Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I have a lot of choices for many of the categories, but since I will be mostly borrowing from the library, as well as trying to work in with other challenges and combine books where possible, choice is good! And even where I only have one book listed, that is still not definite - I reserve the right to make changes at any point!

☀︎ Australian Author
⌘ Non-fiction
✓ Owned

First Quarter
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title – 1/1 – 5/1
Are Those Your Underpants on the Conveyor?: Hilarious Tales of Travel on a Very Small Planet by Mark Sheehan ⌘
The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee
Days Like These by Kristian Anderson ⌘
French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters by Karen Le Billon ⌘
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani


2. A book from the first 10 books added to your TBR list (sorted by date; i.e. the books on your TBR the longest) – 6/1 – 12/1
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens ✓
Following the Equator by Mark Twain ⌘ ✓
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson ⌘
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains by Jon Krakauer ⌘
Travels by Michael Crichton ⌘
April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay ☀︎
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
The Rector's Daughter by F.M. Mayor
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
Days Like These by Kristian Anderson ⌘
Life In His Hands by Susan Wyndham ⌘
London by Edward Rutherfurd

3. A book from the 2017 GR Choice Awards – 13/1 – 19/1

4. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author name, etc) – 20/1 – 26/1
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

5. A book about or inspired by real events – 27/1 – 2/2
Return to Me by Lynn Austin
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

6. A book originally written in a language other than English – 3/2 – 9/2
Under a Black Sky by Inger Wolf - Danish

7. A gothic novel – 10/2 – 16/2
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

8. An "own voices" book (a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity) – 17/2 – 23/2
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) – 24/2 – 2/3
Life In His Hands by Susan Wyndham ⌘
One Pair of Hands by Monica Dickens
One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens

10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) – 3/3 – 9/3
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom ✓

11. A literary fiction – 10/3 – 16/3
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey ☀︎

12. A book set in Africa or South America – 17/3 – 23/3
Zambezi by Tony Park ☀︎
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) – 24/3 – 30/3
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris ✓
A Quiet Life by Natasha Walter

Second Quarter

14. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #2 Fire – 31/3 – 6/4
Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay ☀︎
Keep the Home Fires Burning by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure – 7/4 – 13/4
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

16. A narrative nonfiction – 14/4 – 20/4
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson ⌘

17. A book you expect to make you laugh – 21/4 – 27/4
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis ☀︎

18. A book with a location in the title – 28/4 – 4/5
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons
London by Edward Rutherfurd
At Home in Thrush Green by Miss Read
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan
The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson
Paris Letters by Janice Macleod
The Safest Place in London by Maggie Joel ☀︎

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) – 5/5 – 11/5
John le Carré
Dorothy Gilman
Stephen King
Ken Follett
Margaret Maron
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends – 12/5 – 18/5
The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner ✓

21. A book written in first person perspective – 19/5 – 25/5
The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory ✓

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for – 26/5 – 1/6
Force of Nature by Jane Harper ☀︎
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith - if published

23. A medical or legal thriller – 2/6 – 8/6
The Brethren by John Grisham
The Appeal by John Grisham
The Litigators by John Grisham

24. A book with a map – 9/6 – 15/6
The Last Hours by Minette Walters

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view – 16/6 – 22/6
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan

26. A book with a text only cover – 23/6 – 29/6
The Shack by the Bay by Lea Davey ✓☀︎
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss ⌘

Third Quarter

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, the apocalypse, serious illness, etc) – 30/6 – 6/7
Gilgamesh by Joan London ☀︎
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner ⌘
The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates

28. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #3 Water – 7/7 – 13/7
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin
The Things We Never Said by Susan Elliot Wright
Paris Letters by Janice Macleod
Brother Fish by Bryce Courtenay ☀︎

29. A book with a "Clue" weapons on the cover or in the title (i.e. lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, or wrench) – 14/7 – 20/7
Kingdom of the Strong by Tony Cavanaugh ☀︎ - person is holding a gun that can (just) be seen

30. A short book (your interpretation) – 21/7 – 27/7
Full House by Maeve Binchy

31. A book set in a country you would like to visit but have never been to – 28/7 – 3/8
Antarctica:
Clade by James Bradley ☀︎
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
Canada:
Still Life by Louise Penny

32. An alternate history book – 4/8 – 10/8
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson??
Devoured by D.E. Meredith
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr
The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Titanic Secret by Jack Steel
The Ripper Secret by Jack Steel

33. A book that is connected (e.g. title, cover, content) to a word or phrase "born" in the same year as you (link) – 11/8 – 17/8
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 Polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close call (link) – 18/8 – 24/8
A book picked off your TBR by a family member or a friend
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons - chosen by Mish
or A book that is set during the winter or in a snowy environment

35. A book featuring a murder – 25/8 – 31/8
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before – 1/9 – 7/9
Sixty Seconds: How long is the road to forgiveness? by Jesse Blackadder ☀︎
The Girl in Green by Derek B. Miller
Forgotten by Nicole Trope ☀︎
Blame by Nicole Trope ☀︎
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith ☀︎
A Quiet Life by Natasha Walter
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore ⌘
Music And Freedom by Zoë Morrison ☀︎
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37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (lists) – 8/9 – 14/9
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

38. A science book OR a science fiction book – 15/9 – 21/9
The Martian by Andy Weir

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title – 22/9 – 28/9
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris ⌘

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link) – 29/9 – 5/10
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
The Giver by Lois Lowry

Fourth Quarter

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initial – 6/10 – 12/10
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson,
The Tenth Gift (Crossed Bones) by Jane Johnson
Losing Kate by Kylie Kaden ☀︎
Take Two by Karen Kingsbury
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss ⌘

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater – 13/10 – 19/10
Secrets Between Friends by Fiona Palmer ☀︎

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence – 20/10 – 26/10
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
All That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon
Keep the Home Fires Burning by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

44. A ghost story – 27/10 – 2/11
The Girl in the Photograph by Kate Riordan

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you – 3/11 – 9/11

46. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #4 Air – 10/11 – 16/11
All That Is Solid Melts into Air by Darragh McKeon

47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own – 17/11 – 23/11
Something by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

48. A book related to one of the seven deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) – 24/11 – 30/11

49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link) – 1/12 – 7/12
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson ⌘
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch ⌘
The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
A Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger
The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan ⌘

50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) – 8/12 – 14/12
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection – 15/12 – 21/12
Australia Day by Melanie Cheng ☀︎
Reasons I Won't Be Coming by Elliot Perlman ☀︎
Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks (I'm hoping this one wins an award at some point before the end of 2018!)

52. A book published in 2018 – 22/12 – 28/12
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (if published in 2018)
Still Me by Jojo Moyes

2018 ATY stats

Authors - Male:Female:Both
Countries - Australia:UK:US:other
Series started:Continued:Finished

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