Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

For 2025, I'm on track to complete all 52, as well as all 10 in the Anniversary List ... so I'll aim to do the same in 2026.

(add link for 2026 ATY spreadsheet)

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1. genre starting with A, T, or Y ~ (adventure/athlete or tech/time travel)
2. primarily red, green or blue cover ~
3. prompt suggestion that did not make the list ~
4. new-to-you author ~ Three Guesses
5. added because of something read in 2025 ~ The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

6. related to blood, sweat, or tears ~
7. a character who appears in more than one book ~ Forever and a Day
8. set in Africa, Asia, or Australia ~ The Illegal
9. title with number, ordinal, or iterative numeral ~ The Eighth Detective
10. award winner ~

11. history or historical fiction ~
12. cover text that is NOT black or white ~ The Bee Sting
13. author's second book ~ My Name Is Yip
14. related to Van Gogh (starry night) ~ This Is How It Always Is
15. wanted to read for a long time ~ S.

16. Clue character occupation ~ The Housemaid or The Mystery Guest
17. wellness or beauty industry setting ~
18. location in the title ~ The Big Rock Candy Mountain
19. related to yesterday ~ All Our Yesterdays
20. related to today ~

21. related to tomorrow ~ So Long, See You Tomorrow
22. Korean author ~ Pachinko
23. road trip or long journey ~ There is no Map in Hell: The record-breaking run across the Lake District fells
24. frothy or gothy ~
25. 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list ~ The Secret History

26. Z in the title or author ~ Cahokia Jazz
27. nonfiction book ~
28. related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution ~
29. vacation ~ Indians on Vacation
30. most recently published book: Frontlist Book ~ Marble Hall Murders

31. same author's backlist: Backlist Book ~ Moonflower Murders
32. novella <250 pg ~ The All of It
33. Indigenous character or author ~ House Made of Dawn
34. window on cover ~ A House Without Windows
35. action within library, museum, school, or public building ~ The Stranger Diaries

36. primary character is a woman 40+ ~ Barbara Isn't Dying Yet
37. science topic ~
38. part of a series ~ Fire or Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
39. connected to Agatha Christie ~
40. punctuation in title ~ Vera, or Faith

41. mystery or true crime ~ Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
42. set in isolated location ~ Project Hail Mary
43. involving survival ~ The Compound
44. symbol of death on cover ~ I See You've Called in Dead
45. connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" ('real life') ~ Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro

46. not a novel ~
47. "this", "that", "these", or "those" in title ~ All That Is Mine I Carry With Me: A Novel OR This Is Happiness
48. something edible in title ~ The Lemon Table OR Still Life with Bread Crumbs
49. choose second book for your favorite prompt (50. bird) ~ What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird or The Bird Hotel
50. bird on its cover ~ Birding to Change the World: A Memoir OR Extinctions

51. published in 2026 ~
52. related to Santa's reindeers' names ~ Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son OR The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing