Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Starting a first draft of the list but recognizing everything changes! Really excited to think about the books I read in this way. It may even help me finish some of the books on my currently reading shelf :-)

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

✔6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover (roller skates) The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere Born a Crime (South Africa)
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" The Testaments
✔9. A book that can be read in a day What I Know for Sure

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages Special Topics in Calamity Physics
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number (1979) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge - 2018 #9 A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers Alice Walker The Color Purple

15. A book set in a global city
✔16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area We Have Always Lived in the Castle
17. A book with a neurodiverse character The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
18. A book by an author you've only read once before Mr. Know-It-All (John Waters)

19. A fantasy book The Last Wish
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] Perfume
✔21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720 How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
✔22. A book with the major theme of survival Fledgling

✔23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ authorCity of Girls
24. A book with an emotion in the title All About Love: New Visions
25. A book related to the arts
✔26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Dear Girls
✔27. A history or historical fiction Opium and Absinthe

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 Interview with the Vampire
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 The Gene

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim Patience
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 Hungry Jeff Gordinier

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’ Trust Exercise
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.Everything's Trash, But It's Okay based off of one of my best 2018 reads You Can't Touch My Hair
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 Why We're Polarized

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win High School
Prompt: A book about two queer women (this includes those who identify as bi, trans, pan, ace)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover The Handmaid's Tale
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean (it's in the subtitle but still counts right?)
52. A book related to time