Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE



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

"Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg" Justin Solonick


2. A book connected to something you read in 2023

Outlander #5 "The Fiery Cross" Diana Gabaldon


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

"Weyward" Emilia Hart


4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

"Island of the Blue Dolphins" Scott o'Dell


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

"A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens


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6. A book with wings on the cover

"The Raven" Edgar Allen Poe


7. A book with a pronoun in the title

"Their Eyes Were Watching God" Zora Neale Hurston


8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand

New Zealand Witi Ihimaera "Purakan: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers"


9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads

"An Amish Reward", J.E.B. Spredemann


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P

10. A history or historical fiction book

"Such a Long Journey" Rohinton Mistry


11. A book with an X connection

"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie


12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year

"Gellhorn", Caroline Moorehead (5 years)


13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list

Fiction books everyone should read sometime in their life by J Frost "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Gabriel Garcia Marquez


G
A
P

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color

The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich


15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)

X "The Great Railway Bazaar: ByTrain Through Asia" Paul Theroux


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

"Dark Clouds Over Nuala", Harriet Steel


17. A book involving intelligence

"Code Girls", Liza Mundy


G
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P

18. A book with a botanical cover

"Wide Sargasso Sea", Jean Rhys


19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

"Black Cake, Charmaine Wilkerson


20. A book with a single word title

"Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Adminstration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry" Steven Rattner


21. A book with a title containing 6+ words

"The Greatest Salesman in the World" Og Mandino


22. A book by an author from an African country

Ghana "Homegoing" Yaa Gyasi


G
A
P

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett

"Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo" Edwin C. Bearss


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

"Juran's Quality Control Handbook" J.M. Juran


25. A book involving a crime other than a murder

"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" Timothy Snyder


26. A book by an author known by their initials

V.E. Schwab "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue"


G
A
P

27. A book related to land

"Hawaii" James Michener


28. A book related to sea

"An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century" Jack Davis


29. A book related to air

"The Wright Brothers" David McCullough


30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea

"Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations" Georgina Howell


31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”

"The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E Harrow


G
A
P

32. A book with a number in the title

"Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery" Jamie Marich


33. A book involving travel

"Danger My Ally" Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges


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

"Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America" Beth Macy


35. A science or science fiction book

"Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those you Love" Tony Robbins


G
A
P

36. A book featuring a character in education

"Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire


37. A book that is part of a series

"Breath of Snow and Ashes" Outlander Series #6 Diana Gabaldon


38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1

Against the Wind (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing #2), Amanda Cabot


39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2

"Oh My Stars", Lorna Landvik


G
A
P

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover

Tiger "The Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu


41. A book with a chilling atmosphere

"Under the Glacier" Halldor Laxness


42. A book with a sound-related word in the title

"Song of Solomon" Toni Morrison


43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author

"The Legend of Tarzan: The Complete Collection of Tarzan" Edgar Rice Burroughs


44. A book with a touch of magic

"Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection" Matt Dembicki


G
A
P

45. A book that is not a novel

"The Hiding Place" Corrie Ten Boom


46. A book related to night

"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" Robert Heinlein


47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE

"The Bastard", John Jakes


48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

"The Master and Margarita", Mikhail Bulgakov (Its Raining Cats and Dogs)


G
A
P

49. A book with a senior citizen character

"Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man" William Shatner


50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024

"Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History", Bridget Quinn


51. A book published in 2024

"The Women", Kristen Hannah


52. A cozy mystery

"Murder Off Broadway, Pet Portraits Mystery #12, Sandi Scott

📖💸🦥1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
"Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg" Justin Solonick
✅🎧♻️🆗2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
Outlander #5 "The Fiery Cross" Diana Gabaldon
✅🎧💸🆗3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
"Weyward" Emilia Hart
✅🎧♻️🪨4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott o'Dell
✅🎧♻️🪨5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
"A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens


✅📖♻️🆗6. A book with wings on the cover
"The Raven" Edgar Allen Poe
✅🎧♻️🪨7. A book with a pronoun in the title
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" Zora Neale Hurston
✅🎧♻️🪨8. A book by an from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
New Zealand Witi Ihimaera "Purakan: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers"
The purahaka woman
🔎9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
An Amish Reward, J.E.B. Spredemann


🔎10. A history or historical fiction book
Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
✅🎧♻️🪨11. A book with an X connection
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
🔎12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
"Gellhorn", Caroline Moorehead (5 years)
🎧♻️13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Fiction books everyone should read sometime in their life by J Frost "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Gabriel Garcia Marquez


✅🎧♻️🪨14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich

💸📚🦥1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
"Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg" Justin Solonick
✅🎧♻️🆗2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
Outlander #5 "The Fiery Cross" Diana Gabaldon
✅🎧💸🆗3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
"Weyward" Emilia Hart
✅🎧♻️🪨4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis
Armstrong
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott o'Dell
✅🎧♻️🪨5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
"A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens


✅📖♻️🆗6. A book with wings on the cover
"The Raven" Edgar Allen Poe
✅🎧♻️🪨7. A book with a pronoun in the title
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" Zora Neale Hurston
✅🎧♻️🪨8. A book by an from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
New Zealand Witi Ihimaera "Purakan: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers"
The purahaka woman
🔎💸📚9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
An Amish Reward, J.E.B. Spredemann


🔎💸10. A history or historical fiction book
Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
✅🎧♻️🪨11. A book with an X connection
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
🔎💸📚12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
"Gellhorn", Caroline Moorehead (5 years)
✅🎧♻️👎🏻13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Fiction books everyone should read sometime in their life by J Frost "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Gabriel Garcia Marquez


✅🎧♻️🪨14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich
✅🎧💸🪨15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet
(JQZX)
X "The Great Railway Bazaar: ByTrain Through Asia" Paul Theroux
✅🎧💸👎🏻16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
Dark Clouds Over Nuala, Harriet Steel
✅🎧♻️🪨17. A book involving intelligence
Code Girls, Liza Mundy

✅🎧♻️🆗18. A book with a botanical cover
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
✅🎧💸🆗19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Black Cake, Charmaine Wilkerson
🔎🎧💸20. A book with a single word title
"Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Adminstration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry" Steven Rattner
✅🔎🎧💸😡21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
"The Greatest Salesman in the World" Og Mandino
✅🎧♻️🪨22. A book by an author from an African country
Ghana "Homegoing" Yaa Gyasi


💸📚23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
"Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo" Edwin C. Bearss
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
"Juran's Quality Control Handbook" J.M. Juran
🎧♻️25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" Timothy Snyder
✅🎧♻️🆗26. A book by an author known by their initials
V.E. Schwab "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue"


🔎🎧💸27. A book related to land
"Hawaii" James Michener
💸📚28. A book related to sea
"An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century" Jack Davis
✅🎧♻️🪨29. A book related to air
"The Wright Brothers" David McCullough
🔎🎧💸30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
"Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations" Georgina Howell
🔎🎧💸31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E Harrow


💸📚🎧32. A book with a number in the title
"Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery" Jamie Marich
🔎💸📚33. A book involving travel
"Danger My Ally" Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges
✅♻️🎧🪨34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
"Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America" Beth Macy
🔎🎧💸35. A science or science fiction book
"Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those you Love" Tony Robbins


✅♻️🎧🤮36. A book featuring a character in education
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire
37. A book that is part of a series
"Breath of Snow and Ashes" Outlander Series #6 Diana Gabaldon
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Against the Wind (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing #2), Amanda Cabot
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
Oh My Stars, Lorna Landvik


40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
Tiger "The Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
"Under the Glacier" Halldor Laxness
✅♻️🎧👎🏻42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
"Song of Solomon" Toni Morrison
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
"The Legend of Tarzan: The Complete Collection of Tarzan" Edgar Rice Burroughs
44. A book with a touch of magic
"Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection" Matt Dembicki

🔎45. A book that is not a novel
The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom
🎧♻️46. A book related to night
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" Robert Heinlein
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
"The Bastard" John Jakes
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
"The Master and Margarita", Mikhail Bulgakov (Its Raining Cats and Dogs)


✅🎧♻️🆗49. A book with a senior citizen character
"Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man" William Shatner
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
"Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History", Bridget Quinn
51. A book published in 2024
"The Women", Kristen Hannah
52. A cozy mystery
Murder Off Broadway, Pet Portraits Mystery #12, Sandi Scott

Progress:

✅🎧♻️🪖1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
“The Best and the Brightest” David Halberstam
✅🎧♻️🆗2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
Outlander #5 "The Fiery Cross" Diana Gabaldon
✅🎧💸🆗3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
"Weyward" Emilia Hart
✅🎧♻️🪨4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis
Armstrong
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott o'Dell
✅🎧♻️🪨5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
"A Tale of Two Cities" Charles Dickens


✅📖♻️🆗6. A book with wings on the cover
"The Raven" Edgar Allen Poe
✅🎧♻️🪨7. A book with a pronoun in the title
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" Zora Neale Hurston
✅🎧♻️🪨8. A book by an from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
New Zealand Witi Ihimaera "Purakan: Maori Myths Retold by Maori Writers"
The purahaka woman
🔎💸📚9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
An Amish Reward, J.E.B. Spredemann


🔎💸📚10. A history or historical fiction book
Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
✅🎧♻️🪨11. A book with an X connection
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time eetIndian, by Sherman Alexie
↪️✅🎧🆗🔎💸📚12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
"Gellhorn", Caroline Moorehead (5 years)
“On Tyranny” Timothy Snyder
✅🎧♻️👎🏻13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Fiction books everyone should read sometime in their life by J Frost "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Gabriel Garcia Marquez


✅🎧♻️🪨14. A book withf a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich
✅🎧💸🪨15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet
(JQZX)
X "The Great Railway Bazaar: ByTrain Through Asia" Paul Theroux
✅🎧💸👎🏻16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
Dark Clouds Over Nuala, Harriet Steel
✅🎧♻️🪨17. A book involving intelligence
Code Girls, Liza Mundy

✅🎧♻️🆗18. A book with a botanical cover
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
✅🎧💸🆗19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Black Cake, Charmaine Wilkerson
✅🎧💸20. A book with a single word title
"Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Adminstration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry" Steven Rattner
✅🔎🎧💸😡21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
"The Greatest Salesman in the World" Og Mandino
✅🎧♻️🪨22. A book by an author from an African country
Ghana "Homegoing" Yaa Gyasi


↪️✅🎧🪨💸📚23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
"Hardluck Ironclad: The Sinking and Salvage of the Cairo" Edwin C. Bearss
“Alexander Hamilton” Ron Chernow
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
"Juran's Quality Control Handbook" J.M. Juran
✅🎧♻️🆗25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
"On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" Timothy Snyder
✅🎧♻️🆗26. A book by an author known by their initials
V.E. Schwab "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue"


✅🎧💸🪨27. A book related to land
"Hawaii" James Michener
↪️✅🆗🎧♻️💸📚28. A book related to sea
"An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century" Jack Davis
“Guns of August” Barbara Tuchman
✅🎧♻️🪨29. A book related to air
"The Wright Brothers" David McCullough
✅🎧💸🪨30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
"Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations" Georgina Howell
✅🎧♻️🆗31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E Harrow


💸📚🎧32. A book with a number in the title
"Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery" Jamie Marich
🔎💸📚33. A book involving travel
"Danger My Ally" Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges
✅♻️🎧🪨34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
"Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America" Beth Macy
✅🎧💸🪨35. A science or science fiction book
"Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those you Love" Tony Robbins


✅♻️🎧🤮36. A book featuring a character in education
Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire
✅🎧♻️🪨37. A book that is part of a series
"Breath of Snow and Ashes" Outlander Series #6 Diana Gabaldon
🎧💸38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Against the Wind (Secrets of Sweetwater Crossing #2), Amanda Cabot
✅🎧💸🆗39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
Oh My Stars, Lorna Landvik


✅🎧💸👍🏻40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
Tiger "The Paper Menagerie" Ken Liu
✅🎧💸🤷🏻‍♀️41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
"Under the Glacier" Halldor Laxness
✅♻️🎧👎🏻42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
"Song of Solomon" Toni Morrison
✅🎧💸🫘43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
"The Legend of Tarzan: The Complete Collection of Tarzan" Edgar Rice Burroughs
🔎📚44. A book with a touch of magic
"Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection" Matt Dembicki

✅💸🎧✝️45. A book that is not a novel
The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom
✅🎧♻️46. A book related to night
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" Robert Heinlein
✅🎧💸😎47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
"The Bastard" John Jakes
✅🎧💸😾48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
"The Master and Margarita", Mikhail Bulgakov (Its Raining Cats and Dogs)


✅🎧♻️🆗49. A book with a senior citizen character
"Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man" William Shatner
🔎📚50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
"Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History", Bridget Quinn
✅♻️💸🪨51. A book published in 2024
"The Women", Kristen Hannah
🔎📚💸52. A cozy mystery
Murder Off Broadway, Pet Portraits Mystery #12, Sandi Scott



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