Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I've tried a lot of different approaches to this challenge!

2021: Read however I want, completed the challenge twice
2020: Pulled prompts from a jar randomly and read in that order
2019: Read in list order
2018: Read however I want
2017: First attempt, just get it done!

So this year I'm going back to reading in list order, trying to stick to the months (so only 5 ATY books in January, only 4 in February, etc.). I think it will help me pace myself while also giving me some flexibility with my side reads, since I normally finish 7-9 books a month. We will see how that goes!

Key:
📚Owned Book
👵🏻40 before 40 List
👯‍♀️Book Club Pick
💡Nonfiction
🌈LGBTQIA+
💜BIPOC Author

Also:
My 40 Before 40 List: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Tracking Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

CURRENT COUNT
Total Books Read: 100
ATY: 48/52

40 Before 40: 2/4

BIPOC: 8/12
LGBTQIA+: 8/12
Nonfiction: 8/12

2022 COVER COLLAGE

2022 BOOKS BY RATING


FIVE STARS
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir


4.5 STARS
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
True Biz by Sara Nović
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams


FOUR STARS
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford
Float Plan by Trish Doller
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman
Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton


3.5 STARS
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
All's Well by Mona Awad
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation by Dennis Calero
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
The No-Show by Beth O'Leary
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Deconstructed by Liz Talley


THREE STARS
In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
The Dry by Jane Harper
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon


2.5 STARS
Meet Me in Bombay by Jenny Ashcroft
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan


TWO STARS
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood


DNF
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon

2022 BEST OF

BEST ADULT FICTION
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus


BEST YA FICTION
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik


BEST NONFICTION
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya


BEST ON AUDIO
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Beartown by Fredrik Backman


BEST SERIES
The Raybearer Duology by Jordan Ifueko
Finlay Donovan series by Elle Cosimano
The Scholomance Triology by Naomi Novik
Beartown by Fredrik Backman


BREAKOUT READ
Book that was surprisingly good or exceeded expectations
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
True Biz by Sara Nović
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin


MOST RECOMMENDED
Book I would recommend to anyone and everyone
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
True Biz by Sara Nović
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson


BIGGEST PUSH
Book that got me most out of my comfort zone
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik


BEST LGBTQIA+
Best book featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and/or written by an LGBTQIA+ author
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow


TAUGHT A LESSON
Book that taught me something about myself
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
True Biz by Sara Nović
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus


BEST BOOK CLUB PICK
Book that sparked discussion and encourage debate
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson


MOST TIMELY
Book that spoke to our current culture
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
True Biz by Sara Nović
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin


BEST TIME MACHINE
Historical fiction book that set the scene
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson


BEST CHARACTERS
Book whose characters stuck with me long after I finished the book
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Maid by Nita Prose


BEST DRESSED
Book with the most attractive cover (that shows the greatness within)


Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
French Braid by Anne Tyler

BEST PLACE
Book that was set in an interesting environment
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
True Biz by Sara Nović
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik


MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING
Book that made me think the most
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
True Biz by Sara Nović
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West


BEST SHOCK
Book that made my jaw drop in surprise
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Maid by Nita Prose
Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin


MOST HUMOROUS
Book that kept me laughing
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
True Biz by Sara Nović
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw


BEST FEELINGS
Book that made me really emotional
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus


BEST FLUFF
Book that broke my routine of misery and heartbreak in books
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman


WORTH THE PAGES
Book that was long but worth it
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

2022 GOALS

GOAL ONE: Read four books from 40 Before 40 Fiction list
1. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
3.
4.


GOAL TWO: Read at least one BIPOC book each month

JANUARY: Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge; Dear Martin by Nic Stone; Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
FEBRUARY: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko; You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union; Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds; Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko; The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans; In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström; Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu; The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
MARCH: Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton; The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova; Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
APRIL: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
MAY: The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel; Deacon King Kong by James McBride; Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
JUNE: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams; Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
JULY: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro; The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
AUGUST: The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton; Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

GOAL THREE: Read at least one LGBTQIA+ book each month

JANUARY: How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan; Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune; Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
FEBRUARY: If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
MARCH: Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke; Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
APRIL: True Biz by Sara Nović
MAY: Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
JUNE: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow; Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo; Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman; Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman; Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
JULY: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
AUGUST: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

GOAL FOUR: Read at least one nonfiction book each month

JANUARY: How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan
FEBRUARY: You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union; The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
MARCH: The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
APRIL: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
MAY: Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford; Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke
JUNE: Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
JULY: The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West


BOOKS TO READ IN 2022

2022 PROGRESS POST


1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
April

2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Chosen as a BOTM pick in the same month as People We Meet on Vacation

3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
A book nominated for a 2021 GR Choice Award

5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko


7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Asia/North America

9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya
Africa/North America

10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
South American/North America

11. A book from historical fiction genre
The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin

12. A book related to glass
The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller


13. A book about a woman in STEM
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
3954 ratings at time of reading

15. A book without a person on the cover
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig


16. A book related to Earth Day
The Dry by Jane Harper
Set during a drought

17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
1922-1943

21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke


22. A book with a Jewish character or author
Deacon King Kong by James McBride

23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman

24. A book related to inclement weather
Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
517 Pages

26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
Lost

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Lost

28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Booker Prize

29. A book set on or near a body of water
Float Plan by Trish Doller

30. A book related to mythology
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

31. A book published at least 10 years ago
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Published 1922

32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

33. The next book in a series
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
Fauna

36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel
Flora

37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

38. A book by a Latin American author
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
44. A book with gothic elements

45. A book related to a game
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022

49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
51. A book published in 2022
52. A book with a time-related word in the title

OUTSIDE CHALLENGES


TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS SHORT LIST
Opening Bracket
✅Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
In Concrete by Anne Garréta

✅Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
✅Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge

❌Matrix by Lauren Groff
❌Subdivision by J. Robert Lennon

The Trees by Percival Everett
✅All's Well by Mona Awad

✅No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
✅Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

✅The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Nervous System: A Novel by Lina Meruane

✅The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
The Confession of Copeland Cane by Keenan Norris
❌Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

WOMEN'S PRIZE NOMINEES
Longlist
The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini
Salt Lick by Lulu Allison
Careless by Kirsty Capes
Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey
Flamingo by Rachel Elliott
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson
✅The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
This One Sky Day by Leone Ross
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide

BOOK OF THE MONTH
JANUARY: The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis; Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
FEBRUARY: Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu; The Maid by Nita Prose; I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
MARCH: The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith; The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd; The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
APRIL: True Biz by Sara Nović; Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
MAY: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez; Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
JUNE: SKIPPED
JULY: Upgrade by Blake Crouch; Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
AUGUST: SKIPPED
SEPTEMBER:The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh; Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
OCTOBER: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
NOVEMBER:
DECEMBER:

A NOVEL BUNCH BOOK CLUB
JANUARY: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
FEBRUARY: In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
MARCH: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
APRIL: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
MAY: Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford
JUNE: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
JULY: Book Lovers by Emily Henry
AUGUST: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
SEPTEMBER: Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky
OCTOBER: Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon
NOVEMBER: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
DECEMBER: The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter

12 BOOKS FROM 12 FRIENDS
✅Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
✅The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
✅The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
✅Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
✅Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia
✅Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

20 BOOKS BY BLACK WOMEN
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
✅Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
✅Dear Martin by Nic Stone
✅The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
✅The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta
✅In Every Mirror She's Black by Lola Akinmade Åkerström
✅Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
✅The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Perishing by Natashia Deón
✅Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
✅Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
✅You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union

2022 PLANS - JANUARY


1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang 📚💜
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 📚💜
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza 📚💜
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 📚
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow 📚
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
➡️The People We Keep by Allison Larkin 📚
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 💜
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 💜🌈
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 📚🌈 (Author of The House in the Cerulean Sea)
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster (Same BOTM as The Lost Apothecary) 📚💜
➡️Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge (Same BOTM as People We Meet on Vacation) 📚
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Same BOTM as Impostor Syndrome) 📚
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (Author of The Death of Vivek Oji) 🌈💜
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (Native American tribe from Firekeeper's Daughter) 💜
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (Retelling of Jane Eyre) 💜
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton (Author of When We Left Cuba) 💜
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson (Author of You Should See Me in a Crown) 💜
America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray (Author of The Women of Chateau Lafayette)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor (Author of Strange the Dreamer)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Author of Piranesi)
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman (Author of Illuminae)

3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo 📚🌈💜
➡️Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 📚🌈
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 📚💜
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez 📚💜
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones 📚💜
How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasglow 📚
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 💜
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
A winner or nominee from the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 📚💜🌈
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 📚💜
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 📚💜
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 📚💜
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 📚🌈
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 📚
➡️Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney 📚
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey 📚
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters 💜🌈
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 💜
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 💜
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 💜
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
➡️Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy 📚👯‍♀️
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 📚💜
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 👵🏻
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 👵🏻
The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood

2022 PLANS - FEBRUARY


6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover


I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones 📚💜
➡️Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 💜🌈
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo 💜🌈
Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad 💜
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna 💜
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore 🌈
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke 💡
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin

7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith 📚💜
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 📚
➡️The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon 📚
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 👵🏻💜
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 👵🏻💜
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 👵🏻
Matilda by Roald Dahl 👵🏻
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 👵🏻
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee 💜
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 💡
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson 💡
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina 💡

8. 3 books set on three different continents - Africa
➡️The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya 💜💡
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue 💜
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 💜
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan 💜
Small Country by Gaël Faye 💜
Red Island House by Andrea Lee 💜
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor 💜
Aftershocks by Nadia Owusu 💜
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo 💜
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi 💜
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie 💜

9. 3 books set on three different continents - Asia
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 📚💜💡
➡️Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu 📚💜
The Leavers by Lisa Ko 📚💜
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood 💜
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 💜
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen 💜
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao 💜
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu 💜

2022 PLANS - MARCH


10. 3 books set on three different continents - Europe (Non-Great Britain) or South America
➡️The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Equador) 📚💜
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (Hungary, France) 📚
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (Italy) 🌈
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Itlay) 💡
I, Claudius by Robert Graves (Greece)
The Muse by Jessie Burton (Spain)
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (Greece)
The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles (France)
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel (Eastern Europe)

11. A book from historical fiction genre
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys 👯‍♀️
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge 📚💜
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora 📚💜
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne 📚🌈
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer 📚
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 📚
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel 📚
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff 📚
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain 📚
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 📚
Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner 📚
➡️Matrix by Lauren Groff

12. A book related to glass
➡️The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller 📚
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 👵🏻
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke 💡
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass by Anna Priemaza

13. A book about a woman in STEM
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora 📚💜
➡️The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey 📚
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 💡
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy 💡
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura 💡
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He 💜
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo 💜🌈
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Half Life by Jillian Cantor
The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin
In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

2022 PLANS - APRIL


14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir by Cecily Strong 💡
➡️Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejide 💜
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 💜
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim 💜
Island Queen by Vanessa Riley 💜
China Room by Sunjeev Sahota 💜
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson 💜
Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
From the Moon I Watched Her by Emily English Medley
When We Were Young by Richard Roper
When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards

15. A book without a person on the cover


➡️A Little Hope by Ethan Joella 📚
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer 📚
The Dry by Jane Harper 📚
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 📚
The Neighbor's Secret by L. Alison Heller 📚
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 📚
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 📚
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller 📚
The Turnout by Megan Abbott 📚
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig 📚
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner 💡💜
We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

16. A book related to Earth Day
➡️The Dry by Jane Harper 📚
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy 📚
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue 💜
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He 💜
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren 💡
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham 💡

17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora 📚💜
The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang 📚💜
The Leavers by Lisa Ko 📚💜
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 📚
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang 💜
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 💜
➡️The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 💜
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

2022 PLANS - MAY

18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza 📚💜
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 💜
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi 💜
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 💜
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 💜
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 💜
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansalan 💜
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 💜
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood 💜

19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 📚👵🏻
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon 📚
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore 🌈
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 💜
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 👵🏻
Half Life by Jillian Cantor
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Earthflown by Frances Wren
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft
Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O'Neil
The Forgotten Memories of Vera Glass by Anna Priemaza
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 📚💜💡
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 📚
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 👵🏻
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald 👵🏻
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 👵🏻
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 👵🏻
Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 👵🏻
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 👵🏻
I, Claudius by Robert Graves 👵🏻
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 👵🏻
The Women on the Porch by Caroline Gordon 👵🏻
All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 👵🏻
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 👵🏻

21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover


Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 📚
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker 💜
The Tiger Mom's Tale by Lyn Liao Butler 💜
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke 💡
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
The Muse by Jessie Burton
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

22. A book with a Jewish character or author
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer 📚
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 👵🏻
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 👵🏻
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 👵🏻
The Complete Maus b y Art Spiegelman 👵🏻
A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

2022 PLANS - JUNE


23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 📚🌈
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo 📚💜🌈
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 💜🌈
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman 💜🌈
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 💜🌈
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron 💜🌈
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters 💜🌈
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec 🌈

24. A book related to inclement weather
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
The Dry by Jane Harper 📚
The Last Flight by Julie Clark 📚
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton 💜
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 💜
L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón 💜
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen 💜
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 👵🏻
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
440+ Pages
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon 📚
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 👵🏻
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 💜
In the Woods by Tana French
Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard 📚
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff 📚
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden💡🌈
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin 💡
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry 💡
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy 💡
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao 💜
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim 💜
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia 💜
God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney
Girls of July by Alex Flinn
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey
Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
Wilder Girls by Rory Power

2022 PLANS - JULY

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard 📚
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff 📚
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden💡🌈
Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin 💡
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry 💡
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy 💡
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao 💜
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim 💜
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia 💜
God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney
Girls of July by Alex Flinn
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
The Ophelia Girls by Jane Healey
Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
Wilder Girls by Rory Power

28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚👵🏻
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
The Dry by Jane Harper 📚
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 👵🏻
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 👵🏻
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 👵🏻
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 👵🏻
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham 💡
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed 💡
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

29. A book set on or near a body of water
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
The Last Flight by Julie Clark 📚
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He 💜
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad 💜
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 💜
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen 💜
Lord of the Flies by William Golding 👵🏻
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Float Plan by Trish Doller
Fable by Adrienne Young
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

30. A book related to mythology
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan 💜
Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola 💜
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan 💜
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor 💜
Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

2022 PLANS - AUGUST


31. A book published at least 10 years ago
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 📚💜💡
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚👵🏻💜
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 📚👵🏻
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 📚👵🏻
A Separate Peace by John Knowles 📚👵🏻
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer 📚
Any other book from my 40 Before 40 list

32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell 💡
Into the Night by Sarah Bailey
In the Woods by Tana French
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

33. The next book in a series
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram 💜
Heat Wave by T.J. Klune 🌈
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 🌈
The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee 🌈
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
Next in Philippa Gregory series

34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave 📚
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 👵🏻
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Wilder Girls by Rory Power

35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
Flora on cover


The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚💜
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella 📚
The Dry by Jane Harper 📚
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 📚
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller 📚
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 💜
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

2022 PLANS - SEPTEMBER


36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
Fauna on cover


Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 📚💜
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang 💜
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 💜
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
The Muse by Jessie Burton

37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚💜
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez 📚💜
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 📚💜
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 📚👵🏻
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster 📚
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin 📚
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon 💜🌈
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 👵🏻💜
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 💜
The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood 💜
Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen 💜
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke 💡
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

38. A book by a Latin American author
The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 📚💜
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez 📚💜
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 📚💜
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 📚💜
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas 💜
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton 💜
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez 💜
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 💜
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli 💜
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore 💜
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie 💜

39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 📚💜💡
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 💜
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor 💜
Dear Martin by Nic Stone 💜
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 💜
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 👵🏻
Lord of the Flies by William Golding 👵🏻
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

2022 PLANS - OCTOBER


40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
The Magician, The Hanged Man, The Lovers, The Empress, Strength, The Emperor
Emperor: A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne 📚🌈
Magician: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
Moon: The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin 📚
Emperor: The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang 📚
Strength: The Last Flight by Julie Clark 📚
Lovers: Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 👵🏻
Empress: A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin
Emperor: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Magician: beginning, creation
Hanged Man: letting go of the past, sacrifice
Lovers: love, strong relationship, crossroads
Empress: feminine power, fertility, abundance, nurture, love of home and family
Strength: courage, confidence, passion, good over evil
Emperor: patriarchy, material power, protection

41. A book with a theme of food or drink
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 📚💜
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 📚👵🏻
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig 📚
The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel 📚
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 💜
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia 💜
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin 💜
Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly 🌈
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen

42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez 📚💜
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
American Royals by Katharine McGee

43. A book set in a small town or rural area
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 📚👵🏻
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
The Dry by Jane Harper 📚
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig 📚
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller 📚
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella 📚
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang 💜
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 👵🏻
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O'Neil
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

44. A book with gothic elements
Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon 👯‍♀️
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 📚👵🏻
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews 📚👵🏻
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow 📚
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone 📚
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

2022 PLANS - NOVEMBER


45. A book related to a game
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones 📚💜
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 📚
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 👵🏻
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 👵🏻
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
Warcross by Marie Lu
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 💜
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 💜
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

47. A book with handwriting on the cover


Deacon King Kong by James McBride 📚💜
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones 📚💜
A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne 📚🌈
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin 📚
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 📚
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon 💜🌈
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans 💜
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 💜
L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón 💜
We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin 📚
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 📚
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds 💜

2022 PLANS - DECEMBER


49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask 💡💜
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 💜
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez 💜
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin 📚
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby 📚
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 👵🏻💜
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor 👵🏻
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 👵🏻
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

51. A book published in 2022
Unread BOTM
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 📚💜
The Maid by Nita Prose
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

52. A book with a time-related word in the title
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 📚👵🏻💜
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones 📚💜
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon 📚
A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw 📚
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin 📚
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow 📚
Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad 💜
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede 💡
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham 💡
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Forever is the Worst Long Time by Camille Pagán
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
Half Life by Jillian Cantor

Finished prompt 1 - main character starting with ATY

Read The People We Keep, which features a character named April. I liked it well enough, but the ending saved it from being a 3 star read and bumped it to 3.5. The cover is gorgeous so I'm not upset that I own it lol

Finished prompt 2 - connected to a book from 2021

I read Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge, which was not the book I was intending to read for this prompt. Feels a bit early in the challenge to already go off-plan, but I didn't have the two books I had planned on reading on hand when I was ready to start it.

This book was picked as a BOTM pick in the same month as People We Meet on Vacation, which I read last year.

I'm 2 for 2 on beautiful covers for this challenge!

Completed prompt 3 - book with 22+ letters in the title

I just finished Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune and it was DELIGHTFUL. This is another one I wasn't planning on reading for ATY, but I wanted to pick it up, and it has exactly 22 letters so I'm letting the plan goooo.

Really enjoying knocking out books that I own. That was a surprise goal I ended up setting for myself at the beginning of the year, and it's worked well for me so far.

Finished prompt 4! I used the Goodreads Choice Award reject prompt, because I love it and I was sad it didn't get in.

I read Beautiful World, Where Are You, which is a book I would not have picked up if not for the Tournament of Books. I'm really glad I read it though... it's my first 5 star read of the year!

Completed prompt 5 - author with double letters in their name

I read Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy, which is my IRL book club's pick for January. This book was BRUTAL and I'm afraid is stuck in my head for the rest of eternity. I hated it, I loved it, I'm not sure I can recommend it to anyone, unless they are willing to look at their feelings hard.

Just finished prompt 6 - source of light on cover

I have been eyeing Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko for a while, and I finally received it for a Christmas present. I knew I wanted to use it to kick of Black History Month, and it was a good start to February... a bit more YA in its writing style than I expected, but still solid, and I plan on starting the second in the series immediately.

Completed prompt 7 - related to psychology and the mind

I was determined to tackle The Bone Season this year after it couldn't make it to the list last year, and this prompt was perfect for it. A group of people who can get into other's dreamscapes and see their mind? Yes perfect. The book was a lot more YA than I wanted it to be, and the storyline was a little more chaotic. I don't think I'll be continuing the series, but I am glad I read it.

Finished prompt 8, the first of my continent prompts

I picked up Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu from BOTM this month, knowing it would fit perfectly in this position. It definitely told the story of Asia, China, Taiwan, while blending with an immigrant story in America. Really enjoyed all the points of view in this multigenerational story.

Completed prompt 9, the second of the continent prompts

I picked up The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya on a whim when the other book I had planned in this spot wasn't available on audio. And WOW I'm glad I did. It was so powerful, so gut wrenching, and so unexpected. I loved it.

Whew. I've caught up through the end of May, but I am definitely not going back and writing reviews for all of those books haha! Let's see if I can stay on top if it from here on out.