Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
9. A book that can be read in a day

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link)
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)

15. A book set in a global city
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
18. A book by an author you've only read once before

19. A fantasy book
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
22. A book with the major theme of survival

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
24. A book with an emotion in the title
25. A book related to the arts
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
27. A history or historical fiction

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
31. A book inspired by a leading news story

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
33. A book about a non-traditional family
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
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
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
44. A book related to witches

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
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
48. A book published in 2020

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
52. A book related to time

30 books off of owned bookshelf:

1. The Tortilla Curtain
2. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
3. The Unnamed
4. Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball
5. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
6. Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
7. Twenty Something: The Quarter-Life Crisis of Jack Lancaster
8. The Memory of Running
9. I Am America
10. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
11. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
12. Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
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I haven't tracked a birth year challenge, so I'll add that as a new tracker this year as a long-term goal.

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Popsugar: Goal: 25/50

A book that's published in 2020
A book by a trans or nonbinary author
A book with a great first line
A book about a book club
A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
A bildungsroman
The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
A book with an upside-down image on the cover
A book with a map
A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
An anthology
A book that passes the Bechdel test
A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it
A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
A book about or involving social media
A book that has a book on the cover
A medical thriller
A book with a made-up language
A book set in a country beginning with "C"
A book you picked because the title caught your attention
A book published the month of your birthday
A book about or by a woman in STEM
A book that won an award in 2019
A book on a subject you know nothing about
A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
A book with a pun in the title
A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
A book with a bird on the cover
A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
A book by a WOC
A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads
A book you meant to read in 2019
A book with a three-word title
A book with a pink cover
A Western
A book by or about a journalist
Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge


A book written by an author in their 20s
A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision)
A book set in the 1920s
A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
A book by an author who has written more than 20 books
A book with more than 20 letters in its title
A book published in the 20th century
A book from a series with more than 20 books
A book with a main character in their 20s

I started tracking a USA reading challenge in 2019, so I'll continue in 2020.

Alabama
Alaska - The Great Alone
Arizona
Arkansas
California - Hidden Bodies
Colorado - The Gifted School
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida - Nature Girl
Georgia - An American Marriage
Hawaii - The Descendants
Idaho - Educated
Illinois - The Jungle
Indiana - The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Iowa
Kansas - Dark Places
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine - The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers
Maryland - The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Massachusetts - Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
Michigan
Minnesota - Freedom
Mississippi - Sing, Unburied, Sing
Missouri - The Corrections
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey - The Plot Against America
New Mexico
New York - Hamilton: The Revolution
North Carolina - Cold Mountain
North Dakota - Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews
Ohio - Little Fires Everywhere
Oklahoma
Oregon - 14 Minutes: A Running Legend's Life and Death and Life
Pennsylvania - Straight Man
Rhode Island - The Memory of Running
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - Nothing to See Here
Texas - Bluebird, Bluebird
Utah
Vermont
Virginia - Hidden Figures
Washington - Reservation Blues
Washington, D.C. - The Camel Club
West Virginia
Wisconsin - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Wyoming