Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE

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1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - What You Are Looking For Is in the Library - 6/3
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - The Book of Cold Cases - 4/13, (book by Simone St. James)
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list - Peace Like a River - 8/6 (A book with a person on the cover and you can’t see their whole face- Poll 5)
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong - Lanny - 3/31 (Trees of Green)
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - The Queen's Gambit - 10/13 (New York City, Paris)

6. A book with wings on the cover - Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile - 11/2
7. A book with a pronoun in the title - The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved - 9/24
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand - The Other Valley - 3/6
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads - When Among Crows - 5/27 (1880 ratings at time of reading)

10. A history or historical fiction book - The Nickel Boys - 11/26
11. A book with an X connection - It's OK That You're Not OK - 11/17
12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - Nexus - 10/18
13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list - The Tombs of Atuan - 9/20 (The Best Speculative Fiction About Gods and Godlike Beings)

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - The Reformatory - 2/28
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - 12/3 (Olga Tokarczuk)
16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - Starter Villain - 9/22
17. A book involving intelligence - The Freeze-Frame Revolution - 5/25

18. A book with a botanical cover - - 12/7
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - The Answer Is No: A Short Story - 11/2 (Peanut Butter Cup)
20. A book with a single word title - Dune - 1/10
21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - A Short Walk Through a Wide World - 4/27
22. A book by an author from an African country - The Covenant of Water - 8/31

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - The Farthest Shore - 10/3
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover - (orange, green AND purple) - 4/5
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - So Brave, Young, and Handsome - 9/12 (Train Robbery)
-26. A book by an author known by their initials The Kingdom of Gods

27. A book related to land - Murder Road - 3/26
28. A book related to sea - Tales from Earthsea - 11/14
-29. A book related to air - The Other Wind
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - Stone Blind - 1/23
-31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” The Familiar (Gold on the cover, set during the Spanish Golden Age)

-32. A book with a number in the title The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
33. A book involving travel - A Mirror Mended - 1/22
-34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday (Sleepy)
35. A science or science fiction book - Dune Messiah - 2/4

36. A book featuring a character in education - A Wizard of Earthsea - 2/25
37. A book that is part of a series - The Final Empire - 5/21
38. & 39. Two books with similar covers: (Yellow background with text - illustration - text format)
Martyr! - 5/30
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember - 6/12


40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - East of the Sun - 5/2

41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - The Warm Hands of Ghosts - 10/21
42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - Thunderhead - 7/26
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author - Sadie - 2/5
44. A book with a touch of magic - The Echo of Old Books - 1/6

45. A book that is not a novel - What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma - 3/25
46. A book related to night - Virgil Wander - 6/27
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Witchstone - 7/11
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - Tehanu - 10/12 (37. A book that is part of a series)

49. A book with a senior citizen character - Scythe - 5/8 (Scythe Curie, the Grande Dame of Death)
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands - 4/9 (2024)

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51. A book published in 2024 - I Cheerfully Refuse - 5/13
52. A cozy mystery - The Last Murder at the End of the World - 6/11