Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

May 2019 be the year I actually read books again
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1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy: The Fifth Season
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why): The Boy Who Could See Demons
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y: To Your Eternity, tome 1
4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc): Six of Crows

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare: William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope
6. A book with a dual timeline: The Forgotten Garden
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 - Night
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror): The Name of the Wind
10. A book featuring an historical figure: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject): His Majesty's Dragon
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer: The Shadow of the Wind

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list: Brown: Poems
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country: Murder in Montparnasse
16. A book told from multiple perspectives: Crooked Kingdom
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia): The City & the City

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements: Spinning Silver or Altered Carbon
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR: A Room of One's Own or The Branch Will Not Break
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country: The Bone People
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes: Abandon the Old in Tokyo

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover: Ready Player One
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old - Blindness
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New - Time's Convert
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed - The Shining

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue: Tess of the Road
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list: The Blind Assassin, The Book of Disquiet, or Steppenwolf + The Pit and the Pendulum
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.): The Snow Queen
29. A book published before 1950: Frankenstein or Jane Eyre
30. A book featuring an elderly character: A Man Called Ove or The Boy, The Bird and The Coffin Maker

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read: The Secret Garden
32. A book with more than 500 pages Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet: Crown Duel
34. A book with a person's name in the title: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender or The Mirror World of Melody Black

35. A psychological thriller: Bird Box
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list: House of Women & My Brother's Husband, Volume 1
37. A book set in a school or university: Deadly Class, Vol. 2: Kids of the Black Hole
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc): Selected Poems

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life: The Night Tiger
40. A book you stumbled upon: Homeland
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards: Foundryside
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.): The Haunting of Hill House
45. A multi-generational saga: The Bonesetter's Daughter
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover: The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Volume 1
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.): A Mango-Shaped Space, Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts, or Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year: Faithful and Virtuous Night
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country: The Travelling Cat Chronicles
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual): The Demon King
51. A book published in 2019: King of Scars
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency