Verity's 2025 ATY Challenge

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Read 52/52 as at 4 October 2025

2025 Challenge

✅1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y
A Novel Murder (table)
✅2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
On the Calculation of Volume I - a book with yellow on the cover
✅3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
The Missing Thread: A Women's History of the Ancient World
✅4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
Queens of the Underworld: A Journey into the Lives of Female Crooks
✅5. A book with a weird or intriguing title
The CIA Book Club: The Best Kept Secret of the Cold War

✅6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover
Warriors, Witches, Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females
✅7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✅8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club
✅9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
Case Study

✅10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns
Mere
✅11. A book set in a fictional location
Beautiful Ugly
✅12. A book by an Irish author
Fair Play
✅13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
The Best of Intentions: A 'fond and funny' story of friendship, community and staying true to yourself.
✅14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
Death of the Author

✅15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception
Carnival of Lies
✅16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
The Blood Card (published in 2016)
✅17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925
My Name Is Emilia del Valle
✅18. A book set primarily in nature
Helm

✅19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape
The Edinburgh Murders: A dark tour-de-force by bestselling historical crime fiction queen
✅20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title
Lobster: and other things I’m learning to love
✅21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
The Colony
✅22. A translated novel from Asia
Hunchback

✅23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
A Trial in Three Acts
✅24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
No Friend To This House
✅25. A book with waves on the cover
The Mermaid of Black Conch
✅26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name
Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
✅27. A book set in the winter
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife

✅28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
The Bad Seeds
✅29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
The Good Liar: A chilling and compelling new novel about the lengths we’re willing to go for family
✅30. A monster book
Impossible Monsters: How the Discovery of Dinosaurs Changed the World
✅31. A book with a coastal setting
Murder at Gulls Nest: A Novel

✅32. A mystery or true crime book
You Are Fatally Invited
✅33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
False Value
✅34. A book title that could be a country song
After You'd Gone
✅35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
The God of the Woods

✅36. A book with a common household object on the cover
A Deadly Inheritance
✅37. A book featuring adult friendships
The Impossible Fortune
✅38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
The Impossible Thing - fiction book about eggs
✅39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2
Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth - nonfiction book about eggs
✅40. A book you'd consider a comfort read
A Murder for Miss Hortense

✅41. A book that involves digging up the past
The Lollipop Man
✅42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
Albion
✅43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
The Sirens
✅44. A haunting book
The Corn Bride

✅45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
Three Days in June
✅46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
Cold Kitchen: A Year of Culinary Travels
✅47. A book relating to fire
Mountains of Fire: The Secret Lives of Volcanoes
✅48. A book with a character dealing with death
Not to Be Taken

✅49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
The Man Who Died Seven Times
✅50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
✅51. A book published in 2025
The Art of a Lie
✅52. A book with sunset vibes on the cover
The Sunshine Man

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