01. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Welcome to the 2026 Around The Year Challenge! As has become tradition in this group, our opening prompt is a nod to our group's initials. This year, we are looking for books that fit into a genre starting with A, T, or Y. You could read something that fits into adventure, travel, or young adult, as a few broad examples, or you could read something from a narrower genre, like American civil war horror.

The goodreads genre shelves list might spur your imagination: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/list

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What will you be reading?

[Dixie]

I will choose one for each letter. From my TBR list I am considering:
A
Autobiography: Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, The Moon's a Balloon, The Egg and I
Afrofuturism: The Galaxy Game
Anthropology: Euphoria, The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, The Origin of Species, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Archeology: Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America, Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past, Homo Britannicus: The Incredible Story of Human Life in Britain, Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death
T
Time travel: The Day Tripper, Time After Time, Blackout, Time and Again
Travel: We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: Tips, Tales, Travels, The Malay Archipelago, West With Giraffes, Common Sense and Whiskey: Travel Adventures Far from Home
Y
Young adult: Half World, Emergence

[Angie]

If you want to go down a subgenre rabbit hole, check out this site:
https://www.cuebon.com/ewriters/defin...

[Deborah]

Current possibilities:

Time Travel Faye, Faraway

Travel A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

Art Dear Vincent
Katie and the Starry Night

[Kate]

Not What She Seems as a Thriller!

[Misty]

Angie wrote: "If you want to go down a subgenre rabbit hole, check out this site:
https://www.cuebon.com/ewriters/defin..."

Why yes. Yes I do! ;) Here's a list I am interested in reading:
Autobiography, Arthurian, Aliens, Amateur Investigator, Afrofuturism, Alien Invasion, Age Regression, Apocalyptic, Artificial Intelligence, Astrobiology, Astrosociobiology, Time Travel, Thriller, Aviation, Technothriller, Treasure Hunter, Young Adult, Amateur Sleuth

[Jennifer W]

The first genre that came to my (tired) mind was archeology, and the first book that sprang from that is Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age.

[MJ]

I’m interested in reading Butter (thriller) but more so: Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover, (autobiography). I’m sure she was a fascinating woman.

[NancyJ]

Angie wrote: "If you want to go down a subgenre rabbit hole, check out this site:
https://www.cuebon.com/ewriters/defin..."

Thanks Angie, this will come in handy

My possibilities include
*Art - the artist
Alternate history, Alternate universe, alternate world
Animals
Apocalyptic
*American history
Adventure, action
Artificial intelligence
Afrofuturism, africanfuturism
Anthropology, archeology

*Time travel
*Travel
Technology,
Techno thrillers, transhumanism
Thriller
Tragedy
*True Crime -
*translated

*Young adult
Yellow journalism - haha

Alternate history - Wolf by Wolf
American History - The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Animals - Other Minds
Art - The Artist
True Crime- No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Travel
The Road to Tender Hearts

[LeahS]

I am planning Unspeakable: The Autobiography, but I would be happy to swap another autobiography if I spot one in the library. I'm also planning Five Survive, which is a Young adult Thriller.

[Angie]

Currently interested in:

Adventure
Appalachian Noir
Alternate History
Amateur Detective
Thriller
Time Travel
Transrealism
YA

[Cristiana]

Thank you for posting the sub genres! I will be finally taking this of my TBR stacks … “The Art Thief: A True Story of Love , Crime , and a Dangerous Obsession “

[Joanna G]

A subgenre I just found out about and haven't seen mentioned yet is tartan noir, if anyone wants to go more obscure!

[Jenny]

The Agony and the Ecstasy, for 'Art'.

[Marie]

I'm going for Alternate History, I'll be reading The Peacekeeper by B.L. Blanchard.

[Denise]

I'm sure this is going to be a "gift" prompt for me and it will be an American classic, American history, Asian lit, autobiography, or YA tat I happen to read and slot in here

[Charlsa]

I'm going with an Academia.

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door

It is a fantasy with some magical realism elements. Magical realism is my jam.

[LeahS]

I'm reading an autobiography, currently Unspeakable: The Autobiography, and covering the other bases with Five Survive, a young adult thriller.

[Monica]

I'm going to read Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger. It looks like a thriller.

[Misty]

After the whole list of things I was interested in looking at, I was going through my TBR and looking at a book I have been wanting to read for a while. I happened to look at the tags, and one of them was African American literature. Okay - works for me! No more excuses for putting off this book. :) The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker

[Barbara]

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (thriller)

[Keli]

I’m going for the genre of Anthropology and reading Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney

[Alice]

Adventure: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Thriller: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

[D.L.]

Using Amateur Sleuth, Thriller, or True Crime for this.