To tackle and conquer my TBR, I will read three books per prompt. I will only add books judiciously to create the 2024 list. Then, I will eliminate any remaining books that no longer interest me. That's a clever caveat that: Reading 156 books.
✓1. A book with a title that ends in A, T, or Y: ✓The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O’Clock Lady by Albert; ✓The Raffle Baby by Talbot; ✓A Moveable Feast by Hemingway
✓2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: ✓The Way of the Bear by Hillerman; ✓The House Behind the Cedars by Chesnutt; ✓Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Doig
✓3. A book that fits a suggestion that did not make the final list: No Face: ✓ Sun in the Morning by Cadell; Mask: ✓Murder Wore a Mask by Richards; Night Creature: ✓The Hidden Lives of Owls by Calvez
✓4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: ✓The Color Purple by Walker; ✓Dicey's Song by Voigt; ✓The History of Love by Krauss
✓5. A book set in one of the 25 Most Beautiful Cities in the World: ✓The Semi-Detached House by Eden; ✓Maigret and the Saturday Caller by Simenon; ✓Mr Loverman by Evaristo
✓6. A book with wings on the cover: ✓ The Dry Grass of Autumn by Mayhew; ✓The Bird Way by Ackerman; ✓The Ardent Swarm by Manai
✓7. A book with a pronoun in the title: ✓I Must Betray You by Sepetys; ✓Quietly in Their Sleep by Leon; ✓ My Losing Season by Conroy
✓8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia, or New Zealand: ✓Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Stevenson; ✓The Nursing Home Murder by Marsh; ✓ The Madness of Crowds by Penny
✓9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: ✓The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily by Albert; ✓Two for Sorrow by Upson; ✓ Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle by Albert
✓10. A history or historical fiction book: ✓The Professor's House by Cather; ✓ The Librarian of Burned Books by Labuskes; ✓The Phantom Tree by Cornick
✓11. A book with an X connection: ✓Murder on the Orient Express by Christie; ✓Excellent Women by Pym; ✓The Island of Extraordinary Captives by Parkin
✓12. A book that has been on my TBR for over a year: ✓Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by Beaton; ✓My Friend Maigret by Simenon; ✓Mind’s Eye by Nesser
✓13. A book that is on a Five Books List: ✓ Heart of Darkness by Conrad; ✓ Wind in the Willows by Grahame; ✓Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Hibbert
✓14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: ✓The Violin Conspiracy by Slocumb; ✓The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by McBride; ✓Don’t Let the Sun Step Over You by Webb
✓15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet(JQZX): ✓The Talented Mr. Varg by McCall Smith; ✓ Hadley and Grace by Redfearn; ✓A Single Swallow by Ling
✓16. A book related to the phrase “It’s raining cats and dogs:” ✓ The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Arikawa; ✓The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Pratchett; ✓Street Cat Blues by O’Leary
✓17. A book involving intelligence:✓The Caves of Perigord by Walker; ✓The Consequences of Fear by Winspear; ✓The 39 Steps by Buchan
✓18. A book with a botanical cover: ✓ Love in the Scottish Highlands by de Maupassant; ✓American Purgatorio by Haskell; ✓Lives of Women and Girls by Munro
✓19. A book connected in some way with the flavors of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream: ✓Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Charles; ✓The Museum of Ordinary People by Gayle; ✓Black Cake by Wilkerson
✓20. A book with a single-word title: ✓ Greenmantle; ✓Everyman by Connor; ✓ Homecoming by Voigt
✓21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: ✓The Last Thing He Told Me by Dave; ✓The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy by Anderson; ✓Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Stevenson
✓22. A book by an author from an African country: ✓Homegoing by Gyasi; ✓The Memory of Love by Forna; ✓The Colors of All the Cattle by McCall Smith
✓23. A book related to Boats, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffet: ✓To the Lighthouse by Woolf; ✓The Temptation of Forgiveness by Leon; ✓Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Semple
✓24. A book with a secondary color on the cover: ✓The Garden of Evening Mists by Eng; ✓Sounds of the Desert by Hill; ✓Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch by Abe
✓25. A book involving a crime other than murder: ✓ The Bluest Eye by Morrison; ✓ Maigret, Lognon, and the Gangsters by Simeon; ✓The House of Lost Secrets by Harris
✓26. A book by an author known by their initials:✓Thornhedge by Kingfisher; ✓Jane's Parlor by Douglas; ✓ Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon by Archer
✓27. A book related to land: ✓ Plainsong by Haruf; ✓The Song of the Lark by Cather; ✓The Dark Vineyard by Walker
✓28. A book related to the sea: ✓Lost Coast Literary by Alexander; ✓Peril at Endhouse by Christie; ✓The Outermost House by Beston
✓29. A book related to air:✓When Breath Becomes Air by Kalanithi; ✓Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Abgaryan; ✓The Fatal Flying Affair by Kinsey
✓30. A book set in a country bordering on the Mediterranean Sea: ✓The Song of Achilles by Miller; ✓The Little Paris Bookshop by George; ✓The Body in the Castle Well by Walker
✓31. A book related to “Going for the Gold:” ✓How Much of These Hills Is Gold by Zhang; ✓Maigret’s Anger by Simenon; 📖Year of the Monkey by Smith
✓32. A book with a number in the title: ✓The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Turton; ✓Four Hundred Souls by Kendi; ✓Five Winters by Johnson
✓33. A book involving travel: ✓North to Paradise by Umer; ✓Maigret Travels by Simenon; ✓Violins of Autumn by McAuley
✓34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White’s seven dwarfs: ✓ Sleeping Murder by Christie; ✓The Vanishing Type by Adams; ✓Maigret and the Lazy Burglar by Simenon
✓35. A science or science fiction book: ✓Sea of Tranquility by Mandel; ✓The Island of Dr. Moreau by Wells; ✓The Only Woman in the Room by Benedict
✓36. A book featuring a character in education: ✓Spellmaker by Holmberg; ✓ Village School by Read; ✓An Unsuitable Attachment by Pym
✓37. A book that is part of a series: ✓ A Solitary Blue by Voigt; ✓Doctored Evidence by Leon; ✓ Going Postal by Pratchett
✓38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1: ✓ American Seoul by Rho;✓The Intimacy Experiment by Danan; ✓Between the World and Me by Coates
✓39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: ✓The Puma Years by Coleman; ✓Book Lovers by Henry; ✓Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Didion
✓40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: ✓ Lowcountry Boil by Boyer; ✓Small Mountain Owls by Rashid; ✓ Fox Creek by Krueger
✓41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: ✓Winter Garden by Hannah; ✓The Secret of Winter by Upson; ✓ The White Lady by Winspear
✓42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: ✓The Library of Babel by Borges; ✓The Laughter of Dead Kings by Peters; ✓The Widow Waltz by Koslow
✓43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning author: ✓Strangers on a Train by Highsmith; ✓The Venice Sketchbook by Bowen; ✓Maigret is Afraid by Simeonon
✓44. A book with a touch of Magic: ✓Spellbreaker by Holmberg; ✓ Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Pearce; ✓The Books of Magic by Gaiman
✓45. A book that is not a novel: ✓Barracoon by Hurston; ✓ Dinners with Ruth by Totenberg; ✓The Artist Who Loved Cats by Bernardo
✓46. A book related to night: ✓ Once Upon a River by Setterfield; ✓Dead Man’s Switch by Brouwer; ✓ Looking for Me by Hoffman
✓47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: ✓ The Power-House by Buchan; ✓The Pearl by Steinbeck;✓The Setons by Douglas
✓48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: ✓The Winter Garden Mystery by Dunn; ✓Maigret and the Madwoman by Simenon; ✓The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Hannah
✓49. A book with a senior citizen character: ✓Fellowship Point by Dark; ✓Inheriting Edith by Fishman; ✓Back When We Were Grownups by Tyler
✓50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: ✓ A Spool of Blue Thread by Tyler; ✓Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck; ✓A Sunlit Weapon by Winspear
✓51. A book published in 2024: ✓ The Dead Letter Delivery by Archer; ✓Somewhere Beyond the Sea by Klune;✓The Life Impossible by Haig
✓52. A Cozy Mystery: ✓The Thursday Murder Club by Osman; ✓Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Dunn; ✓Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by Beaton
📖 = Reading ✓= Read
To tackle and conquer my TBR, I will read three books per prompt. I will only add books judiciously to create the 2024 list. Then, I will eliminate any remaining books that no longer interest me. That's a clever caveat that: Reading 156 books.
✓1. A book with a title that ends in A, T, or Y: ✓The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O’Clock Lady by Albert; ✓The Raffle Baby by Talbot; ✓A Moveable Feast by Hemingway
✓2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: ✓The Way of the Bear by Hillerman; ✓The House Behind the Cedars by Chesnutt; ✓Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Doig
✓3. A book that fits a suggestion that did not make the final list: No Face: ✓ Sun in the Morning by Cadell; Mask: ✓Murder Wore a Mask by Richards; Night Creature: ✓The Hidden Lives of Owls by Calvez
✓4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: ✓The Color Purple by Walker; ✓Dicey's Song by Voigt; ✓The History of Love by Krauss
✓5. A book set in one of the 25 Most Beautiful Cities in the World: ✓The Semi-Detached House by Eden; ✓Maigret and the Saturday Caller by Simenon; ✓Mr Loverman by Evaristo
✓6. A book with wings on the cover: ✓ The Dry Grass of Autumn by Mayhew; ✓The Bird Way by Ackerman; ✓The Ardent Swarm by Manai
✓7. A book with a pronoun in the title: ✓I Must Betray You by Sepetys; ✓Quietly in Their Sleep by Leon; ✓ My Losing Season by Conroy
✓8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia, or New Zealand: ✓Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Stevenson; ✓The Nursing Home Murder by Marsh; ✓ The Madness of Crowds by Penny
✓9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: ✓The Darling Dahlias and the Voodoo Lily by Albert; ✓Two for Sorrow by Upson; ✓ Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle by Albert
✓10. A history or historical fiction book: ✓The Professor's House by Cather; ✓ The Librarian of Burned Books by Labuskes; ✓The Phantom Tree by Cornick
✓11. A book with an X connection: ✓Murder on the Orient Express by Christie; ✓Excellent Women by Pym; ✓The Island of Extraordinary Captives by Parkin
✓12. A book that has been on my TBR for over a year: ✓Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by Beaton; ✓My Friend Maigret by Simenon; ✓Mind’s Eye by Nesser
✓13. A book that is on a Five Books List: ✓ Heart of Darkness by Conrad; ✓ Wind in the Willows by Grahame; ✓Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Hibbert
✓14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: ✓The Violin Conspiracy by Slocumb; ✓The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by McBride; ✓Don’t Let the Sun Step Over You by Webb
✓15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet(JQZX): ✓The Talented Mr. Varg by McCall Smith; ✓ Hadley and Grace by Redfearn; ✓A Single Swallow by Ling
✓16. A book related to the phrase “It’s raining cats and dogs:” ✓ The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Arikawa; ✓The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Pratchett; ✓Street Cat Blues by O’Leary
✓17. A book involving intelligence:✓The Caves of Perigord by Walker; ✓The Consequences of Fear by Winspear; ✓The 39 Steps by Buchan
✓18. A book with a botanical cover: ✓ Love in the Scottish Highlands by de Maupassant; ✓American Purgatorio by Haskell; ✓Lives of Women and Girls by Munro
✓19. A book connected in some way with the flavors of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream: ✓Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Charles; ✓The Museum of Ordinary People by Gayle; ✓Black Cake by Wilkerson
✓20. A book with a single-word title: ✓ Greenmantle; ✓Everyman by Connor; ✓ Homecoming by Voigt
✓21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: ✓The Last Thing He Told Me by Dave; ✓The Affair of the Bloodstained Egg Cosy by Anderson; ✓Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Stevenson
✓22. A book by an author from an African country: ✓Homegoing by Gyasi; ✓The Memory of Love by Forna; ✓The Colors of All the Cattle by McCall Smith
✓23. A book related to Boats, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffet: ✓To the Lighthouse by Woolf; ✓The Temptation of Forgiveness by Leon; ✓Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Semple
✓24. A book with a secondary color on the cover: ✓The Garden of Evening Mists by Eng; ✓Sounds of the Desert by Hill; ✓Eva Evergreen and the Cursed Witch by Abe
✓25. A book involving a crime other than murder: ✓ The Bluest Eye by Morrison; ✓ Maigret, Lognon, and the Gangsters by Simeon; ✓The House of Lost Secrets by Harris
✓26. A book by an author known by their initials:✓Thornhedge by Kingfisher; ✓Jane's Parlor by Douglas; ✓ Murder at the Dressmaker's Salon by Archer
✓27. A book related to land: ✓ Plainsong by Haruf; ✓The Song of the Lark by Cather; ✓The Dark Vineyard by Walker
✓28. A book related to the sea: ✓Lost Coast Literary by Alexander; ✓Peril at Endhouse by Christie; ✓The Outermost House by Beston
✓29. A book related to air:✓When Breath Becomes Air by Kalanithi; ✓Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Abgaryan; ✓The Fatal Flying Affair by Kinsey
✓30. A book set in a country bordering on the Mediterranean Sea: ✓The Song of Achilles by Miller; ✓The Little Paris Bookshop by George; ✓The Body in the Castle Well by Walker
✓31. A book related to “Going for the Gold:” ✓How Much of These Hills Is Gold by Zhang; ✓Maigret’s Anger by Simenon; 📖Year of the Monkey by Smith
✓32. A book with a number in the title: ✓The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Turton; ✓Four Hundred Souls by Kendi; ✓Five Winters by Johnson
✓33. A book involving travel: ✓North to Paradise by Umer; ✓Maigret Travels by Simenon; ✓Violins of Autumn by McAuley
✓34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White’s seven dwarfs: ✓ Sleeping Murder by Christie; ✓The Vanishing Type by Adams; ✓Maigret and the Lazy Burglar by Simenon
✓35. A science or science fiction book: ✓Sea of Tranquility by Mandel; ✓The Island of Dr. Moreau by Wells; ✓The Only Woman in the Room by Benedict
✓36. A book featuring a character in education: ✓Spellmaker by Holmberg; ✓ Village School by Read; ✓An Unsuitable Attachment by Pym
✓37. A book that is part of a series: ✓ A Solitary Blue by Voigt; ✓Doctored Evidence by Leon; ✓ Going Postal by Pratchett
✓38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1: ✓ American Seoul by Rho;✓The Intimacy Experiment by Danan; ✓Between the World and Me by Coates
✓39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: ✓The Puma Years by Coleman; ✓Book Lovers by Henry; ✓Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Didion
✓40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: ✓ Lowcountry Boil by Boyer; ✓Small Mountain Owls by Rashid; ✓ Fox Creek by Krueger
✓41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: ✓Winter Garden by Hannah; ✓The Secret of Winter by Upson; ✓ The White Lady by Winspear
✓42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: ✓The Library of Babel by Borges; ✓The Laughter of Dead Kings by Peters; ✓The Widow Waltz by Koslow
✓43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning author: ✓Strangers on a Train by Highsmith; ✓The Venice Sketchbook by Bowen; ✓Maigret is Afraid by Simeonon
✓44. A book with a touch of Magic: ✓Spellbreaker by Holmberg; ✓ Pip Bartlett’s Guide to Magical Creatures by Pearce; ✓The Books of Magic by Gaiman
✓45. A book that is not a novel: ✓Barracoon by Hurston; ✓ Dinners with Ruth by Totenberg; ✓The Artist Who Loved Cats by Bernardo
✓46. A book related to night: ✓ Once Upon a River by Setterfield; ✓Dead Man’s Switch by Brouwer; ✓ Looking for Me by Hoffman
✓47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: ✓ The Power-House by Buchan; ✓The Pearl by Steinbeck;✓The Setons by Douglas
✓48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: ✓The Winter Garden Mystery by Dunn; ✓Maigret and the Madwoman by Simenon; ✓The Killings at Kingfisher Hill by Hannah
✓49. A book with a senior citizen character: ✓Fellowship Point by Dark; ✓Inheriting Edith by Fishman; ✓Back When We Were Grownups by Tyler
✓50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: ✓ A Spool of Blue Thread by Tyler; ✓Of Mice and Men by Steinbeck; ✓A Sunlit Weapon by Winspear
✓51. A book published in 2024: ✓ The Dead Letter Delivery by Archer; ✓Somewhere Beyond the Sea by Klune;✓The Life Impossible by Haig
✓52. A Cozy Mystery: ✓The Thursday Murder Club by Osman; ✓Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Dunn; ✓Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by Beaton