Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Books Read: 0/52

I'm giving myself plenty of options since I dnf pretty frequently.

THE 2021 LIST
1. A book related to “In the Beginning...”
The Colour of Magic
His Majesty's Dragon
The Way of Kings
Katherine of Aragón: The True Queen
The Dragon's Path

2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Iron Gold
The Deep
Things in Jars
Washington: A Life
The Souls of Black Folk

3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
Spinning Silver
The Woman in Cabin 10
Concrete Rose
The Winter of the Witch
A Game of Thrones

4. A book with a monochromatic cover






5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
Half of a Yellow Sun
Catherine House
Devil in a Blue Dress
Bad Feminist
Take a Hint, Dani Brown

6. A love story
Lovely War
The Highlander
A Duke by Default
The Professional
The Governess Game

7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list (A Play)
Othello
Arcadia
Dr. Faustus
The Rover
Antigone

8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
The Master and Margarita
Case Histories
The Murder on the Links
Crime and Punishment
Swiss Vendetta

9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
The Hunting Party
Hallowe'en Party
Evil Under the Sun
Plain Bad Heroines
The Haunting of Hill House

10. A book with a female villain or criminal
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Beyond the Ruby Veil
Double Indemnity
The Great Hunt
After the Funeral

11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
Anthony and Cleopatra
The Egypt Game
Cleopatra: A Life
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Mummy

12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
The Beast Player
The Bird Tribunal
Maybe Esther: A Family Story
Abigail

13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
Namesake
Truth of the Divine
A Conjuring of Assassins
Emerald Blaze
Murder on Cold Street

14. A book set in a made-up place
A Memory Called Empire
The Blade Itself
The Iron Trial
Piranesi
Rule of Wolves

15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
Clap When You Land
The Family Upstairs
My Sister, the Serial Killer
House of Salt and Sorrows
The Brothers Karamazov

16. A book with a building in the title
The Haunting of Hill House
Wolf Hall
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Archive of the Forgotten
In the Hall with the Knife

17. A book with a Muslim character or author
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
The Girl and the Ghost
Thorn
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why
Take a Hint, Dani Brown

18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1
The Last Kingdom
The Pillars of the Earth
I, Claudius
The Other Bennet Sister
Sawbones

19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2
Becoming
The Inheritance Games
Evvie Drake Starts Over
The Martian
The Honey-Don't List

20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
Gideon the Ninth
Persephone Station
Caliban's War
Iron Gold
Home

21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
The Hunting Party
Truly Devious
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Canterbury Tales
Midsummer Moon

22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
Hamnet
Lab Girl
The Way of Kings
The Book of Longings
The Queen of Nothing

23. A cross genre novel
Black Sun
Gideon the Ninth
Piranesi
An Extraordinary Union
A Treacherous Curse

24. A book about racism or race relations
Ring Shout
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
Between the World and Me
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
All Boys Aren't Blue

25. A book set on an island
Clap When You Land
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Jade City
Evil Under the Sun

26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
The Black Fox
Double Indemnity
Mating the Huntress
Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals

27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
A Queen in Hiding
The King of Attolia
The Reluctant Queen: The Story of Anne of York

28. A book connected to ice
The Hunting Party
The Winter of the Witch
Iced
Winter, White and Wicked
Another Little Christmas Murder

29. A book that you consider comfort reading
Resurrection
Season of Storms
Taken at the Flood
The Bride Bet
Emerald Blaze

30. A long book
Napoleon: A Life
A Game of Thrones
Ship of Magic
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
The Colour of Magic
Barkskins
Sparkling Cyanide
Mossflower
Anansi Boys

32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Six Angry Girls
Midnight

33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Bad Feminist
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
In the Night Garden
Dangerous Women
Why I Write

34. A book with a travel theme
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
A Wizard of Earthsea
Moby-Dick or, the Whale
Watership Down

35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
Half of a Yellow Sun
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
My Sister, the Serial Killer
The Whale Rider
Cocaine Blues

36. A book with six or more words in the title
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
This Is How You Lose the Time War
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
The Master and Margarita
Akata Witch
Grand Hotel
Crime and Punishment
The Whale Rider

38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator (Pray)
The Pillars of the Earth
The Scarlet Letter
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
A Lady's Secret
Mansfield Park

39. A book involving an immigrant
Molly's Pilgrim
The Heart's Invisible Furies
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896

40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
Beyond the Ruby Veil
The Deathless Girls
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
The Darkest Part of the Forest
Poison Princess

41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
Becoming
The Deep
All Boys Aren't Blue
Devil in a Blue Dress
Bad Feminist

42. A mystery or thriller
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
The Project
The Family Upstairs
Case Histories
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

43. A book with elements of magic
Witchmark
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Gideon the Ninth
Legendborn
Shades of Milk and Honey

44. A book whose title contains a negative
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
The Honey-Don't List
The Queen of Nothing
The Penultimate Peril
Evil Under the Sun

45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
At Bertram's Hotel
Our Last Echoes
Echo North
The Murder on the Links
The Pillars of the Earth

46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 카지노싸이트 Choice Awards
Hamnet
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Book of Longings
The Bone Shard Daughter
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
A People's History of the United States
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Moby-Dick or, the Whale
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels
The Scarlet Letter
My Sister, the Serial Killer

49. A book with an ensemble cast
A Game of Thrones
Spinning Silver
The Pillars of the Earth
Rule of Wolves
The Way of Kings

50. A book published in 2021
Rule of Wolves
Winterkeep
The Bride Bet
Mister Impossible
Namesake

51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
The Eighth Detective
Sin Eater
The Woman in Cabin 10
The Martian
The Return of the Native

52. A book related to "the end"
Poison Princess
The Last Kingdom
Assassin's Quest
The End
Shadowfever