Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Read: 10/52

✔️ 1. A book related to “In the Beginning...” - A Study in Charlotte - read 01/03
✔️ 2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - read 01/04
3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
4. A book with a monochromatic cover
✔️ 5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read - Kindred - read 01/15
6. A love story
7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list
8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
✔️ 10. A book with a female villain or criminal - City of Ghosts - read 01/23
11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
14. A book set in a made-up place
15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
16. A book with a building in the title
17. A book with a Muslim character or author
18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1
✔️ 19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2 - The Afterlife of Holly Chase - read 01/13
20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
✔️ 22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet- read 01/21
23. A cross genre novel
24. A book about racism or race relations
25. A book set on an island
26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
28. A book connected to ice
29. A book that you consider comfort reading
30. A long book
31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people
33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
34. A book with a travel theme
35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
36. A book with six or more words in the title
37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator
39. A book involving an immigrant
40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
42. A mystery or thriller
✔️ 43. A book with elements of magic - Fool Moon - read 01/08
44. A book whose title contains a negative
✔️ 45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet - Faire les sucres - read 01/27
46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards
47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”
✔️ 49. A book with an ensemble cast - The Unbreakable Code - read 01/17
50. A book published in 2021
51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
✔️ 52. A book related to "the end" - Tunnel of Bones - read 01/24

Possibilities

1. A book related to “In the Beginning...”
Truly Devious
A Study in Charlotte

2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y

3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2

4. A book with a monochromatic cover
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
Octavia E. Butler
Whitehead Colson
N.K. Jemisin
Attica Locke

6. A love story

7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list

8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited

9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
Silent Night, Deadly Night

10. A book with a female villain or criminal

Possibilities

11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
The African Quest
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Ink and Bone
Invictus

12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020

14. A book set in a made-up place
Les Disparus du Clairdelune

15. A book that features siblings as the main characters

16. A book with a building in the title
I Capture the Castle
The Glass Hotel

17. A book with a Muslim character or author

18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1 (Past)

19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2 (Present)

20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3 (Future)

21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
Truly Devious

Possibilities

22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

23. A cross genre novel
Upright Women Wanted

24. A book about racism or race relations
Kindred
Such a Fun Age

25. A book set on an island

26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
Binti

27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards

28. A book connected to ice

29. A book that you consider comfort reading

30. A long book
The Luminaries

31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
'Salem's Lot
11/22/63

32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people

Possibilities

33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry

34. A book with a travel theme
The Night Circus
The Underground Railroad
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
A Darker Shade of Magic
The Wangs vs. the World
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
What Alice Forgot

36. A book with six or more words in the title
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna

37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator

39. A book involving an immigrant

40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover

41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
Memoirs of a Polar Bear

42. A mystery or thriller

Possibilities

43. A book with elements of magic
Lair of Dreams

44. A book whose title contains a negative
Nevernight
All the Light We Cannot See
Never Let Me Go
The Knife of Never Letting Go

45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards

47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir

48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”

49. A book with an ensemble cast
Aurora Burning

50. A book published in 2021

51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
Red Sister

52. A book related to "the end"
The Cabin at the End of the World

01/52

#1 A book related to “In the Beginning...”

A Study in Charlotte

This book is the first in the series, and is also the beginning of the relationship between Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson

02/52

#2 A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

The name of the author - Konigsburg, E.L. - does not contain any A, T or Y

03/52

# 43. A book with elements of magic

Fool Moon

Harry Dresden is a wizard

04/52

#19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2

The Afterlife of Holly Chase

Thsi book is set in the present, but the notions of past, present and future are really important since it is a retelling of A Christmas Carrol and the MC is the Ghost of Christmas Past

05/52

#5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read

Kindred

06/52

#49. A book with an ensemble cast

The Unbreakable Code

a trio of 3 kids solve the unbreakable code and the enigma surrounding it

07/52

# 22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

08/52

#10. A book with a female villain or criminal

City of Ghosts

The MC must face a Raven in Red, the ghost of a woman who kidnap children

09/52

#52. A book related to "the end"

Tunnel of Bones

In this series, the MC has to deal with ghosts. In this particular book, she explores the Catacombs in Paris where not only a lot of bones ended up when the cemetaries were too full but also, some people got lost and found their end there...

10/52

#45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Faire les sucres

The letter Q is Quebec in the NATO phonetic alphabet and the book is set in the Province of Quebec in Canada