Conny's 2026 ATY Challenge

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Preliminary list, subject to change and adaptation, as usual.

1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
Adventure/Thriller
The Secret of Secrets
2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
Swept Away
3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
A book that fits three other prompts on the list:
no black cover text, wanted to read for a long time, Clue character occupation (con artist)
Such Charming Liars
4. A book by a new-to-you author
Lucinda Berry
Saskia Calden
Caroline Mitchell

5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
Oracle
6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
Quarter to Midnight
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
Never Flinch
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
Congo
Korona
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title
Die achte Posaune

10. An award winning book
Fourth Wing
11. A history or historical fiction book
Der Morgen einer neuen Zeit
Die Waffen des Lichts
Stonehenge - Die Kathedrale der Zeit
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
Incidents Around the House
Middle of the Night
13. An author's second/sophomore book
sophomore book by this particular duo of authors
The Grave Artist
14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
The Leftovers
The Buried Girl
Darkside

15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
Was bisher verloren war
16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
The Housemaid
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
Ein Gesicht so schön und kalt.
18. A book with a location in the title
Im Wald

19. A book related to yesterday
Der Morgen einer neuen Zeit
Stonehenge - Die Kathedrale der Zeit
Die Brücken der Freiheit
20. A book related to today
TBD
21. A book related to tomorrow
Game Over
Morning Star
Nemesis Games
22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
The Takedown
Drop Dead

23. A book with a road trip or long journey
Der erste letzte Tag
24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
Darkly
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist
27. A nonfiction book
Men Who Hate Women

28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
Scarlet
29. A vacation book
The Dead Romantics
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
Problematic Summer Romance
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book
Not in Love

32. A novella of 100-250 pages
Ghost 19
33. A book with an Indigenous character or author
Storm of Locusts
34. A book with a window on the cover
In Her Eyes
35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
Leah on the Offbeat
36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
Der Mann, der zweimal starb
The Summer Guests

37. A book that includes a science topic
Hot zone : Todliche Viren aus dem Regenwald
38. A book that's part of a series
Tannenstein
39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title
Flieh, wenn du kannst
Tanz, Püppchen, Tanz
Träume süß, mein Mädchen
41. A mystery or true crime book
Jo Crow
42. A book set in an isolated location
Stranded
43. A book involving survival
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover
Under the Surface

45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
TBD, something connected to "frightening"
46. A book that is not a novel
Witches, Bitches, It-Girls: Wie patriarchale Mythen uns bis heute prägen
47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title
I Like You Like This
48. A book with something edible in the title
Die Gruft des Baron Pizza
49. A second book for your favorite prompt
A book you've wanted to read for a long time
Verraten

50. A book with a bird on its cover
Muttertag
51. A book published in 2026
Stephen King
Ursula Poznanski
Tana French
Jeffery Deaver
Sharon Bolton
Isabella Maldonado
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer
Slow Dance

[Conny]

Reserved for Rejects challenge

For book read outside the main challenge (Popsugar challenge, seasonal challenges, spontaneous reads)