Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

This is my first year in the challenge! I am looking forward to attempting this reading goal and working my way through my shelf of books I haven't yet read!

THE 2020 LIST

[√] 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
- Wonder
[√] 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
- Dear John
[√] 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
- The Stonecutter
[√] 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
[√] 5. The first book in a series that you have not started
- Angels & Demons

[√] 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
-The Secret River
[√] 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
- The Water Diviner
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
- The Stranger
[√] 9. A book that can be read in a day
- Difficult Women

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
- The Book Thief
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
- Sing You Home
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
- Between the Lines
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
- The Hidden Child
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
- The Goldfinch

15. A book set in a global city
- House of Cards
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
- At the Water's Edge
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
- House Rules
18. A book by an author you've only read once before
- Inside the O'Briens

19. A fantasy book
- Cinder
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
-
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
- The Da Vinci Code
22. A book with the major theme of survival
- Unbreakable

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
- If I Was Your Girl
24. A book with an emotion in the title
- Love Anthony
25. A book related to the arts
- Mao's Last Dancer
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
- Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
27. A history or historical fiction
- Burial Rites

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
- Claiming Noah
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
- One Last Time: A Psychic Medium Speaks to Those We Have Loved and Lost
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
-
31. A book inspired by a leading news story
- This Is Where It Ends

[√] 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
- Circe
33. A book about a non-traditional family
- Never Let Me Go
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
- Dark Places
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
- The Woman in the Window

[√] 36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
- Idiot
[√] 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 (short)
- Milk and Honey
[√] 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 (long)
- Life After Life
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
-

40. A book with a place name in the title
-
41. A mystery
- The Drowning
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
-
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
- The Bronze Horseman
44. A book related to witches
- Brida

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
- The Lost Boy
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
-
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
- The Color Purple
48. A book published in 2020
-

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
-
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
- The Silent Wife
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
- Harvesting the Heart
52. A book related to time
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time