Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
2025 Reading List Creation
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[2025] Introduction, Rules, FAQs, and Schedule
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As always, our first rule is the Golden Rule. We expect all group members to treat each other with respect and dignity. Let’s remember that we’re all doing the challenge differently and for different reasons, so avoid judging others’ choices or suggestions.
Voting Rules
- Each person may only suggest or second one topic per poll.
- Each person may only vote once in each poll. The survey site allows us to identify people who vote multiple times and duplicate votes will be excluded. Surveys that we receive without links to 카지노싸이트 profiles will also be excluded.
- Prompts that are in the bottom of any poll cannot be resubmitted in later polls unless substantially reworked.
- Prompts that are submitted in 3 polls and do not make it to the final list cannot be resubmitted in later polls unless substantially reworked.
Multi-Week Polls
- We will have one dedicated poll for multi-week prompts.
- Multi-week prompts are NOT allowed to be submitted in any other poll.
- We will cap the amount of weeks used by multi-week prompts at 6 weeks total. This could be filled by a combination of three 2-week prompts, a 4-week prompt and a 2-week prompt, or two 3-week prompts.
This is not a requirement to meet, however. If the winning prompts are a 2-week and a 3-week, putting us at a total of 5, we will allow that to stand. We will just restrict the total weeks used to 6 maximum.
Pre-Poll
- We will have one pre-poll that begins the week before our first suggestions thread opens.
- This pre-poll will consist of the prompts chosen during our May Mini-thon.
- Voting rules for this poll will posted on the Voting thread when the pre-poll opens.
When Voting
We are asking people to include their 카지노싸이트 profile address when they vote. To find this, just go to your own profile and then copy the URL/web address. If for some reason you can't link to your 카지노싸이트 profile, please post your full 카지노싸이트 name with enough identifiable information that we'll be able to access your profile. We’ve introduced this for two reasons:
1. On a few occasions in each poll, people have used more than the allotted number of votes, either because they aren’t familiar with the rules or just by mistake. When this happens our only option is to disregard the vote as we can’t identify the voter to ask them to resubmit. By asking for your profile address we’ll be able to message you and ask you to vote again if you’ve accidentally used more than the allotted number of votes.
2. Unfortunately a very small number of people have voted more than once per poll and so we are asking for this information to prevent duplicate votes.
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LIST PROGRESS: 52/52 Prompts Selected
TITLE
A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
A book title that could be a country song
A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title
A book with a weird or intriguing title
COVER
A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y
A book with a serpentine element on the cover
A book with waves on the cover
A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape
A book with a common household object on the cover
CHARACTER
A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
A book about witches, goddesses, or nuns
A book featuring adult friendships
A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
SETTING
A book set in a fictional location
A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
A book set primarily in nature
A book with a coastal setting
A book set in the winter
A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925
THEME/GENRE/PLOT
A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
A mystery or true crime book
Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2
A haunting book
A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
A book of secrets, lies, or deception
A book with a character dealing with death
A book that involves digging up the past
A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
AUTHOR/PUBLISHING/PAGE LENGTH
A book published in 2025
A book by an author with a common noun in their name
A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
A book by an author that uses 3 names
A translated novel from Asia
A book by an Irish author
A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
RECOMMENDATIONS (GR, FRIENDS, CHALLENGES, LISTS, AWARDS)
A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
OTHER
A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
A book relating to fire
A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
A book you'd consider a comfort read
A monster book
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For a digital version of this schedule, see here:
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Q: What's a multi-week poll?
A: Multi-week prompts are a set of prompts (usually 2-4) that are connected somehow. We vote on these prompts in a separate poll because members found it difficult to vote for them when they were up against single-week prompts. This poll will usually be in the first half of the polling.
Q: How long do polls stay open?
A: The polls will stay open from the date on the schedule (when the voting thread opens) through the date that the results are announced. We suggest getting your vote in the day before results are announced to make sure your vote is counted!
Q: What time will the threads be posted?
A: The mods are all in the US, but we try to vary when things go live. We will usually post on the threads when the next one will go live (so we will post on the results thread for poll 1 when the suggestions will open for poll 2, etc.)
Q: Do we have themes for the polls?
A: Aside from the multi-week poll (and, sometimes, a Close Calls poll), we try not to limit the polls to certain types of prompts. Occasionally, as we get to the end of the process, we may mention prompt types that we are low on, like genre prompts or character-based prompts. However, we typically don't restrict polls to a certain type of prompt unless we feel it necessary.
Q: Is there a word limit for prompts?
A: No. But we have noticed that shorter, more concise prompts are more likely to make it into the final list, so we encourage you to workshop your suggestion in the Wild Discussion before submitting if you think it is too long or wordy.
Q: What's a Wild Card?
A: Wild Cards exist so that if there is a prompt you don’t connect with or can’t find a book for, you can use a Wild Card for that prompt. We generally say you have one Wild Card per challenge. That being said, no one is policing your reading, and we encourage you to tackle the challenge in a way that best fits your lifestyle and reading habits, so you can use Wild Cards however you’d like.
Q: What does BIO and KIS mean?
A: BIO stands for Bring it on and KIS for Keep it simple. If the prompt seems very easy for you, the BIO options will make it narrower or more challenging in various ways. On the other hand, if the prompt seems hard, the KIS option will make it easier. You might find some of these in the various discussion threads for the prompts. Some people set up their whole year with a challenging aspect like having books by minority authors. Or they might make it easier by using children's books. It's totally up to you.
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We recommend you turn on notifications for this thread to keep up to date with the posting schedule.
We will post here as soon as the suggestions thread opens.
We will open the voting thread as soon as the suggestions have closed.
We will post here when the voting link has gone live.
We will post here as soon as results are posted, giving the time when the next suggestions thread will open.
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The first round of suggestions will open around noon CST on Monday, July 1.
Also note that I have opened up the 2025 Voting, Plans, and Rejects tabs on our Community Spreadsheet, if you'd like to grab a spot.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 6 am CDT on Sunday, July 7.
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The next round of suggestions will open around 11 am CDT on Saturday, July 13.
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The next round of suggestions will be our Multi-Week Poll (see above for more information), and will open around 3 pm CDT on Friday, July 19.
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Don't forget that this is our multi-week poll, which means no more than 6 total weeks will make it to our final list. Keep that in mind while voting!
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(If you have any issues, as always, it's easier to DM one of us and we can help you out.)
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The next round of suggestions will open around 1 pm CDT on Thursday, July 25. I will be traveling, so I plan on posting it when we get back in the car after lunch. Should be around this time but it may be flexible. Watch this thread for the announcement that it is live.
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And voting is open in Poll 5!
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The next round of suggestions will open on Wednesday, July 31 around 9 am CDT.
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And today is the last day to vote on Poll 6 for our 2025 list!
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The next round of suggestions will open around noon CDT on Tuesday, August 6.
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And the results from Poll 7 have been posted!
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The next round of suggestions will open around 3:30 pm CDT on Monday, August 12!
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And today is the last day to vote on Poll 8!
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The next round of suggestions will open around 8 am CDT on Sunday, August 17.
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And suggestions are open for Poll 9!
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And for the 2020 Anniversary List prompt!
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The next round of suggestions will go live around noon on Saturday, August 24, and voting for the 2021 anniversary list prompt will go live on Sunday, August 25.
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Sincerest apologies for being late... I have no excuse except that my book was too good and I lost track of time lol
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The next round of suggestions will open around noon CDT on Friday, August 30.
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And for our 2022 Anniversary List prompt!
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The next round of suggestions will open around 1 pm CDT on Thursday, September 5.
The entire Around the Year challenge list is generated by the group members. We enjoyed the process so much in the past nine years that we are creating another list for 2025.
The process will start on July 1 and we aim to have a completed list by sometime in September or October. Everyone is very welcome to participate, whether this is your first or tenth year.
How it will work:
The topics will be chosen through a series of mini-polls. For each mini-poll there will be a suggestion thread where you can propose a topic. A suggestion needs to be seconded by one other person before it’s included in the poll. Once the required number of suggestions have been seconded the thread will close for new suggestions. There will be a break of around 24 hours between the suggestions thread closing and the poll opening for voting. This is to allow people to discuss the options before voting opens.
The mods will create a poll for members to choose their favorite suggestions. Each member has eight votes, which you can use to vote for your “top” and/or “bottom” choices. (See below for an example.) Polls will stay open for three days, and the mods will announce the results shortly after. The number of winning suggestions from each poll may vary depending on the distribution of votes.
Then a new suggestion thread will open and we’ll repeat the process until we have chosen 50 topics for the 2025 list (two topics will be chosen by winners of two reading competitions within the group).
How to participate:
*If you want to suggest a topic you can do so whenever a new suggestion thread opens. You don’t have to suggest a topic in order to participate in the poll.
*When a new poll is posted follow the link to the survey site and vote for your favorite and/or least favorite prompts.
*Look out for the results and the opening of a new suggestion thread.
*The topics chosen for the 2025 list will be posted in this thread and the topics that were suggested but not chosen will be posted on a separate thread (to be linked here later).
Voting Process
You have eight votes in total which you can use to vote for your top and bottom choices. You can use less than eight votes if you wish.
For example:
Voter 1
Top: Suggestions 1, 4, 7, 9
Bottom: Suggestions 2, 10, 11, 12
Total: 8 votes
Voter 2
Top: Suggestions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14
Bottom: None
Total: 8 votes
Voter 3
Top: Suggestions 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14
Bottom: Suggestions 3, 10
Total: 8 votes
Voter 4
Top: Suggestions 1, 6
Bottom: Suggestion 12
Total: 3 votes