Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I realize it's already October, but I wanted to document my efforts for this year.
I am sharing books between this challenge and the Pop Sugar challenge.


✔1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
Feed by M.T. Anderson

2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

✔3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure by Ryan North

✔4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

✔5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
Othello by William Shakespeare

✔6. A book with a dual timeline
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

✔7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
topic: Gaming For the Win by Cory Doctorow

8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
topic: Gaming Warcross by Marie Lu

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (science fiction)
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman

✔10. A book featuring an historical figure
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

✔11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

✔12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer

✔13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

✔14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
Artemis by Andy Weir

✔15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
The Song of Achilles by Margaret Miller

✔16. A book told from multiple perspectives
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

✔17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

✔18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

✔19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
My Place by Sally Morgan

✔21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes
(Book recommended by or mentioned in a podcast) Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

✔22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

✔23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
Moby-Dick, or, the Whale by Herman Melville

✔24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
New Boy by Tracy Chevalier

✔25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by J.K. Rowling

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier

✔27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

✔28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

✔29. A book published before 1950
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

✔30. A book featuring an elderly character
A Man Called Ove by A Man Called Ove

✔31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

32. A book with more than 500 pages
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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

✔34. A book with a person's name in the title
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

✔35. A psychological thriller
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

✔36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

✔37. A book set in a school or university
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

✔38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)
Watchmen by Alan Moore

✔39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

40. A book you stumbled upon
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

✔41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

✔42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

✔43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

✔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.)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

✔45. A multi-generational saga
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

✔46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

✔47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan

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

49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

✔50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

✔51. A book published in 2019
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

✔52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton