Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

This will be my 3rd year doing this reading challenge! I will be finishing prompts at random.

THE 2020 LIST
📖 - currently reading ✔️ - finished ⭐️ - rating

52/52

✔️ 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
✔️ 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
✔️ 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
✔️ 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
✔️ 5. The first book in a series that you have not started

✔️ 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
✔️ 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
✔️ 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
✔️ 9. A book that can be read in a day

✔️ 10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
✔️ 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
✔️ 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
✔️ 13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
✔️ 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers

✔️ 15. A book set in a global city
✔️ 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
✔️ 17. A book with a neurodiverse character
✔️ 18. A book by an author you've only read once before

✔️ 19. A fantasy book
✔️ 20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
✔️ 21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
✔️ 22. A book with the major theme of survival

✔️ 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
✔️ 24. A book with an emotion in the title
✔️ 25. A book related to the arts
✔️ 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
✔️ 27. A history or historical fiction

✔️ 28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
✔️ 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
✔️ 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
✔️ 31. A book inspired by a leading news story

✔️ 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
✔️ 33. A book about a non-traditional family
✔️ 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
✔️ 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

✔️ 36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
✔️ 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
✔️ 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
✔️ 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce

✔️ 40. A book with a place name in the title
✔️ 41. A mystery
✔️ 42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
✔️ 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
✔️ 44. A book related to witches

✔️ 45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
✔️ 46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
✔️ 47. A classic book you've always meant to read
✔️ 48. A book published in 2020

✔️ 49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
✔️ 50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
✔️ 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
✔️ 52. A book related to time

📕 - Print
🎧 - Audio

📕 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
El Deafo by Cece Bell
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


🎧 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 5. The first book in a series that you have not started
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
⭐️⭐️⭐️½



🎧 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 9. A book that can be read in a day
Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
[416 pages]

📕 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler
⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda
[2019 - A book not written in traditional novel format]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
⭐️⭐️⭐️

15. A book set in a global city
Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
[Paris]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 17. A book with a neurodiverse character
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 18. A book by an author you've only read once before
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 19. A fantasy book
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
Discworld #20
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
[Set in space]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 22. A book with the major theme of survival
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
[LGBTQIA+ author]
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 24. A book with an emotion in the title
P.S. I Still Love You
⭐️⭐️½

📕 25. A book related to the arts
Where the Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 27. A history or historical fiction
The Diviners by Libba Bray
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
[Canadian]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
The Honey Month by Amal El-Mohtar
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
Becoming by Michelle Obama
[2019]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½


🎧 31. A book inspired by a leading news story
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
Death Note, Vol. 11: Kindred Spirits by Tsugumi Ohba
[Set in Japan, translated from Japanese]
⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 33. A book about a non-traditional family
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
⭐️⭐️½

🎧 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
[Science Fiction]
⭐️⭐️½

🎧 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️



📕 36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
Effin' Birds: A Field Guide to Identification by Aaron Reynolds
⭐️⭐️½

🎧 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
Sadie by Courtney Summers
[Light (cover)] / [Fiction]
⭐️⭐️⭐️½



📕 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
[Dark (cover)] / [Nonfiction]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️



📕 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
Death Note, Vol. 10: Deletion by Tsugumi Ohba
⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 40. A book with a place name in the title
Locke & Key, Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 41. A mystery
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie ⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 44. A book related to witches
The Midwinter Witch by Molly Ostertag
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 47. A classic book you've always meant to read
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
⭐️⭐️

🎧 48. A book published in 2020
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
[A book set in space or about space / Canadian author]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
⭐️⭐️½



🎧 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 52. A book related to time
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mini Goals


15 Nonfiction books (COMPLETE!)
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Becoming
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
All Boys Aren't Blue
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
How to Be an Antiracist
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
Beyond the Gender Binary

3 Books set in a country I haven't read before (COMPLETE!)
Nigeria
South Africa
Italy

5 Classics (COMPLETE!)
The Left Hand of Darkness
Bridge to Terabithia
Pinocchio
Hallowe'en Party
Fahrenheit 451

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!
Finished on December 4

Books in reading order:



Top 5
This Is How You Lose the Time War
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Heartstopper: Volume Two
All Boys Aren't Blue
Sulwe