Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

✔️ means read

[✔️]1. A book related to “In the Beginning...” - The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
[✔️]2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick
[✔️]3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music - The Rose Grower by Michelle de Kretser
[✔️]4. A book with a monochromatic cover - The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani

[✔️]5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
[✔️]6. A love story - This is a Love Story by Jessica Thompson
[✔️]7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold (A book that tells the story behind the story)
[✔️]8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited - The Alchemist's Secret by Scott Mariani (mostly set in France)

[✔️]9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year - The Winter House - Nicci Gerrard
[✔️]10. A book with a female villain or criminal - The Amazing Mrs Livesey by Freda Marnie Nicholls
[✔️]11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum - Tutankhamun: The Last Secret by Christian Jacq
[✔️]12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
[✔️]13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020 - She's Out by Lynda La Plante

[✔️]14. A book set in a made-up place - Soulbinder by Sebastien de Castell
[✔️]15. A book that features siblings as the main characters - Daddy's Girls by Tasmina Perry
[✔️]16. A book with a building in the title - The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
[✔️]17. A book with a Muslim character or author - A Burning by Megha Majumdar

[✔️]18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1 (past) - A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor
[✔️]19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2 (present) - Australia 2020 by The Betoota Advocate
[✔️]20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3 (future) - The Blood Red Game by Michael Moorcock
[✔️]21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u" - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
[✔️]22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

[✔️]23. A cross genre novel - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy/Crime and thriller)
[✔️]24. A book about racism or race relations - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
[✔️]25. A book set on an island - Entry Island by Peter May
[✔️]26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author - Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni

[✔️]27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards -Queenslayer by Sebastien de Castell (Queen)
[✔️]28. A book connected to ice - Snow Falling on Cedars - by David Guterson
[✔️]29. A book that you consider comfort reading - The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
[✔️]30. A long book - Eon by Greg Bear (500+ pages)

[✔️]31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
[✔️]32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people - A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor
[✔️]33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry Vampire: Chilling Tales Of The Undead by Peter Haining
[✔️]34. A book with a travel theme - Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
[✔️]35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer - The Land Girls by Victoria Purman (set in Australia)

[✔️]36. A book with six or more words in the title - Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
[✔️]37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list - The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
[✔️]38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator - The Hand by Georges Simenon (I used the ATY group choice of "hand")
[✔️]39. A book involving an immigrant - Walking Free by Munjed Al Muderis

[✔️]40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover - The Foundling by Stacey Halls
[✔️]41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
[✔️]42. A mystery or thriller - The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
[✔️]43. A book with elements of magic - Crownbreaker by Sebastien de Castell

[✔️]44. A book whose title contains a negative - Fifty Is Not a Four-Letter Word by Linda Kelsey
[✔️]45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet Hotel Babylon: Inside the Extravagance and Mayhem of a Luxury Five-Star Hotel by Imogen Edwards-Jones
[✔️]46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards - Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
[✔️]47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir - Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History by Penny Le Couteur
[✔️]48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?” - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

[✔️]49. A book with an ensemble cast - One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
[✔️]50. A book published in 2021 - Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
[✔️]51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name - The Lost Child by Sarah Ash
[✔️]52. A book related to "the end" - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera