Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

After having plenty of fun creating our list in 2015, we decided to do it again in 2016 & 2017. During several months, we suggested topics and voted for the ones we preferred, building step by step a new 52 list for 2018. Here are the 2017 poor suggestions that didn't make the 2018 final list!

--- Title ---
A book with a Q or X in the title or in the author's name
A book with a title that contains a unit of time
A book that mentions its own title in the contents
A book with a pronoun in the title
A book with a fruit or a vegetable in the title
A book with a profession or political job in the title
A book with a two-letter word in the title
A book with "girl" or "boy" in the title
A book with a 'made up' word in the title
A book with a number in the title
A book that's title makes you chuckle
A book with a contradiction/antonym in the title
A book which shares its title with a song
A title decided by die (roll a die then pick a book title with the corresponding number of words)
A book with personification in the title
A book with a celestial body as a part of the title or as part of the author name
A book with a title that is 4 letters or less in length
A book with a title that rhymes

--- Cover ---
A book with a cover you don't like
A book with 2 people on the cover
A book with a woman on the cover
A book with an artistic cover
A book with someone in profile on the cover
A book with a black cover
A book with some mode of transportation on the cover

--- Reading List/Goodreads/People/Recommendations/etc ---
A book that at least one of the ATY mods has rated 5 stars
A game changer (a book that had an effect on society, people, a book genre, etc)
A book picked off your TBR by a family member or a friend
A book recommended in Good Minds Suggest
A book that you read a long time ago
A book based on the flip of a coin ('heads'= a book from your favorite genre;'tails'= a book from a genre you read infrequently or is new to you)
A book you don't know why you added to your TBR / that you wish wasn't on your TBR
A book suggested by a Booktuber
A book mentioned in a GR Blog post
An average book of your TBR (pages, publishing date or avg rating)
A book that is #1 on a GR Listopia list
A book with at least one million ratings on GR
The book with the lowest rating on your TBR
A book you got as a gift or borrowed from someone
A book that none of your GR friends have read/rated
A book on your to-read shelf that someone randomly picked for you
A book that's often assigned for a high school literature class
Your book result from the Ultimate Flowchart For Finding Your Next Book
A book you first discovered in the AtY group
A book recommended by your local librarian
A book recommended by a famous person
A book recommended by one of GR's 100 Most Popular Reviewers
A book with less than 2,018 ratings
A book that you're reading as part of a reading group, buddy read, or Book of the Month
A book that you consider a guilty pleasure
A book that's perfect to be read aloud and shared
Reread a book that made you fall in love with reading
One of the 10 books in your TBR with the smallest amount of ratings
Spin the tbr wheel for your next read
A book you would recommend to someone who hates reading to get them hooked
A book you'd never heard of (before you picked it for the challenge)
A book that has been controversial
A book you discovered on Whichbook (link)
A book you read for free
MASH book edition (Set categories, play MASH & read a book that fits the winning categories)
A rainy day read

--- Inside (location, characters, time period) ---
A book with an elderly person as a main character
A book about a fictional trickster
A seasonal book
A derivative book (based on or derived from an existing book)
A book about/involving a child
A book featuring a person or people with special abilities
A book with characters who are twins
A novel set in medieval times
A book set during winter or in a snowy environment
A book where a featured character has either a title (Lord, Lady, Sir, etc) or a military rank
A book with a member of the emergency services as a main character
A book with a supernatural character
A book with an unforgettable character
A book set in a country that starts with the same letter your home country ends with
A book set in prison
A book set during holidays/celebration
A book with a character that is or becomes a life-saving hero/heroine
A book in which the protagonist has an animal companion
A book about sex, drugs, or rock and roll
A book about a dragon (or can be on cover, in title or author's name)
A book narrated by a kid (12 years old or less)
A book in which a main character has your dream job
A book where the main character is the same age as you (+/- 5 years)
A book set in a place you have been before
A book with a character that has a great name
A book set in the 22nd Century (2101-2202)
A book set in a place related to showbiz (i.e. theater, circus, movies, etc)
A book with a mythical creature as the main character or subject of the book
A book written in 2nd person (the point of view is a "you")
A book set in a location that is not found on the 2017 AtY Group Map
A book set on an island
A book with an orphan character
A book with a dinosaur
A book with a main character who is over 50 years old
A book set over the span of a day
A book with an iconic/well-known character
A Best Female Lead Characters Book
A book where the geographical setting is central to the writing or plot
A book with a character featured in an other book by the author
A book where the main character is in another age category than you
A book where a character goes by a higher, honorific or professional title
A book that passes the Mako Mori test
A book describing the experience of immigrants
A book dealing with loss and grief
A book by or about indigenous people
A book related to The Color Purple (Purple in title, cover, set in Georgia, etc.)
A book with a major plot twist or twist ending
A book in which one of the major characters has an animal companion
A book that is set during the winter or in a snowy environment

--- Genre / Format /Theme ---
A book about mental illness
A book about your favorite sport
A book with a theme about sex
A book with an Arthurian legend
A literary western or western
A graphic novel
A coming of age novel
A cross-genre book
A story centered around your dream occupation
A love story
A book about music/musicians
A book of any genre that has food or cooking as a major theme
A book with an epic battle or fight scene
A nonfiction book about women
A book that teaches you a skill of any kind
A book that features a virus/plague/bacteria or other similar large scale outbreak or threat of illness
A true crime novel
A classic everybody has read except you
A cross-genre novel that combines fantasy with major elements of at least one other major genre (excluding umbrella terms like fiction or YA)
An epic book or a book with an epic element
An oral history
A climate change fiction
A cyberpunk book
A military book
A science fiction or fantasy standalone
A book about feminism or with feminist themes
A realistic fiction
A book with artificial intelligence theme
A memoir written by a person from a country different than your own
A genre you feel will take you out of your comfort zone
A book about a relationship
A chick-lit book
A play
A book about a subject that made headlines
An audiobook
A book related to social justice
A microhistory
A book describing the experience of immigrants
A book about art or artists
An art or artists in fiction (a work of fiction about art or artists)
A classic everybody has read except you
A book related to music
A book on one of the 7 heavenly virtues
A coffee table book
A book involving advanced technology
A book related to the Olympics
A book with a connection to the Wizard of Oz
A book that inspired or is referenced in a song
A book about or based on a religion
A non-fiction book and a fiction book covering the same topic (2 weeks)
A book featuring a game as a main element or has game in the title
A book that makes you think
A book about natural disasters
A biography/memoir/autobiography
A book with the theme of human vs. nature or human vs. their environment
A book related to your favorite animal
A book that teaches you something
A genre fiction (romance, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, mystery, western) published before 1990
A book that has something to do with Halloween
A book with a theme of Good vs Evil
A book that involves the color yellow
A book with an epigraph
A book that makes you think
A book about something celestial or containing something celestial in the title or author's name
A book that you would associate with your favourite Hogwarts House
A book read/referenced by a fictional character

--- Author / Publishing/ Length ---
A book first published in the year you were born
A book published in a year you haven't read from yet
A book published posthumously
A book by an author who writes under at least two different names
A book by a Nobel Prize-winning author
A book with less than 100 pages
A book written under a pseudonym
A book written before 1800
A book by an indie author
A memoir written by a person from a country different than your own
A book written during the 19th century (1801-1900)
A children's book published since 2010
A book written by a TED speaker
A book that was made into a movie/TV show in the decade you were born
A book that is an Audie Award winner or nominee (any format)
A book/story by an Iowa Writer's Workshop Alum
A book that won or was nominated for the PEN Translation Prize
A book written by a Russian author
A book by an author who uses initials
A book that is published in a year that has a "5" in it
A book published or set before 1900
A book written by a person of your opposite sex
A book by an author who has published at least 30 fiction books or 10 non-fiction books
A favorite author of your favorite author
A fiction book by an author famous for something other than writing (athlete/celebrity, related to a celebrity/writer/etc)
A book whose title or author's last name starts with Q, X, Y, or Z
A book that is part of a series of 5 or more books
A book set in or written by someone from a country or overseas territory with a population of less than one million

--- Awards, challenges, lists, adaptations, etc ----
A book from the 10 best top 100 book lists
A Canada Reads nominee
A book from GR Top 100 Children's Books
A book from BookRiot's 100 Must-Read Latin American Books
A book adapted into a live performance piece
A book made into a movie that has been nominated for an Academy Award

--- Multi-weeks suggestions (link)---
A book representing each point on a compass
3 different books, by different authors, from the same genre
3 unrelated books that are linked only by having the same word in the title
3 books in which a main character is at one of Shakespeare's seven ages of man
Follow the Clues Multi-Prompt [3 Weeks] (A book that is connected to the previous book)
Cross-genre (or sub-genre) [3 Weeks]
5 books whose titles make up a poker hand
3 authors who have different publishing experience, all from the same genre
A book by an author from each of the continents of Africa, Asia and South-America
3 books set in three different centuries
Read The Three R's - reading, (w)riting, (a)rithmetic
3 books about bad things happening to the main character(s)
An alternate history, fiction, and nonfiction book that are somehow related
A book set under the sea, on earth, and in outer space