1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y (Ex Libris by Paula Guran? Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison? Wonder by R.J. Palacio?) 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable (The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware? Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee? Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes? How to Stop Time by Matt Haig? The Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie King? The Leavenworth Case by Anna Catherine Green?) 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 (The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton?) 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live (Anything before vaccines & antibiotics, or most places during WWII. Catastrophe by David Keys?) 5. The first book in a series that you have not started (Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes?)
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover (Harry Potter and the <> Stone? - (broomstick) Zeitoun by Dave Eggers? Be Different by John Elder Robison?) 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere (Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood) 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" (The Selection by Kiera Cass?) 9. A book that can be read in a day (A Kidnapped Santa Claus? Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins? The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas? The Forbidden Worlds of Margaret A?)
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages (Uprooted by Naomi Novik?) 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number (Medea by Euripides? Othello? Paradise Lost? The Federalist Papers? Evangaline by Longfellow? The Man in the Iron Mask? Kim by Rudyard Kipling? The Day of the Triffids? And the Band Played On? Norwegian Wood? A Suitable Boy? Tuesdays with Morrie? Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? Wool by Hugh Howey?) 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people (Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy? Claire Cosi? Haunted Library?) 13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link) {2016} A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name? A book about books? (Ex Libris? Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics?) A classic book with less than 200 pages? A "between the numbers" book of a series? A biography, autobiography, or memoir? A book with a beautiful cover? 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link) (L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Windy Poplars)? Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book)? J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)? Diana Gabaldon (Dragonfly in Amber)? Agatha Christie (Sparkling Cyanide)?)
15. A book set in a global city (London? Tokyo? Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston? Crooked House by Agatha Christie?) 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area (Hamish Macbeth? An Irish Country Family by Patrick Taylor?) 17. A book with a neurodiverse character (would The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime count?) 18. A book by an author you've only read once before (The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout?)
19. A fantasy book (The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper? A Wizard of Mars by Diane Duane? The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle?) 20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] (Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen? Sharon Lee and Steve Miller - Balance of Trade, etc. or Agent of Change? Maisie Dobbs? Pygmalion (20th unread Overdue)?)�21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720 (Chasing Venus: the race to measure the heavens by Andrea Wulf) 22. A book with the major theme of survival (The Death Cure by James Dashner?)
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author (The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner) 24. A book with an emotion in the title (Curiousity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly? Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson?) 25. A book related to the arts (The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier? Lust for Life by Irving Stone?) 26. A book from the 2019 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards (Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty, Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston?) 27. A history or historical fiction (A Maisie Dobbs or Daisy Dalrymple book? World Without End by Ken Follett?)
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author (Friends: Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley? mystery by Ngaio Marsh? Between my Father and the King or In the Memorial Room by Janet Frame) 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book (The Crime at Black Dudley? Sit, Ubu, Sit? Booked to Die? In the LIne of Fire?) 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?) 31. A book inspired by a leading news story (Jonestown Massacre: Undaunted? Eruption: the untold story of Mount St. Helens? Chilean Mine: Deep Down Dark or 33 Men or Trapped? Operation Thunderbolt? First Space Shuttle: Into the Black?)
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan (Proud: living my American dream??? A Beginner's Guide to Japan??? You Will Know Me???) 33. A book about a non-traditional family (Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch? The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff?) 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name (Journalism? Jewish Fiction? (It's a Whole Spiel by Locke & Silverman) Jiangshi Fiction? (probabbly not) Juvenile Fantasy? Jewish Literature? 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover (The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver?)
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim (most of them. ahem. The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin? Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart?) 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 (hot/cold; top/bottom; high/low; (The Dark is Rising? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?) 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 night/day; white/black; hate/love�) (The Mirror and the Light? The Magic Faraway Tree? The Far Pavilions?) 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce (The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion? A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles?)
40. A book with a place name in the title (A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles?) 41. A mystery (Twisted Twenty-Six? The Grave's a Fine and Private Place? A Body in the Bath House? The Ghost and the Femme Fatale?) 42. A book that was nominated for one of the �10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’�(link) (Kim by Rudyard Kipling - author got the Nobel Prize for Literature) 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse ("Death" is really too easy. War? Famine? Pestilence? Disease? Conquest?) (The Last Hours by Minette Walters? Plague Land by S.D. Sykes?) 44. A book related to witches (Warrior by Marie Brennan?)
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link) (My 20/20 prompt: A book that is about sight, seeing, or vision, or has one of those words in the title Tunnel Vision by Susan Adrian? A Timely Vision by Joyce & Jim Levine? Seeing Things by Patti Hill? The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland?) 50. A book with a silhouette on the cover (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? Dead Man's Mirror? An Abundance of Katherines? The Night Circus? Allegiant? Tell the Wolves I'm Home?The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.? The Same Sky? The Spectacular Now?) 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title (Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston? Looking Backwards by Edward Bellamy? Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? Loving Frank by Nancy Horan? The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths? How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay? Surviving the World? The Coming Plague - Laurie Garrett? Drinking in America by Susan Cheever? The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper? Dernyi Rising -Katherine Kurtz?) 52. A book related to time (Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi? How to Stop Time by Matt Haig? A Time Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter)
(Ex Libris by Paula Guran? Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison? Wonder by R.J. Palacio?)
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
(The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware? Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee? Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes? How to Stop Time by Matt Haig? The Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie King? The Leavenworth Case by Anna Catherine Green?)
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
(The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton?)
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
(Anything before vaccines & antibiotics, or most places during WWII. Catastrophe by David Keys?)
5. The first book in a series that you have not started
(Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes?)
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
(Harry Potter and the <> Stone? - (broomstick) Zeitoun by Dave Eggers? Be Different by John Elder Robison?)
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
(Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood)
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
(The Selection by Kiera Cass?)
9. A book that can be read in a day
(A Kidnapped Santa Claus? Hershel and the Hannukah Goblins? The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas? The Forbidden Worlds of Margaret A?)
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
(Uprooted by Naomi Novik?)
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
(Medea by Euripides? Othello? Paradise Lost? The Federalist Papers? Evangaline by Longfellow? The Man in the Iron Mask? Kim by Rudyard Kipling? The Day of the Triffids? And the Band Played On? Norwegian Wood? A Suitable Boy? Tuesdays with Morrie? Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? Wool by Hugh Howey?)
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
(Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy? Claire Cosi? Haunted Library?)
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link) {2016}
A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name? A book about books? (Ex Libris? Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics?) A classic book with less than 200 pages? A "between the numbers" book of a series? A biography, autobiography, or memoir? A book with a beautiful cover?
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)
(L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Windy Poplars)? Geraldine Brooks (People of the Book)? J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)? Diana Gabaldon (Dragonfly in Amber)? Agatha Christie (Sparkling Cyanide)?)
15. A book set in a global city
(London? Tokyo? Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston? Crooked House by Agatha Christie?)
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
(Hamish Macbeth? An Irish Country Family by Patrick Taylor?)
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
(would The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime count?)
18. A book by an author you've only read once before
(The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout?)
19. A fantasy book
(The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper? A Wizard of Mars by Diane Duane? The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle?)
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
(Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen? Sharon Lee and Steve Miller - Balance of Trade, etc. or Agent of Change? Maisie Dobbs? Pygmalion (20th unread Overdue)?)�21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
(Chasing Venus: the race to measure the heavens by Andrea Wulf)
22. A book with the major theme of survival
(The Death Cure by James Dashner?)
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
(The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner)
24. A book with an emotion in the title
(Curiousity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly? Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson?)
25. A book related to the arts
(The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier? Lust for Life by Irving Stone?)
26. A book from the 2019 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards
(Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty, Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston?)
27. A history or historical fiction
(A Maisie Dobbs or Daisy Dalrymple book? World Without End by Ken Follett?)
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
(Friends: Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley? mystery by Ngaio Marsh? Between my Father and the King or In the Memorial Room by Janet Frame)
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
(The Crime at Black Dudley? Sit, Ubu, Sit? Booked to Die? In the LIne of Fire?)
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
(The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe?)
31. A book inspired by a leading news story
(Jonestown Massacre: Undaunted? Eruption: the untold story of Mount St. Helens? Chilean Mine: Deep Down Dark or 33 Men or Trapped? Operation Thunderbolt? First Space Shuttle: Into the Black?)
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
(Proud: living my American dream??? A Beginner's Guide to Japan??? You Will Know Me???)
33. A book about a non-traditional family
(Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch? The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff?)
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
(Journalism? Jewish Fiction? (It's a Whole Spiel by Locke & Silverman) Jiangshi Fiction? (probabbly not) Juvenile Fantasy? Jewish Literature?
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
(The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver?)
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
(most of them. ahem. The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin? Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart?)
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 (hot/cold; top/bottom; high/low;
(The Dark is Rising? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?)
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 night/day; white/black; hate/love�)
(The Mirror and the Light? The Magic Faraway Tree? The Far Pavilions?)
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
(The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion? A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles?)
40. A book with a place name in the title
(A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles?)
41. A mystery
(Twisted Twenty-Six? The Grave's a Fine and Private Place? A Body in the Bath House? The Ghost and the Femme Fatale?)
42. A book that was nominated for one of the �10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’�(link)
(Kim by Rudyard Kipling - author got the Nobel Prize for Literature)
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
("Death" is really too easy. War? Famine? Pestilence? Disease? Conquest?) (The Last Hours by Minette Walters? Plague Land by S.D. Sykes?)
44. A book related to witches
(Warrior by Marie Brennan?)
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
(Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan? Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan??)
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
(The Mexican Flyboy by Alfredo Véa? - references Rosenberg, Malcolm X, & Hemingway, at least)
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
(Oliver Twist? Middlemarch? The Canterbury Tales? Tess of the D'Urbervilles? The Trial? Kim? The Godfather?)
48. A book published in 2020
(The Iron Will of Genie Lo? Spy School? The Tower of Nero? Hid From Our Eyes?)
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
(My 20/20 prompt: A book that is about sight, seeing, or vision, or has one of those words in the title
Tunnel Vision by Susan Adrian? A Timely Vision by Joyce & Jim Levine? Seeing Things by Patti Hill? The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland?)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
(The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? Dead Man's Mirror? An Abundance of Katherines? The Night Circus? Allegiant? Tell the Wolves I'm Home?The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.? The Same Sky? The Spectacular Now?)
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
(Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston? Looking Backwards by Edward Bellamy? Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? Loving Frank by Nancy Horan? The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths? How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay? Surviving the World? The Coming Plague - Laurie Garrett? Drinking in America by Susan Cheever? The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper? Dernyi Rising -Katherine Kurtz?)
52. A book related to time
(Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi? How to Stop Time by Matt Haig? A Time Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter)