Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2022 LIST



✔️1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
The Children Act Ian McEwan
✔️2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
Time Is a Mother
✔️3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
The Reading List
✔️5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
Normal People

✔️6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
Murr by Josephine Mark
✔️7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Lori Gottlieb
✔️8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
March: Book Three
✔️9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
✔️11. A book from historical fiction genre
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell
12. A book related to glass
The Glass Bead Game
13. A book about a woman in STEM

✔️14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
Epifānijas Imants Ziedonis
15. A book without a person on the cover
✔️16. A book related to Earth Day
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
Becoming Michelle Obama

✔️18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Frau Shibatas geniale Idee by Emi Yagi
✔️19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
First Person Singular: StoriesHaruki Murakami
✔️20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
The Great Gatsby
✔️21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
The Song of Achilles
24. A book related to inclement weather
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
✔️26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
Letting Go: The Pathway To Surrender
Patrick Ness
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
Never Let Me Go
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
All the Light We Cannot See
✔️29. A book set on or near a body of water
Elektra Jennifer Saint
30. A book related to mythology
Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece

✔️31. A book published at least 10 years ago
A Room of One's Own
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
✔️33. The next book in a series
March: Book Two
✔️34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
Educated by Tara Westover
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
The Overstory Richard Powers

36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
The Hidden Life of Trees
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
Anxious People Fredrik Backman
38. A book by a Latin American author
✔️39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
March: Book One

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
✔️43. A book set in a small town or rural area
The Color Purple Alice Walker
44. A book with gothic elements

✔️45. A book related to a game
Little Women
✔️46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
The Cockroach by Ian McEwan
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan Kundera
✔️48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett


49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
✔️50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
StonerJohn Williams
✔️51. A book published in 2022
Rude Girl
✔️52. A book with a time-related word in the title
Kalendārs mani sauc