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Alexa This is my first ATY. Hopefully I get to all of these!

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
On a Tuesday by Whitney G. ❥ Jan. 31 || ✭✭✭✭

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum ❥ Apr. 16 || ✭✭✭

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Tease by Ella Frank ❥ Mar. 23 || ✭✭✭✭

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore ❥ Jan. 14 || ✭✭✭✭

5. A book about or inspired by real events
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini ❥ Sept. 9 || ✭✭✭✭✭

6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren ❥ Mar. 17 || ✭✭✭✭

7. A gothic novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ❥ Aug. 2 || ✭✭✭✭✭

8. An "own voices" book
My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma ❥ Jun. 13 || ✭✭✭✭✭

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo ❥ Jan. 29 || ✭✭✭✭✭

10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Caraval by Stephanie Garber ❥ Feb. 4 || ✭✭

11. A literary fiction
Beartown by Fredrik Backman ❥ Jun. 7 || ✭✭✭✭✭

12. A book set in Africa or South America
Vain by Fisher Amelie ❥ Jul. 14 || ✭✭

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood ❥ Mar. 17 || ✭✭✭✭

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas ❥ Oct. 23 || ✭✭✭✭✭

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ❥ Apr. 26 || ✭✭✭✭✭

16. A narrative nonfiction
Relentless: A Memoir by Julian Edelman ❥ May 29 || ✭✭✭✭✭

17. A book you expect to make you laugh
So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know by Retta ❥ Jun. 23 || ✭✭✭✭

18. A book with a location in the title
Snotgirl, Vol. 2: California Screaming by Bryan Lee O'Malley ❥ May 2 || ✭✭✭

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie ❥ Jan. 7 || ✭✭✭✭✭

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling ❥ Apr. 27 || ✭✭✭✭✭

21. A book written in first person perspective
Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West ❥ Jan. 4 || ✭✭✭✭

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas ❥ May 1 || ✭✭✭

23. A medical or legal thriller A book that's sad, depressing, devastating or dark
A Trick of the Light by Lois Metzger ❥ Aug. 22 || ✭✭✭✭✭

24. A book with a map
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo ❥ Feb. 3 || ✭✭✭✭✭

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab ❥ Oct. 8 || ✭✭✭✭

26. A book with a text only cover
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon ❥ Feb. 17 || ✭✭✭✭✭

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi ❥ Feb. 24 || ✭✭✭✭✭

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West ❥ Jun. 10 || ✭✭✭✭✭

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
The Falconer by Elizabeth May ❥ May 15 || ✭✭

30. A short book
PS... You're Mine by Alexa Riley ❥ Feb. 5 || ✭✭✭✭

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to ❥ France
The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman ❥ Apr. 8 || ✭✭✭✭

32. An alternate history book A book with alliteration in the title
The Princess, the Prick & the Priest by Ella Frank ❥ Nov. 11 || ✭✭✭✭

33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link) ❥ Game Changer
Trick Play by Eden Finley ❥ Jun. 17 || ✭✭✭✭✭

34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) ❥ Three unrelated books that are linked only by having the same word in the title
King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard ❥ Feb. 11 || ✭✭✭
The Wicker King by K. Ancrum ❥ Apr. 28 || ✭✭✭✭
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller ❥ May 7 || ✭✭✭

35. A book featuring a murder
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire ❥ Mar. 18 || ✭✭✭✭

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Gilded Cage by Vic James ❥ Jan. 3 || ✭✭✭✭✭

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller ❥ Jan. 21 || ✭✭✭✭✭

38. A science book or a science fiction book
Renegades by Marissa Meyer ❥ Aug. 5 || ✭✭✭

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt ❥ Aug. 3 || ✭✭✭✭

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ❥ Jun. 9 || ✭✭✭✭

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
Crank by Adriana Locke ❥ Jan. 30 || ✭✭✭

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo ❥ May 3 || ✭✭✭✭

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman ❥ Mar. 10 || ✭✭✭✭✭

44. A ghost story
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix ❥ Aug. 20 || ✭✭✭✭

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin ❥ Aug. 28 || ✭✭✭✭

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson ❥ Jul. 7 || ✭

47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren ❥ Apr. 2 || ✭✭✭✭

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ❥ Jul. 15 || ✭✭✭✭

49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
Save the Date by Morgan Matson ❥ Jun. 17 || ✭✭✭✭

50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman ❥ Jan. 27 || ✭✭✭✭

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
If You See Me, Don't Say Hi by Neel Patel ❥ Nov. 21 || ✭✭✭✭✭

52. A book published in 2018
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black ❥ Feb. 22 || ✭✭✭✭✭


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