16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

This year is ATY's 10th anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than to throw it back to our very first reading list?

The 2016 List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this prompt, and how does it fit?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

The 2016 List
1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
2. A book set in a different continent
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
6. The highest rated on your TBR
7. A book about books
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
12. A childhood classic
13. Reader’s Choice
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
17. A book with a beautiful cover
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
19. A non-fiction book
20. A book with a first name in the title
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
22. The first book in a new to you series
23. The next book in a series you are reading
24. A ""between the numbers"" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
26. A book everyone is talking about
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
31. A work of young adult fiction
32. A historical fiction book
33. The 16th book on your TBR
34. A book about mental illness
35. An award winning book
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
38. A book about an anti hero
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
40. A novella from your favorite genre
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
42. A top 100 fantasy novel
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
46. A crime story
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
48. A dystopia
49. A book with a great opening line
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
51. A short story from a well-known author
52. A book published in 2016

[Amy]

I'll go with Never Let Me Go under 37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read. I've had that book in my ebook library for years!

[dalex]

I am using "35. An award winning book." Because it is so difficult to get an award prompt voted in, this is a good opportunity to have one on my list for the year. I like that it doesn't name a specific award or have any qualifiers so it's open enough to be flexible.

[NancyJ]

I might use this prompt to pick a book related to 2015-2016, which was a time of major change in my life (good and bad), and in the world.

45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have - I had several new focus areas for hobbies and research - a new course on change, new house, new caregiving role, exercise, and a love for logic puzzles. (Plus a TBI that later led to a passion for books on memory and neuroscience).

41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction) -Middle East, migrant crisis in Europe. I really liked What Strange Paradise.

1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't.
I might still have the list from the book club in my old neighborhood, or a change management case study .

3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated) - I wasn’t active in Goodreads then, so I might find something new to me.

4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015 -

[Dixie]

I couldn't resist choosing 14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) because in my TBR list I have them all:
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
The Time Team Guide to What Happened When
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Professor Everywhere

[Pam]

I am thinking about going with 37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read. I don't think I've seen this prompt before and there are several books I'm interested in: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany's, A Most Wanted Man, Emma, Planet of the Apes, Starship Troopers, Never Let Me Go, Let the Right One In... I'm sure there are a few more!

I would like to select a prompt that isn't too similar to one we already have or that's super easy.

[Charlsa]

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano has been sitting on to be read book shelves for a few years. It fits several of the prompts from 2016. It's time to dust it off and get it read.

[Denise]

I'm either doing a movie I haven't read, or the 16th book on my TBR.

[Nadine in NY]

I'm working up a whole long list of books in my plan that I could read for this one, but I know the reality is that I'm going to read some random book for some other reason, and not be able to find a AtY category for it, and just slot it here under #13 "Reader's Choice"

[Dubhease]

I'm doing A book about books and reading a Thursday Next book.

[NancyJ]

Charlsa wrote: "Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano has been sitting on to be read book shelves for a few years. It fits several of the prompts from 2016. It's time to dust it off and..."

It’s only a 2023 book! Lol. But, I’ve been thinking the same thing about The Maniac. I started planning for it a year ago, but in my head it’s been longer. This planning process has me thinking it’s 2025 already.

[Charlsa]

NancyJ wrote: "Charlsa wrote: "Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano has been sitting on to be read book shelves for a few years. It fits several of the prompts from 2016. It's time to..."

HaHa! Nancy, it feels like it has been there for 2-3 years. Maybe I should use it for the prompt to read "a haunting book" because that is what it is doing to me!

[Ellie]

I'll probably go for next book in a series, as it can be annoying if I just want to read the next book but it doesn't fit any remaining prompts.

[LeahS]

I wanted two books published in 2016, so I'm going for the very exciting #19: a non-fiction book, for The Good Immigrant and also #34: a book about mental illness, for which I am reading The Portable Veblen.

[Kathy]

I'm going for one of these:
A book about books

A childhood classic

A historical fiction book

[Joanna G]

I love "a book with a great opening line". It was always what I used for Popsugar's 'favorite prompt from a previous year prompt". I just wait until I read something that qualifies (this year, it would have been Margo's Got Money Troubles).

That said, if I end up not finding something, next book in a series / first in a new to me series are two that I will have no trouble at all finishing.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I'm kind of leaning towards "published in 2016", which feels fully in the spirit of the main prompt. I don't know that I have any books from 2016 on my TBR at the moment, but the Tournament of Books longlist for that year has a few that caught my eye.

[Marie]

I made a list of my favourite prompts, then at the last minute decided to be contrary and went with what would've been my least favourite at the time - A book published in 2016.

I like how the passage of time has changed the prompt for me, and trying to figure out what's been out that long that I haven't read, but still want to. I've chosen The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North, I can't believe it's been lingering on my TBR for that long.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I'm probably also going to go with a book published in 2016; I have a fair few on my TBR to pick from.

[Isabel]

I may go for #1: A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't.
I checked my TBR shelf and there are still 38 books on there that I've added in 2014/2015, yikes! I figure this is a good excuse to either read them or boot them off of the TBR for good.

[Joy D]

For this prompt, I read a book that fits 48. A dystopia:
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky - 4* - My Review

[Marie (UK)]

Prompt 8 fo 2016 list a classic book under 200 pages

Wide Sargasso Sea

I thought it was truly awful I cannot imagine school children wading through this

[Jillian]

The 2016 list is the only ATY yearly challenge I've never done. I've decided to complete it as a side challenge (not expecting to finish it this year).

I was wondering does anyone have any ideas/remember where they came up with what counted as the "top 100" were they specific lists.

16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
42. A top 100 fantasy novel

Edit: I found the answer in the archives https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

There is a suggested list for each prompt or you pick your own “top 100 list”

[Denise]

Marie (UK) wrote: "Prompt 8 fo 2016 list a classic book under 200 pages

Wide Sargasso Sea

I thought it was truly awful I cannot imagine school children wading through this"

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't really like it. I read it last year and given the hype and reviews...I finished it and was like "Did I miss something?" Truly despicable people

[Evelyn]

What are you reading for this prompt, and how does it fit?

I read The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion which fits prompt : A non-fiction book.

[Kathy]

I read the book Held by Anne Michaels. It fits "historical fiction."

[Sherri]

I read The Plot. # 7 A book about books.

[Misty]

Denise wrote: "I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't really like it. I read it last year and given the hype and reviews...I finished it and was like "Did I miss something?"

I didn't care for it much either. I read it for a book club selection, and I was in the minority. Glad to know others did not like it either!

[Misty]

I am going with 2. A book set in a different continent - I am planning on reading Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan. It is set on the Eurasian continent in China and Burma (Myanmar).

[LeahS]

I read two books published in 2016 for this:

The Good Immigrant and Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir. They have the connection of people being or feeling outsiders- the author of the second book is autistic. They would both fit #19, non-fiction, but that seemed a bit unoriginal, so I used #35, a book which has won a prize (Book In Your Bag Readers' Choice Award 2016) for the first book and #28, biography/autobiography/memoir for the second.

I would recommend The Good Immigrant; it was a wide-ranging collection of thought-provoking essays. The second book was intensely written, with some wonderful descriptions of nature, but also some surprisingly brutal scenes.

[Severina]

I read Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell for the prompt "non fiction book"

[Rora]

I read Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir for prompt 28: memoir

[Tracy]

I wasn't sure how I was going to go about picking which prompt to use. I figured it would be a book that I really wanted to read (it turned out to be), but I thought it would be something I read near the end of the year. And I thought it was likely a book that would have fit in one of the other 51 prompts, but that spot had already been taken. Well sort of. It would have been for a prompt that I had not filled yet, but for which I had several other books I wanted to read to fill it.

So, I ended up choosing 49. A book with a great opening line, for the book The Man Who Saw Seconds by Alexander Boldizar.

The interesting/great opening line is: “You need to think like a monster,” Fish said as he and Preble walked out of the Flea House.

[J]

Laura wrote: "This group actually originated as the 2015 Reading Challenge, following the Popsugar Challenge. Then, as a group, we decided to come up with our own challenge in the spirit of Popsugar."

Now it all makes sense. I've seen everybody talking about 2016 being the first year, but I joined the group in May 2015.

[Robin H-R]

I read:
Bitter Passage by Colin Mills

Fits 2016 prompt #32. A historical fiction book

REJECT: A book set in an isolated, unpopulated, or very rural locale

Finished: 03/15/2025
Rating: 4 stars

From Goodreads:
"A nineteenth-century Arctic expedition descends into a chilling nightmare in a gripping and epic historical novel of discovery, rescue, deliverance, and survival by any means."

This book fills several prompts on this year's list...

[Denise]

I read Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby

nonfiction

[Phil]

I used prompt 15 from the 2016 list "Book set in the past" to read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Read March 28th; 3*)

[Barbara]

I used prompt 21 from the 2016 list: A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page. I read 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.

[Anne]

I am reading Drama Comes to Prior's Ford. It is by Evelyn Hood who is writing under the name of Eve Houston for this book. It fits prompt 29. An author who writes under more than one name.

[Samantha]

I decided to use 13. Reader’s Choice. I wanted to read Parents Weekend and was trying to find a way to fit into the challenge and this was the easiest way to do that.

Like most of Alex Finley's book it was a good time but not that unique or memorable.