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Books mentioned in this topic
The Lost Daughters of Ukraine (other topics)Guardian of the Horizon (other topics)
The Grass Dancer (other topics)
You Never Know (other topics)
Tasting Red (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Erin Litteken (other topics)Elizabeth Peters (other topics)
Katherena Vermette (other topics)
Mona Susan Power (other topics)
Connie Briscoe (other topics)
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The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
*3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list - A book that deals with REM's It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I feel fine) ["eye of a hurricane"]
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
4. A book by a new-to-you author
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025
The Lost Daughters of Ukraine by Erin Litteken
6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
Silver Tears by Camilla Läckberg
*7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
*9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title
72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell
*10. An award winning book
The Break by Katherena Vermette
*11. A history or historical fiction book
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
*12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter by Lan Cao
*13. An author's second/sophomore book
Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado
14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh (Red Vineyard)
Tasting Red by Holly Roberds
*15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters - Mrs. Peacock, a socialite
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
My Life So Far by Jane Fonda by Jane Fonda
18. A book with a location in the title
A Song for Rust-City by Simina Lungu
*19. A book related to yesterday
Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong
*20. A book related to today
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
21. A book related to tomorrow
Furyborn by Claire Legrand
*22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park
23. A book with a road trip or long journey
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown
*24. A book that is either frothy or gothy *wild card* Because I just can't - decided to use 3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list: A book with a character with a disability or chronic health problem
You Never Know by Connie Briscoe
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list - Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
*27. A nonfiction book
An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
On Revolution by Hannah Arendt
29. A vacation book
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
32. A novella of 100-250 pages
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
*33. A book with an Indigenous character or author
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
34. A book with a window on the cover
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
*35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
*36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40
Meddling and Murder by Ovidia Yu
*37. A book that includes a science topic
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
38. A book that's part of a series
Blackout by Connie Willis
*39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
*40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
*41. A mystery or true crime book
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
*42. A book set in an isolated location
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
*43. A book involving survival
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
*44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
*45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
*46. A book that is not a novel
Things I've Been Silent About by Azar Nafisi
*47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title
All That Is Secret by Patricia Raybon
*48. A book with something edible in the title
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
*49. A second book for your favorite prompt: 3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list - A book that would fit the 26th prompt from any ATY52 year: 2025 - A book by an author with a common noun in their name
The Grass Dancer by Mona Susan Power
*50. A book with a bird on its cover
The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina
51. A book published in 2026
A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam by Leigh Bardugo
*52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob