Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
***COMPLETE***
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Burmese Days
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3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Beartown
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4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in itle, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth
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5. A book about or inspired by real events
The Girl Who Came Home
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6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Manuscript Found in Accra
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7. A gothic novel
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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8. An "own voices" book*
Their Eyes Were Watching God
***COMPLETE***
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
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10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
The Boat People
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11. A literary fiction
A God in Ruins
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12. A book set in Africa or South America
Galápagos
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13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
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14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
Veil of Fire
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15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love
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16. A narrative nonfiction
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
***COMPLETE***
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
The Sellout
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18. A book with a location in the title
The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great
Beachof Cape Cod
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19. A book by a Grand master author (Walter Mosley)
Down the River Unto the Sea
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20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Every Note Played
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21. A book written in first person perspective
The M&M Boys
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22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
Us Against You
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23. A medical or legal thriller
The Sinner
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24. A book with a map
Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny
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25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
***COMPLETE***
26. A book with a text only cover
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
Varina
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28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
The Color of Water in July
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29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
The Last Lecture
***COMPLETE***
30. A short book
Poems of Love and the Sea
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31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to (Australia)
Truly Madly Guilty
***COMPLETE***
32. An alternate history book
The Underground Railroad
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33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
Cry, the Beloved Country
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34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) (Author uses initials)
Room 119: The Whitby Trader
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35. A book featuring a murder
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Salt to the Sea
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37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
Burial Rites
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38. A science book or a science fiction book
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Do You Realize?
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40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
Fahrenheit 451
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41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
The Mothers
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42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
Harbor of Spies: A Novel of Historic Havana
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43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young ***COMPLETE***
44. A ghost story
To Lay To Rest Our Ghosts
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45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
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46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual preference)
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
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48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
Impertinent Strangers: A Pride and Prejudice Story
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49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
Fates and Furies
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50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
A Hundred Summers
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51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
Unaccustomed Earth
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52. A book published in 2018
The Immortalists
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Can't wait to see what you pick!

I've got about 32 picked already but just came back from a trip and have yet to update this thread... stay tuned. Of course you know I have the Great Lakes Book on the list!!

Can't wait to talk to you about that one once you read it. I hope you had a fun trip!

These clues are awesome... I am having a lot of fun making my selections

In the home stretch... 51 complete and currently reading 52

Week 51 Award Winning Short Stories

Unaccustomed Earth

Whoo hoo!! Congratulations! I got about 45 books myself, which is still a personal best. :)

Ashley wrote: "Whoo hoo!! Congratulations! I got about 45 books myself, which is still a personal best. :)"
You are so sweet. Thank you for the congrats!!