Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2017 List
1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
Flight Patterns by Karen White
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter
Books for Living by Will Schwalbe
5. A historical fiction
Above All Things by Tanis Rideout
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017.
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title.

8. A book written by a person of color
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9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
by Marisa de los Santos
10. A dual-timeline novel
by Heather Young
11. A category from another challenge: author’s initials the same
byMargaret Maron
12. A book based on a myth
by Elwood D. Baumann
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors

14. A book with a strong female character
by Alice Sebold
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
byHenning Mankell
16. A mystery
by Louise Penny
17. A book with illustrations
by Neal Shusterman
18. A really long book
by Michel Faber. 835 pages
19. A New York Times best-seller
by morning Louise Penny. NT Times List 9/16/16
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
by Ruth Rendell
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
24. A book written by at least two authors
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (both listed on Goodreads as authors)
25. A book about a famous historical figure
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
26. An adventure book The Cutthroat by Clive Cussler
27. A book by one of your favorite authors A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
28. A non-fiction Filthy Rich by James Patterson
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions Good as Gone by Amy Gentry
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre London 1849: A Victorian Murder Story by Michael Alpert. True Crime-favorite genre mystery
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer
33. A magical realism novel Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty From Fields of Gold by Alexandra Ripley
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
37. A book you choose randomly Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature When She Woke by Hillary Jordan Scarlet Letter
39. An epistolary fiction I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka
40. A book published in 2017 The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
41. A book with an unreliable narrator The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber
45. A book with a one-word title Always by Sarah Jio
46. A time travel novel Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link) a book you saw a stranger reading Turning Angel by Greg IlesAmy Newmark
48. A banned book The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf The Final Detail by Harlan Coben Rick’s shelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays) Chicken Soup for the Soul: Random Acts of Kindness: 101 Stories of Compassion and Paying It Forward by
52. A book set in a fictional location St. Mary Meade
The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie