Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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THE 2023 LIST
✔1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y The Water is Wide

✔2. A book by an author you read in 2022 A Sinister Revenge

✔3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list Time's Convert

✔4. A book with an interracial relationship The Paragon Hotel

✔5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

✔6. A book where books are important The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts

✔7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title Where I Come from: Stories from the Deep South

✔8. An author's debut book The Patron Saint of Liars

✔9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W La Belle Sauvage

✔10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" The Final Girl Support Group

✔11. A book about a person/character with a disability Symphony of Secrets

✔12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

✔13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover One True Loves

✔14. A book with a con, deception, or fake The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

✔15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 Year of Wonders

✔16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 The Paris Bookseller

✔17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird

✔18. A book related to science The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World

✔19. A book related to the arts Art and Faith: A Theology of Making

✔20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel Off the Map

✔21. A book by an Asian diaspora author Portrait of a Thief

✔22. A book with a faceless person on the cover Hang the Moon

✔23. A book with a body of water in the titleA River Enchanted

✔24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy The Libyan Diversion

✔25. A book with a tropical setting The Cuban Heiress

✔26. A book related to pride The Murder of Mr. Wickham

✔27. A book by an author from continental Europe The Postcard

✔28. A book that is dark Hell Bent

✔29. A book that is light The Uncommon Reader

✔30. A book related to a chess piece Death Comes for the Archbishop

✔31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com Shadow of Night

✔32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed

✔33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 Hawaii

✔34. A novella Letters from Father Christmas

✔35. A book with a school subject in the title Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

✔36. A book that has been translated from another language Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna

✔37. A book with the theme of returning home Book Lovers

✔38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover Woman of Light

✔39. A western The Crossing

✔40. A book with a full name in the title
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

✔41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists Black Cake

✔42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter The Birchbark House

✔43. A book that involves a murder Manslaughter Park

✔44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal Do Tell]

✔45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books Stardust

✔46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe Like Water for Chocolate

✔47. A book related to a geometric shape Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

✔48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story James and the Giant Peach

✔49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

✔50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt The Blessing Way

✔51. A book published in 2023 Storm Watch

✔52. A book with an unusual or surprising title The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

You had your plan ready to go within 20 minutes of the list posting? You must have been planning as the winners were announced each week!

Also, I loved The Poisoner's Handbook!

Just seeing this comment, but yes, I put together a list as the prompts were decided. I did my research on each prompt before voting so that I knew I had a book to read for it.

Happy Reading!


Jackie wrote: "You had your plan ready to go within 20 minutes of the list posting? You must have been planning as the winners were announced each week!

Also, I loved The Poisoner's Handbook!"