****Donna’s First Ever ATY Reading Plan****

[Donna]

ATY Challenge
0/52

These are my planned books and all but 5 are books that I own either on my physical shelves or in digital form. Trying to pare down that monster tbr.

✔️ 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y airplane Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead 3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that didn’t make the list historical figure - Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Founding an Empire by Matthew Lewis 4/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor 1/31 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 5. A book with a weird or intriguing title Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo 10/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 9/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. A book by an author that uses 3 names The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
✔️ 8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green 1/13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger 8/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women by Hetta Howes 1/18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 11. A book set in a fictional location Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 9/12 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 12. A book by an Irish author The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne 8/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O'Connor 6/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

✔️ 15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception Malice
by Keigo Higashino 5/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list All the Broken Places by John Boyne great opening line8/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925 The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbridge 4/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️18. A book set primarily in nature The Blue Cabin: Living by the Tides on Islandmore by Michael Faulkner 2/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape Mercury Pictures Presentsby Anthony Marra 5/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker 3/16 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt 1/8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 22. A translated novel from Asia The Vegetarian by Han Kang 5/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph Macchio 10/9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✔️24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal Stephen and Matilda's Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy by Matthew Lewis 3/21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
25. A book with waves on the cover Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
✔️ 26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name The Fourth Daughter by Lyn Liao Butler 10/24 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 27. A book set in the winter The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting 2/18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out
✔️29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2: A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao 5/27 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ in
✔️30. A monster book A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 8/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 31. A book with a coastal setting Isola by Allegra Goodman 3/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️32. A mystery or true crime book This House of Grief by Helen Garner10/19 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lamott 1/6 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✔️34. A book title that could be a country song The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon 6/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson5/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 36. A book with a common household object on the cover Cast Away: Poems for Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 37. A book featuring adult friendships Still Life by Sarah Winman9/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye 9/8 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2 A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall 9/13 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 40. A book you'd consider a comfort read The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️ 41. A book that involves digging up the past Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones 3/3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate Out of Africa 1/21 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters Malice by Keigo Higashino 5/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️44. A haunting book The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner 10/23 ⭐️⭐️
✔️ 45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 10/18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 2/15 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 47. A book relating to fire Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Barraclough 1/26 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 48. A book with a character dealing with death The Unquiet Bones by Melvin R. Starr 4/9 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔️49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines What the Wind [author:Andy WeirKnows|40407141] by Amy Harmon 3/18 ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✔️ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025 Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor 10/7 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 51. A book published in 2025 No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris 8/20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️ 52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover The Antidote by Karen Russell 10/30 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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[Donna]

Middle Ages
Fiction
✔️ The Unquiet Bones by Melvin R. Starr
✔️ The Coming of the Wolf by Elizabeth Chadwick 4/7


Nonfiction
✔️Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women by Hetta Howes 1/18
✔️Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough 1/27
✔️Powers and Thrones: A New History[author:Matthew Lewis of the Middle Ages|57347786] by Dan Jones
✔️House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker
✔️Stephen and Matilda's Civil War: Cousins of Anarchy by Matthew Lewis
✔️ Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Founding an Empire by Matthew Lewis

[Donna]

Series - ongoing

William Marshall by Elizabeth Chadwick
A Place Beyond Courage
The Greatest Knight
The Scarlet Lion
For the King's Favor
To Defy a King

Captain Damian Seeker by S. G. MacLean
The Seeker
The Black Friar
Destroying Angel
The Bear Pit

Plantagenets by Sharon Kay Penman
When Christ and His Saints Slept
Time and Chance
Devil's Brood
Lionheart
A King's Ransom

The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
✔️The Hangman's Daughter
The Dark Monk
The Beggar King
The Poisoned Pilgrim
The Werewolf of Bamberg
The Play of Death
The Council of Twelve

The Justin DeQuincy mystery series Sharon Kay Penman
✔️The Queen's Man
Cruel as the Grave
Dragon's Lair
Prince of Darkness

The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon series by Mel Starr
✔️The Unquiet Bones

The Wild Hunt Series
✔️The Coming of the Wolf by Elizabeth Chadwick 4/7