Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

(1) A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

(2) A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) - What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

(3) A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

(4) A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc) - Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

(5) A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare - Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

(6) A book with a dual timeline - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

(7) 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 - Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

(8) 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

(9) A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror) - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

(10) A book featuring an historical figure - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

(11) A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) - Rat Queens: Deluxe Edition, Volume 1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe

(12) A book about reading, books or an author/writer - Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

(13) A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

(14) A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term - The Revolution of the Moon by Andrea Camilleri

(15) A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country - The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

(16) A book told from multiple perspectives - The Long Call by Ann Cleeves

(17) A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

(18) A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements - Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder by James Mahaffey

(19) A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR - The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson


(20) A book featuring indigenous people of a country - Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

(21) A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes (A book with a interesting or beautiful spine/A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads/A book by an author from an island) - Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori

(22) A book with a number in the title or on the cover - Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

(23) 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old - The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

(24) 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

(25) 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed - The Expanse: Origins by James S.A. Corey

(26) 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue - Home by Nnedi Okorafor

(27) A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list - The Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith

(28) A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.) - The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

(29) A book published before 1950 - We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich

(30) A book featuring an elderly character - To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

(31) A children’s classic you’ve never read - Meet the Austins by Madeleine L'Engle

(32) A book with more than 500 pages - Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

(33) A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

(34) A book with a person's name in the title - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

(35) A psychological thriller - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

(36) A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list - The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

(37) A book set in a school or university - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

(38) A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc) - S. by J.J. Abrams

(39) A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life - Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

(40) A book you stumbled upon - Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place by Annick Smith

(41) A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards - Circe by Madeline Miller

(42) A book with a monster or "monstrous" character - Rat Queens Deluxe Edition Volume 2 by Kurtis J. Wiebe

(43) A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction] - The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

(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.) - Away with the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood

(45) A multi-generational saga - Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

(46) A book with a (mostly) black cover - Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag

(47) A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.) - Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense by Bob Holmes


(48) A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year - Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

(49) A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country - Severance by Ling Ma

(50) A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual) - Becoming by Michelle Obama

(51) A book published in 2019 - Tiamat's Wrath by James S.A. Corey

(52) A book with a weird or intriguing title - The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus by Ryan Jacobs