Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2023 ATY52 LIST
52/52
✔1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y - Adarlen
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 7/2 2★
✔2. A book by an author you read in 2022
A Chance Of Stormy Weather by Tricia Stringer 3/1 3.5★
✔3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - wanted to read in 2022
Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings 2/1 3★
✔4. A book with an interracial relationship
Every Version of You by Grace Chan 7/1 3.5★
✔5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
After the Rain by Lucy Dillon 5/1 3★


✔6. A book where books are important
I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan 14/1 3★
✔7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
Eat Move Sleep: Why Small Choices Make a Big Difference by Tom Rath 3/7 1★
✔8. An author's debut book
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 10/1 5★
✔9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W -
Whitbread Award Nominee for Novel (1999)
Being Dead by Jim Crace 12/2 3★

✔10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - Baby
The Irish Nanny by Sandy Taylor 17/1 3.5★
✔11. A book about a person/character with a disability - blindness
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett 16/2 4★
✔12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
A Guide to Native Bees of Australia by Terry Houston 13/1 5★
✔13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - books
The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer 14/1 3.5★

✔14. A book with a con, deception, or fake - the model prison is a huge deception
No Plan B by Lee Child 8/1 2.5★
✔15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - CANADA
Still Life by Louise Penny 11/1 3.5★
✔16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - IRELAND
The Irish Boarding House by Sandy Taylor 15/1 5★
✔17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - SCOTLAND
The Devil's Due by Rita Boucher 20/1 3.5★

✔18. A book related to science - forensics, anthropology, pathology
No Mardi Gras for the Dead by D.J. Donaldson 31/1 3★
✔19. A book related to the arts - Grace Kennedy is an artist
My Husband's Wives by Faith Hogan 4/1 4★
✔20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
On the Straight and Narrow by Faith Martin 2/2 4★
✔21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty 10/6 2★
✔22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Shop Girl by Mary Portas 13/1 3★


✔23. A book with a body of water in the title
The Little Flower Shop by the Sea by Ali McNamara 30/1 3★
✔24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy - Cass Tuplin, PI extraordinaire, & because "I really didn't need Ernie deciding he was George Smiley." p.25
Death at the Belvedere by Sue Williams 13/1 3.5★
✔25. A book with a tropical setting - Magnetic Is.
The Sister’s Gift by Barbara Hannay 30/8 3★
✔26. A book related to pride - the maenad feeds on pride
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 12/1 4★

✔27. A book by an author from continental Europe
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten 8/4 3.5★
✔28. A book that is dark
Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb 6/2 4★
✔29. A book that is light
The Summer House by the Sea by Jenny Oliver 6/2 2.5★
✔30. A book related to a chess piece
Blood And Circuses by Kerry Greenwood 28/1 5★

✔31. A book found by inputting a favorite author - Dick Francis - on https://www.literature-map.com
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb 24/1 4★

✔32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature - Melbourne
Devil's Food by Kerry Greenwood 20/1 5★
✔33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 - Richard
Slay Ride by Dick Francis 27/1 3.5★
✔34. A novella
Johnno by David Malouf 6/1 4★
✔35. A book with a school subject in the title
The Oysterville Sewing Circle by Susan Wiggs 1/8 2.5★

✔36. A book that has been translated from another language
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery 13/3 1.5★
✔37. A book with the theme of returning home - war ends & people return home
The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French 16/1 4★
✔38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
The Pool of Two Moons by Kate Forsyth 21/2 4★

✔39. A western
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson 5/7 3.5★

✔40. A book with a full name in the title
The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young 1/2 2★
✔41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 4/3 4★
✔42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay by Ali McNamara 5/2 2.5★
✔43. A book that involves a murder
The Cat Who Caught a Killer by L.T. Shearer 27/1 4★
✔44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Sleeping with the Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson 1/1 2.5★


✔45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb 22/1 4.5★
✔46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood 9/1 5★
✔47. A book related to a geometric shape - concentric circles on cover
A Different Dawn by Isabella Maldonado 19/1 3★

✔48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - the serpent in the lake
Dragonclaw by Kate Forsyth 19/2 4★

✔49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig 16/6 3.5 ★
✔50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - didn't make the 2023 list: wanted to read in 2022
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 4/2 5★
✔51. A book published in 2023
The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz 17/4 4★
✔52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
N or M? by Agatha Christie 21/1 4★

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