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The 2018 List of Possibilities from my TBR list:

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
World's End by T.C. Boyle

3. A book from the 2017 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards (link)
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

5. A book about or inspired by real events
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

7. A gothic novel
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

8. An "own voices" book*
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood)
I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

11. A literary fiction
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories by Truman Capote

12. A book set in Africa or South America
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

All the books were making the post too long, so i am dividing the list up by quarters.

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn

16. A narrative nonfiction
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher

18. A book with a location in the title
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

21. A book written in first person perspective
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile

23. A medical or legal thriller
The Litigators by John Grisham

24. A book with a map
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

26. A book with a text only cover
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

Third quarter of the year ideas

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
March by Geraldine Brooks

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
The Crime at Black Dudley (dagger) by Margery Allingham

30. A short book
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Our Man in Havana - Cuba by Graham Greene

32. An alternate history book
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll based on the words jump pass, jump shot, and tip-in

34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
A title or author that starts with Q, X, Y or Z.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

35. A book featuring a murder
The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

38. A science book or a science fiction book
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams


39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

4th quarter of the year:

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

44. A ghost story
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman

47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

49. A book from one of the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Best Books of the Month lists (link)
News of the World by Paulette Jiles

50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
The Rosie Project] by Graeme Simsion

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

52. A book published in 2018
An American Marriage

I like your full sentence choices! I'm adding "Death Comes for the Archbishop" to my plan. Since I live in NM, I feel this is a must read for me. Lots of great books on your list! Have fun with the challenge! 📚📚📚

I’m going to be interested to see if I have more or fewer books on my TBR list at the end of the year. Right now I have 255.
Every title in my plan except for prompts 51 and 52 came from the TBR list.

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Written in My Own Heart's Blood byDiana Gabaldon

Reading this was like a visit with old friends, catching up on all they’ve been doing, the adventures they’ve had, what they’ve been thinking about. It is the 8th book in the Outlander series, wnich really should be read in order. I loved this one, and was really glad to start off my reading year with it.

Lizzy wrote: "1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Written in My Own Heart's Blood byDiana Gabaldon

Reading this was like a visit with old friends, catching up on all t..."


I need to make the time to read this, I've been sitting on it forever and I could use some more Claire and Jamie :-)

I see you have All the King's Men as an option for topic 2. I highly highly recommend it. I read it in college & have been meaning to reread it since.

Katie, I’m so glad to know that. I did start World’s End for the 2nd week. However, I don’t have a favorite for the punctuation prompt, so I think I’ll use All the King’s Men there. Thank you!

I love you're list so far!! We have already read many of the same :) Wuthering Heights, Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Good Earth. I can't wait to get to Written in my hearts blood buttt I'm only on about to begin book 5 on the side. I completely agree with your statement that it's like visiting with old friends. They have taken on a place in my heart!