The Next Best Book Club discussion

Oh man, I failed to complete a single album in the Liz Phair challenge, but I came sooo close to sooo many. Here's to hoping that 2023 is my year!

I will limit myself to a max of two songs per title!

Three Imaginary Boys (1979)

“10:15 Saturday Night” – Stay in on a Saturday night, read a book, and take credit for it hereBelow the Falls by Ross McMeekin
“Accuracy” – Read a book that required the author to do a lot of research to get rightWhalefall by Daniel Kraus
“Grinding Halt” – Take credit for a book you DNFdSisters of the Lost Nation bu Nick Medina
“Another Day” – Read a book you attempted to read in the past but walked away from
“Object” – Read a book that focuses heavily around an object (bonus points if it’s a haunted object!)Piñata by Leopolodo Gout
“Subway Song” – Read a book on the subway / that takes place in a cityChaotic Good by Lee Klein
“Foxy Lady” – Read a book that is a homage to another work of literatureUnwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai
“Meat Hook” – Read a book that features cannibalism or a different spin on eating meatMonstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
“So What” – Take credit here if you read a book that everyone else was raving about but left you feeling ‘meh’The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
“Fire in Cairo” – Read a book that is set in a country other than your ownOur Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
“It’s Not You” – Read a book that’s told in first person POVThe Merry Dredgers by Jeremy Shipp
“Three Imaginary Boys” – Read a book with a child protagonist / that involves children No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed
“The Weedy Burton” – Read a book that has a protagonist with a strange nameThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo



Seventeen Seconds (1980)

“A Reflection” – If you read a book in which you relate to one of the characters, take credit here
“Play for Today” – Take credit here for a book that you finished in one dayPatterns of Orbit: Stories by Chloe N Clark
“Secrets” – Read a book that you’d consider a guilty pleasureHouse of Rot by Danger Slater
“In Your House” – Break up the monotony! Read a book in different rooms of your house and take credit for it hereThe Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn
“Three” – Read the third book by an author (either the third book they’ve published, or the third book in general that you’ve read of theirs)Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
“The Final Sound” – Read a book that still resonates with you after you’ve finished itWild Spaces by SL Coney
“A Forest” – Read a book that takes place in or features a forest (bonus points if it’s scary!)Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
“M” – Read a book with a title that starts with M or features an initial in the titleThe Marigold by Andrew F Sullivan
“At Night” – Read a book that’s too scary to read at nightBlack Bark by Brian Evenson
“Seventeen Seconds” – Read a micro fiction or flash fiction collectionPatterns of Orbit: Stories by Chloe N Clark


Faith (1981) COMPLETED!!!!

“The Holy Hour” – Read a book that heavily features religion or has religious referencesEverything the Darkness Eats by Eric Larocca
“Primary” – Read the first book in a series or an author’s debut book Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
“Other Voices” – Read a book that is told from multiple POVsOur Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
“All Cats are Grey” – Read a book that features a cat or has a cat on the coverFrom the Longing Orchard by Jessica Jopp
“The Funeral Party” – Read a book that focuses on a death, grief, or features a cemeteryThe Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
“Doubt” – If you read a book that you were doubtful of, but ended up loving, take credit for it hereDog on Fire by Terese Svoboda
“The Drowning Man” – Read a book that features water on the cover or that takes place on or near a body of waterThe Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
“Faith” – Read a book in which the main character loses faithNight's Edge by Liz Kerin


Pornography (1982) COMPLETED!!!!

“One Hundred Years” – If you read a book that felt like it took ages to finish, take credit for it hereKnock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
“A Short Term Effect” - Read a book that is less than 100 pagesA Tide Should Be Able to Rise Despite Its Moon by Jessica Bell
“The Hanging Garden” – If you read a book that creeped you out, take credit for it here>/s>All These Subtle Deceits by CS Humble
“Siamese Twins” – Read a book that features a medical anomalyUnwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai
“The Figurehead” – Read a book that a social media influencer put on your radarPiercing by Ryu Murakami
“A Strange Day” – Read a book that was just plain weirdWild Spaces by SL Coney
“Cold” – Curl up with a blanket and a good book, and take credit for it hereSing with Me at the Edge of Paradise: Stories by Joe Baumann
“Pornography” – Read a book that’s a little (or a LOT) sexy (negative points if it’s Fifty Shades of Gray!)Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

The Top (1984) COMPLETED!!!!

“Shake Dog Shake” – Read a book that features a dog or has a dog on the cover (bonus points if the dog doesn’t die!)Dog on Fire by Terese Svoboda
“Bird Mad Girl” – Read a book with a nonsensical titleNineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories by Agustina Bazterrica
“Wailing Wall” – Read a book with a title that contains the same first lettersSong of the Sandman by J.-F. Dubeau
“Give Me It” – Run out and buy a book that you MUST have, read it immediately, and take credit for it hereMonstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova
“Dressing Up” – Read a book that makes you feel fancyA Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers
“The Caterpillar” – Read a book that features bugs/insects or has one on the coverPiñata by Leopolodo Gout
“Piggy in the Mirror” – Read a book that focuses on mental health, or features a character who is struggling mentallyStella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
“The Empty World” – Read a post apocalyptic bookThe Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller
“Bananafishbones” – Read a bizarro bookHouse of Rot by Danger Slater
“The Top” – Read the book that is currently sitting at the top of your TBR pileThe Swallowed Man by Edward Carey


The Head on the Door (1985) COMPLETED!!!!

“In Between Days” – If you’re reading two books at the same time, take credit for them hereFrom the Longing Orchard by Jessica Jopp and How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
“Kyoto Song” – Read a book that was written by a musician or that frequently quotes song lyricsThe Last of the Better Days Ahead by Charlie Parr
“The Blood” – Read a splatterpunk book, or a book that features an awful amount of bloodNight's Edge by Liz Kerin
“Six Different Ways” – Read a book in a different format than you normally do (digital instead of print, audiobook, graphic novel instead of traditional)Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele
“Push” – Read a book someone ‘pushed’ onto youSorrowland by Rivers Solomon
“The Baby Screams” – Read a book that features creepy babies (or baby dolls) or in which the main character is pregnantTime's Mouth by Edan Lepucki
“Close to Me” – Read a book by an author you’ve met in RL, or that you attended a reading forThe Geography of First Kisses by Karin Cecil Davidson
“A Night Like This” – Stay up late reading a book and take credit for it hereNight Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
“Screw” – Read a book with a one word titlePine by Francince Toon
“Sinking” – If you read a book that sucked in right from the start, take credit for it hereThe Merry Dredgers by Jeremy Shipp


Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)

“The Kiss” – Read a book that contains the ‘enemies to lovers’ trope or in which there is a delayed hook upParasite by Darcy Coates
“Catch” – Buy a book that caught your attention solely based on the cover and take credit for it here when you read itChlorine by Jade Song
“Torture” – Take credit here for a book that you didn’t DNF but should haveThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
“If Only Tonight We Could Sleep” – If you read a book that scared you silly, take credit for it here
“Why Can’t I Be You” – Read a book that is written in second personSmall Burning Things by Cathy Ulrich
“How Beautiful You Are” – Read a book that you think is visually gorgeous (cover, illustrations, French flaps, sprayed edges, whatever!)Linghun by Ai Jiang
“The Snakepit” – Read a book that contains vicious behavior or is set in a place of squalorDwell Here and Prosper by Chris Eagle
“Hey You!” – Read a book that you can’t stop telling people about!The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn
“Just Like Heaven” – Read a book that you anticipate will become a year-end favoriteA God in the Shed by J.-F. Dubeau
“All I Want” – Read a book that you were DYING to get your hands on but that sat sitting on your TBR until nowThe Marigold by Andrew F Sullivan
“Hot Hot Hot!!!” – Read a book that everyone’s talking aboutThe Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon
“One More Time” – Pick up a book you’ve read years ago, and reread it now
“Like Cockatoos” – If you read a book that feels familiar, take credit for it hereFind Me by Laura van den Berg
“Icing Sugar” – Read a book that you’d classify as “brain candy”Farsickness by Joshua Mohr
“The Perfect Girl” – Read a book that features a female protagonistNothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman
“A Thousand Hours” – Read a book that’s more than 400 pages long Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
“Shiver and Shake” – Read a horror bookHow to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
“Fight” – If you read a book that contains a lot of violence, take credit for it hereDon't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones


Disintegration (1989)

“Plainsong” – Read a book that has flown under everyone’s radarThe Last of the Better Days Ahead by Charlie Parr
“Pictures of You” – Read a graphic novel or a book that contains illustrationsThe Swallowed Man by Edward Carey
“Closedown” – Take credit here if you let your true introvert shine, and read a book during a social eventAn Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand
“Lovesong” – Read a book that features love or in which the main character is pining for someoneStella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
“Last Dance” – Read the last book an author published, or the last book of a seriesSmall Burning Things by Cathy Ulrich
“Lullaby” – Read a fairy tale retelling
“Fascination Street” – Read a book on a topic that you find fascinatingSorrowland by Rivers Solomon
“Prayers for Rain” – Take credit here if you stayed inside on a rainy day and read a bookThe Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar
“The Same Deep Water as You” – If you read a book that has left you just as confused as everyone else, take credit hereAn Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand
“Disintegration” - Read a badly beat up used book (bonus points if you show us how bad a condition it was in!)Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
“Homesick” – Read a book that’s set in your hometown, or written by an author from your hometownSurvive the Night by Riley Sager
“Untitled” – Free space, take credit for any book hereThe Great Transition: A Novel by Nick Fuller Googins

Wish (1992)

“Open” – Read a book that you’ve been putting offAwait Your Reply by Dan Chaon
“High” – If you read a book that’s left you feeling all the feels, take credit hereStarve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
“Apart” – Read a book in which the cover doesn’t match the contentConsumption & Other Vices by Tyler Dempsey
“From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” – Read a magical realism or speculative fiction bookSing with Me at the Edge of Paradise: Stories by Joe Baumann
“Wendy Time” – Read a book that’s written by someone who identifies as femaleLiminal by Bee Lewis
“Doing the Unstuck” – Read a science fiction bookTime's Mouth by Edan Lepucki
“Friday I’m in Love” – Read a book that you think is the author’s equivalent of a ‘sell out’
“Trust” – Read a book a close friend recommended to youNight Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
“A Letter to Elise” – Read a book that’s told in an alternate format – texts, letters, emails, etcNothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman
“Cut” – If you read a book that you can’t stop highlighting or quoting passages from, take credit for it hereWhen We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord
“To Wish Impossible Things” – Give a new genre a try and take credit for it hereBloodmetal by Darin Bradley
“End” – if you read a book that just sort of… ends, leaving you with a WTF did I just read feeling, take credit for it hereThe Trees by Percival Everett


Wild Mood Swings (1996)

“Want” – Read a book you’ve been dying to get your hands onPine by Francince Toon
“Club America” – Read a book that’s been translated into EnglishPiercing by Ryu Murakami
“This is a Lie” – Read a book that ended up being different than you thought it would beGhost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
“The 13th” – Read a ‘feel good’ book and take credit for it hereSuper Normal by Josh Denslow
“Strange Attraction” – Read a book didn’t you expect to like that really surprised youLeave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
“Mint Car” – Read a book while on a road trip and take credit for it hereFarsickness by Joshua Mohr
“Jupiter Crash” – Read a space opera / book that takes place in spaceParasite by Darcy Coates
“Round & Round & Round” – Play Spin the Bottle with your books and take credit for the one you landed on here
“Gone!” – Read a book in which magic is heavily featuredBloodmetal by Darin Bradley
“Numb”- Read a book for so long, in the same position, that your arms or legs go numb, and take credit for it hereThe Haar by David Sodergren
“Return” – Read a book that you borrowed (from the library, from a friend, from a little free library, etc)
“Trap” – Read a book that you literally could not put downA God in the Shed by J.-F. Dubeau
“Treasure” – Read a book in which someone is searching for something / read a mystery bookThe Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton
“Bare” – Read a book that is exactly what it claims to beA Tide Should Be Able to Rise Despite Its Moon by Jessica Bell
“It Used to Be Me” – Read a book that’s been on your TBR for a super long time, that a much younger you bought, but you realize you aren’t into anymore. Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon


Bloodflowers (2000) COMPLETED!!!

“Out of This World” – Read a book that features aliens or things that are not of this worldNo One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed
“Watching Me Fall” - Read a new to you author that you’ve instantly fallen in love withWild Spaces by SL Coney
“Where the Birds Always Sing” – Read a book that features birds or has birds on the coverBad Cree by Jessica Johns
“Maybe Someday” – Read a book that you keep meaning to pick up and take credit for it hereIn the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
“Coming Up” – Read a book by a debut authorThe Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar
“The Last Day of Summer” - Read a book that is set in the summer timeDisturbance by Jenna Clake
“There Is No If…” – Read a book you that strongly loved or strongly hated and take credit for it hereIn the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
“The Loudest Sound” – Listen to an audiobook and take credit for it hereRoad of Bones by Christopher Golden
“39” – Read a book with a number in the titleI Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven by Christopher Brett Bailey
“Bloodflowers” – Read a book that you know will haunt you for some time to comeStarve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
“Split Milk” – Read a book that was mildly unpleasantMaeve Fly by CJ Leede


The Cure (2004)

“Lost” – Read a book that made absolutely no sense to youThe Bird is Gone: A Manifesto by Stephen Graham Jones
“Labyrinth” – Read a book that was published in the 80’s
“Before Three” – Read one of the first three books of an author’s bibliographyFind Me by Laura van den Berg
“Truth, Goodness, and Beauty” – Read a book that blew you awayThe Ferryman by Justin Cronin
“The End of the World” – Read a dystopian book or a book in which the world has severely changedThe Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton
“Anniversary” – Read a book in which something cyclical happens The Great Transition: A Novel by Nick Fuller Googins
“Us or Them” – Read a book that is written in first person plural, or forth person POVThe Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
“Fake” – Read a book you are too embarrassed to admit you did / didn’t likeEverything the Darkness Eats by Eric Larocca
“alt.end” – Take credit for a book that you caught yourself skimming through, either because you wanted to get through a slow part or you couldn’t wait to discover what was happeningTroll by Dave Fitzgerald
“(I Don’t Know What’s Going) On” – Read a book that has amazing twists and turns that you couldn’t predictFever House by Keith Rosson
“Taking Off” – If you read a book that started off slow but then got really good, take credit for it hereThe Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
“Never” – Read a book in a genre that you thought you’d never readThe Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
“The Promise” – Read a book that you kept promising someone you would get to, but kept putting offMy Abandonment by Peter Rock
“Going Nowhere” – Read a book that seemed to go nowhereDwell Here and Prosper by Chris Eagle
“This Morning” – Read a book in bedLet Gravity Seize The Dead by Darrin Doyle

4:13 Dream (2008)

“Underneath the Stars” – Read a book outside at nightKnock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
“The Only One” – Read a book by your favorite authorBlack Bark by Brian Evenson
“The Reasons Why” – Read a book and immediately review it everywhere you can
“Freakshow” – Read a book you’d be embarrassed to have people see you readIt Came from the Swamp By Joey Poole
“Sirensong” – Read a book by an author whose books just keep calling to you / your auto-buy authorThe Trees by Percival Everett
“The Real Snow White” – Read a book that puts a spin on a fairy tale
“The Hungry Ghost” – Read a book that features ghostsGhost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman
“Switch” – Read a book that switches up the narrators / tells the story from multiple POVsDon't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
“The Perfect Boy” – Read a book that was absolutely perfect, a 5 star readLittle Miss Apocalypse by Danger Slater
“This. Here and Now. With You” – Carry a book around with you and read it wherever you go, whenever you can, then take credit for it hereYour Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine
“Sleep When I’m Dead” – Read a book cover to cover in one sittingBelow the Falls by Ross McMeekin
“The Scream” – Read a book that pissed you off so badly you wanted to throw it across the roomThe Hole by Hye-Young Pyun
“It’s Over” – Read a book that convinces you to never read another book by that author againAbandon by Blake Crouch

Book1: Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez

Three Imaginary Boys
“Fire in Cairo” – Read a book that is set in a country other than your own

Faith
“Other Voices” – Read a book that is told from multiple POVs

And I'm going to break my rule by adding one more here because I swear, this book turned me off of long books for the rest of the year soo....

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
“A Thousand Hours” – Read a book that’s more than 400 pages long

Book 2: The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

Faith
“The Drowning Man” – Read a book that features water on the cover or that takes place on or near a body of water


The Cure
“Us or Them” – Read a book that is written in first person plural, or forth person POV

Book 3: Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy

The Top
“Piggy in the Mirror” – Read a book that focuses on mental health, or features a character who is struggling mentally

Disintegration
“Lovesong” – Read a book that features love or in which the main character is pining for someone

Book 4: No One Will Come Back For Us and Other Stories by Premee Mohamed

Three Imaginary Boys
“Three Imaginary Boys” – Read a book with a child protagonist / that involves children

Bloodflowers
“Out of This World” – Read a book that features aliens or things that are not of this world

Book 5: Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai

Foxy Lady
“Foxy Lady” – Read a book that is a homage to another work of literature

Pornography
“Siamese Twins” – Read a book that features a medical anomaly

Book 6: Road of Bones by Christopher Golden

Seventeen Seconds
“A Forest” – Read a book that takes place in or features a forest (bonus points if it’s scary!)

Bloodflowers
“The Loudest Sound” – Listen to an audiobook and take credit for it here

Book 7:The Last of the Better Days Ahead by Charlie Parr

The Head on the Door
“Kyoto Song” – Read a book that was written by a musician or that frequently quotes song lyrics

Disintegration

“Plainsong” – Read a book that has flown under everyone’s radar

Book 8: Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Faith
“Primary” – Read the first book in a series or an author’s debut book

Bloodflowers
“Where the Birds Always Sing” – Read a book that features birds or has birds on the cover

Book 9: Piñata by Leopolodo Gout

Three Imaginary Boys
“Object” – Read a book that focuses heavily around an object (bonus points if it’s a haunted object!)

The Top
“The Caterpillar” – Read a book that features bugs/insects or has one on the cover

Book 10: Patterns of Orbit: Stories by Chloe N Clark

Seventeen Seconds
“Play for Today” – Take credit here for a book that you finished in one day

"Seventeen Seconds” – Read a micro fiction or flash fiction collection

Book 11: From the Longing Orchard by Jessica Jopp

Faith
“All Cats are Grey” – Read a book that features a cat or has a cat on the cover

Head on the Door
“In Between Days” – If you’re reading two books at the same time, take credit for them here"



Book 12: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Head on the Door
“In Between Days” – If you’re reading two books at the same time, take credit for them here"

“Shiver and Shake” – Read a horror book

Book 13: The Merry Dredgers by Jeremy Shipp

Three Imaginary Boys
“It’s Not You” – Read a book that’s told in first person POV

Head on the Door
“Sinking” – If you read a book that sucked in right from the start, take credit for it here

Book 14: Sing with Me at the Edge of Paradise: Stories by Joe Baumann

Pornography
“Cold” – Curl up with a blanket and a good book, and take credit for it here

Wish
“From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” – Read a magical realism or speculative fiction book

Book 15: A Tide Should Be Able to Rise Despite Its Moon by Jessica Bell

Wild Mood Swings
“Bare” – Read a book that is exactly what it claims to be

Pornography
“A Short Term Effect” - Read a book that is less than 100 pages

Book 16: The Geography of First Kisses by Karin Cecil Davidson

Head on the Door
“Close to Me” – Read a book by an author you’ve met in RL, or that you attended a reading for

Book 17: Dog on Fire by Terese Svoboda

Faith
“Doubt” – If you read a book that you were doubtful of, but ended up loving, take credit for it here

The Top
“Shake Dog Shake” – Read a book that features a dog or has a dog on the cover (bonus points if the dog doesn’t die!)

Book 18: Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Seventeen Seconds
“Three” – Read the third book by an author (either the third book they’ve published, or the third book in general that you’ve read of theirs)

Wild Mood Swings
“Strange Attraction” – Read a book didn’t you expect to like that really surprised you

Book 19: The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

Imaginary Boys
“So What” – Take credit here if you read a book that everyone else was raving about but left you feeling ‘meh’


Faith
“The Funeral Party” – Read a book that focuses on a death, grief, or features a cemetery

Book 20: Pine by Francince Toon

Head on the Door
“Screw” – Read a book with a one word title

Wild Mood Swings
“Want” – Read a book you’ve been dying to get your hands on

Book 21: The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton

The Cure
“The End of the World” – Read a dystopian book or a book in which the world has severely changed

Wild Mood Swings
“Treasure” – Read a book in which someone is searching for something / read a mystery book

Book 22:Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

4:13 Dreams
“Switch” – Read a book that switches up the narrators / tells the story from multiple POVs

Kiss me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
“Fight” – If you read a book that contains a lot of violence, take credit for it here

Book 23: Dwell Here and Prosper by Chris Eagle

The Cure
“Going Nowhere” – Read a book that seemed to go nowhere

“The Snakepit” – Read a book that contains vicious behavior or is set in a place of squalor

Book 24: Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

Wild Mood Wings
“This is a Lie” – Read a book that ended up being different than you thought it would be

4:13 Dreams
“The Hungry Ghost” – Read a book that features ghosts

Book 25: The Marigold by Andrew F Sullivan

Seventeen Seconds
“M” – Read a book with a title that starts with M or features an initial in the title

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
“All I Want” – Read a book that you were DYING to get your hands on but that sat sitting on your TBR until now

Book 26: Small Burning Things by Cathy Ulrich
(not on goodreads yet, forthcoming July)

Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
“Why Can’t I Be You” – Read a book that is written in second person

Disintegration
“Last Dance” – Read the last book an author published, or the last book of a series

Book 27: The Trees by Percival Everett

Wish
“End” – if you read a book that just sort of… ends, leaving you with a WTF did I just read feeling, take credit for it here

413 Dream
“Sirensong” – Read a book by an author whose books just keep calling to you / your auto-buy author

Book 28: Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Three Imaginary Boys
“Meat Hook” – Read a book that features cannibalism or a different spin on eating meat

The Top
“Give Me It” – Run out and buy a book that you MUST have, read it immediately, and take credit for it here

Book 29: The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey

The Top
“The Top” – Read the book that is currently sitting at the top of your TBR pile

Disintegration
“Pictures of You” – Read a graphic novel or a book that contains illustrations

Book 30: Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

Pornography
“Pornography” – Read a book that’s a little (or a LOT) sexy (negative points if it’s Fifty Shades of Gray!)

Bloodflowers
“Split Milk” – Read a book that was mildly unpleasant

Book 31: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

Three Imaginary Boys
“The Weedy Burton” – Read a book that has a protagonist with a strange name

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
“Torture” – Take credit here for a book that you didn’t DNF but should have

Book 32: The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Cure
“Taking Off” – If you read a book that started off slow but then got really good, take credit for it here

Book 33: Parasite by Darcy Coates

Kiss me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
“The Kiss” – Read a book that contains the ‘enemies to lovers’ trope or in which there is a delayed hook up

Wild Mood Swings
“Jupiter Crash” – Read a space opera / book that takes place in space

Book 34: Nothing but the Rain by Naomi Salman

Wish
“A Letter to Elise” – Read a book that’s told in an alternate format – texts, letters, emails, etc

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
“The Perfect Girl” – Read a book that features a female protagonist

Book 35: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Head on the Door
“Push” – Read a book someone ‘pushed’ onto you

Disintegration
“Fascination Street” – Read a book on a topic that you find fascinating

Book 36:Troll by Dave Fitzgerald

The Cure
“alt.end” – Take credit for a book that you caught yourself skimming through, either because you wanted to get through a slow part or you couldn’t wait to discover what was happening

Book 37: The Net Beneath Us by Carol Dunbar

Disintegration
“Prayers for Rain” – Take credit here if you stayed inside on a rainy day and read a book

Bloodflowers
“Coming Up” – Read a book by a debut author

Book 38: The Great Transition: A Novel by Nick Fuller Googins

Disintegration
“Untitled” – Free space, take credit for any book here

The Cure
“Anniversary” – Read a book in which something cyclical happens

Book 39: Let Gravity Seize The Dead by Darrin Doyle
(not on goodreads yet, forthcoming June 2024)

The Cure
“This Morning” – Read a book in bed

Book 40: Below the Falls by Ross McMeekin
(Forthcoming March 2024, not on goodreads yet)

Three Imaginary Boys
“10:15 Saturday Night” – Stay in on a Saturday night, read a book, and take credit for it here

4:13 Dreams
“Sleep When I’m Dead” – Read a book cover to cover in one sitting



Book 41: The Reason I'm Here: Stories by Jarrod Campbell

Book 42: Night's Edge by Liz Kerin

Faith
“Faith” – Read a book in which the main character loses faith

The Head on the Door
“The Blood” – Read a splatterpunk book, or a book that features an awful amount of blood

Book 43: The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn

Seventeen Seconds
“In Your House” – Break up the monotony! Read a book in different rooms of your house and take credit for it here

Book 44: Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric Larocca

Faith
“The Holy Hour” – Read a book that heavily features religion or has religious references

The Cure
“Fake” – Read a book you are too embarrassed to admit you did / didn’t like

Book 45: Chaotic Good by Lee Klein

Three Imaginary Boys
“Subway Song” – Read a book on the subway / that takes place in a city

Book 46: Chlorine by Jade Song

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
“Catch” – Buy a book that caught your attention solely based on the cover and take credit for it here when you read it

Book 47: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers

The Top
“Dressing Up” – Read a book that makes you feel fancy

Book 48: Piercing by Ryu Murakami

Pornography
“The Figurehead” – Read a book that a social media influencer put on your radar

Wild Mood Swings
“Club America” – Read a book that’s been translated into English