Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Completed: 51/51 - Completed! (Nov. 11, 2020)

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Reverie √
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - Ark √
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - The Hand on the Wall √
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live - The Way of All Flesh √
5. The first book in a series that you have not started - 1st to Die √

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover - Stormsong √
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere - Gone by Midnight √
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" - The Clocks √
9. A book that can be read in a day - You Have Arrived at Your Destination √

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - Blue Monday √
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number - A Stranger in the House √
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - Der kleine Gehirnversteher: Eine Erkundung unseres geheimnisvollsten Organs √
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge - 2016: 28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir - The Meaning of Mariah Carey √
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers - Lethal White √

15. A book set in a global city - False Value √
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - A Rule Against Murder √
17. A book with a neurodiverse character - The Rosie Project √
18. A book by an author you've only read once before - This House is Haunted √

19. A fantasy book - Howl's Moving Castle √
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] - Artificial Condition √
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720 - A Spectacle of Corruption √
22. A book with the major theme of survival - Shatter Me √

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet √
24. A book with an emotion in the title - Sad Cypress √
25. A book related to the arts - A Mask of Shadows √
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - My Sister, the Serial Killer √
27. A history or historical fiction - The Devil's Company √

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author - The Cruellest Month √
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book - Written in Dead Wax √
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year - The Changeling √
31. A book inspired by a leading news story - We Should All Be Feminists √

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan PASS
33. A book about a non-traditional family - A Closed and Common Orbit √
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name (Romance!) - My Lady Jane √
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover - The Last Conversation √

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim - Things in Jars √
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 - Timekeeper (first in a series) √
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 - The Toll (last in a series) √
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce - This Is How You Lose the Time War √

40. A book with a place name in the title - They Came to Baghdad √
41. A mystery - Taken at the Flood √
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ - All Systems Red √
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse - The Graveyard Book √
44. A book related to witches - Shadow of Night √

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 - The Loch of the Dead √
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" - A Gentleman in Moscow √
47. A classic book you've always meant to read - The Haunting of Hill House √
48. A book published in 2020 - The Midnight Library √

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win - A book with a cover where the author’s name is as large or larger than the title - Anxious People √
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover - The Darker Arts √
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - Sparkling Cyanide √
52. A book related to time - 4:50 from Paddington √