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Sarah (s4r4h) | 29 comments My plan is to not do much planning. I'm going to try to do most of this challenge using only library books. I'm hoping this will force me to read new authors as I plan to read a book a week and given the current hold times of the books I'm waiting for, this won't be possible without branching out. I will be listing potential titles in text and using book covers for my finishes.

Recommendations are definitely welcome!

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Cat's Eye
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood


2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Sunshine
Sunshine by Robin McKinley

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
Norse Mythology
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
Little Earthquakes
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner

5. A book about or inspired by real events
Room

6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson

7. A gothic novel
'Salem's Lot
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

8. An "own voices" book*
The Hate U Give

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)

10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
The Mothers
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

11. A literary fiction
12. A book set in Africa or South America

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure

16. A narrative nonfiction
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

17. A book you expect to make you laugh
The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

18. A book with a location in the title
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3) by George R.R. Martin

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
It
It by Stephen King

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)

35. A book featuring a murder
Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
The Wife Between Us
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee -
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

38. A science book or a science fiction book
Parasite
Parasite (Parasitology, #1) by Mira Grant

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence

44. A ghost story
The Winter People
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection

52. A book published in 2018
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn


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