Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

ATY 2026

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1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y - The Sleepless, Dating and Dragons
2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover - Chosen Ones, The Ragpicker King, The Corruption of Hollis Brown
3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
4. A book by a new-to-you author - The Wolf and His King, The Raven Scholar, A Song of Legends Lost, Reign & Ruin, The Mask of Mirrors
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025 - Oathbringer, Conquering Reality & Other Misconduct, Monstress, Volume 3: Haven

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears - The Fox and the Devil, The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends, The Silverblood Promise, Monstress, Volume 3: Haven
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book - Rhythm of War, The Mask of Mirrors, Monstress, Volume 3: Haven
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia - Dark Tempest
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title - Monstress, Volume 3: Haven

10. An award winning book
11. A history or historical fiction book - How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women, Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About Women, Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter, Empire of Shadows, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white - Oathbringer, The Raven Scholar
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 - The Incandescent,
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
18. A book with a location in the title - Local Heavens, Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

19. A book related to yesterday - Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
20. A book related to today
21. A book related to tomorrow - Local Heavens
22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author - Ocean's Godori, The Floating World

23. A book with a road trip or long journey - Empire of Shadows
24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wuthering Heights,
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 - Conquering Reality & Other Misconduct
29. A vacation book
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book - Conquering Reality & Other Misconduct
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book - Dark Tempest

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 - Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building - The Library of Amorlin, The Incandescent, The Invisible Library
36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40

37. A book that includes a science topic
38. A book that's part of a series - Oathbringer, Dawnshard, Rhythm of War, Wind and Truth, All Hail Chaos, Platform Decay, Conquering Reality & Other Misconduct, The Mask of Mirrors
39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie - The Ending Writes Itself
40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title - Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter, Monstress, Volume 3: Haven

41. A mystery or true crime book - The Ending Writes Itself
42. A book set in an isolated location - The Ending Writes Itself
43. A book involving survival - The Raven Scholar, Green & Deadly Things
44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover

45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen - The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Mask of Mirrors, The Devils, Queen Demon
46. A book that is not a novel - Monstress, Volume 3: Haven
47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title - This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You, This Is How You Lose the Time War, So This Is Ever After, This Princess Kills Monsters, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
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 - The Raven Scholar
51. A book published in 2026 - Daggerbound, Dead Beat, Conquering Reality & Other Misconduct, Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer - Edgedancer

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Popsugar 2026

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Regular
1 A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot - Hazelthorn, The Spellshop
2 A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman - Six of Crows, Slayers of Old
3 A book you meant to read in 2025 - Edgedancer
4 A book that starts with the letter "Z" - Zen & the Art of Writing, Zero Days
5 A book about women astronauts - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, The Deep Sky, Children of Time
6 A book with an overweight main character whose story isn't about losing weight - Swordheart
7 A book about a granny hobby - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
8 A book about a sexless marriage - Lavender House
9 A book with a "type C" character - System Collapse, The Love Hypothesis
10 A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover - Behooved, The Scorpio Races, What Feasts at Night
11 A book with a dad as the primary caregiver - Our Share of Night, Carmilla, Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, Jane Eyre
12 A book with "pop" or "sugar" in the title
13 A book featuring a character with a hidden past
14 A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan - Beach Read, Slayers of Old
15 A book about new beginnings
16 A book less than 260 pages
17 A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics - The Favorites
18 A love story that defies social boundaries
19 A book about teen angst - Dating and Dragons, Check & Mate
20 A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree - Part of Your World
21 A book about a bachelorette trip - The Guest List
22 A book about a book club
23 A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn't
24 A book about postpartum - The Changeling, Sorrowland
25 A book that explores influencer culture - People We Meet on Vacation
26 A book with a character who navigates infertility - The Handmaid's Tale
27 A book with a character who has curly hair
28 A book about debt - Spinning Silver
29 A book that takes place during harvesting season
30 A travel ghost story
31 A book that makes you feel FOMO
32 A book with an underwater civilization
33 A book about college
34 A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist - What Feasts at Night
35 A book that makes you want to travel to Italy
36 A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction)
37 A book about a pop star
38 A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title
39 A book with a character who runs a marathon
40 A book outside your comfort zone

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41 A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
42 A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist
43 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1)
44 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2)
45 A book that features birding
46 A sapphic comic
47 A book told entirely through letters - A Dowry of Blood
48 A book with a shadow daddy - The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy
49 A book with a mention of your zodiac sign
50 A book about Afrofuturism