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Ann (izesicle) | 19 comments The 2018 List

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 Fire 
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. 


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