Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I will likely be reading these prompts at random.


THE 2026 LIST
📖 - currently reading ✔️ - finished ⭐️ - rating

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1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
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
4. A book by a new-to-you author
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title

10. An award winning book
11. A history or historical fiction book
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
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
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
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
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
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
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

37. A book that includes a science topic
38. A book that's part of a series
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
42. A book set in an isolated location
43. A book involving survival
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
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

YEARS COMPLETED
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024

📕 - Print
🎧 - Audio
🔁 - Reread
⭐️

Listopias:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23252578-2026-listopias-in-order

My Reading List and Ideas

1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
Treasure Island Adventure
The Fellowship of the Ring Adventure
The Last Time I Lied Thriller
The Woman in the Window Thriller
Daughter of Smoke & Bone Young Adult
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Young Adult
Legendborn Young Adult
Warcross Young Adult

2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
Dark Matter
Monday's Not Coming
Caught Up
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Challenger Deep
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
When Women Were Dragons

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

5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears

7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Colour of Magic
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
The Worst Witch Saves the Day
Saga, Volume 12

8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
Homegoing
Akata Witch
Under the Udala Trees
Butter Honey Pig Bread
The Kite Runner
The Women
The Night Tiger
In the Shadow of the Banyan
Listen, Slowly

9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title
The Thousandth Floor
Ready Player One
One of Us Is Lying
Six of Crows
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
The Final Six
The Thousand and One Ghosts

10. An award winning book

11. A history or historical fiction book
All the Light We Cannot See
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
River Sing Me Home
The Women
The Color Purple
The Viscount Who Loved Me

12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
The History of Bees
A Killer Sundae
The Thousand and One Ghosts
Fangirl
PS: I Hate You
All Our Wrong Todays
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet
The Ministry of Time

13. An author's second/sophomore book
The Vanishing Half
Little Fires Everywhere
All the Light We Cannot See
The Last Time I Lied
When the Moon Was Ours

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

15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
This Savage Song
The Thousandth Floor
Legend
A Darker Shade of Magic
Strange the Dreamer
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Warcross
The Night Circus
Nevada

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

17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
The Devil Wears Prada
Miracle Creek
Nine Perfect Strangers
If I Had Your Face

18. A book with a location in the title
Nevada
Disappearing Earth
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
This Is My America
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Michigan vs. the Boys

19. A book related to yesterday

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
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

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
The Zookeeper's Wife
Citizen: An American Lyric
This Monstrous Thing
American Street
The Hazel Wood
Stargazing
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Camp Zero
Zero Days

📕 - Print
🎧 - Audio
🔁 - Reread
⭐️

Listopias:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/23252578-2026-listopias-in-order

My Reading List and Ideas

27. A nonfiction book

28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution

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

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

37. A book that includes a science topic

38. A book that's part of a series

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

42. A book set in an isolated location

43. A book involving survival

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

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

Mini Goals & Other Challenges


10 New Releases (0/10 read)


10 Nonfiction books (0/10 read)


12 Book Recs from 12 Friends (0/12 read)
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