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Maggie Delancey | 94 comments Around The Year in 52 Books- Read

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1. 1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
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
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title
10. An award winning book
11. A history or historical fiction book
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
13. An author's second/sophomore book
14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book related to yesterday
20. A book related to today
21. A book related to tomorrow
22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
23. A book with a road trip or long journey
24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list
26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
27. A nonfiction book
28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
29. A vacation book
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book
32. A novella of 100-250 pages
33. A book with an Indigenous character or author
34. A book with a window on the cover
35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
37. A book that includes a science topic
38. A book that's part of a series
39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title
41. A mystery or true crime book
42. A book set in an isolated location
43. A book involving survival
44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover
45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
46. A book that is not a novel
47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title
48. A book with something edible in the title
49. A second book for your favorite prompt
50. A book with a bird on its cover
51. A book published in 2026
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer

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Maggie Delancey | 94 comments Planning

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3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list

1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
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
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title
10. An award winning book
11. A history or historical fiction book
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
13. An author's second/sophomore book
14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters: Colonel, Professor, Femme Fatale, Cook, Maid, Housekeeper, Playboy, Businessman, Widowed Socialite
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book related to yesterday
20. A book related to today
21. A book related to tomorrow
22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
23. A book with a road trip or long journey
24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Walden A Fully Annotated Edition (Yale Nota Bene) by Henry David Thoreau A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson The Time Machine by H.G. Wells The Awakening by Kate Chopin Buddenbrooks The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann A Room with a View by E.M. Forster Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Parade's End (Vintage Classics) by Ford Madox Ford All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Animal Farm by George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Lord of the Flies by William Golding Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Shining by Stephen King The World According to Garp by John Irving Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie The Color Purple by Alice Walker Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky Freedom by Jonathan Franzen H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald The Circle (The Circle, #1) by Dave Eggers
26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
27. A nonfiction book
28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
29. A vacation book
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book
32. A novella of 100-250 pages
33. A book with an Indigenous character or author
34. A book with a window on the cover
35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
37. A book that includes a science topic
38. A book that's part of a series
39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title
41. A mystery or true crime book
42. A book set in an isolated location
43. A book involving survival
44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover
45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen: fantasy, poor boy, wind, killed a man, body aches, thunder & lightening, let me go, nothing matters
46. A book that is not a novel
47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title
48. A book with something edible in the title
49. A second book for your favorite prompt
50. A book with a bird on its cover
51. A book published in 2026
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer


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