BLAD's ATY 2026 Challenge

[BLAD]

Dearly Beloved,
We are gathered here today to get through this challenge that I last attempted in 2023 but am willing to achieve (at least 70%) with the power of improved time management, strong curiosity, determination, and passion.

If the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy!!

Oh no, let's go!
BLAD

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📱 1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
The Death and Life of John Doe by Kassie J. Runyan

📖 2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp

3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list

📱 4. A book by a new-to-you author
The School for Good Mothers byJessamine Chan

📱 5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
Gregor the Overlander bySuzanne Collins

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
A Very Mafia Christmas by L. Steele

📖 7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
Murder on the Orient Express byAgatha Christie

8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa

9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

📱 10. An award-winning book
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

11. A history or historical fiction book
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis

12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
Dunwars by Derek Goneke

13. An author's second/sophomore book
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
Lust for Life by Irving Stone

📱 15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey

📱 16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
Rouge by Mona Awad

📱 18. A book with a location in the title
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

19. A book related to yesterday
All Our Yesterdays by Rachel Lynn Solomon

20. A book related to today
2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything by Mauro F. Guillén

📱 21. A book related to tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

📱 22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards by Bong Joon-ho

📱 23. A book with a road trip or long journey
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

📱 24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
Dracula by Bram Stoker

📱 25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
Walking Miracle: How Faith, Positive Thinking, and Passion for Football Brought Me Back from Paralysis...and Helped Me Find Purpose by Ryan Shazier

27. A nonfiction book
The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide by Dwight Chapin

📱 28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
Divergent by Veronica Roth

📱 29. A vacation book
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

📱 30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby

31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby

📱 32. A novella of 100-250 pages
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

📱 33. A book with an Indigenous character or author
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

34. A book with a window on the cover
Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark

📱 35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani

36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

📱 37. A book that includes a science topic
The Martian by Andy Weir

📱 38. A book that's part of a series
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Dick Riley

40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title
MOAR! Monsters Know What They're Doing by Keith Ammann

41. A mystery or true crime book
A Game of Fear by Charles Todd

42. A book set in an isolated location
Lockdown on London Lane by Beth Reekles

43. A book involving survival
Where the Last Rose Blooms by Ashley Clark

📱 44. A book with a symbol of death on the coverThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak

45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov

46. A book that is not a novel
Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works by David Crystal

47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown by Taylor Harris

48. A book with something edible in the title
Lobster Cop by Brian "Smitty" Smith

📖 49. A second book for your favorite prompt (BLAD's pick: A book you've wanted to read for a long time)
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

📱 50. A book with a bird on its cover
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

51. A book published in 2026
The Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker

52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer
The Vixen Who Shot A Nazi: The story of Franceska Mann, who shot SS Guard Josef Schillinger, in Auschwitz-Birkenau. by Leslie A. Martin


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