Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y: The Women of Troy
2. A book by an author you read in 2022: Desert Star
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list: A Promised Land
4. A book with an interracial relationship: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

6. A book where books are important: The Book Eaters
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title: Neverwhere
8. An author's debut book: The Book Eaters
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W: A Thousand Ships

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities": Middlemarch
11. A book about a person/character with a disability: The Maid
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies: The Vanished Birds
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover: The Reading List

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake: The Plot
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1: Magic Lessons
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3: A Flicker in the Dark

18. A book related to science: The Overstory
19. A book related to the arts: Big Lies in a Small Town
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel: A River Enchanted
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author: The Poppy War
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover: Britt-Marie Was Here

23. A book with a body of water in the title: The Winter Sea
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy: Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
25. A book with a tropical setting: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
26. A book related to pride: The Space Between Worlds

27. A book by an author from continental Europe: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
28. A book that is dark: The Devil and the Dark Water
29. A book that is light: Remarkably Bright Creatures
30. A book related to a chess piece: The Women in the Castle
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com: Big Lies in a Small Town

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature: The Heart's Invisible Furies
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923: The Woman in Cabin 10
34. A novella: Small Things Like These
35. A book with a school subject in the title: A History of Wild Places

36. A book that has been translated from another language: My Brilliant Friend
37. A book with the theme of returning home: Brooklyn
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover: The Book of Longings
39. A western: Woman of Light

40. A book with a full name in the title: The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists: Black Sun
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter: The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
43. A book that involves a murder: The Cartographers
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal: Tell the Wolves I'm Home

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books: Case Histories
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe: Things We Lost to the Water
47. A book related to a geometric shape: The Colour of Magic
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story: The Blacktongue Thief

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023: The Dictionary of Lost Words
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt:
51. A book published in 2023:
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