Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Open House by Elizabeth Berg

2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllabl
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

5. The first book in a series that you have not started
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell

8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Guardians by John Grisham

9. A book that can be read in a day
Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesen

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart

11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
The Dinner by Herman Koch

13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link) - A book with a beautiful cover
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

15. A book set in a global city
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney


16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

17. A book with a neurodiverse character
Six and a Half Deadly Sins by Colin Cotterill

18. A book by an author you've only read once before
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

19. A fantasy book
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
The Innocence of Father Brown byG.K. Chesterton

22. A book with the major theme of survival
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne

24. A book with an emotion in the title
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-Sharif

25. A book related to the arts
Swing Time by Zadie Smith

26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

27. A history or historical fiction
City of Thieves by David Benioff

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
Picnic at Hanging Rock

29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
Simon the Fiddler by Paulette Jiles

30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
The Library Book by Susan Orlean

31. A book inspired by a leading news story
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

33. A book about a non-traditional family
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan

37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women byKate Moore

39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

40. A book with a place name in the title
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

41. A mystery
Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen

42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie

44. A book related to witches
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die by Colin Cotterill

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren

46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

47. A classic book you've always meant to read
Dracula by Bram Stoker

48. A book published in 2020
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré

51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood

52. A book related to time
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez