subject in the title
36. A book that has been translated from another language (planning on Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
✅37. A book with the theme of returning home — Prodigal Son
✅38. A book with a sun, moon, or stars on the cover — The Sun Also Rises
39. A western
✅40. A book with a full name in the title — The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
✅41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” list — Gideon the Ninth
✅42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter — Odd Thomas
✅43. A book that involves a murder — You
✅44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not entirely horizontal — Hidden Bodies
✅45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books — Carrie
46. A title that contains a word often found in recipes
47. A book that relates to a geometric shape
✅48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story — Taltos (giant babies count, right?)
✅49. A book posted on the ATY Best Book of The Month trends in 2022 or 2023 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✅50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt — Gone Girl (con, deception, or fake)
✅51. A book published in 2023 — Such Pretty Flowers
✅52. A book with an unusual or surprising title — Interview with the Vampire