Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2017 List
52/52

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016- (Best Middle Grade & Children's nominee) The Dark Talent/Brandon Sanderson 2/23/17
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)-
The Infinite Sea/Rick Yancey 1/4/17
3. A book you meant to read in 2016-The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern/Jules Verne 1/16/17
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"- Wayward/Blake Crouch 3/13/17
5. A historical fiction-Anne of Green Gables/L.M. Montgomery 3/16/17
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017-A Monster Calls/Patrick Ness 6/23/17
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title-Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods/Suzanne Collins 7/2/17
8. A book written by a person of color-Language A to Z/John McWhorter 5/28/17
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list-The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making/Catherynne M. Valente 4/8/17
10. A dual-timeline novel-Bird Box/Josh Malerman 10/6/17

11. A category from another challenge (Popsugar 2017 15. A book with a subtitle)-Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the WestBlaine Harden 6/25/17
12. A book based on a myth-myth alchemy The Alchemyst/Michael Scott 3/11/17
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors-Legacies/L.E. Modesitt Jr. 9/14/17 recommended by Robin Hobb
14. A book with a strong female character-Crossed/Eliza Crewe 2/24/17
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry/Fredrik Backman 6/6/17
16. A mystery- The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs/Rick Yancey 6/23/17
17. A book with illustrations-The Trumpet Of The Swan/E.B. White 2/13/17
18. A really long book (600+ pages)-Fool's Quest/Robin Hobb 5/6/17 (768 pages)
19. A New York Times best-seller-
The Passage/Justin Cronin 10/11/17
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading- Boundary Crossed/Melissa F. Olson 5/3/17

21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read-The Silkworm/Robert Galbraith 2/5/17
22. A book by an author you haven't read before- The War of the Worlds/H.G. Wells 6/2?/17
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (#74)-Matilda/Roald Dahl 8/10/17
24. A book written by at least two authors- Through the Grinder/Cleo Coyle (pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, and Marc Cerasini) 8/21/17
25. A book about a famous historical figure-Louis XIV City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris/Holly Tucker 6/18/17
26. An adventure book- Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane/Suzanne Collins 5/13/17
27. A book by one of your favorite authors- Death Masks/Jim Butcher 3/29/17
28. A non-fiction-Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return/Marjane Satrapi 6/27/17
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions Publisher: Thomas & Mercer The Last Town/Blake Crouch 4/6/17
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books (#2)-The Diary of a Young Girl/Anne Frank 9/7/17

31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre- Urban Fantasy
Grave Peril/Jim Butcher 1/2/17
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)-Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia/Brandon Sanderson 1/9/17
33. A magical realism novel-One Hundred Years of Solitude/Gabriel García Márquez 8/26/17
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere-Truly Madly Guilty/Liane Moriarty 3/19/17
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty- Helen of Sparta/Amalia Carosella 10/31/17
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee - The Graveyard Book/Neil Gaiman 11/13/17
37. A book you choose randomly- Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition/Grant Hardy 4/11/17
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature-(classic literature was Pride and Prejudice) A Rival for Mr. Darcy/Jayne Matthews 5/15/17
39. An epistolary fiction- Diary of a Wimpy Kid/Jeff Kinney 4/28/17
40. A book published in 2017- Henry and the Chalk Dragon/Jennifer Trafton 8/30/17

41. A book with an unreliable narrator-We Were Liars/E. Lockhart 3/21/17
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)-The Kite Runner/Khaled Hosseini 6/15/17
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)-After the Quake/Haruki Murakami 8/20/17
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/ (used A Man Called Ove) The Little Paris Bookshop/Nina George 7/27/17
45. A book with a one-word title- Panic/Lauren Oliver 6/16/17
46. A time travel novel- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children/Ransom Riggs 8/30/17
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (A book set amidst an intense weather situation (extreme heat, cold, hurricane, etc.)) -Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History/Erik Larson 5/22/17
48. A banned book-The Outsiders/S.E. Hinton 7/30/17
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf-Succubus Blues/Richelle Mead 6/30/17
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Roald Dahl 9/11/17
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)-Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection/Brandon Sanderson 7/29/17
52. A book set in a fictional location- Title: Alcatraz Vesus the Shattered Lens (Alcatraz Versus/Brandon Sanderson 2/2/17



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36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)-Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell/Susanna Clarke or The Graveyard Book/Neil Gaiman

Thanks Jillian, I'm using your list for week 49 - found on someone else's bookshelf with My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. Random, but I clicked into your list (as it was up the top), and saw this book. Incidently it's in transit for me from the library, so win win!

That works perfect!

Tentative plan for 2018 list

- A book from the 2017 GR Choice Awards-
- A book published in 2018-
- A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)- Blood of Dragons/Robin Hobb
- A book set in Africa or South America-Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill/Candice Millard
- A book that intimidates/ scares you-

- A book with a location in the title-Living Dead in Dallas/Charlaine Harris
- A book that takes place on, in, or underwater-The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean/Trevor Corson
- A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title-Lady-Protector/L.E. Modesitt Jr.
- A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own-The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: Guidance on the Path to Mindfulness from a Spiritual Leader/Haemin Sunim
- A book about surviving a hardship of some kind (war, famine, major disasters, the apocalypse, serious illness, etc)

- A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
- A gothic novel
- A (Bailey's/Orange's) Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (Orange Prize for Fiction (2012)- The Song of Achilles/Madeline Miller
- A book with a text only cover
- Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc)

- Book #2 Fire (in title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc)
- Book #3 Water (in title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc)
- Book #4 Air (in title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc)
- A book that will make you laugh
- A medical or legal thriller

- An award-winning short story or short story collection
- A book with a form of punctuation in the title- The Lord-Protector's Daughter/L.E. Modesitt Jr.
- A book with one of the "Clue" weapons on the cover or in the title (i.e. lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, or wrench)
- A book originally written in a language other than English- Britt-Marie Was Here/Fredrik Backman
- An author's debut book (their first book to be published)

- A book related to one of the seven deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
- A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
- A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
- A book from the first 10 on your TBR list (sorted by date; i.e. the books on your TBR the longest)-Soarer's Choice/L.E. Modesitt Jr.
- An "own voices" book

- A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list ( link )-The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America/Erik Larson
- A narrative nonfiction
- A ghost story
- A science book OR a science fiction book
- A book with an unique format/writing structure-Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid/Douglas R. Hofstadter

- A short book (your interpretation)- graphic novel
- A book written in first person perspective
- A book with a map
- A book nominated for the Edgar Award
- A book by an author with the same first and last initial

- A literary fiction
- A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
- A book that is connected (e.g. title, cover, content) to a word or phrase "born" in the same year as you (link)
- A suggestion from the AtY 2018 Polls, that didn't win but made the close-call or polarizing list
- A book about or inspired by real events

- A book set in a country you would like to visit but have never been to
- A book you have high expectations or hope for
- A book published in the last three years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you have not read before- random library book
- A book with a plot centered around a secret (e.g., forbidden love, spies, resistance fighters, secret societies, conspiracy theories
- A book with a title that is a whole sentence

- A book featuring a murder/murders
- An alternate history book

Main Goals to Read my series books, Nonfiction books & TBR (own)
Series:
Corean Chronicles Series by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
4.Alector's Choice, 5. Cadmian's Choice, *6. Soarer's Choice, *7. The Lord-Protector's Daughter, *8. Lady-Protector

Imager Portfolio by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
6:Imager's Battalion, 7:Antiagon Fire, 8:Rex Regis, 9:Madness in Solidar, 10:Treachery's Tools, 11:Assassin’s Price

Rain Wild Chronicles Series by Robin Hobb
1.The Dragon Keeper, 2. Dragon Haven, 3. City of Dragons, *4.Blood of Dragons

Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris
1.Dead Until Dark *2.Living Dead in Dallas 3.Club Dead 4.Dead to the World 5.Dead as a Doornail 6.Definitely Dead 7.All Together Dead 8.From Dead to Worse 9.Dead and Gone 10.Dead Reckoning 11.Deadlocked 12.Dead Ever After

Non-fiction:
*Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill/Candice Millard

*The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean/Trevor Corson

*The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America/Erik Larson

*Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid/Douglas R. Hofstadter

*The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: Guidance on the Path to Mindfulness from a Spiritual Leader/Haemin Sunim

TBR
*The Song of Achilles/Madeline Miller

*Britt-Marie Was Here/Fredrik Backman