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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Spear by Nicola Griffith

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser

GOAL: 25 pairs
1. All
Small Things Like These and All Systems Red


2. Day
Day Zero and Salvation Day


3. Winter
Winter Garden and Road Out of Winter


4. Road
Redemption Road and Dragon Springs Road


5. Wolf
The Wolf Road and For the Wolf


6. Love
The Atomic Weight of Love and Love After Love


7. Stone
Song of Blood & Stone and The Stone in the Skull


8. Art
The Martian and Every Heart a Doorway


9. Creature
A Most Remarkable Creature and Creatures of Passage


10. Water
Blood Water Paint and The Water Cure


11. Pear
Spear and Leaving Lucy Pear


12. One
The Gilded Ones and The One


13. Space
Dead Space and The Space Between Worlds


14. Race
The Grace Year and Elder Race


15. Less
Lessons in Chemistry and Our Endless Numbered Days


16. Behind
Leave The World Behind and Behind the Throne


17. Daughter
Firekeeper's Daughter and Daughter of Lies and Ruin


18. More
More Than This and More Than You'll Ever Know


19. Witch
Witchmark and Witches of Lychford


20. Women
The Women Could Fly and When Women Were Dragons


21. Daughter
Gather the Daughters and Daughter of the Forest


22. Bird
The Bird King and All the Birds in the Sky


23. Sky
The Stone Sky and The Fated Sky


24. Sun
Black Sun and She Who Became the Sun


25. Time
The Future of Another Timeline and Children of Time


26. Night
Beasts Made of Night and The Nightingale


27, Night
The City in the Middle of the Night and Midnight Robber



GOAL: 10 books
1. All Systems Red by Martha Wells
2. The Martian by Andy Weir
3. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
4. The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
5. The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
6. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
7. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
8. A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlà Clark
9. The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
10. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
11. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
12. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
13. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
14. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
The One by John Marrs
More Than This by Patrick Ness
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
NPR's 50 Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books Of The Past Decade
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover


Witchmark by C.L. Polk
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
Behind the Throne by K.B. Wagers (Indranan Empire)
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Sophos8)
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Tova)
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (Touissaint)
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
11. A book from historical fiction genre
My Policeman by Bethan Roberts
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
12. A book related to glass
Vox by Christina Dalcher
13. A book about a woman in STEM
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
Cassandra Speaks by Elizabeth Lesser
15. A book without a person on the cover


Salvation Day by Kali Wallace
Dead Space by Kali Wallace
16. A book related to Earth Day
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey by Jonathan Meiburg
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Widowland by C.J. Carey
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover


Song of Blood & Stone by L. Penelope
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
24. A book related to inclement weather
Road Out of Winter by Alison Stine
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
The Martian by Andy Weir

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
28. A book that
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
29. A book set on or near a body of water
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
30. A book related to mythology
Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
31. A book published at least 10 years ago
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
Redemption Road by John Hart
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlà Clark
33. The next book in a series
Wayward by Chuck Wendig
Crown of Thunder by Tochi Onyebuchi
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis
Leaving Lucy Pear by Anna Solomon
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten
Spear by Nicola Griffith
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
A Curse of Ash and Embers by Jo Spurrier
Daughter of Lies and Ruin by Jo Spurrier
38. A book by a Latin American author
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud
More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
44. A book with gothic elements
45. A book related to a game
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill
The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear
47. A book with handwriting on the cover


Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
51. A book published in 2022
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
52. A book with a time-related word in the title
Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
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ATY PROMPTS
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Two books with the same word in the title
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NPR's 50 Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books
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