Rachael's 2025 ATY Challenge (Tenative) Plan

[Rachael]

Hi everyone! My name is Rachael and this is my first time officially doing the Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge. I'm looking forward to a great year of reading and I'm sharing my tentative plans for 2025 ATY.

Regular Prompts
1. We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon
2. either Funny Story or Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
3. Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
4. A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall
5. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin
6. Never Whistle at Night: A Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
7. Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
8. Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights edited by Ashley Hope Pérez
9. How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica
10. one of the books from the Sister Holiday Mystery series
11. Lost & Lassoed by Lyla Sage
12. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
13. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
14. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
15. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
16. Lobizona by Romina Garber
17. James by Percival Everett
18. How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
19. Love at Full Tilt by Jenny L. Howe
20. We Could Be Rats by Emily R. Austin
21. Immortal Dark by Tigest Garma
22. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
23. Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly
24. Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
25. The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon
26. Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues
27. The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
28. The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn
29. The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
30. Sunsets & Other Dangerous Things by Dani Frank
31. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hildebrand
32. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jessie Q. Sutano
33. Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
34. One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller
35. Land of Milk & Honey by C. Pam Zhang
36. The Break-Up Book Club by Wendy Wax
37. The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
38. The Anti-Heroes by Jen Lancaster
39. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
40. A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
41. Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline
42. Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
43. Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
44. The Favorites by Layne Fargo
45. A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J. Maas
46. Homegrown Magic by Rebecca Podos & Jamie Pacton
47. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
48. Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors
49. Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee
50. True Biz by Sara Nović
51. I Think They Love You by Julian Winters
52. All Fours by Miranda July


Anniversary List Prompts
1. Beasts by Ingvild Bejerkeland
2. If Only You by Chloe Liese
3. The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D'Amato
4. Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan
5. A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner
6. The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildebrand
7. The Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County by Claire Swinarski
8. Only and Forever by Chloe Liese
9. To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang
10. All's Well by Mona Awad

[Rachael]

2025 ATY Reading Tracker (updated 7/22/25)
Progress: 38/62

Regular Prompts
1. Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know (completed 1/2)
2. The Sweetness Between Us (completed 1/4)
3. Way Off Track (completed 2/15)
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5. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead (completed 2/15)
6. The River Has Roots (completed 7/29)
7. What Happens in Amsterdam (completed 5/5)
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9. How We Named the Stars (completed 2/27)
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13. The Thursday Murder Club (completed 3/11)
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15. First Lie Wins (completed 1/14)
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17. James (completed 4/8)
18. How the Penguins Saved Veronica (completed 5/26)
19. Love at Full Tilt (completed 7/22)
20. We Could Be Rats (completed 2/27)
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22. Okchundang Candy (completed 1/10)
23. Sing Anyway (completed 3/15)
24. Make Sure You Die Screaming (completed 3/31)
25. So Let Them Burn (completed 6/5)
26. Swift and Saddled (completed 3/18)
27. The Frozen River (completed 7/7)
28. The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King (completed 5/17)
29. Lucky Day (completed 8/21)
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31. The Wedding People (completed 8/18)
32. Kill Creatures (completed 6/27)
33. Late Bloomer (completed 6/26)
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36. Teacher of the Year (completed 3/6)
37. Summer Sons (completed 6/17)
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40. Napkins and Other Distractions (completed 4/16)
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42. A Fae in Finance (completed 8/5)
43. Evil-ish (completed 1/24)
44. We Can Never Leave (completed 8/7)
45. Playing Hard to Get (completed 5/17)
46. Tourist Trap (completed 7/4)
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48. Bad Nature (completed 3/28)
49. The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy (completed 7/19)
50. True Biz (completed 5/6)
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Anniversary List Prompts
1. A Magical Girl Retires (completed 6/6)
2. If Only You (completed 6/6)
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9. Collide (completed 5/10)
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