Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2026 ATY READING CHALLENGE

I'll be setting a smaller than 52 goal since I will have less time to read

20/?

💃1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y - Young Adult A Time to Speak by Nadine Brandes
💃2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... message 23, poll 9, a book with an orphaned or adopted character A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton
💃 4. A book by a new-to-you author Whispers of Fortune by Mary Connealy
💃5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025 Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
💃7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book Legends of Gold by Mary Connealy
💃 8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia Grace in Strange Disguise by Christine Dillon
💃 9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright

💃10. An award winning book We Solve Murders by Richard Osman won Australian Book Industry Award and Libby Award for Best Mystery
💃 11. A history or historical fiction book The Lawyer and the Laundress
💃12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white (the title is in a purple font)
13. An author's second/sophomore book
14. A book related 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 Clue/Cluedo characters (see message 3)
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 Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze by Elizabeth Enright
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 long journey Love's 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 and/or author name
27. A nonfiction book

💃28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes
29. A vacation book
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book

32. A novella of 100-250 pages
💃33. A book with an Indigenous character or author Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
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 40 Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood

37. A book that includes a science topic
💃 38. A book that's part of a series Riches Beyond Measure
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 Aunt Bessie Assumes by Diana Xarissa
42. A book set in an isolated location
💃43. A book involving survival Angels Watching Over Me by Michael R. Phillips
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 Forever Two As One
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 favorite prompt

50. A book with a bird on its cover
51. A book published in 2026
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer

I've started. This post was buried so many pages back I'm bumping it up.

Colonel Mustard is a military officer, Miss Scarlet is a madam, Professor Plum is a psychiatrist, Mrs. Peacock is a senator's wife, Mr. Green is a businessman, and Mrs. White is a maid.

In the British version Mr. Green is a Reverend

I've read 25 percent of the list, although I'm not planning to read for all 52 weeks :)