Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2023 LIST

✅ 1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
Red Velvet Revenge in Arizona
2. A book by an author you read in 2022
Laurie R. King or Stuart Kaminsky
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
SFF by a woman - Daggerspell
4. A book with an interracial relationship
Born a Crime
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
The Elephants of Norwich, Blown Away

6. A book where books are important

✅ 7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
✅ 8. An author's debut book
Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon, 9 Feb 2023
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
Lessons in Chemistry (Waterstones 2022)

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
The Haunting of Hill House (Scary) or Ginger Pye (Ginger), Uneasy Relations (Baby - pram on cover)
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
Anne Holt?, Wonder, Cecelia's choice
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
The Secret Life of Bees
✅ 13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
teacups
Stake & Eggs by Laura Childs, 27 Apr 2023
✅ 14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, 17 Jan 2023
✅ 15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
1500s
1520-1536
Defenders of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536 by James Reston Jr., 5 Feb 2023
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
1770s True for the Cause of Liberty: The Second Spartan Regiment in the American Revolution by Oscar E. Gilbert, 1 Mar 2023
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
1850s The Palliser Expedition

✅ 18. A book related to science
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe, 18 May 2023
19. A book related to the arts
Hello Molly!
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
When You Reach Me, Stars of Alabama
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
The Night Tiger, When You Trap a Tiger
✅ 22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus, 7 May 2023

23. A book with a body of water in the title
The Winter Sea
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Bellewether
✅ 25. A book with a tropical setting
Takes place in the open sea near Bermuda.
Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival by Michael J. Tougias, 22 May 2023
26. A book related to pride
Heartstone, Mrs. Dalloway

✅ 27. A book by an author from continental Europe
The White Stag by Kate Seredy, 21 Jan 2023, author is Hungarian who lived in USA
28. A book that is dark
The Kind Worth Killing
29. A book that is light
Short & Tall Tales
✅ 30. A book related to a chess piece
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings, 13 Feb 2023
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
Clive Cussler - John Grisham A Time for Mercy

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
Firefly Lane, Origin
✅ 33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor, 26 Mar 2023 (Hazel - 40)
34. A novella

✅ 35. A book with a school subject in the title
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes, 25 Apr 2023

36. A book that has been translated from another language
Ismail Kadare
37. A book with the theme of returning home
Book Lovers
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
Season of Storms
39. A western
Deep Creek or The Horse Whisperer

✅ 40. A book with a full name in the title
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, 13 May 2023
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
The Mayor of Mogadishu (2016), Recursion 2019
✅ 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
The repeated appearance of the ghost of a girl hanged for witchcraft is a major plot point.
Familiar Spirits by Leonard Tourney, 20 Feb 2023
✅ 43. A book that involves a murder
Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis, 24 Jan 2023
✅ 44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 4 Jan 2023

✅ 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein, 12 Feb 2023
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Tortilla Flat
47. A book related to a geometric shape
Familiar Spirits triangle on cover
✅ 48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals by Ross D.E. MacPhee, 20 Mar 2023

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
The Last Cuentista
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

51. A book published in 2023

✅ 52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come by Jessica Pan, 18 Apr 2023

7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title

Who

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers by Lilian Jackson Braun, 2 Jan 2023

44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal





Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 4 Jan 2023

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

Set in Arizona.

Red Velvet Revenge by Jenn McKinlay, 9 Jan 2023

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake

Espionage at Bletchley Park.

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, 17 Jan 2023

27. A book by an author from continental Europe

Author was born in Hungary, lived in USA

The White Stag by Kate Seredy, 21 Jan 2023

43. A book that involves a murder

Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis, 24 Jan 2023

15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
1500s

1520-1536
Defenders of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536 by James Reston Jr., 5 Feb 2023

8. An author's debut book

Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon, 9 Feb 2023

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

According to Wikipedia Heinlein has 32 published novels.

Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein, 12 Feb 2023

30. A book related to a chess piece

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings, 13 Feb 2023

33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923

The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor, 26 Mar 2023 (Hazel - 40)

35. A book with a school subject in the title

Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes, 25 Apr 2023

48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
The whole book was about larger versions of animals!

End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals by Ross D.E. MacPhee, 20 Mar 2023

52. A book with an unusual or surprising title

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come by Jessica Pan, 18 Apr 2023

13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover

teacups
Stake & Eggs by Laura Childs, 27 Apr 2023

18. A book related to science

What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe, 18 May 2023

22. A book with a faceless person on the cover



You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus, 7 May 2023

40. A book with a full name in the title

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin, 13 May 2023

25. A book with a tropical setting

Takes place in the open sea near Bermuda.

Overboard!: A True Blue-water Odyssey of Disaster and Survival by Michael J. Tougias, 22 May 2023