Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

For those of you new to KIS/BIO, here's what it is all about:

We started this list in 2019 due to a lot of comments about the prompts being "too easy" or "WAY too difficult" to fill. We've all felt that way about a prompt (or 20) at different times so this board was set up to brainstorm ideas to make every prompt accessible to EVERYONE. On this list you will find options and ideas to make every prompt easier, or harder depending on your preference. Personally, I jump around depending on my mood. Sometimes I am feeling like I want to spend hours researching a possible book, and sometimes I just want to grab something as quick as possible. However you do it, just have fun!

Here are the terms we use on this page:

KIS: The "Keep It Simple" option is for times when you feel a topic is just too difficult to find a good book for. For topics you might want to make a tad bit easier on yourself, go for these options. You've probably got a couple of good choices on your bookshelf already!

BIO: The "Bring It On" option is for when you really, really want to challenge yourself. These might require more research, which can be a lot of fun, when you are in the mood. You might have to go hunt down a book, you might have to steal one from a friend (don't do that, friends get cranky when you steal their books but you might have to ask nicely to borrow a book), or you might have to visit your library to find something to fit.....basically, BIO is meant to make things a bit more challenging then just grabbing the next book off the top of your tbr pile.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel to post them below. The first 4 comment boxes are reserved for our list as it grows, and grows and GROWS!

Pre-Poll Winners:
1. A book published in 2024
Baseline: "books whose first publication is in the year 2024"

KIS:
- New editions count as published in 2023 for previously published works
- Count the paperback release as a new release
- A book entering the public domain in 2024

BIO:
- read a book published the same MONTH that you plan to complete this prompt
- Read a book the day it is published (in 2024)
- By an author you’ve never read before
-Set in a city you have visited (I've only been to two of them so that would definitely narrow my choices)
-Set in a city you have not visited

2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
Baseline: same author, next in a series, similar character name, similar cover, same publication date, same number of pages, etc.

KIS:
- Read the next book in a series you were reading in 2023
- Read another book by an author you read in 2023

BIO:
- Read a book about a topic you became interested in after reading a book in 2023 (so you are going down a rabbit hole about a topic) eg I read Smilla's Sense of Snow which involves a Greenlander so I could read another book involving Greenland or Greenlandic customs.
- A book that is connected in at least 2 different ways (eg. author and cover art, or subject matter and character name)

Poll 1 Winners:
1. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
Baseline: "This could be a book involving cats, dogs, or torrential rain. OR it could relate to the whole phrase - such as a book about idioms, a book with the concept in the title or cover, or a creative interpretation"

KIS:
- A book with a title and/or author's name where the letters can be rearranged to spell the phrase or part of the phrase
- A book with anything falling on the cover
(I'm not sure that's actually KIS since I think it's a pretty common joke to make with the phrase, but I'm throwing it in here.)

BIO:
- A book that involves all three elements (cats, dogs, and rain)
- A book that includes the phrase "raining cats and dogs" in the title or text of the work
- A book that involves cats and/or dogs literally falling and/or flying

2. A book related to night
Baseline: "Night in the title or depicted on the cover
Set mostly at night, Involving creatures of the night (vampires, hedgehogs, owls, moths, etc), Character works in the nighttime economy, One Thousand and One Nights retelling"

KIS:

BIO:
- A book where the plot occurs entirely or almost entirely during the night
- A book that takes place during the course of a single night
- does not include vampires or werewolves

3. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
Baseline: "Based on a published list, such as this: https://www.travelandleisure.com/most..."

KIS:
- A book set in any city described as beautiful
- A book set in any city you find beautiful
- A book with any beautiful city on the cover
- A book that mentions one of the cities on the list (without being set in that city)

BIO:
- A book set in multiple cities on the list
- A book that takes place ONLY in one of the cities on the list with no other settings
- A city where the primary spoken language is not your own native tongue
- Set in a city you have visited (I've only been to two of them so that would definitely narrow my choices)
- Set in a city you have not visited

4. A book with a number in the title
Baseline: Numeric or Alphabetic (eg. 9 or nine)

KIS:
- include ordinal numbers, like first, second, fiftieth, etc.
- Include homophones: won, too, to, for, fore, ate
- includes compound words like someone, anyone, everyone, twofold, twosome, foursome, sixpence

BIO:
- A book whose title is entirely number words or numerals
- A book whose only title is a single number
- Must be some specific kind of number, e.g., even, odd, prime, fraction, imaginary, irrational
- a number that is NOT a year

Poll 2 Winners:
1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:
- A book with A, T or Y anywhere in the title
- A book with A, T or Y anywhere on the cover, whether part of the title or not

BIO:
- A book with a title where every word ends in A, T or Y
- title must also START with A, T or Y
- read a book that fits the prompt for EACH of the given letters (3 books total)

2. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
Baseline: Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Bashful, Doc

KIS:
- A book that relates to a synonym or antonym of one of the names
- Read an adaptation or retelling of the Snow White story or any book related to Snow White

BIO:
- Related to at least two of the dwarfs
- A book that relates to all seven names

3. A book with a single word title
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:
- ignore sub-titles in word count

BIO:
- A book with a single word title that is not a name of a person or place and is not a neologism
- A book with a single syllable title
- A book with a single letter title
- The word must be from a language other than your own native language

Poll 3 Winners:
1. A book with a title containing 6+ words
Baseline: Title contains 6 or more words

KIS:

BIO:
- do not count articles (a, an, the) or other uncapitalized words (of, in, at, etc.)
- do not include sub-titles
- titles must be at LEAST 7/8/9 words to count (choose your own number)
- Written by an author who has written in more than one form of literature (e.g. a playwright who also writes poetry, a novelist who also writes novellas, etc)

2. A book that is not a novel
Baseline: "This could be: Non fiction, Play, Poetry, Short story collection"

KIS:
- include novellas, novelettes and short-stories

BIO:
- Nor is it from any other genre that you frequently read
- A memoir, biography, or autobiography
- A "True Crime" book

Poll 4 Winners:
1. Three Weeks: Three books where each one is related to land, sea, or air
Baseline: "That could be cover, topic, animal, nonfiction from each of the three categories"

KIS:

BIO:
- Three books in a series (eg Jules Verne's "Captain Nemo" series, see msg 64)
- Three books (not in a series) that relate to land, sea, or air all written by the same author

2. Two Weeks: Two books with similar covers
Baseline: Open to interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- Two books with nearly identical covers
- Two books with similar covers by the same author, but not in the same series (see msg 65)
- two books that use the same stock photo

Poll 5 Winners:
1. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- A book that incorporates the actual song by Louis Armstrong in some way (e.g. the lyrics show up, the song is used in the plot, etc)
- A book with a character with the first/last name Louis and/or Armstrong
- A book that has multiple elements of the song in the cover (e.g. trees AND roses, rainbows AND blue skies, etc)
- A book related to the movie "Good Morning, Vietnam"

2. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- A book with ONLY (or mostly) orange, green, AND purple on the cover (only those colors, and including all three of those colors)
- Secondary color is in the title, not the cover image

3. A book with a chilling atmosphere
Baseline: "scary, unsettling, cold"

KIS:

BIO:
- A book with chill/chilling in the title
- A book that primarily takes place in the Arctic or Antarctica
- A horror/thriller that involves ice/cold in some way (e.g. as a murder weapon, a major plot point, a setting)

4. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- A book with multiple main characters who are Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
- A book with a nonwhite multiracial main character (e.g. a character who is Black and Indigenous).
- A book with a Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color main character written by an author who is also Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color.

Poll 6 Winners:
1. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- exclude J
- use an author name that includes 2 or more of the given letters
- read one book for EACH letter
- book uses one of these letters in BOTH the author name AND the title (and/or the MC's name)
- Both the author's first and last name begin with one of the letters (eg. John Jakes, Joy Jordan-Lake, Jeff Johnson)

2.A book with a touch of magic
Baseline: "could be a book with the word magic in the title; books from the genres magical realism or low fantasy; a book with magic that involves touch, like rubbing a lamp to encounter a genie; a book about magicians or illusions; a book by a parent lamenting having to do Elf on the Shelf, etc"

KIS:

BIO:
- A book about Harry Houdini

3. A history or historical fiction book
Baseline: "A book with some history
A book that includes history
A book shelved as history or historical fiction"

KIS:

BIO:
- A historical fiction book written in a time period you know nothing about
- A microfiction book (e.g. Salt: A World History, A History of the World in 6 Glasses)
- A historical fiction book written by an author from a different time period (e.g. Ivanhoe)
- A book written by Rutherfurd Edward or James Michener (Their books are usually over 1,000 pages)
- A book about "Jack the Ripper" (one of my favorites)
- A book set in your hometown, county, state, province, etc.

Poll 7 Winner:
1. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
Baseline: Open to Interpretation
KIS:

BIO:
- A book from a suggestion that was on the "bottom"
- A book that was polarizing or a close call that didn't make the final list

Poll 8 Winners:
1. A book that is part of a series
Baseline: Open to Interpretation
KIS:
- the first book in a series

BIO:
- the last book in a series
- A book in a series that is an off-shoot of another series. For example: Mistress of the Just Land: A Jean Brash Mystery 1 by David Ashton is an off-shoot of Ashton's James McLevy series
- A book from a series that has six books or more
- A book from a series that is published in 2024 (e.g. the first book of a brand new series, or the newest book in a pre-established series)

2. A science or science fiction book
Baseline: Open to Interpretation
KIS:
- A book related to a movie or TV series (i.e. Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who)

BIO:
- A science fiction book with a scientist as a main character
- A science fiction book published in the "Golden Age of Science Fiction" between 1938 to 1946.
- A science fiction book without aliens, space travel, or other planets
- A science fiction book written by an author who is also a scientist
- A science book without a subtitle
- A science book written by a scientist who is no longer alive
- A science book related to a branch of science you are unfamiliar with
- A book with a female scientist
- A Si-Fi book that encompasses a second genre - For example: a sci-fi western (Think of the movie "Cowboys and Aliens")

Poll 9 Winners:
1. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Baseline: Open to Interpretation
KIS:

BIO:
- Flavors involving place names (e.g. Dublin Mudslide) do not count
- The book must be connected to a current flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream (retired flavors do not count)
- A book connected to your favorite flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
- One of the words in the Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor is in the book's title
- Plain flavors (e.g., chocolate chip) do not count
- Use a literary connection (e.g., Appley Ever After for a fairy tale retelling, or From Russia With Buzz for a James Bond book)

2, A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
Baseline: Open to Interpretation
KIS:

BIO:
- A book with less than 100 ratings
- A book with ratings in the double digits
- A book with 10 ratings or less
- A book with less than 2024 ratings that has been published for at least 10 years
- A book with exactly 2024 ratings

3, A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
Baseline: Open to Interpretation
KIS:

BIO:
- Choose a Mediterranean country that isn't as popular in literature
- Choose one of the least populated of the Mediterranean countries
- A book that takes place in a city actually on the Mediterranean coast
- The characters in the book actually live in the Mediterranean country and are not visiting tourists
- A book that takes place in two or more countries
- A country that has hosted the Olympics


Poll 10 Winners:
1. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
The book that has been on your TBR the longest
A book that has been on your TBR for five or more years
A book that has been on your TBR for ten or more years

2. A book with a botanical cover
Baseline: "This would include covers with a stylised botanical motif as well as covers (prominently) featuring plants or flowers."

KIS:
Count botanical words in the title or author's name.
Count even the smallest bit of greenery/floral on the cover (one leaf, one petal, one flower, one tree, etc disregarding all else on the cover)

BIO:
Use a botanical art book or a botany book
A book with only a plant or part of a plant on the cover (see msg 88 for examples)
A book whose author has a botanical name - Fern Michaels, Daisy Godwin, Iris Murdoch
A book with a floral arrangement on the cover
A book with your favorite flower on the cover
A book with five or more different kinds of botanical plants on the cover
A book with a rare or unusual botanical plant on the cover (e.g. Venus Flytrap, Hammer Orchid, etc.)

Poll 11 Winners
1. A book with a senior citizen character
Baseline: Open to interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- A book with a senior citizen character who solves a crime
- A book with a senior citizen character who perpetrates a crime
- A book with a senior Queen Victoria or Queen Elizabeth II as a character

2. A book involving a crime other than a murder
Baseline: Open to interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- The book has no murder in it at all
- The crime involved is real or based on fact
- The crime involved is not theft or fraud

Poll 12 Winners
1. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
Baseline: related to or written by Jimmy Buffet or related to any of the items mentioned in the album title "Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads"

KIS:

BIO:
- A book that relates to every category on the prompt list
- A book with a parrot or a marguerita on the cover or in the title

2. A book by an author known by their initials
Baseline: Listopia for ideas

KIS:

BIO:
- A book by an author who uses three initials in their name (e.g. J.R.R. Tolkien)
- A book by an author who has one (or more) of the four least used letters in the English alphabet as their initials (JQZX)

3. A book by an author from an African country
Baseline: Open to Interpretation

KIS:

BIO:
- A book by an author who still lives in an African county
- A book translated from an African language
- A book by an author from an African country AND of African descent (This would exclude authors like Albert Camus, born in French Algiers (Algeria when it was occupied by France) and J.M. Coetzee who was from South Africa but was of Dutch colonial descent)

Summer Reading Challenge Winner
1. A book by an Edgar Award-winning author
Baseline: any book written by an author who has won an Edgar Award (any category)

KIS:

BIO:
- The book that won the author an Edgar award
- A book by an author who has won an Edgar award multiple times
- A book by an author who has won an Edgar award and any other award

Poll 13 Winners:

1. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
Baseline: Open for interpretation

KIS:

BIO:

2. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
Baseline: word in the title, color on the cover, gold medal award connection, related to money/jewelry, etc

KIS:

BIO:

3. A cozy mystery
Baseline: Open for interpretation

KIS:

BIO:

Poll 14 Winners:

1. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
Baseline: Open for interpretation

KIS:

BIO:

2. A book that is on a Five Books List
Baseline: https://fivebooks.com/

KIS:

BIO:

3. A book with a pronoun in the title
Baseline: “For example: I, you, she, he, they, we, my, his, her, our, their”

KIS:

BIO:

Poll 15 Winners:

1. A book with a sound-related word in the title
Baseline: “Examples: quiet, silent, thunder, hear, screaming, whisper, music, piano (which means quiet in the context of music), symphony, any instrument or object with a sound-related purpose (like radio, metronome, speaker), also onomatopoeia (e.g. tick tock)”

KIS:
- homophones to sound-related words in the title, like The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (symbol for cymbal) and Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins (Belle for bell).
- Including series names, like A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

BIO:
- book titles that are the names or lyrics of songs, like Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- the sound-related word has to be sound-related in the context of the title (so you wouldn't able to use The Turn of the Key or Notes from the Underground, but you WOULD be able to use Every Note Played by Lisa Genova or Dark Notes by Pam Godwin).

2. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
Baseline: “Eg The Measure or The Program”

KIS:

BIO:

3. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
Baseline: Open to interpretation

KIS:

BIO:

Poll 16 Winners:

1. A book with wings on the cover
Baseline: “Wings could be from: birds, insects, angels, airplanes, a wing of a building, bats, certain costumes, fairies, helicopters, pegasus, dragons, Icarus, paragliders, hang-gliders, golden snitch…”

KIS:

BIO:

2. A book with an X connection
Baseline: “Could be in the title, Gen X author, X marks the spot, X-files, XXX erotica etc”

KIS:

BIO:

3. A book featuring a character in education
Baseline: “e.g. student, teacher, professor etc”

KIS:

BIO:

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For a book connected to something you read in 2023

KIS suggestion - Read the next book in a series you were reading in 2023 or read another book by an author you read in 2023.

BIO suggestion - Read a book about a topic you became interested in after reading a book in 2023 (so you are going down a rabbit hole about a topic) eg I read Smilla's Sense of Snow which involves a Greenlander so I could read another book involving Greenland or Greenlandic customs.

Thank you Amy for doing this list. It is a list I have often referred to in past years.

These lists are always so helpful! Thanks, Amy and all the others that will be adding to this.

Lindsay wrote: "For a book connected to something you read in 2023

KIS suggestion - Read the next book in a series you were reading in 2023 or read another book by an author you read in 2023.

BIO suggestion - ..."

Great idea! Have you read An African in Greenland?

Thanks for starting this, Amy!

So glad to see this up again. Thanks, Amy!

Lindsay wrote: "For a book connected to something you read in 2023

KIS suggestion - Read the next book in a series you were reading in 2023 or read another book by an author you read in 2023.

BIO suggestion - ..."

Great suggestions! I have updated the list 😀

My sticking point with the "connected to" prompt is that it's so vague, and I feel like anything can connect to another book if I try hard enough.

What I usually do to make it a little harder for myself (so I guess this could be a BIO option) is: a book that connects to something you read in 2023 in at least 2 different ways. So it could be, for example, on the same topic and published in the same year, or both books have a character with the same name (but not a series with the same character) and they are also from the same genre. For example, The Night Swim and The Girl on the Train are both thrillers that have a main character named Rachel.

Rachel wrote: "My sticking point with the "connected to" prompt is that it's so vague, and I feel like anything can connect to another book if I try hard enough.

What I usually do to make it a little harder for ..."

I love that idea Rachel! Because I read over one hundred books a year, I can connect just about any book to something I read this year. Obviously someone who reads less will struggle more. For me, making two connections is a better challenge.

I love this. Was there one for the 2023 list and if so, how do I find it?? I'm so irritated with this app I'm thinking about getting a laptop lol.

Katie wrote: "I love this. Was there one for the 2023 list and if so, how do I find it?? I'm so irritated with this app I'm thinking about getting a laptop lol."

Here you go: 2023 KIS & BIO List

(I don't think I could do Goodreads anymore if I had to use the app. They've taken all the functionality out of it.)

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: ...
Here you go: 2023 KIS & BIO List

..."

Bless you! I just switched to my work computer (shhhhh) to try to figure out adding to/voting on Listopias and all I want to do is drag it to my bookshelves. Saving the 2024 link now so I can find it in January.

Karen wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "For a book connected to something you read in 2023

KIS suggestion - Read the next book in a series you were reading in 2023 or read another book by an author you read in 2023.

B..."
I've added it to my TBR list

Just to give everyone a heads up, my home internet has been down for weeks. I am hoping to get it back up, or to at least find am alternative to my phone soon. I will be able to update Kis/bio much better once I have access to my laptop!

3. A book with a single word title
Baseline: self-explanatory

KIS: Can include subtitle

Bec wrote: "3. A book with a single word title
Baseline: self-explanatory

KIS: Can include subtitle"

Got it. Thanks Bec!

For number in the title, KIS is to include ordinal numbers, like first, second, tenth, thirteenth.

Dubhease wrote: "For number in the title, KIS is to include ordinal numbers, like first, second, tenth, thirteenth."

Got it! Thanks!

Poll 3 Winners have been posted!

I guess the BIO for 6 word titles would be that subtitles don't count.

Dubhease wrote: "I guess the BIO for 6 word titles would be that subtitles don't count."

I would definitely agree with that. I also think a minimum of seven words for a BIO. No subtitle and at least 7 words is how I will be tackling the prompt anyway.

Amy, just wanted to come in and thank you for organizing this every year!

Alicia wrote: "Amy, just wanted to come in and thank you for organizing this every year!"


Aw, you are sweet 😊

Here's what I have so far:

A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"

KIS:
- A book with a title and/or author's name where the letters can be rearranged to spell the phrase or part of the phrase
- A book with anything falling on the cover
(I'm not sure that's actually KIS since I think it's a pretty common joke to make with the phrase, but I'm throwing it in here.)

BIO:
- A book that involves all three elements (cats, dogs, and rain)
- A book that includes the phrase "raining cats and dogs" in the title or text of the work

A book related to night

BIO:
- A book where the plot occurs entirely or almost entirely during the night
- A book that takes place during the course of a single night

A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world

KIS:
- A book set in any city described as beautiful
- A book set in any city you find beautiful
- A book with any beautiful city on the cover
- A book that mentions one of the cities on the list (without being set in that city)

BIO:
- A book set in multiple cities on the list
- A book that takes place ONLY in one of the cities on the list with no other settings

A book with a number in the title

KIS:
- A book title containing any reference to the concept of numbers (e.g., only, clock, hour, inch, etc.)
- A book with a number on the cover, whether it's part of the title or not

BIO:
- A book whose title is entirely number words or numerals
- A book whose only title is a single number

A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y

KIS:
- A book with A, T or Y anywhere in the title
- A book with A, T or Y anywhere on the cover, whether part of the title or not

BIO:
- A book with a title where every word ends in A, T or Y

A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs

KIS:
- A book that relates to a synonym or antonym of one of the names
- Read an adaptation or retelling of the Snow White story or any book related to Snow White

BIO:
- A book that relates to all seven names

A book with a single word title

BIO:
- A book with a single word title that is not a name of a person or place and is not a neologism
- A book with a single syllable title
- A book with a single letter title

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "Here's what I have so far:

A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"

KIS:
- A book with a title and/or author's name where the letters can be rearranged to spell the phrase or par..."

Amazing! Thank you!

BIO for the 6+ words is not counting articles (a, an, the) or other uncapitalized words (of, in, at, etc.). That may be a bit English-centric, but I thought it would present an extra challenge.

Emily wrote: "BIO for the 6+ words is not counting articles (a, an, the) or other uncapitalized words (of, in, at, etc.). That may be a bit English-centric, but I thought it would present an extra challenge."

That's a great BIO.

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "Here's what I have so far:

A book with a number in the title

KIS:
- A book title containing any reference to the concept of numbers (e.g., only, clock, hour, inch, etc.)."

How about alternate spellings: won, too, to, for, fore, ate

Robin wrote: "Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "Here's what I have so far:

A book with a number in the title

KIS:
- A book title containing any reference to the concept of numbers (e.g., only, clock, hour, inch, etc.)."..."

You mean homophones?

Yeah...that's it!

Robin wrote: "Yeah...that's it!"

Great.

Homonyms have to have the exact same spelling but mean entirely different things :)

1. A book with a title containing 6+ words

KIS:

BIO:
- A, an, the don't count

Here’s some BIO options I’ve come up with (though some of them may be a little too BIO)

A book published in 2024
By an author you’ve never read before

A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
A book that involves cats and/or dogs literally falling and/or flying

A book related to night
No vampires or werewolves

A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
Also starting with A, T, or Y

A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
…where your own native language is not the primary spoken language

A book with a number in the title
Must be some specific kind of number, e.g., even, odd, prime, fraction, imaginary, irrational

A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
Related to at least two of the dwarfs

A book with a single word title
The word must be from a language other than your own native language

A book that is not a novel
…or any other genre that you frequently read

Nina wrote: "A book with a number in the title
Must be some specific kind of number, e.g., even, odd, prime, fraction, imaginary, irrational."

Love this one! I like some of the others as well, but since I am a bit of a number nerd this one instantly appealed to me. Among other numbers, I'm partial to primes, but I haven't memorized them nearly as far as some people I've heard of.

Updated to here! I've been away for a few days so this update took a hot minute to complete. I hope I didn't miss anything. Please let me know if I did.

I've added the Poll 4 Multiweek and Poll 5 winners. I'm looking forward to all your ideas for these great prompts!

I don't have a lot of KIS/BIO ideas firing about for most of the recent prompts voted in, but I do have a BIO I hope to do:

A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)

BIO:
- A book with ONLY (or mostly) orange, green, AND purple on the cover (only those colors, and including all three of those colors)

I'm not sure I'll find such a book in the wild, but I'm going to try.

(The reason I'm thinking about this was the "4 or more colors" prompt we had this year, where I found that it was ridiculously easy to fill with more than four colors, but only four colors was actually somewhat difficult, but not annoyingly so.)

I think that is a brilliant approach to the prompt. I might take a peek at my shelves to see if anything fits those criteria!

I'm looking at my shelves now and beginning to think just finding a book with all three is plenty BIO! LOL.

Emily wrote: "Thanks for starting this, Amy!"

Yes, this is brilliant! I love to make prompts extra-challenging and this is going to be so helpful.

Could a KIS for the first one be "A book entering the public domain in 2024"?

It could! I will add it when I get back to my laptop!

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "I don't have a lot of KIS/BIO ideas firing about for most of the recent prompts voted in, but I do have a BIO I hope to do:

A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)

BI..."

That's a great BIO if I were to choose to go that route for that one!

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Poll 2 #1: A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y

My personal BIO for prompts that include several options is to read a book for each one. So for this year's location ATY prompt, I read books set in Algeria, Turkey, and Yorkshire.

So a BIO for this prompt could be read three books, one for each letter. (Or however you want to word it.)

BIO for the JQZX prompt:

One of those letters in both the author's name and the title.