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ATY 2026
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[2026] Poll 16 Voting
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Also see discussion below where more information on prompts can be offered
1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
This could be a book from the NPR ‘Books we Love List’ , our own ATY Best books of the month section, books of the year list drawn up by newspapers such as the New York Times, Sunday Times etc. or simply a list drawn up by your own library or local book store
2. A book with a character that's in the public domain
This could be a retelling or a new book that includes a character like Sherlock Holmes or Dracula
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll
A traditional or contemporary western
A book set primarily underground
A book set during the time of the American Revolution. (1775 - 1783)
A book with a character dealing with birth or rebirth
A book related to the Declaration of Independence
A book with a fraction in the title
A book with an embossed cover or raised lettering
A book from a publishing company, the logotype of which depicting a tangible thing
A poetic book
A book that may pair or connect to a certain architectural style
A book with a horse as a character
A book written in the present tense
A book that features a horse in the title or on the cover
A medical memoir
A book that starts and ends in two different settings
A book with a character who does a necessary, but menial job in your country.
A book with a sitcom character's name in the title.
A book inspired by or related to the Charlie’s Angels franchise
A book with the name of a planet or their moons in the title
A book with a title that contains a pun, a dad joke, or other word play
A book exploring personal or cultural identity
A book that has been made into a movie
A book featuring a lawyer, politician or clergyman
A book considered a space opera.
A book that could earn you a Goodreads bookmark.
A book with a First Responder as a featured character
A book with a character with one of the jobs in the song 40 Hour Week (for a livin') by Alabama
A book with a character who is passing
Read in a -ber month
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy
Frothy:
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
The One-in-a-Million Boy
The Maid
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
Olivetti
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.talkingwordy.com/7-lighth...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/feel-good-...
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/th...
Gothy:
The Pillars of the Earth
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Dracula
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Fall of the House of Usher / El hundimiento de la Casa User
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/gothic
https://www.epicreads.com/blog/gothic...
https://shereadsnovels.com/category/r...
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/book...
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/atmospheri...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/about
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
7. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
I wanted to try this sort of character because I've heard so many times that women feel "invisible" starting in middle age, so I want to shine a light on us all!
Listopias: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag?id...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
https://lithub.com/15-great-books-tha...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://modernmrsdarcy.com/books-seas...
8. A book with a character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned in any way
This can also include anyone (and of any age) in foster care, raised by relatives or others instead of their birth parents, and abandoned animals
10. A book with a bird on its cover
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag?id...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
11. A book with antonyms in the title
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
War and Peace
Big Little Lies
Little, Big
The Sisters Brothers
The Prince and the Pauper
Being and Nothingness
The Once and Future King
All Creatures Great and Small
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year
2026: ?
2025: A book by an author with a common noun in their name
2024: A book by an author known by their initials
2023: A book related to pride
2022: 2 books with the same word in the title
2021: A short book (<210 pgs) by a new-to-you author
2020: A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
2019: A book inspired by the wedding rhyme “Something Blue”
2018: A book with a text only cover
2017: An adventure book
2016: A book everyone is talking about
13. A book that was banned or challenged
(challenged as in it was brought to court, like "Lady Chatterley's Lover" or "Dorian Grey")
The book could have been banned in your own country or elsewhere in the world
15. A rainbow book
- a rainbow in the story
- a rainbow on the cover/a colourful cover
- LGBTQ+ Pride
- rainbow as a symbol of hope, diversity, and inclusion
- in art and literature, rainbows often represent imagination, happiness, and dreams
- environmental movements: rainbows often symbolise sustainability and harmony
2. A book with a character that's in the public domainWould this include an author or celebrity who is a character?
For example, I've been reading the Toby Peters series and he always has a celebrity client (Eleanor Roosevelt, Howard Hughes, Gary Cooper...)
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I hope the "book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll" gets in! I like a lot of the bottomed prompts better than the ones that were voted in 😬
First impressions:1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
🔹I want the ATY BotM prompt more, because then it makes the threads more of a group project/group activity. But this then opens it up to GR choice awards too.... So maybe upvote.
2. A book with a character that's in the public domain
🔹I love a good modern retelling. Maybe upvote.
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll
🔹Given I've had several of the prompts I came up with bottomed, voting for this is a no brainer.
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy
🔹I LOVE this one. 😍
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
🔹I normally downvote most list prompts, but I don't mind this one, so I'll probably leave it neutral.
6. A book that would fill a favorite prompt from last year's list
🔹 I'm tired of looking back at previous lists. Doesn't mean I would be upset if it made it on, but I'll probably downvote.
7. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
🔹I like this one.
8. A book with a character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned in any way
🔹I like this one
9. A book published at least 50 years ago
🔹 I've done this prompt way too much to be enthusiastic about it.
10. A book with a bird on its cover
🔹I looked at the list, and realized I wanted another item on cover prompt, so I might end up upvoting this.
11. A book with antonyms in the title
🔹I did that one twice for this year's prompt because I didn't use the KISS option for the multi week prompt. So neutral.
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year
🔹See #6.
13. A book that was banned or challenged
🔹See #9
14. A book with a character pretending to be something or someone else
🔹This was my prompt, so of course I'm voting for it.
15. A rainbow book
🔹I love this one too. 😍
So I've got 2 downvotes and 4 upvotes locked in, but I've got another 4 I'd like to upvote and 2 downvote, and yet only 2 more votes. Decisions decisions....
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1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
6. A book that would fill a favorite prompt from last year's list
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year
13. A book that was banned or challenged
Of course, the Listopias help, and I usually find that something I wanted to read anyway fits into the prompt. I have even voted for some of them in the past, but they are often the last to be filled in. I can't immediately tell if a book qualifies just by looking at the cover or reading the GR description, so I put them off.
Sorry, no downvotes. But I'll stick to only five upvotes and refuse the rest of my votes. That I've never done before. I'll upvote:
1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025.
Love lists and I like the idea of choosing whichever list I want.
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy.
Because I love to read gothic horror.
7. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40.
Because it's we who will heal this world before the patriarchal systems eradicate life on Earth.
8. A book with a character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned in any way
Because all of us need to take responsibility for the children of this world, rescue those who suffer and protect children from being the targets for what adults do. And because I really want to finally read Oliver Twist.
11. A book with antonyms in the title.
I simply like antonyms in titles.
Before I gather my thoughts on anything else...THESE books have been banned or challenged???!!!
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
many more ridiculous choices...
What is going on in this world?
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Little House on the Prairie was probably challenged by liberals rather than conservatives because there are quotes like "the only good Indian is a dead Indian". Personally, I think kids are more sophisticated than we give them credit for and a teacher could use this sort of thing as an opportunity - same with Huckleberry Finn (I think the language and concepts of Huck Finn are too hard for elementary school anyway.)
On Charlotte's Web, I found
. Due to themes of death and the fact that the main characters are talking animals, a parent group in Kansas sought to ban the book from their students’ school libraries. They argued that talking animals are “unnatural and blasphemous as humans are the highest level of God’s creation.”
The bottom line for me is that any person or parent is free to read or not read what they want. If parents really object for any reason to a text, teachers will almost certainly offer alternatives to the child. But nobody should be able to decide what everyone else's family can read!
Robin P wrote: "I just looked up Green Eggs & Ham, and it sounds like it might have been a misunderstanding of a satirical piece!Little House on the Prairie was probably challenged by liberals rather than conser..."
I don't remember Green Eggs & Ham well enough to know if it is satirical, but I guessed it was due to talking animals — same as Charlotte's Web.
And I agree about Little House on the Prairie (and Huck Finn, etc.) being teachable moments about attitudes and language of the past, and how we've learned and grown as a society.
I saw Charlotte's Web on the "banned books" table at my local Planned Parenthood Used Book Sale last week, and was shocked! There were many other books there that I couldn't believe were banned, in my opinion due to narrow-mindedness and lack of creativity about how kids' books can be used to teach them, rather than be solely for entertainment. Other banned books would never even BE in a school library or kids' section of a public library, so who is policing who? There are some books I wish didn't exist because they spread hate, but I still wouldn't ban them — although maybe I would be mischievous in a public library and hide them in sections the people searching for them most likely would never find them, like the nonfiction sections about Public Service, or Knitting Patterns. Having been someone responsible for shelving books I might not be too happy with "me", but I might leave them misshelved anyway!
What are the rules about public domain characters? Is it any character in a book that’s in the public domain? What about real people? It seems like famous people are fair game. I wonder why they don’t get sued for defamation.
Would it be illegal to write a book about the characters in the Hunger Games without permission? Is fan fiction unpublishable?
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It's tricky, some authors extended their copyright, or their descendants did, in various ways. Here's a Google AI summary, for what it's worth:
Many popular literary characters are in the public domain, including Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, King Arthur, Robin Hood, the Frankenstein Monster, Peter Pan, and Winnie-the-Pooh. Characters from older works like folklore and ancient legends, as well as characters from books whose copyrights have expired, are in the public domain, allowing others to use them freely.
Here is a more detailed list of some well-known public domain characters:
Sherlock Holmes: and Dr. Watson from the earlier stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
Dracula: and Abraham Van Helsing from Bram Stoker's novel
The Frankenstein Monster: and Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelley's novel
Peter Pan: from J. M. Barrie's play and novel
Winnie-the-Pooh: and his friends, from A. A. Milne's earliest books
Robin Hood: from the traditional English folk tales
Characters from the legend of King Arthur, such as Arthur, Morgan le Fay, and Lancelot
Ebenezer Scrooge: from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol
Zorro
Aladdin: from the original tale
Dorian Gray: from Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Pied Piper
D'Artagnan: and the other Musketeers from Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers
I love:A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025, although it will be hard to pick from our Best Books list and NPR.
Frothy and Gothy
Beyond that I'll have to think of a couple more upvotes and a few down votes.
Dubhease wrote: "I love:A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025, although it will be hard to pick from our Best Books list and NPR.
Frothy and Gothy
Beyond that I'll have to think of a couple mor..."
If you can't choose between these two lists (which are my two that I would use also), maybe only pick a book that is on BOTH lists?
Robin P wrote: "I wonder if I am the only lazy person who puts off prompts that require looking up lists or history:1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
3. A book that fits a suggestion that..."
I do the opposite and try and complete them first (unless I'm reading in order). I look to see if a book fits on a list/award prompt until all of those are filled.
KP wrote: "What are the rules about public domain characters? Is it any character in a book that’s in the public domain? What about real people? It seems like famous people are fair game. I wonder why they ..."
The Hunger Games characters are very much still under copyright, but most authors/media companies won't go after fanfiction as long as the writer isn't profiting - so if you post it for free, you're fine, but try to sell it, and they WILL come after you.
I think it was Anne Rice who was so vehimently opposed to fanfiction because she thought it was all plagiarism and theft of intellectual property so she went after anyone she found.
Not my favorite group but I hate lists prompts and feel like they keep showing up. I do like a character in the public domain and a character pretending to be something else. I will also upvote gothy just because its catchy! The rest will be downvotes.
Tracy wrote: "Before I gather my thoughts on anything else...THESE books have been banned or challenged???!!!
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
[book:Littl..."
Peter Rabbit was banned or challenged at one point because the rabbits seemed too middle class. I can't remember where I saw that, but it came up in an article once when I was looking for a banned book for another challenge.
So middle of the road is unacceptable? Do you remember if it were preferable that they be poor or rich?
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Little House on the Prairie was probably challenged by liberals ra..."
From the web "Charlotte's Web has been challenged and banned in some places, primarily because a few religious groups object to the depiction of talking animals as "blasphemous" or "unnatural". Additionally, some people have objected to the book's themes of death and the cycle of life, finding them too intense or disturbing for young children"
No fun! Talking animals rock.
And I spent time in the knitting patterns section!
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What about real people? It seems like famous people are fair game. I wonde..."
Didn't Fifty Shades of Grey start as Twilight fan fiction?
There's reasons the new Gone with the Wind books and some others include "with characters created by,,,, " on their title pages. These estates watch these things v closely!
I think I might be the buzzkill who will only have 2 (or 3) upvotes this round. There are a lot of prompts I just don't want. I thought it would be a 4/4 split until I really started looking at the list.
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We need some downvotes to get more through! I might be 3 up (of course gothy frothy and antonyms-- two brilliant ideas!) but 5 down cause I'm going to be grumpy in the morning.
My initial thought is that I like these suggestions:- bird on the cover (I love birds, especially penguins!)
- antonyms in the title (I have 3 on my shelves and am currently reading War and Peace (may not finish it this year). I highly recommend Up the Down Staircase!)
- character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned (I feel like there are some good options with classics. Like Nike, I still have Oliver Twist to read. I also want to finish David Copperfield.)
- banned or challenged (Why not? This one gets suggested a lot but rarely gets in. I'm specifically interested in a book by a Chinese author censored in the People's Republic of China.)
Not interested in any list prompts, at this point of the process, but I won't necessarily downvote them. Hmmmm, decisions.
Kendra wrote: "First impressions:1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
🔹I want the ATY BotM prompt more, because then it makes the threads more of a group project/group activity. But this th..."
Your idea #14 is my favorite this month, so I hope it gets in too. I liked passing, and this is more direct.
I’m confused about #1. I thought it meant something like Time’s end of the year list, not aty or npr, which aren’t limited to this year. If #1 wins now, does that mean Aty bom and NPR don’t have a chance? They’re not the same. My two favorite picks for the Aty bom list started on the NPR list and one was also in the tournament.
Pamela wrote: "Kendra wrote: "KP wrote: "What are the rules about public domain characters? Is it any character in a book that’s in the public domain? What about real people? It seems like famous people are fai..."
Fifty Shades was Twilight fanfic which is why the author had to change the names and make it different enough from Twilight so she wouldn't get sued.
1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025 - No. If this one gets in, as it tends to, meh. I'll find a book that I want to read. I would just prefer more interesting prompts. 2. A book with a character that's in the public domain - interesting concept.
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll - also interesting and would allow people to use a prompt they really wanted to get in.
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy - No. Still a downvote.
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year - No. Always a downvote. If this one gets in, I will likely use a wild card.
6. A book that would fill a favorite prompt from last year's list - maybe
7. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40 - Yes. I love this one!
8. A book with a character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned in any way - Neutral
9. A book published at least 50 years ago - Yes. I have a bookshelf full of books - quite a few of which are more than 50 years old - staring at me with judgy eyes.
10. A book with a bird on its cover - neutral because I don't care about the cover prompts, but I love birds. ;)
11. A book with antonyms in the title - interesting
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year - fun - maybe
13. A book that was banned or challenged - Yes. Always a yes. In today's political climate a big ABSOFREAKINGLUTELY!
14. A book with a character pretending to be something or someone else - neutral
15. A rainbow book - Yes. Love, love, love, love, love this!!!
I think I have 7 votes accounted for with one still up in the air. I will likely use it for another upvote, so three down and five up.
Judy wrote: "Kendra wrote: "First impressions:1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
🔹I want the ATY BotM prompt more, because then it makes the threads more of a group project/group activi..."
I'm glad you like my prompt.
And as to prompt 1, the NPR list is a best of the year list. If the prompt got in, you'd be limited to only the 2024/2025 list. And the ATY BotM threads are the best books read in 2024/2025 -> nothing says the best of lists have to be about books published in that year. And I would say if this makes it on the list, there will be even less people voting for those lists. Stranger things have happened, but we only have 7 spots left to fill.
I suggested Public Domain character because I know people like retellings, but I’m not really one of those people and I felt like this way, to use Jane Eyre as an example there is the option to just straight up read Jane Eyre, or a retelling like Wild Saragasso Sea or something like Jasper FForde’s The Eyre Affair
Thoughts:1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
I always enjoy the group's favorite picks, so I will probably go there for inspiration.
2. A book with a character that's in the public domain
Intriguing and doable.
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll
Definitely.
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy
I like it because it sounds so silly.
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
Ah no, we had the same prompt this year and I struggled ...?!
6. A book that would fill a favorite prompt from last year's list
Freebie, fine with me.
7. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
Easy for me.
8. A book with a character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned in any way
Undecided.
9. A book published at least 50 years ago
Undecided.
10. A book with a bird on its cover
I like scavenger hunt-style prompts, so might upvote.
11. A book with antonyms in the title
Love it :)
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year
I like the reference back to past challenges.
13. A book that was banned or challenged
Nah ... this just makes me angry :/
14. A book with a character pretending to be something or someone else
I have a couple good ones for that which I've already read, so might be difficult alsthough I like the idea.
15. A rainbow book
Love it :)
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I wanted to read the Wide Saragasso Sea for a prompt last year- that book is hard to get ahold of! (I never did)
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I ended up going 4 up and 4 down, but it was very hard, I definitely wanted more votes.
I do like list prompts and this year has been frustrating to get them in. I wish we could have a qualifying round where we could vote on which list prompts we like the best. Same for awards. Those would then advance to compete with other topics. #1 is a no- brainer for me at this point, but it’s weak because they’re all lumped together in only one prompt. List haters, have some pity. Lol
I think we still need an award prompt, but I’m fine with using them in a rejects challenge. I don’t feel the need for a separate bottoms prompt because I can just add them to my rejects list.
My eyes don’t normally like cover prompts, but birds or rainbow colors would be easy for me.
As a woman over 40… yes, thank you.
I have a lot of books that would fit adoption, both new and old, and I think this would satisfy those who want a family topic.
I’m glad banned books was mentioned, because we all need to be aware of the need to RESIST that craziness wherever we can. If you live in Florida, you (or your kids) have my sympathy.
I’m going to try for 4 up, 4 down, though I like the ups more than I dislike the downs.
My understanding is that Little House on the Prairie was banned from one classroom in South Dakota due to racist portrayals of Black & indigenous ppl. One classroom, not even the entire school, let alone some kind of nation-wide mobilization, as we so often see happening with books with queer/trans characters. The ALA also voted to remove Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from a children's literature award. As far as I could tell from my brief research, this is the extent of any attempts to formally ban the Little House books. I just bring this up bc suggesting that liberals have tried to ban Little House with anything approaching the same fervor that conservatives have used to try to ban The Bluest Eye or Gender Queer (one of my kid's favorite books) is a deeply false equivalence. But still, it was banned in that one classroom, so it counts as a banned book. I'm not a big fan of list prompts, so there's a lot here that I'm not loving. I think the first prompt is particularly open-ended in a way I don't like.
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Most of the prompts this cycle I am neutral about. I voted two up and four down. I didn't want to vote for both the Tournament of Books and the Best Books lists, so I voted for the former and not the latter. I voted down the suggested at the bottom of a poll since I agreed with all that ended up there. None of the prompts that were in the 26th position were such that I wanted to repeat them again. I also voted down the antonyms in the title. I had read all listed already and there were none on my TBR listing.
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Don't be like this idiot "Pamela Mod" who voted on 9. Ooops.
Pamela wrote: "Just a reminder to everyone to vote on no more than 8 promptsDon't be like this idiot "Pamela Mod" who voted on 9. Ooops."
My how the mighty have fallen!!! Sounds like something I would do.
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Don't be like this idiot "Pamela Mod" who voted on 9. Ooops."
My how the mighty have fallen!!! Sounds like something I..."
Quite a few have done it... and I catch it, stop and then double check and then think "wow, who got caught this time?" Only to see my name.
The best part is I didn't even do one of the votes I had planned to! I think I was at 7 votes and couldn't remember what the 8th vote was going to be so instead clicked two others without thinking. If I had stopped and read...
Pamela wrote: "Charlsa wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Just a reminder to everyone to vote on no more than 8 promptsDon't be like this idiot "Pamela Mod" who voted on 9. Ooops."
My how the mighty have fallen!!! Sounds ..."
There is no time to stop and read. Isn't it interesting that we usually do these things when we are trying to be extra careful??? That is the way it works for me.
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For as much time as I've spent counting votes this summer, you would think I would be better!
Im good news, so far I'm the only over 8 voter this round.
First impressions:Likely upvotes:
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy
- I just love the fun wording of this, and it's not a prompt I've seen before. And I have lots of gothic options.
6. A book that would fill a favorite prompt from last year's list
- I always like prompts like this that allow us to choose how challenging or easy we want it to be. Plus it's a prompt that's unique to ATY since it's going by the 2025 ATY list.
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll
- I love this one! The list of suggestions will also continue to grow until we're done voting and I think it's a great way to sneak a more creative prompt into the challenge.
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year
On the fence:
11. A book with antonyms in the title
- I struggled with the oxymoron in title prompt that Popsugar had a few years ago, which is essentially the same thing, but I do have a couple of options.
Likely downvotes:
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
- This is a repeat from this year's challenge and I'm struggling with it so this will be a downvote.
I'm going to do some research on the rest of the prompts before voting because there are a lot that I like. I think my options for the public domain character and a book published over 50 years ago will overlap quite a bit so I'll probably upvote one of the two.
Edit - I didn't realize we already have a prompt for a suggestion that didn't make it, which is very similar to the bottom of the poll prompt, so that might end up being a neutral for me instead of an upvote
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1. A book listed in any ‘Best Books’ list of 2024 or 2025
2. A book with a character that's in the public domain
3. A book that fits a suggestion that was in the bottom of its poll
4. A book that is either frothy or gothy
5. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
6. A book that would fill a favorite prompt from last year's list
7. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
8. A book with a character that has been orphaned, adopted or abandoned in any way
9. A book published at least 50 years ago
10. A book with a bird on its cover
11. A book with antonyms in the title
12. A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year
13. A book that was banned or challenged
14. A book with a character pretending to be something or someone else
15. A rainbow book
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