Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Challenge myself to filling these prompts with books I already own but I don't have too high hopes for myself. Joined doing the ATY challenge for the first time for 2025 and looking forward to the 2026 challenge!

Good luck!

2026 ATY Challenge Prompts In Order

1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book with a primarily red, blue, or green cover
3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that didn't make the list
4. A book by a new to you author

5. A book 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 that appears in more than one book
8. A book set in Africa, Australia, or Asia

9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative in the title
10. An award winning book
11. A historical or historical fiction book
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white

13. An authors second/sophomore book
14. A book relating to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh
15. A book 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 or Korean-diaspora author
23. A book with a road trip or a long journey
24. A book that is either 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 or authors name
27. A nonfiction book
28. A book relating to resistance, rebellion, or revolution

29. A vacation book
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from the same authors backlist: Frontlist book
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from the same authors backlist: Backlist book
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
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 the age of 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", "these", or "those" 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 one of Santa's reindeer

2026 ATY Challenge Prompts In Order

1. The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson (Action/Adventure) OWN
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman OWN
3. Iron and Embers - Helen Scheuerer (A book related to iron, 26 element on the periodic table)
4. The Translator - Leila Aboulela OWN

5. The Blood Phoenix - Amber Chen OWN
6. Hamlet - William Shakespeare OWN
7. Fall with Me - Becka Mack OWN
8. Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat - Kim Jiyun OWN

9. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - J., R., R., Tolkien OWN
10. The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
11. Peerless: Wu Shuang (Novel) Vol. 2 - Meng Xi Shi OWN
12. The Severed Thread - Leslie Vedder OWN

13. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
14. The Night Ends with Fire - K., X., Song OWN
15. The Lord of the Rings- The Return of the King - J., R., R., Tolkien OWN
16. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales - Heather Fawcett

17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
18. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh OWN
19. The Spook's Sacrifice - Joseph Delaney OWN
20. Three Mages and a Margarita - Annette Marie

21. Cold Hearted - Heather Guerre
22. The Healing Season of Pottery - Yeon Somin OWN
23. The Lord of the Rings- The Fellowship of The Ring - J., R., R., Tolkien OWN
24. Every Exquisite Thing - Laura Steven OWN

25. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath BOUGHT
26. Deep End - Ali Hazelwood OWN
27. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Sehee OWN
28. Lessons in Chemistry- Bonnie Garmus OWN

29. Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood OWN
30. Coldwire - Chloe Gong
31. Foul Lady Fortune - Chloe Gong OWN
32. Kill Joy - Holly Jackson OWN

33. Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
34. Never Thought I'd End Up Here - Ann Liang OWN
35. The Book That Wouldn’t Burn - Mark Lawrence BOUGHT
36. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q., Sutanto

37. Psychology and the Occult - Carl Jung
38. The Spook's Nightmare - Jospeh Delaney OWN
39. The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman BOUGHT
40. Demon's Fire - Lee Cockburn OWN

41. Good Girl, Bad Blood Collector's Edition - Holly Jackson OWN
42. A book set in an isolated location
43. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins BORROW
44. Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo OWN

45. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
46. Pillow Thoughts - Courtney Peppernell OWN
47. I Hope This Doesn't Find You - Ann Liang OWN
48. The Cinnamon Bun Book Store - Laurie Gilmore OWN

49. The Spook's Destiny - Jospeh Delaney (A book that's part of a series) OWN
50. Ballad of Sword and Wine: Qiang Jin Jiu (Novel) Vol. 2 - Tang Jiu Qing OWN
51. Against The Hunger of Tyrants (2) - Devin Madson
52. 10 Dance (2) - Inouesatoh

Completion List

Awaiting the new year