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[2023] Suggestions That Didn't Make It
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A winner or nominee from the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards
A book you wanted to read in 2022
A book that fits a suggestion that didn't make the list this year
A book connected to something you read in 2022
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
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A book by an author no more than two degrees of separation away from you
A book of poetry or free verse
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A book by an author who is NOT cis, white, and male
A book with yellow, red and white on the cover
A work of biographical fiction
A book that can be found on Project Gutenberg
A book connected to Ireland
A book involving genetics, genealogy, traits, heredity, or heritage
A book with a shoe on the cover
A book related to the characters in The Wizard of Oz
A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
A book with an animal on the cover
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A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
A book with a color in the title or author’s name
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A book involving genetics, genealogy, traits, heredity, heritage
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A book recommended on Goodreads
A nonfiction nature book
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A book with a two or three word title
A book with a cat in the story, title or cover
A book that’s mentioned in the Rory Gilmore Book Challenge
A book with an alliterative title
A book involving an "ism"
A book whose the author goes by three names
A book with a title beginning with W
A book related to dreams or dreaming
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A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you
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A book by a Nobel Prize winner for literature
A book with a 2 and a 3 in the page count
A book related to a common phrase, saying, or idiom
A book to which you didn't have instant access
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A book related to Hollywood
A book with a two word title, one of which is "The"
A book involving power or politics
A book with at least 500,000 ratings on Goodreads
A book with a female or nonbinary main character who is an explorer/traveller
A book with a child protagonist
A book that is inspired by or pays homage to another story
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2 Weeks: Two books from two different genres, that are connected in some way
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3 Weeks: A book related to a Warner Brothers film, related to a Disney film, and related to a BBC film
3 Weeks: Three books, each of which is set in a different century
4 Weeks: Four books connected to each other through publication date (week 1), cover color (week 2), country setting (week 3), and title starting letter (week 4)
2 Weeks: Read a duology, or two books from a larger series
4 Weeks: Four books, with each one related to one of the seasons
2 Weeks: A book set in the city, and a book set in the country
3 Weeks: Three books about Hope, Faith, and Love/Charity
2 Weeks: Two books with words that are opposites in the titles
3 Weeks: A book written in first person POV, second person POV, and third person POV
3 Weeks: Three books related to Eros, Filios, Agape
3 Weeks: Three different books written by the same author in 3 different genres
4 Weeks: Four books connected to each other through setting (week 1), author commonality (week 2), theme (week 3), and character commonality (week 4)
2 Weeks: Two books related to lost and found
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A book with an interracial relationship (friendship, romance, family)
A book set in India or Pakistan
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A book related to one of the 12 Western astrological signs
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A book involving hope or hopepunk
A book that is eye-opening or thought provoking
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A book that includes a ritual or ceremony
A book with one of the four seasons in the title
A book with a character who is an orphan
A book with a pronoun in the title
A book with orange on the cover
A book with a main character who is an athlete
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A book related to a recipient of Time Magazine's Person of the Year award
A book related to the Harlem Renaissance
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A Christmas book
A book involving wolves or werewolves
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A book with a character that travels as a part of their job
A book from the first 5 books added to your TBR
A book about a farm, a farmer, or a farming family
A book about crossing over to another world
A book that involves a moral dilemma or question
A book written by an author that is a different race and gender than you are
A book with a purple cover
A book set in an apartment building or house
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A book from the Totally Biased List of Tookie’s Favorite Books
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A book that has won a Bookbrowse award
An author who lives greater than 2023 miles from you
A book with a female or nonbinary main character who is an explorer/traveller
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A book featuring a character with paranormal or supernatural abilities
A book from the point of view of a person with a physical, sensory, learning, mental, or medical disability
A work of fiction based on a real person or real event
A book with fruit or vegetables on the cover or in the title
A nominee or winner of an Australian book award
A "wild" book
A book written by two or more authors
A children's classic
A book with a cover you consider to be beautiful
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A book involving aspects of language, linguistics, or the spoken word
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A book with one of the 7 most used verbs in English in the title: be, have, do, say, get, make, go
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A book from your TBR list in a position numbered by a combination of digits from 2023
A book where faith is a major theme
A book related to "soul"
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A book celebrating the entertainment industry
A book in which someone is captured, taken hostage, trapped or imprisoned
A book with a character who time travels
A book from the “100 Years of Popular Books on Goodreads” list
A book set in more than one country
A book with a person who travels
A book where an architectural element is central
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A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
A book set in the Indian subcontinent
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A book that involves a moral dilemma or question
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A book related to something lucky
A family saga
A book in which a main character or main subject is a member of a royal family or the nobility
A book related to loneliness or isolation
A book set in an apartment building/complex
A book that answers the question "What if"
A book set during the Roaring Twenties (1920's)
A book about a character with a supernatural ability
A memoir
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A book by an author who uses punctuation in their name
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A book about words or language, or emphasizing the spoken word
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A book by an author who has been threatened, imprisoned or otherwise persecuted because of their work
A book related to King Tut
A book that's unlike what you usually read
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A book from the NPR "Books We Love" lists
A book featuring a character who is engaged in a typically compassionate profession or career
An adventure book
A book with rock, paper or scissors on the cover
A book that is the 2nd or 3rd in a series
A book related to "On the Road"
A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
A well-known classic book
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A book off the Totally Biased List of Tookie’s Favorite Books found in Louise Endrich's The Sentence
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A wacky book
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A book by an author with a 2 syllable first/given name and a 3 syllable last name/surname
A book from one of the Millions Most Anticipated lists
A winner or nominee of the Goodreads Choice Awards
A book with a sign (literal or figurative) on the cover
A book featuring The Widow, the Wallflower, or the Woman Scorned
A book published at least 23 years before you were born
A book mainly set underground or underwater
A book connected to (100 years of) Hollywood, Disney or the land of Oz
A book with 500+ pages
A book about healing
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A book with a character based on the literary archetypes
A book featuring a character with a name starting with "W"
A book with an unnamed narrator or protagonist
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A book involving genetics or DNA
A book inspired by Sherlock Holmes
A book related to game, set, match
A dark academia book
A young adult novel
A book related to comedy
A book by an author whose name is a trade or profession
A book whose author has published less than 7 (2+0+2+3) books
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A book by a writer honored by Queen Elizabeth II
A book where the chapters are named
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A book including a female athlete
A book related to "The Five Love Languages"
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A book involving journalism or journalists
A book set during the Roaring Twenties
A book that could be used for at least five of the 2023 challenge prompts
A book that involves a nomadic lifestyle
A book about someone who has been “banished”
A book where one of the senses plays an important part
A book set during a holiday
A book where a battle takes place
A book whose author has published more than 7 (2+0+2+3) books
A book using the word "wife" or "daughter" in the title
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A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
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A book related to Animal Crossing
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A book about colonialism or imperialism
A book with a "fitness" connection
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A book written by an author/or with a character named Elizabeth, Alexandra or Mary
A book with a secret passage
A dystopian book
A book including a justice-impacted character or person
A book that can be found on Project Gutenberg
A book that shifts point of view with each chapter or section
A book inspired by news from the 1950s
A book with a mostly black cover
A book which includes addictive behaviour
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A book by an Asian diaspora author
A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
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A book featuring a blog or a podcast
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A book not set on (our) earth
A book involving friends, family, or a found family
In honor of Queen Elizabeth II, a book set in Kenya, South Africa, or Scotland
A book with an eye-catching title
A book club read
A book that provides a view of the future
A book with a door on the cover
A book from a genre that starts with any letter in your name
A book one of your Goodreads friends is reading
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A book related to a poem
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A book with an echo
A book set in the workplace of at least one character
A book that has won a diversity award in the 21st Century (2001-present)
A book told from the villain’s perspective
A romance novel
A book shelved as literary fiction
A book from genre that inspired, or rekindled, your love of reading
A book about "a fish out of water"
A book set on an island
A book that is one of the top 23 Goodreads rated books in your TBR
A magical realism book
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A cultural book that depicts a place or time and its culture
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A book from a genre that starts with any letter in your name
A book that was shelved as literary fiction
A book that could be used for at least five of the 2023 challenge prompts
A book that has won a diversity award in the 21st Century (2001-present)
A book from your favorite sub-genre
A book related to first contact
A book told from the villain’s perspective
A book that is one of the top 23 Goodreads rated books in your TBR
A book set during a revolution or uprising
A book about the environment or nature
A book about "a fish out of water"
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