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✔️1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y

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Suggestion:
A book related to a mirror

The world the action takes place in is behind a mirror
✔️3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
De pianiste

La, a note,
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✔️4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
De Flessentrekker

Set in caves of wine chateaus and in the underworld
✔️ 5. A book with a weird or intriguing title The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

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

396 p. Read: 24 january 2025
Set in long island
✔️7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
De erfenis

392 p. 23 january 2025
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
✔️8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
De Liefde, Natuurlijk

9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
✔️10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns
Strafkind

✔️11. A book set in a fictional location Het gefluister achter de deur

Cafe where people go to the other side
12. A book by an Irish author
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✔️14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
De ravenjongens

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In this book a lot of people are lied to, the mother is told her daughter is dead and vice versa
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De ongewone lezer

Fits the prompt from 2016 7. A book about books
✔️17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925
The House of Mirth

Written in 1905, contemporary novel so set before 1925
✔️18. A book set primarily in nature

✔️19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape
De huisgenoot

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The Crow Trap

Read 21 january 2025 crow is an animal
21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
✔️22. A translated novel from Asia
Voordat de koffie koud wordt

✔️23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
De val van Thomas G.

Father Thomas artist, painting, art ( in Paris) and literature
✔️24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
Een van ons liegt

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✔️27. A book set in the winter
Bezonken rood

28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
✔️30. A monster book
Onze Moeder was een Seriemoordenaar

✔️31. A book with a coastal setting Moord op de golflinks

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Daglicht

✔️33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
The Mysterious Affair at Styles

✔️34. A book title that could be a country song

35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists (babel)
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De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry

Small stepladder
✔️37. A book featuring adult friendships
Violeta

✔️38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
Het boek der deuren

39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2
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Zie mij

The MC is confronted with her past and digs through it acknowledging what happened to her friend
✔️ 42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate

Set in villa
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Read 15 january 2025 304 p.
Less than 10 letters
✔️44. A haunting book Project Hail Mary

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De Japanse minnaar

Isabel Allende started as annauthor in the ‘80 of the 20th century and is still writing books.
✔️46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
Blauwe maan

Blue moon is one of the traditional full moon names
47. A book relating to fire
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✔️49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
De kleuren van magie

✔️50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
James

✔️51. A book published in 2025
Isaac's Song

320 p. Read: 3 february Published january 2025
✔️52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The sun is low on this cover which gives sunset vibes
This list was suggested, voted on, and chosen by ATY group members.
THE ANNIVERSARY LIST
In honor of ATY's 10 year of reading challenges, we have put together an anniversary list made up of member-chosen prompts. Each prompt comes from that year's respective list and was chosen by the members of the group.
✔️2016: A book originally written in a language other than English

Originl Dimma in icelandic
✔️2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E"
Onmacht

✔️2018: An author's debut book
Rouwdouwers

2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
2020: A book with an emotion in the title
✔️2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Alles is nu

Charlie is the male MC
✔️2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name

OncE hUnted blAke pIerce
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Rechercheur De Klerck en de sluier van de dood P. Dieudonné

The author has published more than 7 books
✔️2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year

✔️2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
✔️2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family De bijzondere levens van Violette

The people who take care of the cemetery are some kind of family: the caretaker, the grave delvers, the priest, the undertaker.
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Project Hail Mary (other topics)Strafkind (other topics)
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (other topics)
Wilder (other topics)
Het boek der deuren (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Andy Weir (other topics)Wieke Hart (other topics)
Rebecca Yarros (other topics)
Gareth Brown (other topics)
Ilja Gort (other topics)
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