Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

2023 will be my third year doing this challenge! So excited to start planning.

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THE 2023 LIST
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y - The Great Alone
2. A book by an author you read in 2022 - Romancing Mister Bridgerton
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - The Hawthorne Legacy (A book whose the author goes by three names)
4. A book with an interracial relationship - Pumpkinheads
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover - Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take

6. A book where books are important - The Reading List
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title - When He Was Wicked
8. An author's debut book - The Time in Between
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W - The Hunger Games

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - From Lukov with Love
11. A book about a person/character with a disability - Maybe Someday
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies - Blue Lily, Lily Blue
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - Before the Coffee Gets Cold

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - To Sir Phillip, With Love (19th century)
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - Lessons in Chemistry (20th century)
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - Outlander (18th century)

18. A book related to science - Mortal Engines
19. A book related to the arts - The Last Time I Lied
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel - The House in the Cerulean Sea
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author - I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover - The Inheritance Games

23. A book with a body of water in the title - The House Across the Lake
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
25. A book with a tropical setting
26. A book related to pride - No Meu Bairro by Lúcia Vicente

27. A book by an author from continental Europe - Do Outro Lado
28. A book that is dark - Tempestade de Guerra - Parte 2
29. A book that is light - The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After
30. A book related to a chess piece - The Raven King
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com - The Fine Print

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
34. A novella - Maybe Not
35. A book with a school subject in the title

36. A book that has been translated from another language - Death Note, Vol. 7: Zero
37. A book with the theme of returning home
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover - the sun and her flowers
39. A western - News of the World

40. A book with a full name in the title - Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists - The Paris Apartment
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter - Long Way Down
43. A book that involves a murder - Lord of Shadows
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal - Death Note, Vol. 8: Target

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books - The Son of Neptune
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe - The Girl in the Ice
47. A book related to a geometric shape
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - The Hidden Oracle

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 - Iron Widow
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - A book by an author you read in 2022 - The Doll's House
51. A book published in 2023 - I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title - I’m Glad My Mom Died

Possible books

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

2. A book by an author you read in 2022

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list

4. A book with an interracial relationship

5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover

6. A book where books are important

7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title

8. An author's debut book

9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"

11. A book about a person/character with a disability

12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies

13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake

15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3

18. A book related to science

19. A book related to the arts

20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel

21. A book by an Asian diaspora author

22. A book with a faceless person on the cover

23. A book with a body of water in the title

24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Owned
The Kiss Quotient
The Unbroken
Renegades

Not owned
I Love You So Mochi
Orphan Monster Spy

25. A book with a tropical setting
Owned
The Girl with the Louding Voice

Not owned
Next Year in Havana
The Castaways

26. A book related to pride

27. A book by an author from continental Europe

28. A book that is dark

29. A book that is light

30. A book related to a chess piece

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

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
Owned
The Heart's Invisible Furies (Dublin)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Prague)
The Ex Talk (Seattle)
City of Ghosts (Edinburgh)

Not owned
Written in the Stars (Seattle)
Beautiful World, Where Are You (Dublin)

33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Owned
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Lord of the Flies
The Handmaid's Tale
The Kiss Quotient
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Olive Kitteridge
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Dune
The Thursday Murder Club
Local Woman Missing
The Anthropocene Reviewed
The Poet X

Not owned
All Systems Red
The Secret Garden
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
The Woman in Cabin 10
A Little Princess
The It Girl

34. A novella

35. A book with a school subject in the title
Owned
The Secret History
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Not owned
Lessons in Chemistry
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

36. A book that has been translated from another language

37. A book with the theme of returning home
Owned
We Are the Brennans

38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

39. A western

40. A book with a full name in the title

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

42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter

43. A book that involves a murder

44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal

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

46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe

47. A book related to a geometric shape
Owned
The Hunger Games

48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023

50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
(A book by an author you read in 2022)

51. A book published in 2023

52. A book with an unusual or surprising title