Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
Books mentioned in this topic
The Wind in the Willows (other topics)The Handmaid’s Tale (other topics)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (other topics)
Inamorata (other topics)
The Old Man and the Sea (other topics)
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1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Of Mice and Men
3. A book from the 2017 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards
Little Fires Everywhere
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
Unaccustomed Earth
5. A book about or inspired by real events
11/22/63 [JFK assassination]
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Little Prince [French]
7. A gothic novel
The Yellow Wall-Paper
8. An "own voices" book*
The Rosie Project [autism]
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
Black-Eyed Susan
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
A Simple Favor
11. A literary fiction
The Handmaid's Tale
12. A book set in Africa or South America
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
Jane Doe
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 FireÂ
Fahrenheit 451
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
The Bluest Eye
16. A narrative nonfiction
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Bossypants
18. A book with a location in the title
Shadows, Shells, and Spain
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
Rebecca
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
21. A book written in first person perspective
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
22. A book you have high expectations
or hope for
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana - The Graphic Novel
23. A medical or legal thriller
Gray Mountain
24. A book with a map
The Princess Bride
25. A book with an antagonist/
villain point of view
Artemis Fowl
26. A book with a text only cover
Everything I Never Told You
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
The House on Mango Street
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Odd and the Frost Giants
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Little Altars Everywhere
30. A short book
The Safety of Objects
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Hello, Universe
32. An alternate history book
The Man in the High Castle [What if Japan and Germany won WW2]
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you
[Word - autism spectrum disorder]
The Kiss Quotient
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call
[Close call: A book about feminism or with feminist themes. ]
Inamorata
35. A book featuring a murder
Lethal White
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
The Library of Lost Things
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee
Americanah
38. A science book or a science fiction book
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
9. A book with a form of punctuation in the title Seriously... I'm Kidding
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Old Man and the Sea
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
This Is How You Lose Her
44. A ghost story
Sing, Unburied, Sing
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
Smaller and Smaller Circles
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
The Wind in the Willows
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Norse Mythology
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
49. A book from one of the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Best Books of the Month lists
[Feb 2017]
The Hate U Give
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Jane and Prudence
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
Flowers for Algernon short story won a Hugo award.
52. A book published in 2018
Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah
*an own voice novel is a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity.Â