Em's 2024 ATY Reading Plan

[Emily]

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott

2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
System Collapse by Martha Wells

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo

4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

6. A book with wings on the cover
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

7. A book with a pronoun in the title
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
After Story by Larissa Behrendt

9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
Ten Feet Tall and Not Quite Bulletproof by Cameron Hardiman

10. A history or historical fiction book
The Porcelain Moon by Janie Chang

11. A book with an X connection
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore

13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Firewatching by Russ Thomas

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Colour
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
Americanah by Chimamanada Ngozi Adichie

16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

17. A book involving intelligence
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

18. A book with a botanical cover
Go as a River by Shelley Read

19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavours of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

20. A book with a single word title
Weyward by Emilia Hart

21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

22. A book by an author from an African country
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

24. A book with a secondary colour on the cover (orange, green or purple)
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

26. A book by an author known by their initials
Babel by R. F. Kuang

27. A book related to land
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder

28. A book related to sea
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

29. A book related to air
Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan

30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

32. A book with a number in the title
One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus

33. A book involving travel
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

35. A science or science fiction book
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

36. A book featuring a character in education
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

37. A book that is part of a series
Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger

42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

44. A book with a touch of magic
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

45. A book that is not a novel
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard C. Schwartz

46. A book related to night
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
The Overstory by Richard Powers

48. A second book that fits your favourite prompt
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn

49. A book with a senior citizen character
The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
Educated by Tara Westover

51. A book published in 2024
Dusk by Robbie Arnott

52. A cosy mystery
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman