Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
Milkman by Anna Burns - Completed

2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou - Completed

3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
Summer Will Show by Sylvia Townsend Warner

4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)
Columbine by Dave Cullen

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare

6. A book with a dual timeline
Gillespie and I by Jane Harris

7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

Linked by The Great Depression

8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie

10. A book featuring an historical figure
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht

12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
Girl Reading by Katie Ward

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

16. A book told from multiple perspectives
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
The Way Past Winter by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Completed

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR

20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country

21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
BUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara

23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
Sweet Danger by Margery Allingham

24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New (Christmas present)
Tove Jansson: Work and Love by Tuula Karjalainen

25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue (=water)
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson Completed

27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list

28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
A Meal In Winter by Hubert Mingarelli

29. A book published before 1950

30. A book featuring an elderly character
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott- Completed

32. A book with more than 500 pages
Bleak House by Charles Dickens

33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet

34. A book with a person's name in the title
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller - Completed

35. A psychological thriller
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

37. A book set in a school or university
Normal People by Sally Rooney Complete

38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
Fen by Daisy JohnsonCompleted

40. A book you stumbled upon

41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin Completed

45. A multi-generational saga
Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty by Catherine Bailey

46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
The Black Path by Åsa Larsson

47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
Just Kids by Patti SmithCompleted

49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
When I Whistle by Shūsaku Endō

50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
I'll Never Be Young Again by Daphne du Maurier

51. A book published in 2019

52. A book with a weird or intriguing title