■■■■■ Ruth's ATY Challenge 2025 ■■■■■

[Ruth]

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2025 ATY READING CHALLENGE

1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y.
Wuthering Heights
2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list. A play, screenplay, or poetry book.
The Canterbury Tales
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song.
A Spool of Blue Thread
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld.
Notes from the Underground *READ* ✔️✅️
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas *READ* 25.05.2025 ✔️ ✅️
6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover.
The Essex Serpent
7. A book by an author that uses 3 names.
Anne's House of Dreams
8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings.
Antarctica *READ* 27.01.2025 ✔️✅️
9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year.
Demon Copperhead
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns.
The Curses
11. A book set in a fictional location.
Lud-in-the-Mist
12. A book by an Irish author.
The Forester's Daughter *READ* 06.03.2025 ✔️ ✅️
13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family.
The Enchanted April *READ* 30.04.2025 ✔️ ✅️
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman.
Cress *READ* 13.01.2025 ✔️✅️
15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception.
Atonement
16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list.
A Furious Devotion: The Authorised Story of Shane MacGowan *READ * 12.07.2025 ✔️ ✅️
17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925.
Wolf Hall
18. A book set primarily in nature.
The Wildlife Year: How to Reconnect with Nature Through the Seasons
19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape.
The Grass is Always Greener *READ* 23.02.2025 ✔️ ✅️
20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title.
The Marquise and Her Cat
21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
22. A translated novel from Asia.
Tales from the Café
23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting.
Utopia Avenue
24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal.
The Autograph Man
25. A book with waves on the cover.
The Waves
26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name.
Joyland
27. A book set in the winter.
The Snow Child
28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1:
Great Expectations
29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2:
Little Birds *READ* 22.02.2025 ✔️✅️
30. A monster book.
The Sound And The Fury *READ* 07.05.2025 ✔️✅️
31. A book with a coastal setting.
Don’t Forget to Write *READ* 18.06.2025 ✔️ ✅️
32. A mystery or true crime book.
The Big Sleep *READ* 15.06.2025 ✔️✅️
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time.
Books v. Cigarettes *READ* 21.02.2025 ✔️✅️
34. A book title that could be a country song.
All the Pretty Horses
35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists.
Foster *READ* 02.03.2025 ✔️ ✅️
36. A book with a common household object on the cover.
Blue Diary
37. A book featuring adult friendships.
The Iliad
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1:
George Orwell connection - 1984
39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2:
George Orwell connection - Homage To Catalonia *READ* 20.05.2025 ✔️ ✅️
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read.
Women Living Deliciously
41. A book that involves digging up the past.
The Bone Garden *READ* 31.03.2025 ✔️ ✅️
42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate.
Rebecca
43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters.
The Muse
44. A haunting book.
Coraline
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years.
A Demon In My View
46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names. December's Moon - Cold Moon.
Cold Comfort Farm
47. A book relating to fire.
Small Things Like These
48. A book with a character dealing with death.
Grief is the Thing with Feathers *READ* 27.04.2025 ✔️✅️
49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
51. A book published in 2025.
Voice Like a Hyacinth
52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover.
The Poisonwood Bible

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