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Tricia | 20 comments Here is my initial list. It may change as I go along. [✔] means done..

[✔]1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Elske by Cynthia Voigt
[✔]2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - The Electric Hotel by Dominic Smith
[✔]3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
[ ✔]4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live - Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
[✔]5. The first book in a series that you have not started - Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt

[✔]6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
[✔]7. A book set in the southern hemisphere -Scrublands by Chris Hammer
[✔]8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" - The Party by Lisa Hall
[✔]9. A book that can be read in a day - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

[✔]10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (540 pages)
[✔]11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number - The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (originally published in 1951)
[✔]12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - Against All Odds: The inside account of the Thai cave rescue and the courageous Australians at the heart of it by Craig Challen and Richard Harris
[✔]13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge -Severance by Ling Ma (2019 prompt - A speculative fiction)
[✔]14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers - The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense by Joyce Carol Oates

[✔]15. A book set in a global city - Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
[✔]16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
[✔]17. A book with a neurodiverse character Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary
[✔]18. A book by an author you've only read once before - On Fortune's Wheel by Cynthia Voigt

[✔]19. A fantasy book - The Wings of a Falcon by Cynthia Voigt
[✔]20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] - The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk
[✔]21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719 - Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
[✔]22. A book with the major theme of survival - Peak by Roland Smith

[✔]23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author - The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee
[✔]24. A book with an emotion in the title - The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty
[✔]25. A book related to the arts - The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
[✔]26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - Me by Elton John
[✔]27. A history or historical fiction - Courting Favour by Nigel Tranter

[✔]28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author - The Book of Rapture by Nikki Gemmell
[✔]29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book - Gulpilil by Derek Rielly (only had 23 ratings when I read it)
[✔]30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
[✔]31. A book inspired by a leading news story - The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

[✔]32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
[✔]33. A book about a non-traditional family - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
[✔]34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (Paranormal romance)
[✔]35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover - The Fame Factor by Polly Courtney

[✔]36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
[✔]37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 - Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins (Hot)
[✔]38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (Cold)
[✔]39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce Children of Blood and Bone: The Orisha Legacy by Tomi Adeyemi

[✔]40. A book with a place name in the title - Daughters of Jerusalem by Roger Cleeve
[✔]41. A mystery - Who Killed Angelique? by Emma Darcy
[✔]42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (finalist for National Book award 2014)
[✔]43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
[✔]44. A book related to witches - Witch Child by Celia Rees

[✔]45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 - Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
[✔]46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France
[✔]47. A classic book you've always meant to read- The Devine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
[✔]48. A book published in 2020 - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

[✔]49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win - Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (A book whose title contains an honorific)
[✔]50. A book with a silhouette on the cover - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
[✔]51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - The Dating Detox by Gemma Burgess
[✔]52. A book related to time - Year One by Nora Roberts


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