Ellen's 2024 ATY Challenge

[Ellen]

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✔ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - Catherine, Called Birdy - Karen Cushman
✔ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto
✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
✔ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong - Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World - Benjamin Alire Saenz
✔ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - 13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson

✔ 6. A book with wings on the cover - The Ardent Swarm - Yamen Manai
✔ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title - If I Stay - Gayle Forman
✔ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand - Things We Do in the Dark - Jennifer Hillier
✔ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads - Chicken in the Kitchen - Nnedi Okorafor

✔ 10. A history or historical fiction book - Lady Cop Makes Trouble - Amy Stewart
✔ 11. A book with an X connection - The Shadow Box - Luanne Rice
✔ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - Red Leaves - Thomas H. Cook
✔ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list - To All the Boys I've Loved Before - Jenny Han

✔ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Off the Grid - C. J. Box
✔ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - The Scent of Rain and Lightning - Nancy Pickard
✔ 17. A book involving intelligence - The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie

✔ 18. A book with a botanical cover - An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
✔ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
✔ 20. A book with a single word title - The Agathas - Kathleen Glasgow
✔ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - In My Dreams I Hold a Knife - Ashley Winstead
✔ 22. A book by an author from an African country - Desmond and the Very Mean Word - Desmond Tutu

✔ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - The Cuban Heiress - Chanel Cleeton
✔ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) - The Seventh Wish - Kate Messner
✔ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - And Only to Deceive - Tasha Alexander
✔ 26. A book by an author known by their initials - Drowning - T.J. Newman

✔ 27. A book related to land - Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail - Ben Montgomery
✔ 28. A book related to sea - Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton
✔ 29. A book related to air - The Dog Stars - Peter Heller
✔ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - Death Comes as the End - Agatha Christie
✔ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” - Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

✔ 32. A book with a number in the title - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened - Allie Brosh
✔ 33. A book involving travel - Paper Towns - John Green
✔ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs - Not a Happy Family - Shari Lapena
✔ 35. A science or science fiction book - Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories - Kelly Link

✔ 36. A book featuring a character in education - Dear Martin - Nic Stone
✔ 37. A book that is part of a series - A Curious Beginning - Deanna Raybourn
✔ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 - Tucker Peak - Archer Mayor
✔ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 - The Sniper's Wife - Archer Mayor

✔ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation - Lynne Truss
✔ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter - John Douglas
✔ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo
✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author - And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
✔ 44. A book with a touch of magic - The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young

✔ 45. A book that is not a novel - A Streetcar Named Desire - Tennessee Williams
✔ 46. A book related to night - A Night to Remember - Lord
✔ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
✔ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - Finlay Donovan Is Killing It - Elle Cosimano

✔ 49. A book with a senior citizen character - An Unnecessary Woman - Rabih Alameddine
✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Kawaguchi
✔ 51. A book published in 2024 - The Burning - Linda Castillo
✔ 52. A cozy mystery - The Mystery Guest - Nita Prose