Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Scavenger hunt time! Numbers could be spelled out or as numerals. Ordinal numbers describe a position or order in a list, like first, second, third, etc. Once, twice, thrice are examples of iterative numerals, which I'll be honest and admit I had to look up.

Some goodreads lists:
Numbers in Title: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
Nothing but Numbers: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

Are there numbers that are 'missing' from your read list?

Here are my possibilities:
Number: All in One Basket, Day Zero
Numeral: 108: An Eco-Thriller, 1974: A Personal History, Around the World in 80 Fish: A Global Angling Adventure, James Thurber: 92 Stories, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death
Iterative: The Once and Future Me
I understand that "iterative" refers to a numbering process, not an actual number or numeral. After some reading, this seemed to me to be as close as I could come to a title with an iterative "numeral" in it.

I have loads of options for this.

Right now, I'm leaning toward The Once and Future King, but I might save that for "book I've wanted to read for a long time."

Some other options:
The Only One Left
The 13 Clocks
Spy of the First Person
The Third Man

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. (This is an option for other prompts as well.)

Three Apples Fell from the Sky
One Good Turn
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Seven Perfect Things
The Five Wounds
Twelve Years a Slave
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
A Million Junes


There are many of my 5 star books on this listopia. I highly recommend The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland. It’s a great story. (Come From Away is the Broadway adaptation.)

I'm planning Question 7 which is a pretty solid plan, and District VIII, which looks interesting, but is open to change.

LeahS wrote: "I'm planning Question 7 which is a pretty solid plan, and District VIII, which looks interesting, but is open to change."

I just read Question 7 earlier this month. It was four stars for me, the kind of thought-provoking book that I enjoy. Plus, I'm always alert to geography (I run a Read the World challenge) and you don't find a lot of books based in Tasmania.

NancyJ wrote: "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. (This is an option for other prompts as well.)..."

One of my "just for fun" rejects for 2026 is"A book that fits 3 prompts" -- but I'm going to use it to keep track of how many prompts everything I read fits and see which book I read fits the most. At least, this is my plan, though I'm putting a lot on my 2026 plate and this might fall off the edge.

I have had V2: A Novel of World War II by Robert Harris on my bookshelf for some time. Now is a good reason to read it.

Three by Valerie Perrin!

Current possibilities:

Twelve Months
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli

Dixie wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad. (This is an option for other prompts as well.)..."

One of my "just for fun"..."

At the beginning of the year I love to focus on the books that fill multiple prompts. I can just read a bunch of them without having to think about where they go. At the end of this year it was a big chore to move them around and constantly check for duplicates. I never actually counted which ones fit the most prompts.

NancyJ wrote: " I never actually counted which ones fit the most prompts...."

I never have either. But I'm intrigued to try this time. I might give it up early on, though. I've put a lot on my plate and I'll have to see how much I can really handle.

Easy choice for this one.

Twelve SecretsRobert Gold by

I'm taking the easy option and going for the next in Stephanie Plum series - Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich.

Secondhand Time: The Last of the SovietsOmar read by Svetlana Alexievich. It’s been on my tbr for awhile.

The first book to show up from my TBR that fit this prompt is the one I am sticking with! 72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell

Lots of options here but I'll go with The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi

The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano