Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2023 LIST
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y - Turkey - The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer - finished 1/1/23
2. A book by an author you read in 2022 - The Rose and the Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott - finished 1/4/23
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - Pre-poll: Wanted to read in 2022 - Conversations with Rabbi Small by Harry Kemelman - finished 1/6/23
4. A book with an interracial relationship - The Cold Blue Blood by David Handler - finished 1/10/23
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover - Deadly Stillwater by Roger Stelljes - finished 1/17/23

6. A book where books are important - The Silence of the Library by Miranda James - finished 3/5/23
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title - Who - The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton - finished 8/5/23
8. An author's debut book - The Honey Guide by Richard Crompton - finished 2/5/23
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W - Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa - Coconut by Kopano Matlwa - finished 4/16/23

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - scary - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - finished 6/24/23
11. A book about a person/character with a disability - deafness - The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins - finished 1/14/23
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies - bees - The Sting Of Death: Book 5 of the Sidney Becker Mysteries by Linda Berry - finished 2/2/23
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - tiny flower in a diamond shaped frame - Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field - finished 1/25/23

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake - In the Balance by Patricia Wentworth - finished 1/29/23
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - 18th century - Hyperion / Empedokles by Friedrich Hölderlin - finished 1/3/23
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - 20th century - The Black Mountain by Rex Stout - finished 1/8/23
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - 21st century - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny - finished 1/5/23

18. A book related to science - Marine biology - The Day of the DolphinThe Day of the Dolphin by Robert Merle - finished 4/11/23
19. A book related to the arts - Dobry by Monica Shannon - finished 2/2/23
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel - if you've read the book, you understand that "there and back again" is a long route of travel - The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien - finished 5/30/23
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author - They Called Us Enemy by George Takei - finished 5/21/23
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover - The End of the Affair by Graham Greene - finished 2/22/23

23. A book with a body of water in the title - setting is on Lake Superior - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr - finished 2/26/23
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy - spy - Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh - finished 1/30/23
25. A book with a tropical setting - Honduras - The Voice Inside My Head by S.J. Laidlaw - finished 1/12/23
26. A book related to pride - pride in the Basque culture and history and the pride of a bullfighter - Love and Death at the Encierro: A Harold Gatewood Mystery Vol. 1 by Hal Graff - finished 2/4/23

27. A book by an author from continental Europe - author born in Bulgaria - The Zakhov Mission by Andrey Gulyashki - finished 3/24/23
28. A book that is dark - The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez - finished 1/16/23
29. A book that is light - Just Follow The Money by Jinx Schwartz - finished 1/31/23
30. A book related to a chess piece - Rook is the last name of the male lead character - Driving Heat by Richard Castle - finished 2/18/23
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com - input Edgar Wallace - The Canary Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine - finished 4/20/23

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature - Wroclaw, Poland (City of Literature 2019) is the current Polish name of Breslau, as it was called by the Germans in WWII - Death in Breslau by Marek Krajewski - finished 4/14/23
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell - finished 1/27/23
34. A novella - The Private Wife of Sherlock Holmes by Carole Nelson Douglas - finished 2/10/23
35. A book with a school subject in the title - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - finished 4/1/23

36. A book that has been translated from another language - Norwegian - Hunger by Knut Hamsun - finished 1/2/23
37. A book with the theme of returning home - Garram the Hunter: A Boy of the Hill Tribes by Herbert Best - finished 2/3/23
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover - moon - Endless Night by Agatha Christie - finished 2/8/23
39. A western - The eye of the Needle by George Garland - finished 3/28/23

40. A book with a full name in the title - Rodney Stone by Arthur Conan Doyle - finished 3/4/23
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists - 2013 Mysteries & Thrillers - Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley - finished 6/18/23
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter - Accredited Ghost Stories by T. M. Jarvis - finished 8/14/23
43. A book that involves a murder - A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry - finished 2/9/23
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal - Dog Gone Lies by Ted Clifton - finished 1/9/23

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves - finished 1/15/23
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe - High Heat by Richard Castle - finished 8/10/23
47. A book related to a geometric shape - The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace - finished 8/22/23
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - Largest Great Dane in the world - Giant George: Life with the World's Biggest Dog by Dave Nasser - finished 6/3/23

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 - April 2022 - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk - finished 1/7/23
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - #43 involves murder - Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh - finished 2/21/23
51. A book published in 2023 - The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis - finished 3/14/23
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title - If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs: A Guide to Understanding Men by Big Boom - finished 3/31/23