Around the Year in 52 Books is a Goodreads group that creates a user-generated reading challenge each year. This listopia is dedicated to one of our 2021 prompts.

Prompt: A book whose title contains a negative

Examples of Negative Words: No, Don't, Isn't, Never, Not, Nobody, Can't

Other options to tackle the prompt:
- Use words with negative connotations (ugly, horrible, bad)
- Use words that feature negative prefixes and suffixes (un-, dis-, -less)

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message 1: by Nike (last edited Jul 07, 2024 09:20AM) (new)

Nike Why is nr 45 Heart of Darkness on the list? I can't see no negation there.
And me 168. My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life?
And Good Girl, Bad Blood
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last SpokeRegretting You
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
What Alice Forgot

Maybe it should say Negation instead of Negative in the heading, I think some people have misunderstood the meaning of this prompt.


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