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I really liked The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Hope you're liking it too.
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And Then There Were None (other topics)The Flatshare (other topics)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (other topics)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (other topics)
The Wise Man's Fear (other topics)
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Fredrik Backman (other topics)Deborah Harkness (other topics)
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1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
✔️Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
✔️Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
✔️Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Read Everything I Never Told You in 2019
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
✔️The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
5. The first book in a series that you have not started
✔️Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
✔️The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Car
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
✔️The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion
Australia
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
✔️The Flatshare
9. A book that can be read in a day
✔️Paper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
✔️Under Currents by Nora Roberts
436 pages
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
✔️ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
2003
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
✔️Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
✔️Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
2019: A book with a person’s name in the title
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
✔️Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
15. A book set in a global city
✔️The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
New York
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
✔️Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
✔️Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
18. A book by an author you've only read once before
✔️The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Previously read The Underground Railroad
19. A fantasy book
✔️The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
✔️The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
20th book I read in 2020
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
✔️Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Book about dark matter and multiverses (Physics)
22. A book with the major theme of survival
✔️The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
✔️The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
24. A book with an emotion in the title
✔️Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
25. A book related to the arts
✔️The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Literature
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
✔️Recursion by Blake Crouch
Winner for “Science Fiction”
27. A history or historical fiction
✔️The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith & Jon Stewart
An oral history
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
✔️The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Canadian
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
✔️Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
Only 4,053 ratings on Goodreads
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
✔️The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
2017
31. A book inspired by a leading news story
✔️ Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Opioid crisis
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
✔️ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
33. A book about a non-traditional family
✔️ Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
✔️Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Humor
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
✔️Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
✔️Wilder Girls by Rory Power
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
✔️The Wise Man's Fear
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
✔️ Paper Girls, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
✔️Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
40. A book with a place name in the title
✔️Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
41. A mystery
✔️The Whisper Man by Alex North
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
✔️The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Winner of 2017 Hugo Award
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
✔️The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
War
44. A book related to witches
✔️Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
✔️The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Read Circe in 2019
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
✔️The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
AIDS crisis in the 1980s
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
✔️Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
48. A book published in 2020
✔️ The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
✔️The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
A book recommended by a celebrity or public figure: Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine bookclub pick for September 2019
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
✔️A Nearly Normal Family by M.T. Edvardsson
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
✔️One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
52. A book related to time
✔️Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
Involves time travel