Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2022 LIST

~JANUARY~

1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
~ Still Alice by Lisa Genova

2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
~ 1001 Arabian Nights by Anonymous (related to A Woman Is No Man)

3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
~ Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
~ A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (three name author)

5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
~ Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell


~FEBRUARY~

6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
~ Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
~ Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
~ Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy (Antarctica)

9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
~ Euphoria by Lily King (Australia)


~MARCH~

10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
~ Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis (South America)

11. A book from historical fiction genre
~ The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin

12. A book related to glass
~ The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

13. A book about a woman in STEM
~ Lab Girl by Hope Jahren


~APRIL~

14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
~ Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan

15. A book without a person on the cover
~ Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

16. A book related to Earth Day
~ Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
~ Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia


~MAY~

18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
~ Exhalation by Ted Chiang

19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
~ Underground Airlines by Ben H Winters

20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
~ The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
~ The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff

22. A book with a Jewish character or author
~ The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman


~JUNE~

23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
~ Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

24. A book related to inclement weather
~ Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
~ East of Eden by John Steinbeck

26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
~ The Library Book by Susan Orlean


~JULY~

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
~ Summer Hours at the Robber's Library by Sue Halpern

28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
~ The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

29. A book set on or near a body of water
~ Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

30. A book related to mythology
~ Mythos by Stephen Fry


~AUGUST~

31. A book published at least 10 years ago
~ Kindred by Octavia E Butler

32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
~ Long Bright River by Liz Moore

33. The next book in a series
~ Size 14 is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot

34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
~ Stoner by John Williams

35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
~ The Goshawk by TH White


~SEPTEMBER~

36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
~ H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
~ Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

38. A book by a Latin American author
~ El Senor Presidente by Miguel Angel Asturias

39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
~ Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume


~OCTOBER~

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
~ Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross (The Hierophant)

41. A book with a theme of food or drink
~ Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
~ Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

43. A book set in a small town or rural area
~ A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

44. A book with gothic elements
~ The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde


~NOVEMBER~

45. A book related to a game
~ The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis

46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
~ The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

47. A book with handwriting on the cover
~ Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson

48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
~ My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell


~DECEMBER~

49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
~ Maps In a Mirror Vol 1-5 by Orson Scott Card

50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
~ The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

51. A book published in 2022
~ Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

52. A book with a time-related word in the title
~ Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt