Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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📗 is completed
1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y:
Angels of the Universe
📗2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list:
Table for Two
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld:
Ariadne
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title:
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover:
The Wangs vs The World
7. A book by an author that uses 3 names:
The Secret Garden
8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings:
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
📗9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year:
Horse
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns:
Black Candle Women
11. A book set in a fictional location:
Tell Me Everything
📗12. A book by an Irish author:
The Picture of Dorian Grey
13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman:
The Light Pirate
📗15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception:
The Whisper Sister
📗16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925:
Marmee
📗18. A book set primarily in nature:
Walden, or Life in the Woods and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
📗19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape:

20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals:
100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines (kindle of kittens/read on kindle)
📗22. A translated novel from Asia:
The Nakano Thrift Shop
23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting:
Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and The Sound Of Los Angeles
📗24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal:
America Fantastica (criminals)
📗25. A book with waves on the cover:
The Wedding People
26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name:
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
27. A book set in the winter:
Five Winters
28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1:
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
📗29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2:
Reasons to Stay Alive
30. A monster book:
Ducks, Newburyport
31. A book with a coastal setting:
The Bookshop of Second Chances
32. A mystery or true crime book:
And Then There Were None
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time:
Impulse
📗34. A book title that could be a country song:
Out of My Mind
35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists:
To Paradise
36. A book with a common household object on the cover:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
📗37. A book featuring adult friendships:
How to Read a Book
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
📗39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2:
Milkman
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read:
Before We Forget Kindness
📗41. A book that involves digging up the past
How to Age Disgracefully
📗42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate:
Tehrangeles
43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters:
Sandwich
📗44. A haunting book:
Still Alice
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years:
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
📗46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (halfway through summer)
47. A book relating to fire:
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf
48. A book with a character dealing with death:
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
📗49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy. Jamie Ford. 16 May
📗50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025:
Wandering Stars
51. A book published in 2025:
Death of the Author
Dream Count
52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover:
The Incendiaries

anniversary list:
2016: A book originally written in a language other than English:
Chilean Poet
2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E":
City of Girls
2018: An author's debut book:
Fiona and Jane
2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
Cinder Bella
2020: A book with an emotion in the title:
War and Peace
📗2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet:
A Match Made for Thanksgiving
2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books:
Me Before You
📗2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year:
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

4 month check in (1/3 of the year gone!):

Completed: 20/52
📗 is completed
📗1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y:

📗2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list:
Table for Two
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld:
Ariadne
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title:
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
📗6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover:
The Wangs vs The World
7. A book by an author that uses 3 names:
The Secret Garden
8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings:
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
📗9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year:
Horse
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns:
Black Candle Women
11. A book set in a fictional location:
Tell Me Everything
📗12. A book by an Irish author:
The Picture of Dorian Grey
📗13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman:
The Light Pirate
📗15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception:
The Whisper Sister
📗16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925:
Marmee
📗18. A book set primarily in nature:
Walden, or Life in the Woods and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
📗19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape:

20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
📗21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals:
100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines (kindle of kittens/read on kindle)
📗22. A translated novel from Asia:
The Nakano Thrift Shop
23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting:
Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and The Sound Of Los Angeles
📗24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal:
America Fantastica (criminals)
📗25. A book with waves on the cover:
The Wedding People
26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name:
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
📗27. A book set in the winter:
Five Winters
28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1:
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
📗29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2:
Reasons to Stay Alive
30. A monster book:
Ducks, Newburyport
31. A book with a coastal setting:
The Bookshop of Second Chances
32. A mystery or true crime book:
And Then There Were None
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time:
Impulse
📗34. A book title that could be a country song:
Out of My Mind
35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists:
To Paradise
36. A book with a common household object on the cover:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
📗37. A book featuring adult friendships:
How to Read a Book
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
📗39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2:
Milkman
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read:
Before We Forget Kindness
📗41. A book that involves digging up the past
How to Age Disgracefully
📗42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate:
Tehrangeles
43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters:
Sandwich
📗44. A haunting book:
Still Alice
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years:
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
📗46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (halfway through summer)
47. A book relating to fire:
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf
48. A book with a character dealing with death:
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
📗49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy.
📗50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025:
Wandering Stars
📗51. A book published in 2025:
Death of the Author
📗52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover:
Daughter of Fire

Anniversary list 4 month check in:

Completed 2/10

anniversary list:
📗2016: A book originally written in a language other than English:
Three Apples Fell from the Sky
2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E":
City of Girls
2018: An author's debut book:
Fiona and Jane
📗2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
The Berry Pickers
2020: A book with an emotion in the title:
War and Peace
📗2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet:
A Match Made for Thanksgiving
📗2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name:
These Precious Days: Essays
2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books:
Me Before You
📗2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year:
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
📗2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

6 Month update:
Completed: 27/52
📗 is completed
📗1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y:

📗2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list:
Table for Two
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld:
Ariadne
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title:
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
📗6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover:
The Wangs vs The World
📗7. A book by an author that uses 3 names:
Atmosphere
8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings:
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
📗9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year:
Horse
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns:
Black Candle Women
11. A book set in a fictional location:
Tell Me Everything
📗12. A book by an Irish author:
The Picture of Dorian Grey
📗13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
📗14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman:
Death of the Author
📗15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception:
The Whisper Sister
📗16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925:
Marmee
📗18. A book set primarily in nature:
Walden, or Life in the Woods and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
📗19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape:

📗20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
📗21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals:
100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines (kindle of kittens/read on kindle)
📗22. A translated novel from Asia:
The Nakano Thrift Shop
23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting:
Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and The Sound Of Los Angeles
📗24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal:
America Fantastica (criminals)
📗25. A book with waves on the cover:
The Wedding People
📗26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name:
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
📗27. A book set in the winter:
Five Winters
📗28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1:
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
📗29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2:
Reasons to Stay Alive
📗30. A monster book:
Ducks, Newburyport
📗31. A book with a coastal setting:
Sandwich
32. A mystery or true crime book:
And Then There Were None
📗33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time:
Impulse
📗34. A book title that could be a country song:
Out of My Mind
35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists:
To Paradise
36. A book with a common household object on the cover:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
📗37. A book featuring adult friendships:
How to Read a Book
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
📗39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2:
Milkman
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read:
Before We Forget Kindness
📗41. A book that involves digging up the past
How to Age Disgracefully
📗42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate:
Tehrangeles
📗43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters:
James
📗44. A haunting book:
Still Alice
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years:
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
📗46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (halfway through summer)
47. A book relating to fire:
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf
48. A book with a character dealing with death:
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
📗49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy.
📗50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025:
Wandering Stars
📗51. A book published in 2025:
Three Days in June
📗52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover:
Daughter of Fire

Anniversary list 6 month check in:

Completed 6/10

anniversary list:
📗2016: A book originally written in a language other than English:
Three Apples Fell from the Sky
📗2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E":
My Ántonia
2018: An author's debut book:
Fiona and Jane
📗2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
The Berry Pickers
2020: A book with an emotion in the title:
War and Peace
📗2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet:
A Match Made for Thanksgiving
📗2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name:
These Precious Days: Essays
📗2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books:
Hitch 22: A Memoir
📗2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year:
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
📗2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

End of summer update:

Completed: 36/52
📗 is completed
📗1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y:

📗2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list:
Table for Two
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song:
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld:
Ariadne
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title:
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
📗6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover:
The Wangs vs The World
📗7. A book by an author that uses 3 names:
Atmosphere
8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings:
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
📗9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year:
Horse
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns:
Black Candle Women
11. A book set in a fictional location:
Tell Me Everything
📗12. A book by an Irish author:
The Picture of Dorian Grey
📗13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
📗14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman:
Death of the Author
📗15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception:
The Whisper Sister
📗16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list:
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays Samantha Irby 24 Mar
17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925:
Marmee
📗18. A book set primarily in nature:
Walden, or Life in the Woods and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
📗19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape:

📗20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title:
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
📗21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals:
100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines (kindle of kittens/read on kindle)
📗22. A translated novel from Asia:
The Nakano Thrift Shop
23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting:
Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
Waiting for the Sun: Strange Days, Weird Scenes, and The Sound Of Los Angeles
📗24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal:
America Fantastica (criminals)
📗25. A book with waves on the cover:
The Wedding People
📗26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name:
Year of Wonders Geraldine Brooks
📗27. A book set in the winter:
Five Winters
📗28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1:
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
📗29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2:
Reasons to Stay Alive
📗30. A monster book:
Ducks, Newburyport
📗31. A book with a coastal setting:
Sandwich
32. A mystery or true crime book:
And Then There Were None
📗33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time:
Impulse
📗34. A book title that could be a country song:
Out of My Mind
35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists:
To Paradise
36. A book with a common household object on the cover:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
📗37. A book featuring adult friendships:
How to Read a Book
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
📗39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2:
Milkman
📗40. A book you'd consider a comfort read:
The Full Moon Coffee Shop
📗41. A book that involves digging up the past
How to Age Disgracefully
📗42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate:
Tehrangeles
📗43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters:
James
📗44. A haunting book:
Still Alice
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years:
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
📗46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (halfway through summer)
47. A book relating to fire:
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf
48. A book with a character dealing with death:
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
📗49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy.
📗50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025:
Wandering Stars
📗51. A book published in 2025:
Three Days in June
📗52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover:
Daughter of Fire

End of summer update:
8/10
anniversary list:
📗2016: A book originally written in a language other than English:
Three Apples Fell from the Sky
📗2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E":
My Ántonia
2018: An author's debut book:
Fiona and Jane
📗2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
The Berry Pickers
2020: A book with an emotion in the title:
War and Peace
📗2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet:
A Match Made for Thanksgiving
📗2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name:
These Precious Days: Essays
📗2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books:
Hitch 22: A Memoir
📗2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year:
In Five Years Rebecca Serle 16 Feb
📗2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return