Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE

JANUARY

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
- No Highway by Nevil Shute

2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
- Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
- Baseball by Geoffrey Ward and Ken Burns (A book that features a hobby)

4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
- The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg

5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
- The Address Book by Deirdre Mask

FEBRUARY

6. A book with wings on the cover
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

7. A book with a pronoun in the title
- I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
- The Chequer Board by Nevil Shute

9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
- Origins of The Wheel of Time by Michael Livingston (829 ratings as of 10/27/23)

MARCH

10. A history or historical fiction book
- Say Nothing - A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

11. A book with an X connection
- The Nix by Nathan Hill

12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
- The Game by Neil Strauss

13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
- I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai (5 Best Audiobooks of 2023)

APRIL

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
- No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
- Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus

17. A book involving intelligence
- Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

MAY

18. A book with a botanical cover
- Absolution by Alice McDermott

19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
- Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott J Shapiro (Phish Food)

20. A book with a single word title
- Confidence by Rafael Frumkin

21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
- Everyone You Hate is Going to Die by Daniel Sloss

22. A book by an author from an African country
- Small Country by Gael Faye

JUNE

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
- The Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta

25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
- The Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta Muller

26. A book by an author known by their initials
- If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

JULY

27. A book related to land
- The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

28. A book related to sea
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

29. A book related to air
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
- The Wolf's Hour by Robert R McCammon

31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
- The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

AUGUST

32. A book with a number in the title
- Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme

33. A book involving travel
- The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem

34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
- Doc by Mary Doria Russell

35. A science or science fiction book
- Girl in Landscape by Jonathan Lethem

SEPTEMBER

36. A book featuring a character in education
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick

37. A book that is part of a series
- Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe

38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
- The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
- My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

OCTOBER

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
- Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens

41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
- The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

44. A book with a touch of magic
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clark

NOVEMBER

45. A book that is not a novel
- The New York Times Book of the Dead by William McDonald

46. A book related to night
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
- The Employees by Olga Ravn

48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
- The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem (A Science or Sci-Fi Book)

DECEMBER

49. A book with a senior citizen character
- The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
- The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni

51. A book published in 2024
- Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering by Margaret Atwood

52. A cozy mystery
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto