Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I'll start planning by listing either a specific book or a list of possibles for each prompt. Most are books that I own:
S = Shelf
K = Kindle

I'll track progress as follows:
√L = completed from the library
√S = completed from my owned physical books
√K = completed from my owned Kindle books

The Challenge

✔️1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y Dark Matter by Blake Crouch thriller 2/1 - 3.5⭐️
✔️K 2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick 1/26 - 4⭐️
✔️L 3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list A biography or memoirStrangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden 2/5 - 4⭐️
✔️ S 4. A book by a new-to-you author Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite 2/2 - 4.5⭐️
✔️ L 5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025 second in series
A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao 1/9 - 3.5⭐️

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears Hamlet by William Shakespeare
✔️S 7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan 3/7 - 4⭐️
✔️S 8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin 1/13 - 4⭐️
✔️L 9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title Emily Bronte: A Life in 20 Poems by Nick Holland 2/13 - 4.5⭐️

✔️ S10. An award winning book March by Geraldine Brooks Pulitzer 4/8 - 5⭐️
✔️ L11. A history or historical fiction book 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen 3/22 - 4⭐️
✔️L 12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white text The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye 2/14 - 4.5⭐️

13. An author's second/sophomore book
Salem’s Lot
The Last Full Measure - S
When Gods Die - S
April, 1865 - S
Pride and Prejudice - K
O Pioneers! - K
The Awakening - K

14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh’s Letters - S
Shadow of Night - K
The Secret Life of Sunflowers - K
Van Gogh’s Ear - S

15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks

✔️L 16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters What We Can Know by Ian McEwan professor 1/19 - 4.5⭐️

✔️ 17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives by David Snowdon 4/9 - 4.5⭐️

✔️L18. A book with a location in the title Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier 2/15 - 5⭐️

✔️19. A book related to yesterday Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945 by Ian Buruma 4/14 - 5⭐️

20. A book related to today Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

✔️ 21. A book related to tomorrow Culpability by Bruce Holsinger 3/1 - 3.5⭐️

22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
My Year Abroad -
A Little Life
The White Chrysanthemum

23. A book with a road trip or long journey
Winters in the World

✔️K 24. A book that is either frothy or gothy Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1/27 - 5⭐️

25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

✔️ 26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2/21 - 3⭐️

✔️K 27. A nonfiction book Common Sense: Modern, Updated English Translationby Thomas Paine 1/20 - 4.5⭐️

28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution Revolution Song: The Story of America's Founding in Six Remarkable Lives by Russell Shorto

29. A vacation book Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen

✔️ 30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book Brawler by Lauren Groff 3/26 - 4⭐️

31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

32. A novella of 100-250 pages

33. A book with an Indigenous character or author

✔️ 34. A book with a window on the cover
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 2/27 - 4⭐️

35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building

✔️K 36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 1/3 - 5⭐️

✔️ S 37. A book that includes a science topic Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel 1/11 - 5⭐️

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 Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West by Peter Cozzens

✔️ 41. A mystery or true crime book A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot 2/23 - 5⭐️

42. A book set in an isolated location

✔️K 43. A book involving survival Sophie’s Choice by William Styron 1/4 - 5⭐️

✔️ 44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover None the Wiser by Rachel Amphlett tombstones 4/1 - 3.5⭐️

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45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen David Cooperfield by Charles Dickens poor boy
✔️ S 46. A book that is not a novel Hiroshima Notes by Kenzaburō Ōe 1/17 - 4.5 ⭐️
47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
48. A book with something edible in the title Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
✔️ 49. A second book for your favorite prompt #11 Kin by Tayari Jones 4/18 - 5⭐️

50. A book with a bird on its cover
The Correspondent K
Crow Mary K
Babel K
Beheld K
Six of Crows K
To the Bright Edge of the World K


✔️L 51. A book published in 2026 The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus 2/17 - 4⭐️

52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

Reserved