Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Leah's Everything you want is in the library plan - first round using books only from my local branch library, and second round books just from libraries in my borough.

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

4 A book by a new-to-you author

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

6 A book related to blood, sweat or tears

7 A book with a character who appears in more than one 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

13 An author’s second/sophomore 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

20 A book related to today

21 A book related to tomorrow

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

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

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

49 A second book for your favourite prompt

50 A book with a bird on the cover

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 :)