Completed Izesicle's 2025 ATY Reading Challenge

[Ann]

Year 9!

Listopia here.

✅1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y
Grumpy Alien Santa - alien, abs

✅2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting - about money or a lack of money

✅3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
Doe! - a deer, a female deer
Ray! - a drop of golden sun
Me! - a name I call myself
✅Far! - a long long way to run - The Sleeping Car Porter - set in a train traveling for days in Canada, delayed by a mudslide
So! - a needle pulling thread
La! - a note to follow SO
Tea - a drink with jam and bread

✅4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
The Lightning Thief - going to underworld

✅5. A book with a weird or intriguing title
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure

✅6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover


✅7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories by Mary Higgins Clark

✅8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer - poetry

✅9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

✅10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns
The Crucible

✅11. A book set in a fictional location
The Lady's Champion - Blackmere

✅12. A book by an Irish author
The Wish List

✅13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
What Feasts at Night - a soldier, ka's batman, ka's scientist friend, ka's cook

✅14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

✅15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception
Confessions of a Shy Baker, Volume 1 closeted MMC

✅16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list here
Mr. Popper's Penguins - . A childhood classic

✅17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925
The Mapmaker's Apprentice - set in Victorian era England 1837 to 1901

✅18. A book set primarily in nature
The Enormous Crocodile

✅19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape


✅20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title
The Secret of the Unicorn

✅21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
The Scourge Between Stars - scourge

✅22. A translated novel from Asia
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job - Japan

✅23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
Big Baker - FMC is a graffiti artist

✅24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
Blood on Snow - lead is an assassin

✅25. A book with waves on the cover
Piranesi

✅26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name
Mistlehoe: A Christmas And Holiday Ex-Boyfriend’s Father Contemporary Romance Novella by Tori Woods

✅27. A book set in the winter
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

✅28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World - focused, distracted

✅29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
The Running Grave - running grave

✅30. A monster book
The Dead Town has undead characters, including a giant creature

✅31. A book with a coastal setting
The Spy Coast

✅32. A mystery or true crime book
The Boy in the Suitcase - crime mystery

✅33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
Into the Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah

✅34. A book title that could be a country song
The Cat in the Hat

✅35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
Becoming - 2018

✅36. A book with a common household object on the cover
Boy A - newspaper

✅37. A book featuring adult friendships
The Spare Room

✅38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
Cloud Cuckoo Land

✅39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

✅40. A book you'd consider a comfort read
The Mystery of the Strange Messages

✅41. A book that involves digging up the past
Kapaemahu - digging up sacred stones, preserving oral history

✅42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
One Hundred Years of Solitude

✅43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
Queen Sized

✅44. A haunting book
The Folcroft Ghosts

✅45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney - published for 17 years and counting

✅46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
Great Spirit Moon / Wolf Moon
Sucker Moon / Snow Moon
Crusted Snow Moon / Worm Moon
Sugaring Moon / Pink Moon
Flower Moon / Milk Moon / Mother's Moon
Strawberry Moon / Planting Moon / Mead Moon
Halfway Through Summer Moon / Buck Moon
Blueberry Moon / Sturgeon Moon / Dispute Moon
Ricing Moon / Harvest Moon
Bright Leaves Moon / Hunter Moon
Icing Over Moon / Beaver Moon / Mourning Moon
Little Spirit Moon / Cold Moon/Oak Moonflag
Jonny Appleseed - lead is 2 Spirit
Moon of the Crusted Snow

✅47. A book relating to fire
Lean Mean Thirteen - crimes are committed with a flamethrower

✅48. A book with a character dealing with death
Gathering Blue - lead's mom recently died

✅49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
Parable of the Sower - 2025 dystopia

✅50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
The Poet X

✅51. A book published in 2025
Onyx Storm

✅52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
The Wind Knows My Name

The Anniversary List Prompts
✅2016: A book originally written in a language other than English
El murciélago / The Bat by Jo Nesbo

✅2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E"
Socks

✅2018: An author's debut book
Luster

✅2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
Altered Carbon

✅2020: A book with an emotion in the title
A Certain Hunger

✅2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Quebec - Still Life

✅2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future by Indra Nooyi

✅2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Dangerous Kiss by Jackie Collins

✅2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
Turtles All the Way Down

✅2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Hunting Fear - found family in the carnival; group of coworker cops and psychic agents