Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

It's gonna be my first ATY.
Goals:
- keep mostly to the order of prompts, but don't stress myself about this too much
- reading books from TBR adding only a few outside of it for the more challenging prompts
- no re-reads
- read mostly in English but maybe include few books in Russian (my native language)
- read at least one nonfiction book every month

Stats:
ATY 52/52
overall 250
nonfiction 38/12

Links:
community spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
personal 2022 spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
cover collage

🎧 - Audiobook

THE 2022 LIST
✅ 1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 04/01/2022 (A - Avery Kylie Grambs)
✅ 2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021 - You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus 08/01/2022 (book by the author I read in 2021)
✅ 3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 11/01/2022 (28 letters)
✅ 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 14/01/2022 (related to a Taylor Swift's Style)
✅ 5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name - Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris 22/01/2022 (Joanne Harris)

✅ 6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 29/01/2022 (lightning)
✅ 7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind - The Trouble with Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament by Robert M. Sapolsky 02/02/2022
✅ 8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 - The Red Palace by June Hur 03/02/2022 (Asia)
✅ 9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 - Innocent Killers by Hugo van Lawick, Jane Goodall 24/02/2022 (Africa)

✅ 10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry L. Hunt 10/03/2022 (South America)
✅ 11. A book from historical fiction genre - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 15/03/2022
✅ 12. A book related to glass - On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating by Karina Manta 19/03/2022
✅ 13. A book about a woman in STEM - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 22/03/2022

✅ 14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads - Her Band of Rakes by R.A. Steffan 02/04/2022
✅ 15. A book without a person on the cover - Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall 08/04/2022
✅ 16. A book related to Earth Day - I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong 19/04/2022
✅ 17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge - Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore 25/04/2022

✅ 18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao 29/04/2022
✅ 19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history - Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews 05/05/2022
✅ 20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900-1951 - Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner 22/05/2022
✅ 21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 22/05/2022
✅ 22. A book with a Jewish character or author - Think of England by K.J. Charles 26/05/2022

✅ 23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship - A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall 03/06/2022
✅ 24. A book related to inclement weather - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer 06/06/2022
✅ 25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages - The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 10/06/2022
✅ 26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1 - City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett 13/06/2022

✅ 27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2 - The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine 16/07/2022
✅ 28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards - The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin 18/07/2022
✅ 29. A book set on or near a body of water - Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson 24/07/2022
✅ 30. A book related to mythology - City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett 28/07/2022

✅ 31. A book published at least 10 years ago - So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane 02/08/2022 (first published in 1983)
✅ 32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer - Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews 03/08/2022
✅ 33. The next book in a series - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews 05/08/2022
✅ 34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role - My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth 16/08/2022
✅ 35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1 - How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution by Lee Alan Dugatkin 29/08/2022

✅ 36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2 - Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution by Menno Schilthuizen 01/09/2022
✅ 37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 03/09/2022
✅ 38. A book by a Latin American author - Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera 03/09/2022
✅ 39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 05/09/2022

✅ 40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 20/09/2022 (Death)
✅ 41. A book with a theme of food or drink - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert 04/10/2022
✅ 42. A book with a language or nationality in the title - Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English by John McWhorter 04/10/2022
✅ 43. A book set in a small town or rural area - Uprooted by Naomi Novik 06/10/2022
✅ 44. A book with gothic elements - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher 09/10/2022

✅ 45. A book related to a game - A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny 01/11/2022
✅ 46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters - All Systems Red by Martha Wells 04/11/2022
✅ 47. A book with handwriting on the cover - Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience compiled by Shaun Usher 25/11/2022
✅ 48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022 - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree 29/11/2022

✅ 49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons" - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews 01/12/2022
✅ 50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years - White Hot by Ilona Andrews 02/12/2022
✅ 51. A book published in 2022 - Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews 08/12/2022
✅ 52. A book with a time-related word in the title - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky 11/12/2022

January

A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y


[A - Avery Kylie Grambs]
04/01/2022
★★★★½

A book connected to a book you read in 2021


[book by the author I read in 2021]
08/01/2022
★★½

A book with 22 or more letters in the title


[28 letters]
11/01/2022
★★★★★

A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list


[A book related to a Taylor Swift song or album - Style]
14/01/2022
★★★★★

A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name


[Joanne Harris]
22/01/2022
★★★½

February

A book with an image of a source of light on the cover


[lightning]
29/01/2022
★★

A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind


02/02/2022
★★★★★

3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 (Asia)


03/02/2022
★★★★

3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 (Africa)


24/02/2022
★★★★

March

3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 (South America)


10/03/2022
★★★★★

A book from historical fiction genre


15/03/2022
★★★

A book related to glass


19/03/2022
★★★★

A book about a woman in STEM


22/03/2022
★★★★

April

A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads


02/04/2022
★★★★½

A book without a person on the cover


08/04/2022
★★★½

A book related to Earth Day


19/04/2022
★★★

A book from NPR's Book Concierge

Top picks


25/04/2022
★★★½

May

A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author


29/04/2022
★★★★

A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history


05/05/2022
★★★½

A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951


22/05/2022
★★★★½

A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover


22/05/2022
★★★★

A book with a Jewish character or author


26/05/2022
★★★★★

June

A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship


03/06/2022
★★★★★

A book related to inclement weather


06/06/2022
★★★★★

A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages


10/06/2022
★★★★★

2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1

Top picks


[Stairs]
13/06/2022
★★★★

July

2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2


[Stairs]
16/07/2022
★★★

A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards


18/07/2022
★★★★

A book set on or near a body of water


24/07/2022
★★★★


A book related to mythology


28/07/2022
★★★½

August

A book published at least 10 years ago


02/08/2022
★★★½

A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer


03/08/2022
★★★★★

The next book in a series


05/08/2022
★★★★★

A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role


16/08/2022
★★★½

2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1


29/08/2022
★★★★★

September

2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2



01/09/2022
★★★½

A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name


03/09/2022
★★★

A book by a Latin American author


03/09/2022
★★½

A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time


05/09/2022
★★★★★

October

A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards


20/09/2022
★★★★

A book with a theme of food or drink


04/10/2022
★★★★

A book with a language or nationality in the title


04/10/2022
★★★★★

A book set in a small town or rural area


06/10/2022
★★★★

A book with gothic elements


09/10/2022
★★★★

November

A book related to a game


01/11/2022
★★★

A book with a non-human as one of the main characters


04/11/2022
★★★★

A book with handwriting on the cover


25/11/2022
★★★★

A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022



29/11/2022
★★★★½

December

A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"


01/12/2022
★★★★

A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years


02/12/2022
★★★★½

A book published in 2022


08/12/2022
★★★★½

A book with a time-related word in the title


11/12/2022
★★★★

ATY Cover Collage

Five Star ATY Reads

Winter Reading Challenge Cover Collage

Summer Reading Challenge Cover Collage

Reject Challenge? - suggestions thread
I picked one prompt from each poll

✅ 1. A winner or nominee from the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (05/01/2022) ★★★★☆
✅ 2. A book you haven't read because it is or was overhyped - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (19/08/2022) ★★★☆☆ 🎧
✅ 3. A book related to a Taylor Swift song or album - Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma (23/03/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 4. A book by an author with 3 names - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (16/06/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 5. 3 books related to the three primary colors (red) - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (07/09/2022) ★★★★½ 🎧
✅ 6. 3 books related to the three primary colors (blue) - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (09/09/2022) ★★★★★ 🎧
✅ 7. 3 books related to the three primary colors (green) - Celtic Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends by Miranda Aldhouse-Green (30/10/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 8. A book with a character who loves books - Book Lovers by Emily Henry (07/05/2022) ★★★½
✅ 9. A parallel novel or spin-off of a well-known story - The Never King by Nikki St. Crowe (23/08/2022) ★★★★☆
✅ 10. A book related to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing - From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata (22/02/2022) ★★★☆☆ 🎧
✅ 11. A book that was nominated for or won the Hugo award - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (28/09/2022) ★★★★½ 🎧
✅ 12. A book related to a movie or TV project being released in 2022 - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (07/01/2022) ★★★★☆
✅ 13. A book (or any book in a series) mentioned on NPR’s list of 50 Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books Of The Past Decade - City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett (01/08/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 14. A book about "First Contact" - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (11/12/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 15. A book within the first 22 listed on your TBR list - Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat (27/12/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 16. A book found on the Top 15 books published by year according to GR list of Most Popular Books by Year - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (07/02/2022) ★★★★★ 📄/🎧
✅ 17. A nonfiction book without a subtitle - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (15/01/2022) ★★★★☆ 🎧
✅ 18. A book set in a library or bookstore - The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (21/02/2022) ★★★☆☆ 🎧
✅ 19. A book by an author named Elizabeth - Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim (30/08/2022) ★★★★☆
✅ 20. A book involving travel: fiction or non-fiction, terrestrial or other - A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky (29/01/2022) ★★★★★ 🎧

I hope to fill these with my non-ATY-reads, but reserve right to fill in blanks in December with books used for my main ATY challenge

Non-ATY reads collage