Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

✅1. title ends in A, T or Y
Mobility🎧
✅2. connected to something you read in 2023
The Brutal Telling🎧
✅3. fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning 🎧 (biography, autobiography, or memoir)
✅4. related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
The Light of the World: A Memoir
✅5. set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
The Masterpiece: A Novel

✅6. wings on the cover
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
✅7. pronoun in the title
Everything I Never Told You🎧
✅8. author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
Bury Your Dead Louise Penny 🎧
✅9. fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
The Beet Queen🎧

✅10. history or historical fiction book
The Rose Code 🎧
✅11. X connection
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
✅12. on your TBR for over a year
Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas
✅13. on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
The Marriage Portrait🎧 (5 best audiobooks of 2022)

✅14. main character is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
A Place at the Table
✅15. author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
✅16. related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
Camino Winds🎧
✅17. involving intelligence
The Tenth Muse🎧

✅18. a botanical cover
A Botanist's Guide to Flowers and Fatality🎧
✅19. connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Tom Lake🎧
✅20. single word title
Bewilderment: A Novel
✅21. title containing 6+ words
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store🎧
✅22. author from an African country
The Promise Damon Galgut🎧

✅23. related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
Manhattan Beach🎧
✅24. secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
The Beautiful Mystery 🎧
✅25. crime other than a murder
The Glass Hotel🎧
✅26. author known by their initials
End of Story A.J. Finn🎧

✅27. related to land
The Lincoln Highway
✅28. related to sea
Sea of Tranquility
✅29. related to air
When Breath Becomes Air
✅30. set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
My Brilliant Friend🎧
✅31. related to “Going for the Gold”
I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections

✅32. a number in the title
The Seven Good Years
✅33. involving travel
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am🎧
✅34. related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
The Joy Luck Club
✅35. Science or science fiction book
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America🎧

✅36. Featuring a character in education
Olive, Again🎧
✅37. part of a series
Kingdom of the Blind🎧
✅38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
✅39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
The Long Way Home🎧

✅40. involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
The Comfort of Crows (Reese's Book Club Pick): A Backyard Year🎧
✅41. chilling atmosphere
The Hunting Party🎧
✅42. sound-related word in the title
Crying in H Mart🎧
✅43. Edgar Award-winning Author
How the Light Gets In🎧
✅44. a touch of magic
Piranesi 🎧

✅45. not a novel
Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir
✅46. related to night
West with the Night
✅47. two-word title beginning with THE
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams🎧
✅48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
A Great Reckoning🎧

✅49. a senior citizen character
The Last List of Mabel Beaumont 🎧
✅50. posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
A Trick of the Light🎧
✅51. published in 2024
Playground🎧
✅52. A cozy mystery
A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets🎧