Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

LeahS's Everything you want is in the library plan - first round using books only from my local branch library, and a general second round.

1 A book from a genre that starts with A, T or Y

2 A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover

3 A book that fits a prompt that did not make the list this year
(i) Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess
Relevance: A book with the name of a planet or moons in the title
Read: January. Library book

4 A book by a new-to-you author
(i) The Book Club by C.J. Cooper
Read: January. Library book

5 A book that you want to read because of something you read in 2025

6 A book related to blood, sweat or tears
(ii) The Painter's Daughters
Relevance: An inherited ('blood borne') disease, tears and sweat too.
Read: January. Gift

7 A book with a character who appears in more than one book
(i) The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
Relevance: John of Gaunt
Read: January. Library book

8 A book set in Africa, Asia or Australia

9 A book with a numeral, ordinal or iterative in the title

10 An award winning book

11 A history or historical fiction book

12 A book with cover text that is not black or white
(ii)
Read: January. Gift

13 An author’s second/sophomore book
(i) Three Women and a Boat
Read: January. Library book

14 A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh

15 A book that you’ve wanted to read for a long time

16 A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Cluedo characters

17 A book set in the wellness or beauty industries

18 A book with a location in the title

19 A book related to yesterday
(i) Tomorrow's Ghost
Relevance: A timeslip between 1976 and 1920s
Read: January. Library book
(ii) Nature's Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
Read: January. Library book

20 A book related to today
(i) The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
Relevance: Present day 'groundhog day'
Read: January. Library book

21 A book related to tomorrow
(i) The Ministry of Time
Relevance: time-travel story set in the near future
Read: January. Library book

22 A book by a Korean/Korean diaspora author

23 A book with a road trip or long journey

24 A book that’s frothy or gothy.

25 A book from the ‘1001 books to read before you die’ list

26 A book with a Z in the title and/or author’s name

27 A non-fiction book

28 A book related to a resistance, rebellion or revolution

29 A vacation book

30 The most recently published book by an author

31 A book from that same author’s backlist

32 A novella of between 100-250 pages
(i) Three days in june
Relevance: 165 pages
Read: January. Library book.

33 A book with an indigenous character or by an indigenous author

34 A book with a window on the cover

35 A book which takes place in a library, a museum, a school or other public building

36 A book where a primary character is a woman over 40
(ii) The Impossible Fortune
Relevance: Elizabeth and Joyce are both senior citizens
Read: January. Gift

37 A book that includes a science topic

38 A book that’s part of a series

39 A book connected in some way to the ‘Queen of Crime’, Agatha Christie

40 A book that has a punctuation mark in the title

41 A mystery or true crime book

42 A book set in an isolated location

43 A book involving survival

44 A book with a symbol of death on the cover

45 A book connected to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

46 A book that is not a novel

47 A book with this, that, those or these in the title

48 A book with something edible in the title
(ii) Butter
Read: January. A giveaway

49 A second book for your favourite prompt

50 A book with a bird on the cover
(ii)
Read: January. Gift

51 A book published in 2026

52 A book related to the name of one of Santa’s reindeer

This sounds like a really interesting take on the challenge!! Good luck :)