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:
√ = completed
√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 X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries by Michael Scott archaeology

2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
Boy’s Life - K
Beneath a scarlet sky - K
A discovery of Witches - K
Crow Mary - K
The History of Bees - K
A History of Burning - K
The Light Pirate - K
A Passage to India - K
A Trick of the Light -S

3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list A biography or memoir
Hero of Two Worlds - S

4. A book by a new-to-you author
Cursed Sisters - S

5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
A Shipwreck in Fiji
Once There Were Wolves - K
The Reindeer Hunters -S
A Passage to India -K

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
In the Wake of the Plague - S
The Worst Hard Time - S
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - K

7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
Faded Coat of Blue -S
Shadows of Glory - S
The Reindeer Hunters - S
What Angels Fear -S
When Gods Die - S
A Trick of the Night- S
Dark Monk - K

8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia

The Girl With the Louding Voice -K
A History of Burning - K
The Leopard Tree - K
A Passage to India - K
Cry the Beloved Country - S
The Rosie Project - S

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

Edward III: The Perfect King - S
Secondhand Time - K
Second Son - K
Once There Were Kings
Hero of Two Worlds - S
April 1865 - S
The First American -S
The Last Full Measure - S
Year One - S

10. An award winning book The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

11. A history or historical fiction book

12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white text
Lightbreakers - S
The Girl with the Louding Voice - K
King, A Life - K
The Moor Witch - K
The Redbird Sings - K
The British are Coming - K
The Rebirth of Venus - S
Year One - S
Tom Lake - S

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

16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
Babel - K
A Secret History

17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe

18. A book with a location in the title
Bunker Hill - K
Tidewater - K
A Passage to India - K
Revolution on the Hudson - S
Deadwood - S
The Lion Women of Tehran - S

19. A book related to yesterday A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman

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

21. A book related to tomorrow Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything by Marc Beckman

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

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


24. A book that is either frothy or gothy

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

27. A nonfiction book

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 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

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
Babel

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

36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
Tom Lake - S
The Witch’s Heart - S
The Crow Trap
The Spy Coast - K
The Correspondent -K

37. A book that includes a science topic Lightbreakers by Aja Gabel

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

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
A fantasy:
Six of crows
Everlasting

46. A book that is not a novel

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

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


51. A book published in 2026

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

January Planning

19. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
11. A Time Travelers Guide to Medieval England
44. In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made
20. Winter Solstice
5. The Reindeer Hunters
46. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times