1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y: Blood Percussion by Nate Marshall 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable: The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us - And How They Don’t by Nick Yee 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019: The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life by Ann Voskamp 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live: Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by Heather Rogers 5. The first book in a series that you have not started: The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover: The Lunatic Express by Carl Offman or Care to Make Love in that Gross Little Space Between Cars?: A Believer Book of Advice (multiple authors) 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The": The Turning by Maxine Chernoff 9. A book that can be read in a day: Thirst by Mary Oliver
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages: The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy: Understanding One Another Leads to Loving Better and Living More Fully by David Daniels 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number: Eating Bread and Honey by Pattiann Rogers (1997) 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people: You’re a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice by Erick Spitznagel (editor)
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge: (2019 challenge, book related to food) Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers: Interpreters of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
15. A book set in a global city: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area: Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen by Larry McMurtry 17. A book with a neurodiverse character: Perry Jackson's Greek Heroes, Rick Riordan 18. A book by an author you've only read once before: The Naked Now by Richard Rohr
19. A fantasy book: The World's Worst Fairy Godmother by Bruce Coville 20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]: I went to Amazon Kindle books and sorted for lowest price, chose the 20th totally free book on the list :-) From This Moment On (The Sullivan Book 2) 21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 22. A book with the major theme of survival: Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author; The Gay Teen's Guide to Defeating a Siren by Cody Wagner (I was in a writing group with this author for a time) 24. A book with an emotion in the title: Turn my Mourning into Dancing by Henri Nouwen 25. A book related to the arts: Adaptation: Studying Film & Literature by John M. Desmond and Peter Hawkes 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards: Girls by Ali Wong 27. A history or historical fiction: Condemned to Repeat It, ed. by Wick Allison, Jeremy Adams, Gavin Hambly
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book: Anna to the Infinite Power my Mildred Ames (my wife's favorite book and I've never read it) 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky 31. A book inspired by a leading news story: One Day by Gene Weingarten
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan: The Japanese Mind, edited by Roger J. Davies and Osamu Ikeno 33. A book about a non-traditional family: Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton (where an old man and a young girl are stuck in an Arctic research facility with the rest of humanity wiped out) 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name: genre of Mathematics, The Universe in Zero Words by Dana Mackenzie 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover: Enneagram Transformations: Releases and Affirmations for Healing Your Personality Type by Don Richard Riso
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim: Tango by Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1: Most Moved Mover by Clark Pinnock 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2: Why I am not a Christian by Betrand Russell 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce: We Went to the Woods by Caite Dolan-Leach (I assume it is like Katie, but not really sure)
40. A book with a place name in the title: Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein 41. A mystery: The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton 42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’: Less by Andrew Sean Greer 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: (pale horse of death) Long for this World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner 44. A book related to witches: The Truth about Neo-Paganism by Anodea Judith
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018: Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor 46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire": (Disneyland) Why? Because We Still Like You by Jennifer Armstrong 47. A classic book you've always meant to read: Anthem by Ayn Rand 48. A book published in 2020: Nevertheless She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project by Charlie Jane Anders (with contributors)
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win: (A book originally written in a language other than English or your mother tongue) If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KAwamura, Eric Selland (Translator)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title: It's Always Something by Gilda Radner 52. A book related to time: Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That and Go There by Mark Di Vancenzo
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable: The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us - And How They Don’t by Nick Yee
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019: The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life by Ann Voskamp
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live: Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by Heather Rogers
5. The first book in a series that you have not started: The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover: The Lunatic Express by Carl Offman or Care to Make Love in that Gross Little Space Between Cars?: A Believer Book of Advice (multiple authors)
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The": The Turning by Maxine Chernoff
9. A book that can be read in a day: Thirst by Mary Oliver
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages: The Enneagram, Relationships, and Intimacy: Understanding One Another Leads to Loving Better and Living More Fully by David Daniels
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number: Eating Bread and Honey by Pattiann Rogers (1997)
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people: You’re a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice by Erick Spitznagel (editor)
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge: (2019 challenge, book related to food) Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers: Interpreters of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
15. A book set in a global city: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area: Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen by Larry McMurtry
17. A book with a neurodiverse character: Perry Jackson's Greek Heroes, Rick Riordan
18. A book by an author you've only read once before: The Naked Now by Richard Rohr
19. A fantasy book: The World's Worst Fairy Godmother by Bruce Coville
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]: I went to Amazon Kindle books and sorted for lowest price, chose the 20th totally free book on the list :-) From This Moment On (The Sullivan Book 2)
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
22. A book with the major theme of survival: Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author; The Gay Teen's Guide to Defeating a Siren by Cody Wagner (I was in a writing group with this author for a time)
24. A book with an emotion in the title: Turn my Mourning into Dancing by Henri Nouwen
25. A book related to the arts: Adaptation: Studying Film & Literature by John M. Desmond and Peter Hawkes
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards: Girls by Ali Wong
27. A history or historical fiction: Condemned to Repeat It, ed. by Wick Allison, Jeremy Adams, Gavin Hambly
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book: Anna to the Infinite Power my Mildred Ames (my wife's favorite book and I've never read it)
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
31. A book inspired by a leading news story: One Day by Gene Weingarten
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan: The Japanese Mind, edited by Roger J. Davies and Osamu Ikeno
33. A book about a non-traditional family: Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton (where an old man and a young girl are stuck in an Arctic research facility with the rest of humanity wiped out)
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name: genre of Mathematics, The Universe in Zero Words by Dana Mackenzie
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover: Enneagram Transformations: Releases and Affirmations for Healing Your Personality Type by Don Richard Riso
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim: Tango by Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1: Most Moved Mover by Clark Pinnock
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2: Why I am not a Christian by Betrand Russell
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce: We Went to the Woods by Caite Dolan-Leach (I assume it is like Katie, but not really sure)
40. A book with a place name in the title: Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
41. A mystery: The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’: Less by Andrew Sean Greer
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: (pale horse of death) Long for this World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner
44. A book related to witches: The Truth about Neo-Paganism by Anodea Judith
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018: Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire": (Disneyland) Why? Because We Still Like You by Jennifer Armstrong
47. A classic book you've always meant to read: Anthem by Ayn Rand
48. A book published in 2020: Nevertheless She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project by Charlie Jane Anders (with contributors)
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win: (A book originally written in a language other than English or your mother tongue)
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki KAwamura, Eric Selland (Translator)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title: It's Always Something by Gilda Radner
52. A book related to time: Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That and Go There by Mark Di Vancenzo