Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
Books mentioned in this topic
A Trick of the Light (other topics)If You See Me, Don't Say Hi (other topics)
The Princess, the Prick & the Priest (other topics)
Kingdom of Ash (other topics)
Relentless: A Memoir (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Lois Metzger (other topics)Neel Patel (other topics)
Julian Edelman (other topics)
Bryan Lee O'Malley (other topics)
Laurie Halse Anderson (other topics)
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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 || ✭✭✭
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A medical or legal thrillerA 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 || ✭✭✭✭
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An alternate history bookA 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 || ✭✭✭✭✭