Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I just realized we never created this!

There are no prizes, but feel free to post your completions here.

Completed 10/21/26 😊

🎃 1. A book with an orange or yellow cover: Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel by Isabel Allende ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎃 2. A book set in a place with changing seasons: Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah ⭐⭐⭐3/4
🎃 3. A book with a school-age character: American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 4. A nonfiction book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 5. A book that "haunts" you - however you define that: The Disappearers by Marlon James ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4
🎃 6 A book containing a mystery element: Bad Company by Sara Paretsky ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/4
🎃 7. A book containing humor: Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 8. A book under 200 pages: The Spider Silk Scarf: A Short Story by Ana Reyes ⭐⭐⭐
🎃 9. A book published in the last 12 months: Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎃 10. A book set in a country other than your own: The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 11. A book set before you were born: The Enigmas by Emilia Hart ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 12. A book with more than one point of view: Culpability by Bruce Holsinger ⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 13. A book by an author who has published more than 5 books: The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian ⭐⭐⭐⭐
🎃 14. A book with a title of more than 4 words: Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves ⭐⭐⭐1/2
🎃 15. A book with a nature scene on the cover: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Completed 10/16/26

1. A book with an orange or yellow cover
🍂Quartet in Autumn - Barbara Pym


2. A book set in a place with changing seasons
🍂I Heard the Owl Call My Name - Margaret Craven (British Columbia, Canada)

3. A book with a school-age character
🍂The Story of the Treasure Seekers - E. Nesbit

4. A nonfiction book
🍂The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration - Isabel Wilkerson

5. A book that "haunts" you - however you define that
🍂The Light Pirate - Lily Brooks-Dalton (I’ve been thinking about this book a lot. What will the world be like when the water rises so high people have to move in from the coasts. )

6. A book containing a mystery element
🍂The Secret Adversary (Tommy & Tuppence #1) - Agatha Christie

7. A book containing humor
🍂Summer Lightning (Blandings Castle #4) - P.G. Wodehouse

8. A book under 200 pages
🍂Tokyo Express - Seichō Matsumoto (156p)

9. A book published in the last 12 months
🍂Whistler - Ann Patchett

10. A book set in a country other than your own
🍂The Comforters - Muriel Spark (London and the English county of Sussex)

11. A book set before you were born
🍂The Last of Summer - Kate O'Brien (1939, Ireland)

12. A book with more than one point of view
🍂The South - Tash Aw

13. A book by an author who has published more than 5 books
🍂Endless Night - Agatha Christie

14. A book with a title of more than 4 words
🍂Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama - Alison Bechdel

15. A book with a nature scene on the cover
🍂The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady - Edith Holden

FALL CHALLENGE COMPLETED 10/15/2026

1. A book with an orange or yellow cover
Boring Asian Female by Canwen Xu


2. A book set in a place with changing seasons
Fallow by Sarah Anderson


3. A book with a school-age character
Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo


4. A nonfiction book
The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic by Malcolm Gladwell


5. A book that "haunts" you - however you define that
In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka


6. A book containing a mystery element
Good People by Patmeena Sabit


7. A book containing humor
Nerve Damage by Annakeara Stinson


8. A book under 200 pages
How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley


9. A book published in the last 12 months
Friends and Family by Natalie Baszile


10. A book set in a country other than your own
Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason


11. A book set before you were born
Kin by Tayari Jones


12. A book with more than one point of view
Hollywood, Ending by John Green


13. A book by an author who has published more than 5 books
Last Night in Brooklyn by Xóchitl González


14. A book with a title of more than 4 words
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw


15. A book with a nature scene on the cover
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Done! Completed 10/24/26

✅1. A book with an orange or yellow cover: All That Is Secret by Patricia Raybon


✅2. A book set in a place with changing seasons: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

✅3. A book with a school-age character: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

✅4. A nonfiction book: An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis

✅5. A book that "haunts" you - however you define that: Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

✅6 A book containing a mystery element: Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura

✅7. A book containing humor: Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub

✅8. A book under 200 pages: Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya

✅9. A book published in the last 12 months: The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

✅10. A book set in a country other than your own: Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

✅11. A book set before you were born: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

✅12. A book with more than one point of view: Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros

✅13. A book by an author who has published more than 5 books: My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction by Arundhati Roy

✅14. A book with a title of more than 4 words: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

✅15. A book with a nature scene on the cover: Standing Dead by Margaret Mizushima