Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2018 List

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
√ 3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link) - Artemis
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
√ 5. A book about or inspired by real events - Catch Me if You Can
√ 6. A book originally written in a language other than English - The Snowman
7. A gothic novel
8. An "own voices" book*
√ 9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) - Heartless
√ 10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) - The Heir and the Spare
11. A literary fiction
12. A book set in Africa or South America
√ 13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) - The Ice Twins
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
√ 15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
16. A narrative nonfiction
√ 17. A book you expect to make you laugh - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
√ 18. A book with a location in the title - Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
√ 28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water - Swimming Home
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
√ 35. A book featuring a murder - Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
√ 36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before - Seven Days of Us
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
√ 38. A science book or a science fiction book - Autonomous
√ 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title - Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
√ 40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link) - Fahrenheit 451
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
√ 42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater - The Woman in Cabin 10
√ 43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - This is How It Always Is
44. A ghost story
√ 45. A book that intimidates/ scares you - Fierce Kingdom
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
√ 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own - China Dolls
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
√ 52. A book published in 2018 - The River Widow

The 2018 List

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
√ 3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link) - Artemis
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
√ 5. A book about or inspired by real events - Catch Me if You Can
√ 6. A book originally written in a language other than English - The Snowman
7. A gothic novel
8. An "own voices" book*
√ 9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) - Heartless
√ 10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) - The Heir and the Spare
11. A literary fiction
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc):
Fahrenheit 451
Fierce Kingdom (hiding)
Heist Society (heist)
When Passion Rules (identity)
The Woman in Cabin 10 (murder)
The Ice Twins
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire:
Fahrenheit 451
√ 15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
16. A narrative nonfiction
√ 17. A book you expect to make you laugh - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
√ 18. A book with a location in the title - Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective:
Fierce Kingdom
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc):
Fierce Kingdom
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water:
Swimming Home
The Woman in Cabin 10
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder:Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
The Woman in Cabin 10
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before:
Fierce Kingdom
The Woman in Cabin 10
Seven Days of Us
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book:
Autonomous
Fahrenheit 451
√ 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title - Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link):
Fahrenheit 451
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater:
The Woman in Cabin 10
√ 43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - This is How It Always Is
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you:
Fahrenheit 451
Fierce Kingdom
The Woman in Cabin 10
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
√ 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own - China Dolls
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
√ 52. A book published in 2018 - The River Widow