Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My 2026 List: read 0/52

1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y - unknown yet

2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list - unknown yet

4. A book by a new-to-you author - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025 - The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book - unknown yet

8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia - Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title - 11.22.63 by Stephen King

10. An award winning book - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

11. A history or historical fiction book - unknown yet

12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white - unknown yet

13. An author's second/sophomore book - Normal People by Sally Rooney

14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh - unknown yet

15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters - unknown yet

17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries - unknown yet

18. A book with a location in the title - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

19. A book related to yesterday - This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

20. A book related to today - maybe Today Will Be Different

21. A book related to tomorrow - maybe Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author - unknown yet

23. A book with a road trip or long journey - unknown yet

24. A book that is either frothy or gothy - Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list - Emma by Jane Austen

26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

27. A nonfiction book - unknown yet

28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution - Poster Girl by Veronica Roth

29. A vacation book - unknown yet

30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist - unknown yet

31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist - unknown yet

32. A novella of 100-250 pages - Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

33. A book with an Indigenous character or author - unknown yet

34. A book with a window on the cover - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, etc - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40 - unknown yet

37. A book that includes a science topic - Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

38. A book that's part of a series - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

39. A book connected in some way to Agatha Christie - The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

41. A mystery or true crime book - unknown yet

42. A book set in an isolated location - unknown yet

43. A book involving survival - Lightlark by Alex Aster

44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover - We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen - unknown yet

46. A book that is not a novel - unknown yet

47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title - unknown yet

48. A book with something edible in the title - unknown yet

49. A second book for your favorite prompt - unknown yet

50. A book with a bird on its cover - The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

51. A book published in 2026 - unknown yet

52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer - unknown yet


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