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Disney Princess ChallengePart 1
Pocahontas 1/11
♚ Read a book where the protagonist is Native American
♚ Read a book where the character loves nature
♚ Read a book where the character displays shamanic powers.
♚ Read a book that is a retelling of Pocahontas.
Prodigal Summer
Messenger
Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel
A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga: Stories
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Urban Shaman
Animal Dreams
The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit
Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
Jasmine 0/11
♚ Read a book where the protagonist is of Arabic descent
♚ Read a book where the character is named Jasmine
♚ Read a book that is a retelling of Aladdin.
Arabian Jazz
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arab
Bone Worship
Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood
The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
Women of Sand and Myrrh: A Novel
The Story of Zahra: A Novel
Finding Nouf
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
Snow White 0/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist has fair skin and dark hair.
♚Read a book where the protagonist is German (or of German descent).
♚Read a book where the protagonist has many male friends.
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Snow White.
Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys
The Shadow of the Bear
Mira, Mirror
Bound
Snow White and the Seven Dead Dwarves: A Zombie Fairy Tale
Anna's Boys
The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver
A Beautiful Dark
Balefire
Snow White and the Huntsman
Daughter of the Forest
Megara 1/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist has a low opinion of men
♚Read a book where the character is cynical about love.
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Hercules.
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Forget You
Immortal Beloved
Soulless
Nothing Serious
Cross My Heart
Hush, Hush
Jane Austen Ruined My Life
Bet Me
Sex, Lies, and Online Dating
Anyone But You
Belle 2/11
♚ Read a book where the protagonist loves books and reading.
♚ Read a book about a protagonist who adores her father
♚ Read a book with a man who is not handsome (he can have scars, be it emotional or physical) or is temperamental .
♚ Read a book that is retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Beastly
Inkheart
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Crazy Beautiful
The Gargoyle
The Veil of Night
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
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Entwined
Northanger Abbey
The Merchant's Daughter
Sleeping Beauty 0/11
♚ Read a book where the protagonist has a curse placed upon her at birth.
♚ Read a book where the main character is unaware of her biological family or where she comes from.
♚ Read a book that is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty.
Found
The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins
Awake: A Fairytale
Chasing China; A Daughter's Quest for Truth
When Rose Wakes
Enchantment
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal
Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected--A Memoir
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
The Color of Heaven
Mulan 1/11
♚ Read a book where the protagonist is Chinese (or of Chinese descent), she must also be able to kick some serious ***.
♚ Read a book where the protagonist disguises herself as a man or enlists in the army.
Disguised: A Wartime Memoir
Pope Joan
Daughter Of Xanadu
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The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Kitchen God's Wife
Shanghai Girls
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Daughter of the Bamboo Forest
Song of the Silk Road
Dreams of Joy
Disney Princess ChallengePart 2
Cinderella 1/11
♚Read a book about someone who has an evil stepmother
♚Read a book about someone who has had a difficult life but perseveres with the help of love.
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Cinderella.
Cinder
Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Ella Enchanted
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Ash
The Amaranth Enchantment
Cinderella's Secret Diary
Cindy Ella
The Princess Diaries
Alice in Wonderland 1/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist lives in a dream world or discovers an alternate (fantasy) world
♚Read a book where the protagonist defies a monarch (preferably a queen).
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Alice in Wonderland.
Alice I Have Been
The Looking Glass Wars
Splintered
Parallel
Here
Gears of Wonderland
The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters
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The Other Queen
Falling for Hamlet
Elsewhere
Esmerelda 1/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist is a Gypsy
♚Read a book where the character has a pet goat (this should be interesting).
♚Read a book that is a retelling of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Gypsy Wedding
Into the Free: A Novel
Goat in the Garden
The Dovekeepers
The Dogtown Chronicles
Close the Door We Live in a Barn
The Diddakoi
The Gypsy Chronicles: The Gypsy Has Three Truths
Zoli
Wanderlove
Tiana 3/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist is African American
♚Read a book that takes place in New Orleans
♚Read a book where the character is a waitress or an excellent cook.
♚Read a book that is a retelling The Princess and the Frog.
The Frog Prince
The Frog Princess
The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
Violin
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A Mercy
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
Jane 0/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist is an artist
♚Read a book set in Africa or in a rural (out of reach) area
♚Read a book that has a vibrant yellow cover or features someone on the cover dressed in yellow
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Tarzan.
Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Out of Africa
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Gorillas in the Mist
The Constant Gardener
I Dreamed of Africa
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Rapunzel 2/11
♚Read a book where the MC has really long hair
♚Read a book where the MC was kidnapped.
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Rapunzel.
A Stolen Life
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
Living Dead Girl
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
Zel
Girl in the Cellar: The Natascha Kampusch Story
The Long Road Home
Beach House Memories
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The Wealding Word
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Ariel 0/11
♚ Read a book where the protagonist has red hair, has a lot of sisters, or is a mermaid.
♚ Read a book where the protagonist frequently disobeys her father.
♚ Read a book that is a retelling of The Little Mermaid.
Mermaid:A Twist on the Classic Tale
Everblue
Little Women
Entwined
Fury
Incarnation
My Love, My Love: or The Peasant Girl
The Mermaid's Mirror
The Forbidden Sea
Breathless
Other
Tinkerbell 0/11
♚Read a book where the protagonist is a fairy (not to be mistaken with a faerie ).
♚Read a book where the protagonist is very shy or has problems communicating .
♚Read a book that is a retelling of Peter Pan (but it has to feature a Tinker Bell).
Neverland
Tiger Lily
Unspeakable
In a Blink
Words
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Iron King
Need
Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Speak
The Thing About Jellyfish
1 thru 25 ChallengePart 1
* 1 Book written in first person point of view 1/1
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* 2 Books you’ve attempted before but gave up on 0/2
1.On the Road
2.The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
* 3 Books from a genre you rarely read 1/3
Tell us the genre(ROMANCE)
1.One with You
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3.Paper Princess
* 4 Books with LESS THAN 1000 ratings on Goodreads 1/4
Tell us how many ratings
1.Beds Are For Flowers(14 ratings)
2.Fylgia(18 ratings)
3.A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga: Stories(75 ratings)
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* 5 Books with covers that are predominantly (more than 50%) your favorite color 0/5
Tell us the color and post the book covers!(GREEN)
1.The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
2.The Devil and Miss Prym
3.How to Build a Girl
4.Prodigal Summer
5.I Capture the Castle
* 6 Books in your favorite genre – choose just ONE genre 2/6
Tell us the genre(FICTION)
1.Small Great Things
2.Still Alice
3.In the Unlikely Event
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6.We Are Called to Rise
* 7 Books that were free (gift, library book, etc.) 2/7
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2.The Path of Ravens(Kindle Lending Library)
3.Go Set a Watchman(Gift)
4.Sisters One, Two, Three(Kindle First)
5.The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland(Kindle First)
6.Daughters of the Lake(Kindle First)
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* 8 Books of your choice 2/8
1.Fates and Furies
2.Gemini
3.The Light Between Oceans
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6.The Winter People
7.Under the Influence
8.This Is Where It Ends
* 9 Books that are #1 in a series 6/9
Tell us each series name
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3.The Name of the Wind(KingKiller Chronicle #1)
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6.Surrender Your Love( Surrender Your Love #1)
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* 10 Books that are part of a series but NOT #1 0/10
Tell us the series name and the book's position in the series
1.The Last Star( The Fifth Wave #3)
2.Golden Son(Red Rising #2)
3.Morning Star(Red Rising #3)
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5.Crossed(Matched #2)
6.Reached( Matched #3)
7.Bitterblue(Graceling Realm #2)
8.Fire(Graceling Realm #3)
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10.Monsters of Men(Chaos Walking #3)
* 11 Books by debut authors – publishing his/her first book since you joined this challenge 2/11
Post a link to each author's Goodreads page
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2.The Witchfinder's Sister...Beth Underdown
3.What We Lose...Zinzi Clemmons
4.Forget Me Not...Ellie Terry
5.Becoming Bonnie...Jenni L. Walsh
6.Conversations with Friends: A Novel...Sally Rooney
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8.The Leavers...Lisa Ko
9.Marlena...Julie Buntin
10.See What I Have Done...Sarah Schmidt
11.Yesterday...Felicia Yap
* 12 New releases (books published less than six months before you joined this challenge) 4/12
Tell us the release date for each book
1.Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation( 1/3/17)
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3.The Bear and the Nightingale(1/10/17)
4.The Animators(1/31/17)
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7.The Shadow Land(4/11/17)
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9.New Boy(5/11/17)
10.Seven Stones to Stand or Fall(6/27/17)
11.The Reason You're Alive(7/14/17)
12.Skeleton Tree(12/26/17)
*13 books that are more than 500 pages long 1/13
tell us how many pages
1.The Clan of the Cave Bear(512)
2.Doctor Zhivago(592)
3.The Historian(704)
4.House of Leaves(705)
5.The Passage(766)
6.Written in My Own Heart's Blood(825)
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8.The Mists of Avalon(876)
9.1Q84(925)
10.Shantaram(936)
11.Don Quixote(940)
12.Anna Karenina(964)
13.Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell(1006)
14 Books by one of your favorite authors- must all be the same name 2/14
post a link to the authors Goodreads pageChris Bohjalian
1.Past the Bleachers
2.The Buffalo Soldier
3.The Law of Similars
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5.Before You Know Kindness
6.Water Witches
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8.Trans-Sister Radio
9.Secrets of Eden
10.The Night Strangers
11.The Guest Room
12.The Light in the Ruins
13.The Double Bind
14.The Sandcastle Girls
1 thru 25 ChallengePart 2
* 15 Books with one-word titles 1/15
1.Room
2.Idaho
3.Holes
4.Caraval
5.S.
6.Cinder
7.FantasticLand
8.Eragon
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10.Ten
11.Ruby
12.Panic
13.Mockingbird
14.Marked
15.Indelible
* 16 Books whose titles start with A, An, or The 0/16
1.A Little Life
2.A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life
3.A Faint Cold Fear
4.A Good Marriage
5.A Life in Men
6.The Lace Reader
7.The Serpent King
8.The Widow
9.The Heart Goes Last
10.The Girls
11.The Year We Turned Forty
12.The Woman in Cabin 10
13.The Forgetting Time
14.The Miniaturist
15.The Hypnotist's Love Story
16.The Monstrumologist
* 17 Books with an average Goodreads rating of 3.75 or higher 3/17
Tell us the rating for each book
1.White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America(3.77)
2.We Are Water(3.79)
3.Signs of Life: A Memoir(3.80)
4.State of Wonder(3.85)
5.One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd(3.87)
6.Everything Is Illuminated(3.90)
7.Behind Closed Doors(3.94)
8.Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity(3.97)
9.When I Was Puerto Rican(3.99)
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11.Poison Study(4.16)
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14.Every Living Thing(4.42)
15.Six of Crows(4.46)
16.Lady Midnight(4.49)
17.The Lord God Made Them All(4.38)
* 18 Books that have been recommended by a friend / family member / co-worker -- NOT a magazine/newspaper, etc. 2/18
Tell us who recommended each book
Adrienne (Friend/Librarian)
1.Dark Matter
2.The Water Knife
3.Child 44
4.The Road
5.Night Film
6.The Sisters Brothers
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8.Serena
Beth(Friend)
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10.Little Girl Lost
Mom
11.Circling the Sun
12.Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir
GR
13.Today Will Be Different
14.Strange the Dreamer
BT Book Group Recs
15.The Enchanted
16.A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
17.Swimming Lessons
18.Homegoing
* 19 Audiobooks 6/19
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7.The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
8.The Mirk and Midnight Hour
9.The Shell Collector
10.The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV
11.Past Midnight
12.The Snow Queen
13.An Unnecessary Woman
14.Demon Camp: A Soldier's Exorcism
15.Frog Music
16.The Fever
17.Twelve Years a Slave
18.Orphan Train
19.Thirty Girls
* 20 Books originally published prior to the year 2000 5/20
Tell us the year each was published
1.Hamlet(1600)
2.Othello(1603)
3.Macbeth(1606)
4.Robinson Crusoe(1719)
5.Gulliver's Travels(1726)
6.Persuasion(1818)
7.The Origin of Species(1859)
8.Middlemarch(1871)
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10.Tess of the D'Urbervilles(1891)
11.The Good Earth(1931)
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13.Animal Farm(1945)
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15.Lolita(1955)
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17.One Hundred Years of Solitude(1967)
18.Watership Down(1972)
19.Sophie's Choice(1979)
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1 thru 25 Challenge Part 3
* 21 Non-fiction books 0/21
1.Columbine
2.Wildlife Heroes: 40 Leading Conservationists and the Animals They Are Committed to Saving
3.Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
4.American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
5.Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy with Kids
6.Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed
7.13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
8.We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
9.Eco Amazons: 20 Women Who Are Transforming the World
10.Stronger Than BPD: The Girl's Guide to Taking Control of Intense Emotions, Drama, and Chaos Using DBT
11.The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions
12.Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
13.A House in the Sky
14.Rising Strong
15.Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
16.The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
17.War of the Whales: A True Story
18.Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
19.The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
20.Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
21.The Killing of Wolf Number Ten: The True Story
* 22 Books by new-to-you authors 0/22
1.The Lady of the Rivers...Philippa Gregory
2.Alfred and Emily...Doris Lessing
3.The Constant Gardener...John le Carré
4.The World According to Garp...John Irving
5.Kindred...Octavia E. Butler
6.Remarkable Creatures...Tracy Chevalier
7.The Pillars of the Earth...Ken Follett
8.The Fault in Our Stars...John Green
9.Jane Eyre...Charlotte Brontë
10.Pride and Prejudice...Jane Austen
11.On Chesil Beach...Ian McEwan
12.The Sound and the Fury...William Faulkner
13.The Grapes of Wrath...John Steinbeck
14.Gravity's Rainbow...Thomas Pynchon
15.To the Lighthouse...Virginia Woolf
16.Truth and Beauty...Ann Patchett
17.The Wonder...Emma Donoghue
18.The Joy Luck Club...Amy Tan
19.War and Peace...Leo Tolstoy
20.Norwegian Wood...Haruki Murakami
21.Summerland...Elin Hilderbrand
22.Night Road...Kristin Hannah
* 23 Books from CCC group members’ bookshelves – mix and match as you wish 3/23
Tell us the group member AND the shelf for each book
1.The Secret Wisdom of the Earth Jimena (TBR)
2.Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries RebeccaNJ (Read)
3.How to Eat a Cupcake Barb (to-read)
4.Possession Chaitra (to-read)
5.The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Sam (Read)
6.Plain Truth Suzanne (To Read)
7.The Dinner Connie N (Book Club)
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9.Whistling Past the Graveyard Ella's Gran (Book Club)
10.Horrorstör Jamie (Currently Reading)
11.The Bees Alison (Lady Coffin) (5 Star Books)
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13.The Shadow of the Wind Alex (Books to Buy)
14.Beautiful Disaster Maritza (Young Adult)
15.Peyton Place Carissa (Favorites)
16.Everything I Never Told You Allysa (2017 Reading Challenge)
17.The Peach Keeper Jaclyn (Favorites)
18.Reading Lolita in Tehran Melike (Memoir)
19.Miller's Valley Tracy (To Read)
20.Faithful Lady Elaine of the Elder Fey (DNF)
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22.The Distant Hours Liora (General Fiction)
23.Bookishly Ever After Heather (To Read)
1 thru 25 ChallengePart 4
* 24 Books set in a country other than your own 2/24
Tell us where you live ( CT, USA) and where each book is set
1.Sentence of Marriage(New Zealand)
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3.Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China(China)
4.The Shipping News(Canada)
5.Corelli's Mandolin(Greece)
6.Like Water for Chocolate(Mexico)
7.A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier(Africa)
8.The Hangman's Daughter(Germany)
9.A Fine Balance(India)
10.Atonement(England)
11.First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers(Cambodia)
12.The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared(Sweden)
13.Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time(Peru)
14.The Farming of Bones(Haiti)
15.The Winter Sea(Scotland)
16.Love in the Time of Cholera(Colombia)
17.Bittersweet(Australia)
18.All the Light We Cannot See(France)
19.Nefertiti(Egypt)
20.The Tiger's Wife(Bulgaria)
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22.The Bungalow(Bora Bora)
23.City of Thieves(Russia)
24.In the Woods(Ireland)
* 25 Books from the CCC bookshelf 1/25
1.The Fifth Petal
2.Eight Hundred Grapes
3.The Last Child
4.The Ocean at the End of the Lane
5.Orphan Train
6.The Lacuna
7.The Thirteenth Tale
8.The Iron King
9.Cloud Atlas
10.The Tenderness of Wolves
11.The Rosie Project
12.Oryx and Crake
13.Rosemary's Baby
14.Chains
15.Speak
16.The Giver
17.Ready Player One
18.Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
19.Anne of Green Gables
20.The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
21.Horns
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23.Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
24.The Castaways
25.Moloka'i
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Well-Read Women Challenge9/50
1) Daisy Buchanan - The Great Gatsby
2) Clarissa Dalloway - Mrs. Dalloway
3) Anna Karenina - Anna Karenina
4) Emma Woodhouse - Emma
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6) Daisy Miller - Daisy Miller
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8) Lorelei Lee - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
9) Nora Helmer - A Doll's House
10) Edna Pontellier - The Awakening
11) Jane Eyre - Jane Eyre
12) Emma Bovary - Madame Bovary
13) Dolores Haze - Lolita
14) Lily Bart - The House of Mirth
15) Blanche Dubois - A Streetcar Named Desire
16) Lara Guishar - Doctor Zhivago
17) Antigone - Antigone
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19) Nora Charles - The Thin Man
20) Auntie Mame - Auntie Mame
21) Becky Sharp - Vanity Fair
22) Moll Flanders - Moll Flanders
23) Pecola - The Bluest Eye
24) Isabel Archer - The Portrait of a Lady
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27) Cosette - Les Misérables
28) Nancy - Oliver Twist
29) Cathy Ames - East of Eden
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31) Daisy Clover - Inside Daisy Clover
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34) Lady Kiri-Tsubo - The Tale of Genji
35) Jo March - Little Women
36) Anne Shirley -Anne of Green Gables
37) Wendy Darling - Peter Pan
38) Sofia Semyonova Mermeladova - Crime and Punishment
39) Dominique Francon - The Fountainhead
40) Nancy Drew - The Secret in the Old Attic
41) Dorothea Brooke -Middlemarch
42) Ophelia - Hamlet
43) Molly Bloom - Ulysses
44) Holly Golightly - Breakfast at Tiffany's
45) Mina Harker - Dracula
46) Milady De Winter - The Three Musketeers
47) Dorothy Gale -The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
48) Elizabeth Bennett - Pride and Prejudice
49) Brett Ashley - The Sun Also Rises
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2015 PopSugar 0/50
1) A book with more than 500 pages
Illuminae
2) A classic romance
Wuthering Heights
3) A book that became a movie
A Dog's Purpose
4) A book published this year
In the Unlikely Event
5) A book with a number in the title
72 Hour Hold
6) A book written by someone under 30
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
7) A book with non human characters
The Tale of Despereaux
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
8) A funny book
The Wee Free Men
9) A book by a female author
Leaving Time
10) A mystery or thriller
I Let You Go
11) A book with a one word title
Idaho
12) A book of short stories
Full Dark, No Stars
Just After Sunset
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
13) A book set in a different country
And the Mountains Echoed
A Thousand Splendid Suns
14) A nonfiction book
Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
15) A popular author's first book
Songs of the Humpback Whale
16) A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
The Guest Room
17) A book a friend recommended
Emma
18) A Pulitzer Prize winning book
The Good Earth
A Visit from the Goon Squad
19) A book based on a true story
Columbine
We Need to Talk About Kevin
20) A book at the bottom of your to-read list
1Q84
21) A book your mom (or dad) loves
Palm Trees in the Snow
Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir
22) A book that scares you
The Fountainhead
Gravity's Rainbow
23) A book more than 100 years old
The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter
Raggedy Ann Stories
24) A book chosen based entirely on its cover
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
25) A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
26) A memoir
The Story of My Life
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
27) A book you can finish in a day
Wolf Hollow
Doll Bones
Summerlost
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
28) A book with antonyms in the title
Together Apart
29) A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
Born Free: The Full Story
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
30) A book that came out the year you were born
Letters Home
31) A book with bad reviews
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love
32) A trilogy
Poison Study
Magic Study
Fire Study
33) A book from your childhood
Eloise Wilkin Stories
Ballet Shoes
34) A book with a love triangle
A Room with a View
35) A book set in the future
Monsters of Men
36) A book set in high school
Adorkable
37) A book with a color in the title
Black Girl/White Girl
38) A book that made you cry
Wish You Well
39) A book with magic
The Magicians
40) A graphic novel
This One Summer
41) A book by an author you've never read before
The Cider House Rules
42) A book you own but haven't read yet
The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters
43) A book that takes place in your hometown (or surrounding area)
Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island
44) A book that was originally written in a different language
The Reader
45) A book set during Christmas
A Christmas Carol
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
46) A book by an author with your same initials
Blind Voices
47) A play
Romeo and Juliet
48) A banned book
Lord of the Flies
The Picture of Dorian Gray
49) A book based on or turned into a TV showThe Walking Dead, Book One
50) A book you started but never finished
White Fang
2015 Book Riot 0/24
1.A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
The Bone Season
2.A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
The Penelopiad
3.A collection of short stories
Flying Lessons and Other Stories
4.A book published by an indie press
Jellicle Girl
5.A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
6.A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
7.A book that takes place in Asia
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
8.A book by an author from Africa
Freshwater
9.A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture
LaRose
10.A microhistory
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born
11.A YA novel
I Am Number Four
12.A sci-fi novel
Ready Player One
13.A romance novel
Love Story
14.A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
The English Patient
15.A book that is a retelling of a classic story
Hag-Seed
16.An audiobook
Past Midnight
17.A collection of poetry
The Complete Poems
The Collected Poems
18.A book that someone else has recommended to you
Dark Witch
19.A book that was originally published in another language
Norwegian Wood
20.A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind
Habibi
Daytripper
21.A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure
Delta of Venus
22.A book published before 1850
Vanity Fair
23.A book published this year
At the Water's Edge
24.A self-improvement book
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles
2016 ATY 0/52
1.A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
Go Set a Watchman
2.A book set in a different continent
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
3.A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
Luckiest Girl Alive
4.A book by an author you discovered in 2015
Red Queen
5.A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Truly Madly Guilty
6.The highest rated on your TBR
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
7.A book about books
Ink and Bone
8.A classic book with less than 200 pages
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
9.A book that was mentioned in another book
Jane Eyre
10.A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
Anna Karenina
11.A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
The Great Gatsby
12.A childhood classic
Heidi
13.Reader’s Choice
Atonement
14.A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
What Is the What
15.A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
Girl with a Pearl Earring
16.A book from the top 100 mystery novels
Murder on the Orient Express
17.A book with a beautiful cover
The Age of Miracles
18.A book on a summer/beach reading list
Nantucket Nights
19.A non-fiction book
The Killing of Wolf Number Ten: The True Story
20.A book with a first name in the title
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21.A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
Truth and Beauty
22.The first book in a new to you series
Graceling
23.The next book in a series you are reading
Fire
Bitterblue
24.A "between the numbers" book of a series
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Bookseller of Kabul
26.A book everyone is talking about
Grey
27.A book with a beautiful title
The Light Between Oceans
28.A biography, autobiography, or memoir
Autobiography of a Face
29. A book by an author who uses more than one name
The Casual Vacancy
30.A fairytale from a culture other than your own
A First Book of Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book
Stories from Around the World
31.A work of young adult fiction
Panic
32.A historical fiction book
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
33.The 16th book on your TBR
Sense and Sensibility
34.A book about mental illness
The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
35.An award winning book
Sex Object: A Memoir
36.An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew--Three Women Search for Understanding
37.A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
The BFG
38.A book about an anti hero
American Psycho
39.A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list ( Element in the title)
Little Fires Everywhere
40.A novella from your favorite genre
Where There's Smoke
Larger Than Life
The Color War
Shine
The Premonition
Swim
Recalculating
A Memoir of Grief
Disconnected
41.A book about a major world event
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
42.A top 100 fantasy novel
Watership Down
43.A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
The Turn of the Screw
44.A book you're embarrassed to read in public
The Sexy Librarian's Big Book of Erotica
45.A book related to a hobby or passion you have
The Mother-Daughter Book Club Rev Ed.: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, and Learn Through Their Love of Reading
46.A crime story
Zodiac
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
47.A book with a type of food/drink in the title
James and the Giant Peach
48.A dystopia
Oryx and Crake
49.A book with a great opening line
Back When We Were Grownups
50.A book originally written in a language other than English
Inkheart
51.A short story from a well-known author
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
52.A book published in 2016
The Infinite
2016 PopSugar 0/40
1. A book based on a fairy tale
Beastly
2. A National Book Award winner
Mockingbird
3. A YA bestseller
Strange the Dreamer
4. A book you haven't read since high school
Lace
Great Expectations
Our Town
A Streetcar Named Desire
5. A book set in your home state
Before I Fall
6. A book translated to English
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
7. A romance set in the future
Delirium
8. A book set in Europe
Brick Lane
9. A book under 150 pages
The Midwife's Apprentice
10. A New York Times bestseller
Orphan Train
The Girl on the Train
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
12. A book recommended by someone you just met
Throne of Glass
13. A self-improvement book
Hygge: Discovering The Danish Art Of Happiness – How To Live Cozily And Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures
14. A book you can finish in a day
Nim's Island
15. A book written by a celebrity
Bossypants
16. A political memoir
What It Takes: The Way to the White House
Living History
From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter
17. A book at least 100 years older than you
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
18. A book that's more than 600 pages
The Historian
Shantaram
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
Gap Creek
A Map of the World
The Book of Ruth
20. A science-fiction novel
Seveneves
21. A book recommended by a family member
The Last Camellia
22. A graphic novel
Saga, Vol. 1
23. A book that is published in 2016
The Nix
24. A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
Call the Midwife
The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
25. A book that takes place during Summer
Fever 1793
The Island
26. A book and its prequel
The Altar Girl: A Prequel
The Boy from Reactor 4
The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark
The Boy Who Stole from the Dead
27. A murder mystery
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Pretty Little Liars
28. A book written by a comedian
Seriously... I'm Kidding
29. A dystopian novel
Wool Omnibus
30. A book with a blue cover
American Gods
31. A book of poetry
Single Broke Female: Poetry Collection
32. The first book you see in a bookstore
City of Girls
33. A classic from the 20th century
Lady Chatterley's Lover
34. A book from the library
The Wonder
35. An autobiography
Running with Scissors
Angela's Ashes
36. A book about a road trip
An Abundance of Katherines
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
The Round House
38. A satirical book
Slaughterhouse-Five
39. A book that takes place on an island
Beauty Queens
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy
The Little House Collection
The Black Stallion
2016 Book Riot 1/24
1.Read a horror book
Horns
Bird Box
2.Read a nonfiction book about science.
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
The Demon in the Freezer
3.Read a collection of essays
Me Talk Pretty One Day
The Wonky Donkey
5.Read a middle grade novel.
The School for Good and Evil
6.Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography).
In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
7.Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel.
The Passage
8.Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
9.Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award.
The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV
10.Read a book over 500 pages long.
Atlas Shrugged
Cloud Atlas
11.Read a book under 100 pages.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
12.Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender.
Luna
George
13.Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
14.Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia.
In the Shadow of the Banyan
The Ghost Bride
15.Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
My Name is Mary Sutter
The Lady and the Unicorn
16.Read the first book in a series by a person of color.
The Killing Moon
17.Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years.
Through the Woods
18.Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better.
The Golden Compass
Big Fish
19.Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes.
Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Bad Feminist
20.Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction).
The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature
The Screwtape Letters
21.Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction).
A People's History of the United States
The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
What Happened
Fear: Trump in the White House
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
22.Read a food memoir.
The Gastronomy of Marriage: A Memoir of Food and Love
We Laugh, We Cry, We Cook: A Mom and Daughter Dish about the Food That Delights Them and the Love That Binds Them
23.Read a play.
Top Girls
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
24.Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness.
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
2016 BUSTLE 2/20
1. Read A Book Written By A Woman Under 25
White Teeth
The Icarus Girl
2. Read A Book About Non-Western History
Half of a Yellow Sun
3. Read A Book Of Essays
Self-Help
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman
4. Read A Book About An Indigenous Culture
Love Medicine
5. Read A Book Before You See The Movie
The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan(Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
6. Read A YA Book By An Author Of Color
Untwine
7. Read A Book Set In The Middle East
An Unnecessary Woman
8. Read A Book About Women In War
Reaching Past the Wire: A Nurse at Abu Ghraib
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II
Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
Real Friends
10. Read A Book About An Immigrant Or Refugee To The U.S.
The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
The Buddha in the Attic
Miss Rumphius
12. Reread Your Favorite Book From Your Childhood
Black Beauty
The Diary of a Young Girl
13. Read A Memoir By Someone Who Identifies As LGBTQIA
Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary
14. Read A Work Of Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Written By A Woman
Who Fears Death
Find Me
15. Read A Feminist Sci-Fi Novel
The Left Hand of Darkness
16. Read The First Book In A Series You've Never Read
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Selection
17. Read A Book Set In Africa, By An Author From Africa
Things Fall Apart
18. Read A Translated Book
The Land of Green Plums
Last Train to Istanbul
19. Read A Contemporary Collection Of Poetry
Citizen: An American Lyric
Long Way Down
20. Read A Book By A Modernist Woman Writer
Nightwood
Mrs. Dalloway
2017 ATY🌟Completed: 52/52🌟
The 2017 List
✔ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
Truly Madly Guilty
✔ 2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
✔ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016
✔ 4.A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
Caraval
✔ 5.A historical fiction
✔ 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
✔ 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
✔ 8. A book written by a person of color
The Color Purple
✔ 9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
The Story Sisters
✔ 10. A dual-timeline novel
The Girls
✔ 11.A category from another challenge ( Rory Gilmore Mini Winter Challenge: read a book from the show thats been on your TBR list the longest)
✔ 12. A book based on a myth
✔ 13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors ( Stephen King)
✔ 14. A book with a strong female character
✔ 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
✔ 16. A mystery
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
✔ 17. A book with illustrations
✔ 18. A really long book (600+ pages)
✔ 19. A New York Times best-seller
The Fault in Our Stars
✔ 20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
✔ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
✔ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before
The Bear and the Nightingale
✔ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list
✔ 24. A book written by at least two authors
✔ 25. A book about a famous historical figure
Anne Frank
✔ 26. An adventure book
✔ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors (Chris Bohjalian)
✔ 28. A Non Fiction
✔ 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Candlewick)
✔ 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books
The Giver
✔ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre( psychological horror)
✔ 32. A book with a long title
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
✔ 33. A magical realism novel
Bone Gap
✔ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere (Australia)
The Husband's Secret
✔ 35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
✔ 36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee
✔ 37.A book you choose randomly
One Breath Away
✔ 38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
✔ 39. An epistolary fiction
Life As We Knew It
✔ 40. A book published in 2017
✔ 41.A book with an unreliable narrator
The Widow
✔ 42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
Never Let Me Go
✔ 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
✔ 44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next"
✔ 45. A book with a one-word title
✔ 46. A time travel novel
✔ 47. A past suggestion that didn't win (Childrens Classic)
✔ 48. A banned book
✔ 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
Cinder
✔ 50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
✔ 51.A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
✔ 52. A book set in a fictional location
Planned
2017 PopSugar 0/52
1. A book recommended by a librarian
Dark Matter
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
Dreamcatcher
3. A book of letters
Attachments
4. An audiobook
Demon Camp: A Soldier's Exorcism
5. A book by a person of color
Pet
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
The Winter People
Prodigal Summer
7. A book that is a story within a story
The Neverending Story
8. A book with multiple authors
Paper Princess
9. An espionage thriller
Child 44
10. A book with a cat on the cover
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
The Constant Gardener
12.A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
(Western)Lonesome Dove
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
14. A book involving travel
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
15. A book with a subtitle
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
16. A book that's published in 2017
The Hate You Give
17. A book involving a mythical creature
Eragon
The Golem and the Jinni
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
19. A book about food
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
20. A book with career advice
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
The Bees
22. A steampunk novel
Boneshaker
Steampunk! An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
23. A book with a red spine
Half Broke Horses
24.A book seet in the wilderness
Hatchet
My Side of the Mountain
25. A book you loved as a child
Witch's Sister
Witch Water
The Witch Herself
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited (Australia)
The Last Anniversary
27. A book with a title that's a character's name
Serena
Marlena
28. A novel set during wartime
All Quiet on the Western Front
29. A book with an unreliable narrator
Room
Fight Club
30.A book with pictures
A Map of Days
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
The God of Small Things
32. A book about an interesting woman
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
33. A book set in two different time periods
Life After Life
The Violets of March
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her
35. A book set in a hotel
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
36. A book written by someone you admire
Confessions of a Domestic Failure
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
The Fifth Petal
39.The first book in a series you haven't read before
The Bad Beginning
40.A book you bought on a trip
A White House Diary
Advanced
1. A book recommended by an author you love (Chris Bohjalian)
Fates and Furies
2. A bestseller from 2016
Small Great Things
3. A book with a family member term in the title
The Sisters Brothers
4. A book that takes place over a character's life span
Moloka'i
5. A book about an immigrant or refugee
The Joy Luck Club
6. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
(Bizarro-fiction)
Letters From The Looney Bin
7. A book with an eccentric character
The Rosie Project
8. A book that's more than 800 pages
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
9. A book you got from a used book sale
The Rapture of Canaan
10. A book that's been mentioned in another book
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
11.A book about a difficult topic
Dying Well
Unbecoming a Nurse: Bypassing the Hidden Chemical Dependency Trap
This Is Not the End: Conversations on Borderline Personality Disorder
12. A book based on mythology
The Path of Ravens
2017 Book Riot1. Read a book about sports.
A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting
2. Read a debut novel.
Skeleton Tree
3. Read a book about books.
Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
The House of the Spirits
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.
Americanah
6. Read an all-ages comic:
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
8. Read a travel memoir.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
9. Read a book you’ve read before.
Blubber
Deenie
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.
My Brother Sam Is Dead (Redding, CT)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond(Wethersfield, CT)
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
The Bungalow
12. Read a fantasy novel.
The Mists of Avalon
13.Read a nonfiction book about technology.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
14. Read a book about war.
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
The Things They Carried
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
17. Read a classic by an author of color.
Things Fall Apart
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
Faith, Volume 1: Hollywood & Vine
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey.
Siddhartha
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel.
Tipping the Velvet
Written on the Body
21. Read a book published by a micropress.
The Gray Tower Trilogy: Books 1-3
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman.
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love.
...I never saw another butterfly...: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-1944
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color.
The Mothers
2017 Diverse Reading Challenge1. Stories based on/ inspired by diverse folktales/culture/mythology
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
2. POC lead character
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
3. Disability
Say What You Will
4. Mental Health
Black Iris
5.Religious Diversity
Rooftops of Tehran
6.Sexuality and Gender Identity
Two Boys Kissing
7.Sexuality and Gender Identity
If I Was Your Girl
8.Non Western Setting
Where the Streets Had a Name
The Girl Who Fell to Earth
9.#Ownvoices
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
10.Intersection(POC/LGBTQ/DISABILITY)
Juliet Takes a Breath
11. Diverse Retelling
Ronit & Jamil
12. 2017 Releases
When Dimple Met Rishi
2018 ATY1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Hour I First Believed
Pachinko
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
The Sun and Her Flowers
Unaccustomed Earth
Little Earthquakes
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Ru
7. A gothic novel
The Historian
8. An "own voices" book
Here Comes the Sun
History Is All You Left Me
Lost Memory of Skin
Every Heart a Doorway
It Started With Goodbye
Wintersong
Rebel of the Sands
11. A literary fiction
Atonement
12. A book set in Africa or South America
Cutting for Stone
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret
The Secret History
The Rules of Magic
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
The Fireman
Little Fires Everywhere
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
S.
Why We Broke Up
16. A narrative nonfiction
Shadow Divers
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
18. A book with a location in the title
Newtown: An American Tragedy
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award
The Last Child
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Beartown
21. A book written in first person perspective
A Great and Terrible Beauty
The Enchanted
23. A medical or legal thriller
Trauma
The Demon in the Freezer
The Cuban Affair
24. A book with a map
Eragon
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
American Psycho
26. A book with a text only cover
White Teeth
Exit West
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Into the Water
The Water Knife
This House is Haunted
The Knife of Never Letting Go
30. A short book
Hotel du Lac
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to (Greece)
My Family and Other Animals
His Majesty's Dragon
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Rape Girl
The Tenth Circle
Force of Nature
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (A book picked off your TBR by my daughters)
ZBeauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book
KThe Dog Who Saved Me
(5 star Mod read)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
The Pact
Revolting Rhymes
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Fairytales for Wilde Girls
35. A book featuring a murder
After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search
36. A book published in the last 3 years by an author you haven't read before
2016:Salt to the Sea
2017:The Leavers
2018:Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
A Little Life
38. A science book or a science fiction book
Ender's Game
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Bel Canto
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
The Woman in Cabin 10
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
44. A ghost story
Horrorstör
Second Glance
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
The Sound and the Fury
When Breath Becomes Air
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins
Pride and Prejudice
Goodbye, Vitamin
The Passage
50. A book with a warm atmosphere
All the Single Ladies
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Sometimes I Lie
The Flight Attendant
2018 ATY Picture Books🌟Completed: 54/52🌟
A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack1/3/17
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Next Time You See a Pill Bug
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
We're All Wonders
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
A Rock Is Lively
5. A book about or inspired by real events
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Story of Babar
7. A gothic novel
The Spider and the Fly
8. An "own voices" book*
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Not Quite Narwhal
11. A literary fiction
The Velveteen Rabbit
12. A book set in Africa or South America
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
Splat the Cat and the Big Secret
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
Rainbow Crow
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Journey
16. A narrative nonfiction
Malala's Magic Pencil
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet!
18. A book with a location in the title
Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)...Used Newbery Award
Ghost Ship: A Cape Cod Story
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends ( MOM )
Eloise Wilkin Stories
21. A book written in first person perspective
My Name Is Not Isabella1/2/17
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for ( she's got her eye on this one, lol)
Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships
23. A medical or legal thriller
The Rabbit is Next( a medical thriller for a 6 year old...What do you do when your stuffed rabbits ear falls off?)
24. A book with a map
Henry's Map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
I Am Pan!
26. A book with a text only cover (OMG...This was so HARD!!)
The Book with No Pictures
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Night Of The Moonjellies
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Pirates vs. Cowboys
30. A short book
Goodnight Moon
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Island: A Story of the Galápagos
32. An alternate history book??
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you ( The word is "Gamification"....meaning playing games)
Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ( A book picked off your TBR by MOM)
Blueberry Girl
35. A book featuring a murder-
I Want My Hat Back
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
2016Worm Loves Worm
2017Drawn Together
2018The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee....used Newbery winner
Make Way for Ducklings
38. A science book or a science fiction book
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Oh, The Places You'll Go!
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list
Where the Wild Things Are
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
Swimmy
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Little Seal
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
44. A ghost story
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
The Tailypo: A Ghost Story
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
When the Wind Stops
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins ( greed)
Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (Used GR choice awards)
Julia's House for Lost Creatures
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Stellaluna
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection ( another Newbery)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
52. A book published in 2018
A Campfire Tail
2018 ATY Middle GradeFortunately, the Milk
Winter Pony
Wishtree
Treasure Island
5. A book about or inspired by real events
Misty of Chincoteague
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
Pippi Longstocking
7. A gothic novel
Bunnicula
8. An "own voices" book*
Salsa Stories
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Henry Huggins
Black Beauty
Anna Hibiscus
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
The Secret of the Old Clock
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
My Father's Dragon
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Forget Me Not
16. A narrative nonfiction
Hachiko Waits
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Dory Fantasmagory
18. A book with a location in the title
Island of the Blue Dolphins
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author
Greenglass House
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends (Mom)
A Little Princess
21. A book written in first person perspective
The One and Only Ivan
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
Ella Enchanted
23. A medical or legal thriller
Harriet the Spy ( she's a detective....sort of)
24. A book with a map
Redwall
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
The Bad Beginning
Zorgamazoo
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
Code Name Verity
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Ninth Ward
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Coraline
30. A short book
Ramona the Pest
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Red Scarf Girl
Dogs in the Dead of Night
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you ( The word is "Gamification"....meaning playing games)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ( A book picked off your TBR by Mom)
The Trumpet of the Swan
35. A book featuring a murder-
A Tale Dark & Grimm
2016The Voyage to Magical North
2017The Goldfish Boy
2018My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee....used Newbery winner
The Tale of Despereaux
38. A science book or a science fiction book
The Giver
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Mr. Popper's Penguins
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list
Little House on the Prairie
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
How to Train Your Dragon
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Wayside School Is Falling Down
44. A ghost story
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Beast Keeper
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins ( greed)
Annie
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (Used GR choice awards)
Clementine, Friend of the Week
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Summer Pony
Just-So Stories
Maggie & Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort
2018 Pop Sugar The Shining
The Last Unicorn
2.True crime
The Monster of Florence
In Cold Blood
The Fever Code
The Evolution of Mara Dyer
4.A book involving a heist
The Lies of Locke Lamora
5.Nordic noir
Death of a Nightingale
Invisible Murder
6.A novel based on a real person (Virginia Wolff)
The Hours
7.A book set in a country that fascinates you(somewhere in the Amazon...Brazil)
State of Wonder
8.A book with a time of day in the title
Morning Glory
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
9.A book about a villian or antihero
Six of Crows
10.A book about death or grief
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
The Cuckoo's Calling
Middlemarch
12.A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
More Happy Than Not
War Horse
The Phantom of the Opera
14.A book by an author of a different ethnicity to you
Akata Witch
Parable of the Sower
We Should All Be Feminists
16.A book about mental health
Turtles All the Way Down
Manic: A Memoir
17.A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift (borrowed from my mom)
Circling the Sun
18.A book by two authors
Roomies
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
20.A book by a local author (Same State ...close enough)
We Are Water
21.A book with your favourite colour in the title
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
22.A book with alliteration in the title
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Spinning Silver
23.A book about time travel
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
24.A book with a weather element in the title
House of Sand and Fog
The Mist
25.A book set at sea
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
26.A book with an animal in the title
Little & Lion
27.A book set on a different planet
Carve the Mark
28.A book with song lyrics in the title
How to Save a Life
29.A book about or set on Halloween
Hallowe'en Party
30.A book with characters who are twins
Wither
31.A book mentioned in another book
Eden Close
Bridge to Terabithia
32.A book from a celebrity bookclub (Oprah)
The Rules of Magic
Behold the Dreamers
33.A childhood classic you've never read
Anne of Green Gables
34.A book that's published in 2018
The Hazel Wood
The Great Alone
35.A past goodreads Choice Awards winner
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Wolf Hollow
36.A book set in the decade you were born (1970's)
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Tortilla Curtain
37.A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
Strange Weather
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
39.A book that involves a bookstore or library
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
40.Your favourite prompt from the 2015, 2016 or 2017 Pop Sugar Reading Challenges (2017: A recommendation from one of your favorite authors: Chris Bohjalian)
My Absolute Darling
Advanced
1.A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (1993)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
2.A cyberpunk book
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dark Places
4.A book tied to your ancestry(Russia/The Balkans)
Doctor Zhivago
The Tiger's Wife
Girl at War
5.A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
The Peachkeeper
The House on Mango Street
6.An allegory
Animal Farm
7.A book by an author with the same first or last name as you (Tracy Chevalier)
Remarkable Creatures
8.A microhistory
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
9.A book about a problem facing society today
This Is Where It Ends
A Million Little Pieces
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2018 Book Riot A book published posthumously
A book of true crime
In Cold Blood
A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
Rosemary's Baby
A comic written and illustrated by the same person
A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
Waiting
A book about nature
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean
A western
All the Pretty Horses
A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
This One Summer
A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
Disgrace
A romance novel by or about a person of color
A Bollywood Affair
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
A children’s classic published before 1980
Heidi
A celebrity memoir
You're Never Weird on the Internet
An Oprah Book Club selection
Black and Blue
Behold the Dreamers
A book of social science
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers
A one-sitting book
Bridge to Terabithia
First in a new to you YA or Middle Grade Series
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Lady Midnight
A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
Kindred
A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
The Best We Could Do
A book of genre fiction in translation
A book with a cover you hate
Stardust
A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
Malice
An essay anthology
A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Celine
An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Lord of the Flies
Frankenstein
2018 Reading Women Challenge1) A book by a woman in translation (bonus points if it’s also translated by a woman)
Ru
2) A fantasy novel written by a woman of color
Akata Warrior
3) A book set in the American South
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
4) A short story collection
Dead Girls and Other Stories
5) A graphic novel or memoir
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
6) A book published by an independent press
Men Explain Things to Me
7) A book set in Russia or by a Russian author
Between Shades of Gray
8) A book with a viewpoint character who is an immigrant or a refugee
Esperanza Rising
9) A book by an Australian or a Canadian author
Picnic at Hanging Rock
10) An essay collection
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
11) A book about someone with a chronic illness
12) A true crime book
For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
13) A book by an African American Woman about Civil Rights
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
14) A classic novel written by a woman (bonus points if not Austen or a Bronte)
The Awakening
15) A poetry collection
The Poet X
16) A book where the characters are traveling somewhere
The Woman on the Orient Express
17) A book with a food item in the title
Like Water for Chocolate
18) A book written by a female Nobel Prize winner
The Bluest Eye
19) A book from the Reading Woman Award 2017 shortlists
Stay with Me
Pachinko
20) A memoir by someone who lives in a country different from yours
Infidel
21) A book inspired by a fairytale
Cinder
22) A book by a local author or recommended by your local bookstore
The Chemist
23) The book that has been on your TBR the longest (or one that's been there a long time)
Shanghai Girls
24) A book in a genre or subgenre you have never read
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1
BONUS
A book by Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse
A book by Flannery O’Connor
The Complete Stories
2019 ATY 1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
I Am the Messenger
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, what, where, when, why)
3. A book where the authors name contains the letters ATY
4. A book with a criminal character
5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
New Boy
6. A book with a dual timeline
The Broken Girls
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
The Dog Stars
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
The Only Harmless Great Thing
The Salt Line
Towers Falling
9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (horror)
Doctor Sleep
10. A book featuring an historical figure
The Emancipator's Wife
Lincoln in the Bardo
The Lady of the Rivers
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
When God Was a Rabbit
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
The Thirteenth Tale
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Fahrenheit 451
13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
What We Lose
The Serpent King
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
Moon Over Manifest
Number the Stars
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
People of the Book
My Family and Other Animals
Beautiful Ruins
16. A book told from multiple perspectives
Good Kings Bad Kings
Four Weeks, Five People
17. A speculative fiction (ie fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
The Name of the Wind
18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
Gold
Salt to the Sea
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
Fragments of the Lost
The Interestings
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
Beneath the Mother Tree
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes (A Dark Fairytale)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
4 3 2 1
Woman No. 17
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
Sabriel
Beowulf
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
The Witch Elm
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
In a Dark, Dark Wood
26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
Faithful
Fellside
Challenger Deep
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
Never Let Me Go
28. A book related to something cold
Winter Garden
First Frost
29. A book published before 1950 (1948)
I Capture the Castle
The Good Earth
30. A book featuring an elderly character
The Storyteller
31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook
Uncle Wiggily's Story Book
32. A book with more than 500 pages
All the Light We Cannot See
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
Rosalie Lightning: A Graphic Memoir
34. A book with a person's name in the title
35. A psychological thriller
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
Her Body and Other Parties
The Best We Could Do
37. A book set in a school or university
Educated: A Memoir
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (graphic novel)
<s>[book:Adulthood Is a Myth
Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood
39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
A Gentleman in Moscow
The Island of Sea Women
Fylgia
40. A book you stumbled upon
Sounder
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
The Astonishing Color of After
The Map of Salt and Stars
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Next Year in Havana
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
Grendel
43. A book related to STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) [fiction or nonfiction]
Lab Girl
44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home
The Power
45. A multi-generational saga
Land of Love and Drowning
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
Looking for Alaska
The Road
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Salvage the Bones
The Hunger Games
48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
The Thing About Jellyfish
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
Human Acts
The Hole
Sisters
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Starfish
51. A book published in 2019
Daisy Jones and The Six
Two Can Keep a Secret
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
Hideous Kinky
The Haunted Vagina
2019 ATY Rejects 1. A book from "The Great American Read"
Swan Song
2. 3 Books published in consecutive years by authors you've never read before 2016
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
3. 3 Books published in consecutive years by authors you've never read before 2017
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
4. 3 Books published in consecutive years by authors you've never read before 2018
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
5. A book you meant to read in 2018
The Great Alone
6. A book related to your zodiac sign
Bull
7. A Man Booker Prize winner or nominee
Home Fire
8. A book with a type of metal in the title
Iron Gold
9. A book dealing with memory
Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story
Still Alice
10. A book with an abduction or kidnapping
Sadie
11. A book with a non traditional family
This is How It Always Is
12. A book where the protagonist enters another world
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Darkdeep
13. A portal fiction
Every Heart a Doorway
14. A domestic thriller
The Couple Next Door
15. A book that won or was short listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
The Miniaturist
16. A book you have completely judged by its cover
Swallow's Dance
17. A book from the ATY list of "lesser known" books
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali
18. A book published in a special to you year
2011:Anya's Ghost
19. A book about the expatriate experience
The Expatriates
20. A book form you don't usually read (poetry)
The Princess Saves Herself in this One
21. A book that has some kind of controversy around it
Tampa
22. A book with an interesting or beautiful spine
Inside Out & Back Again
23. Fiction about climate change
Annihilation
The Water Knife
24. A book from the Texas Library Lariat list
I Let You Go
25. A book with the theme of immortality
The Immortalists
Suicide Club
26. 2 books, one inspired by the word high and one inspired by the word low
Crazy Rich Asians
27. 2 books, one inspired by the word high and one inspired by the word low
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
28. A book with an amusement park setting
FantasticLand
29. A book from The Millions Most Anticipated list
Everything Here Is Beautiful
30. 3 books that are part of a trilogy book #1
Red Rising
Matched
31. 3 books that are part of a trilogy book #2
Golden Son
Crossed
32. 3 books that are part of a trilogy #3
Morning Star
Reached
33. A book connected to health or medicine
Sick: A Memoir
34. A book or collection written by multiple authors
Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
35. A book about a cult
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
36. A book where faith or religion has a major role in the plot
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
37. A book about a serial killer
Stalking Jack the Ripper
38. A book recommended by or mentioned in a podcast, blog, or vlog
The World Before Us
A Head Full of Ghosts
39. A book with an LGBTQ+ character or author
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
40. A book that is getting lots of praise from others on Good Reads
My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
41. An "Up Lit" book
The Keeper of Lost Things
42. A book connected to a Cultural Appreciation Month
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain
43. A book connected to your ancestry/heritage ( Nordic/Icelandic)
Burial Rites
44. A book that is "good for you"
Year of Yes
45. A hyped book that has been given mixed reviews by your friends or people you follow
Wonder
46. A book featuring a mythical creature or figure
Circe
47. Go back to the first year you started keeping records of reading and read a book that relates to a book you read that year ( 2012: The Handmaids Tale)
Vox
48. A new to you book by an author you recently discovered
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Heart's Invisible Furies
49. A book that is sad, depressing, devastating or dark
The Fault in Our Stars
50. A book by a writer with addiction issues
More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction
Lit
51. A book with a romantic element or relationship
Beautiful Disaster
52. A book by an author who has a form of punctuation in their name
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
2019 Pop Sugar 1.Book Becoming a Movie in 2019:
Little Women
The Woman in the Window
2.Book That Makes You Nostalgic:
Behind the Attic Wall
3.Book Written by a Musician (Fiction or Nonfiction):
Just Kids
Scrappy Little Nobody
4.Book You Think Should be Turned Into a Movie:
The Book of M
5.Book With at Least One Million Ratings on Goodreads:
The Golden Compass
6.Book With a Plant in the Title or on the Cover:
LaRose
Wild Beauty
7.Reread of a Favorite Book:
The Yearling
8.Book About a Hobby:
Unseen City: The Majesty of Pigeons, the Discreet Charm of Snails & Other Wonders of the Urban Wilderness
9.Book You Meant to Read in 2018:
The Tiger Rising
Eliza and Her Monsters
10.Book With "Pop," "Sugar," or "Challenge" in the Title:
The Sugar Queen
Beneath the Sugar Sky
11.Book With an Item of Clothing or Accessory on the Cover:
The Marriage Lie
Pretty Girls
12.Inspired by Mythology, Legend or Folklore:
The Bear and the Nightingale
The Lightning Thief
The Song of Achilles
13.Published Posthumously:
The Diary of a Young Girl
14.Book You See Someone Reading on TV or in a Movie:
Love Me Back
15.Retelling of a Classic:
Eligible
Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
16.Book With a Question in the Title:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
17.Set on a College or University Campus:
The Secret History
American Panda
18.About Someone With a Superpower:
A Great and Terrible Beauty
19.Book Told From Multiple Character POVs:
Homegoing
20.Set in Space:
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
21.By Two Female Authors:
The Wife Between Us
Autoboyography
22.Title that Contains "Salty," "Sweet," "Bitter" or "Spicy"
Sweetbitter
Bittersweet
23.Set in Scandinavia:
The Considerate Killer
24.Takes Place in a Single Day:
A Spark of Light
25.Debut Novel:
The Book of Essie
26.Book Published in 2019:
The Winter of the Witch
Once Upon a River
The Testaments
27.Featuring an Extinct or Imaginary Creature:
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Untold Story of a Lost World
Beastworld: Terrifying Monsters and Mythical Beasts
28.Recommended by a Celebrity You Admire:
Grist Mill Road
29.Book with "Love" in the Title:
The Hypnotist's Love Story
P.S. I Still Love You
30.Book Featuring an Amateur Detective:
Truly Devious
31.Book About a Family:
The Nest
Everything I Never Told You
32.Written by an Author from Asia, Africa, or South America:
The House of the Spirits
33.Zodiac Sign or Astrology Term in the Title:
The Scorpio Races
34.Book That Includes a Wedding:
The Wedding Date
35.By an Author Whose First and Last Name Start with the Same Letter:
Daughters of the Lake
See What I Have Done
36.A Ghost Story:
Horrorstör
Second Glance
37.Two-Word Title:
Baby Teeth
Crazy House
38.Novel Based on A True Story:
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Before We Were Yours
39.Book Revolving Around a Puzzle or Game:
Warcross
40.Your Favorite Prompt from a Past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge;
2015: ( A book with magic)
Practical Magic
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
2016: (a Graphic Novel)
Ghosts
2017: (First book in a series)
Scythe
2018: ( winner from GR Choice Awards)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
Advanced:
41."Cli-Fi" (climate fiction) Book:
Oryx and Crake
Flight Behavior
42. A Choose Your Own Adventure Book:
43.An #OwnVoices Book:
Here Comes the Sun
History Is All You Left Me
44.Read a Book During the Season it is Set In:
The Girl in the Tower
45.A Lit RPG Book:
The Secret of Dreamland: A Fantasy Adventure
The Fabled Islands: A LitRPG Adventure
46.Book with No Chapters/Unusual Chapter Headings/Unconventionally Numbered Chapters:
Gemina
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
Long Way Down
47.Two Books That Share the Same Title (1):
Thunderhead
The Night Gardener
48.Two Books That Share the Same Title (2):
Thunderhead
The Night Gardener
49.Book that has a Common Phrase or Idiom
The Outsiders
Gaslight
50.Book set in an Abbey, Cloister, Monastery, Vicarage or Convent:
Red Sister
2019 Book Riot 1.A epistolary novel or collection of letters
We Need to Talk About Kevin
2.An alternate history novel
The Underground Railroad
3.A book by a woman and/or AOC that won a literary award in 2018
We Are Okay
Piecing Me Together
4.A humor book
Bossypants
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
5.A book by a journalist or about journalism
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
6.A book by an AOC set in or about space
7.An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
Things We Lost in the Fire
Blood of the Dawn
8.An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
Where We Once Belonged
The Whale Rider
9.A book published prior to Jan. 1, 2019 with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
The Fish Girl
10.A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
Flights
11.A book of manga
Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1
12.A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
Watership Down
Tarka the Otter
13.A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
14.A cozy mystery
Catering to Nobody
15.A book of mythology or folklore
Daughter of the Forest
16.An historical romance by an AOC
An Extraordinary Union
17.A business book
Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers - And Seize Success
The 7-Step Guide to Authorpreneurship
18.A novel by a trans or nonbinary author
Peter Darling
19.A book of nonviolent true crime
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
20.A book written in prison
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
21.A comic by an LGBTQIA creator
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir
Love Is Love: A Comic Book Anthology to Benefit the Survivors of the Orlando Pulse Shooting
22.A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
Wonderstruck
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
23.A self-published book
Beds Are For Flowers
24.A collection of poetry published since 2014
Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life
2019 Reading Women Challenge1) A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color
The Cutting Season
2) A book about a woman with a mental illness
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
All My Puny Sorrows
3) A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand
The Bone People
4) A book about or set in Appalachia
Ellen Foster
Christy
5) A children's book
The Littlest Bigfoot
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
6) A multigenerational family saga
Cane River
Fall on Your Knees
7) A book featuring a woman in science
H is for Hawk
8) A play
A Raisin in the Sun
9) A novella
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
10) A book about a woman athlete
My Sergei: A Love Story
11) A book featuring a religion other than your own
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
12) A Lambda Literary Award winner
Under the Udala Trees
13) A myth retelling
Daughter of the Forest
14) A translated book published before 1945
The Wreath
15) A book written by a South Asian author
The Ghost Bride
16) A book by an Indigenous woman
Heart Berries: A Memoir
The Round House
17) A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
18) A romance or love story
Still Me
19) A book about nature
A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga: Stories
20) A historical fiction book
Lilac Girls
21) A book you bought or borrowed in 2019
An Anonymous Girl
Ghosted
22) A book you picked up because of the cover
Across the Universe
23) Any book from a series
The Selection
The Fifth Season
24) A young adult book by a woman of color
Children of Blood and Bone
BONUS:
25) A book by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing
26) A book by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Lowland
2020 ATY Sulwe
Wilder Girls
Real Friends
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Wide, Wide Sea: A Chaos Walking Short Story
Hidden Bodies
A Storm of Swords
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
The Rising: Antichrist is Born
The Raven Boys
El Deafo
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone
The Lost Man
The Farm
The Dovekeepers
The Lacuna
Pumpkinheads
Sea Prayer
The Binding
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
They Both Die at the End
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
A Clash of Kings
The Red Lotus
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers ( Emma Donoghue)
Slammerkin
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
A Girl Named Zippy
Fish in a Tree
18. A book by an author you've only read once before (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
A Game of Thrones
Takedown Twenty
The Bone Garden
Bag of Bones
Dragon Pearl
The Sparrow
The Poison Tree
A Feast for Crows
Brokeback Mountain
24. A book with an emotion in the title
I Should Have Honor: A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan
Drama
The Whisper Man
With the Fire on High
The Bridge Home
The Night Tiger
Still Life
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
The Changeling
Know My Name
Whisper Network
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Far from the Tree
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
The Ex
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
Red Clocks
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal
Destined, a novel of the Tarot
The Last House Guest
You Go First
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
All the Names They Used for God
Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France
Elevation
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
Ghost Wall
Born on the Fourth of July
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Daughters of the Witching Hill
The Ask and the Answer
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
The Old Man and the Sea
One of Us Is Next
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win ( Related to a Marine Animal)
Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Regretting You
The Lying Game
52. A book related to time
The Forgetting Time
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2020 Pop Sugar1. A book that's published in 2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
I'm Afraid of Men
Half a Life: A Memoir
Rebecca
4. A book about a book club
The End of Your Life Book Club
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
White Oleander
6. A bildungsroman
A Separate Peace
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
My Name Is Lucy Barton
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
The Virgin Suicides
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet
The Farm
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it
Dead to Me
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
Kitchen
15. A book about or involving social media
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
16. A book that has a book on the cover
Matilda
17. A medical thriller
The Cobra Event
18. A book with a made-up language
The Library at Mount Char
Shadow and Bone
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
21. A book published the month of your birthday
The Murmur of Bees
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
The Other Einstein
Sadie
Otherwood
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Born on the Fourth of July
Invincible: The 10 Lies You Learn Growing Up with Domestic Violence, and the Truths to Set You Free
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men
The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
Envy
28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character
All Systems Red
White Bird
The Unhoneymooners
Becoming
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
The Silver Star
The Bridge Home
Race to the Sun
A Mercy
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads
All We Have Left
Guts
35. A book with a three-word title
Our Little Racket
36. A book with a pink cover
Tell Me Lies
37. A Western
News of the World
38. A book by or about a journalist
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
Lolita
(mystery or thriller)
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone
Every Last Lie
2020 Challenge - Advanced prompts
1. A book written by an author in their 20s
Children of Blood and Bone
2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision)
The Girl Who Could See
4. A book set in the 1920s
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club
5. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Flowers of Hiroshima
Takedown Twenty
The Bone Garden
77 Shadow Street
7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title
Spellbook of the Lost and Found
8. A book published in the 20th century
To the Lighthouse
Takedown Twenty
Redwall
Ninth House
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2020 Book RiotThe 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
The Pregnancy Project
2.Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color
Dark and Deepest Red
3.Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman
The Unquiet Dead
If I Die Tonight
They Called Us Enemy
5.Read a book about a natural disaster
Wave
6.Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author
Honour Beat
7.Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories
Shout
The Narrow Road to the Interior/Hojoki
9.Read the LAST book in a series
A Dance with Dragons
Monsters of Men
The Last Star
10.Read a book that takes place in a rural setting
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Red, White & Royal Blue
12.Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own
Once You Go In: A Memoir of Radical Faith
Grand: A Memoir
Meal
14.Read a romance starring a single parent
One Plus One
15.Read a book about climate change
The Migration
16.Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman
East
The Fountains of Silence
The Night Masquerade
Sulwe
Islandborn
The Proudest Blue
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
Other Words for Home
Dragon Pearl
Born on the Fourth of July
So Lucky
22.Read a horror book published by an indie press
Suicide Forest
BookPage, moonglassmag.com
The Things She's Seen
Race to the Sun
Read
In Progress/Next
Library
Scribd
Owned
2020 Reading Women Challenge The Bridge Home
Love War Stories
2) A Book Translated from an Asian Language
Grotesque
3) A Book about the Environment
Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
I Love My Hair!
5) A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Erratics
6) A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Home
8) An Anthology by Multiple Authors
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
>9) A Book Inspired by Folklore
Race to the Sun
10) A Book About a Woman Artist
The Hand That First Held Mine
Dumplin'
Becoming
POWER: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse: A Collection of Essays on Malignant Narcissism and Recovery from Emotional Abuse
13) A Book by an Arab Woman
A Woman Is No Man
14) A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author
A Tale for the Time Being
15) A Biography
Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale
16) A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability
Where the Watermelons Grow
The Priory of the Orange Tree
East
The Forgotten Garden
Wit
Where the Crawdads Sing
20) A Feel-Good or Happy Book
Song for a Whale
21) A Book about Food
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
22) A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher
Miracle Creek
Gender Queer
Know My Name
BONUS
25) A Book by Toni Morrison
Paradise
26) A Book by Isabel Allende
Island Beneath the Sea
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2021 ATY 1. A book related to “In the Beginning...”
Serpent & Dove
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Long Bright River
The Book of Longings
3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
The Rose Garden
4. A book with a monochromatic cover
The Refugees
Darling Rose Gold
5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
The Death of Vivek Oji
6. A love story
Love Story
7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list (GR 2020)
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come
8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
The Girl with the Louding Voice
9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
The Shadows
The Haunting of Brynn Wilder
10. A book with a female villain or criminal
The Last Mrs. Parrish
The Corset
11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
The Book of Two Ways
12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Convenience Store Woman
13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894
14. A book set in a made-up place
Sawkill Girls
Black Rabbit Hall
15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
The Vanishing Half
16. A book with a building in the title
The Sun Down Motel
The House in the Cerulean Sea
17. A book with a Muslim character or author
Ayesha at Last
Amina's Voice
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
18. 3 books related to "Past- Book 1
This Tender Land
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
19. 3 books related to "Present, " - Book 2
How to Stop Time
20. 3 books related to "Future:-Book 3
The Book of M
In Five Years
20A. 3 books related to "Many Timelines:-Book 3
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Future of Another Timeline
21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
The Mountains Sing
Columbine
22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
Anxious People
The Great Believers
23. A cross genre novel
Mexican Gothic
24. A book about racism or race relations
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
How to Be an Antiracist
25. A book set on an island
The Glass Hotel
2021 ATY 26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
Follow Me to Ground
27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
The Queen of Hearts
Queenie
28. A book connected to ice
Disappearing Earth
The Hunting Party
29. A book that you consider comfort reading
Christy
30. A long book
Imaginary Friend
31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
The Story of Arthur Truluv
32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people
The Nix
33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Thick: And Other Essays
home body
F*ckface: and Other Stories
34. A book with a travel theme
Gods of Jade and Shadow
35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
Rosewater
Boy Swallows Universe
36. A book with six or more words in the title
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Salt Houses
In the Shadow of the Banyan
38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator
Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1
Out of Orange
The Midnight Library
A Map of Days
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
39. A book involving an immigrant
Transcendent Kingdom
American Dirt
Lost Children Archive
40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
Heart Bones
41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
Woven in Moonlight
An Unkindness of Ghosts
42. A mystery or thriller
Our House
The Guest List
Girls of Brackenhill
43. A book with elements of magic
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Deadly Education
The Sugar Queen
44. A book whose title contains a negative
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
The Echo Wife
Some Choose Darkness
The Suicide House
46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards
TBD
47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
49. A book with an ensemble cast
The Ensemble
Chain of Gold
50. A book published in 2021
Concrete Rose
51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
The Cruel Prince
52. A book related to "the end"
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
2021 PopSugarREGULAR
1. A book that published in 2021
Malibu Rising
2. An Afrofuturist book
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
The Soulmate Equation
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
Jamaica Inn
5. A dark academia book
Catherine House
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
Throne of Jade
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
The Antidote For Everything
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
A Crime in the Neighborhood
9. A book with a family tree
The Cousins
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
The Witching Hour
11. A book about forgetting
Hopeless
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
Never Have I Ever
13. A locked-room mystery
One by One
14. A book set in a restaurant
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
15. A book with a black-and-white cover
Shuggie Bain
16. A book by an indigenous author
The Only Good Indians
17. A book that has the same title as a song
You Should See Me in a Crown
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish
19. A book that discusses body positivity
Big Summer
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
Conjure Women
21. A genre hybrid
From Blood and Ash
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
The Survivors
23. A book with something broken on the cover
House of Earth and Blood
24. A book by a Muslim American / Muslim British author
Pride
25. A book that was published anonymously
The Bad Beginning
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
These Violent Delights
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
A Curse So Dark and Lonely
Maybe in Another Life
28. A magical realism book
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
29. A book set in multiple countries
Something in the Water
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021
Island Affair
Lady Sunshine
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
Broken
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
The Queen of the Tearling
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
All Adults Here
34. A book about a social justice issue
The Nickel Boys
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
All's Faire in Middle School
The Stonekeeper
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Paper Doll Lina
37. A book you think your best friend would like
Mrs. Everything
38. A book about art or an artist
Felix Ever After
The Henna Artist
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
Oona Out of Order
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
2019- A ghost story
The Invited
2020- Published in 2020
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
ADVANCED
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Les Misérables
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
UR
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
The Empire of Gold
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
A Burning
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
The Hour I First Believed
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t
Home Before Dark
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
2021 Book Riot1. Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read
House of Leaves
2. Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
3. Read a non-European novel in translation
Hurricane Season
4. Read an LGBTQ+ history book
The Stonewall Reader
5. Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author
Empire of the Wild
6. Read a fanfic
Grey
7. Read a fat-positive romance
Puddin'
8. Read a romance by a trans or nonbinary author
One Last Stop
9. Read a middle grade mystery
Three Times Lucky
10. Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color
Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
11. Read a food memoir by an author of color
Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America
12. Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
The Daughters of Juárez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
13. Read a book with a cover you don’t like
The Push
14. Read a realistic YA book not set in the U.S., UK, or Canada
The Night Diary
15. Read a memoir by a Latinx author
Ordinary Girls
16. Read an own voices book about disability
The Silence Between Us
17. Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
18. Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader
The Raven's Heart: A Story of a Quest, a Castle and Mary Queen of Scots
19. Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist
The Pull of the Stars
20. Read a book of nature poems
Mama Amazonica
Tiger Girl
21. Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Odd and the Frost Giants
22. Read a book set in the Midwest
Beach Read
23. Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness
Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl
24. Read a book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die
Jane, Unlimited
The Twisted Ones
2021 Reading Women1. A Book Longlisted for the JCB Prize
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
2. An Author from Eastern Europe
Flights
3. A Book About Incarceration
Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
4. A Cookbook by a Woman of Color
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
5. A Book with a Protagonist Older than 50
City of Girls
6. A Book by a South American Author in Translation
A Long Petal of the Sea
7. Reread a Favorite Book
The Glass Castle
8. A Memoir by an Indigenous, First Nations, Native, or Aboriginal Woman
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
9. A Book by a Neurodivergent Author
The Kiss Quotient
10. A Crime Novel or Thriller in Translation
Confessions
11. A Book About the Natural World
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey
12. A Young Adult Novel by a Latinx Author
Tigers, Not Daughters
13. A Poetry Collection by a Black Woman
Salt
14. A Book with a Biracial Protagonist
On the Edge of Gone
15. A Muslim Middle Grade Novel
The Girl and the Ghost
16. A Book Featuring a Queer Love Story
Black Sun
17. About a Woman in Politics
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality
18. A Book with a Rural Setting
Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
19. A Book with a Cover Designed by a Woman
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
20. A Book by an Arab Author in Translation
Voices of the Lost
21. A Book by a Trans Author
Detransition, Baby
22. A Fantasy Novel by an Asian Author
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
23. A Nonfiction Book Focused on Social Justice
It's Not About the Burqa
24. A Short Story Collection by a Caribbean Author
Krik? Krak!
BONUS
25. A Book by Alexis Wright
The Swan Book
26. A Book by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Nervous Conditions
27. A Book by Leila Aboulela
Bird Summons
28. A Book by Yoko Ogawa
Revenge
2022 ATY19/52
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The Grace Year
A History of Wild Places
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
What We Saw
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
How to Make Friends with the Dark
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A winner or nominee from the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards
The Final Girl Support Group
Of Women and Salt
Once There Were Wolves
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Click
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
This Close to Okay
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 Africa
Red Island House
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Barefoot Gen, Volume 1
Marriage of a Thousand Lies
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 S. America
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
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The War Nurse: A Novel
Libertie
12. A book related to glass
The Neighbor's Secret
>13. A book about a woman in STEM
The Rose Code
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Thicker Than Blood
This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir
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The Need
Unsettled Ground
16. A book related to Earth Day
Migrations
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A Children's Bible
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Barefoot Gen, Volume 2
The Bad Muslim Discount
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
She Who Became the Sun
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Barefoot Gen, Volume 3
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
That Summer
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
We Set the Dark on Fire
24. A book related to inclement weather
Rock Paper Scissors
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Camp
Basketful of Heads
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
Love Letters to the Dead
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
The Dead and the Dark
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
We Begin at the End
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Summer of Salt
Float Plan
30. A book related to mythology
Lore
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Hatchet
The Language of Flowers
>32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
When the Stars Go Dark
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An Echo in the Bone
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Later
The Plot
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
Hummingbird Salamander
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
The Light Through the Leaves
38. A book by a Latin American author
The Beautiful Ones
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
A Special Place for Women
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
Black Cake
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
How to Love a Jamaican
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
Small Favors
44. A book with gothic elements
White Is for Witching
45. A book related to a game
The Inheritance Games
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The Last House on Needless Street
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
Local Woman Missing
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
The Rage of Dragons
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
The Reading List
51. A book published in 2022
The Paper Palace
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I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
The Once and Future Witches
2022 PopSugar 5/50
REGULAR
1. A book published in 2022
Reminders of Him
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
Distress Signals
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
Femlandia
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
Beasts of a Little Land
5. A sapphic book
The Girl from the Sea
6. A book by a Latinx author
Infinite Country
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
We Just Clicked
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
One Two Three
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Found
The Spires
>10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
Deacon King Kong
11. A #BookTok recommendation
Then She Was Gone
Bunny
12. A book about the afterlife
Under the Whispering Door
13. A book set in the 1980s
We Ride Upon Sticks
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
Auē
16. A book about witches
Hour of the Witch
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
Wish You Were Here
>18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author
Instructions for Dancing
19. A book that takes place during your favorite season
Survive the Night
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
Summer Sons
21. A book about a band or musical group
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes
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Summer of Salt
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
23. A book with a recipe in it
The Lost Apothecary
24. A book you can read in one sitting
Break Your Glass Slippers
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Later
Apples Never Fall
26. A book with a misleading title
You Love Me
27. A Hugo Award winner
The Calculating Stars
28. A book set during a holiday
The Ex Hex
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021
The Husbands
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title
Sorry Not Sorry
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster
The Glass Ocean
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56 Days
33. A social-horror book
Ace of Spades
The Rust Maidens
34. A book set in Victorian times
The Lives of Diamond Bessie
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
Gemini
A Constellation of Roses
36. A book you know nothing about
The Anthropocene Reviewed
>37. A book about gender identity
George
Both Can Be True
Rick
38. A book featuring a party
The Party
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
A Magic Steeped in Poison
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge- mystery or thriller
A Slow Fire Burning
41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
Firekeeper's Daughter
42. A book that features two languages
Crying in H Mart
43. A book with a palindromic title
Mem
44. A duology (1)
The Family Upstairs
45. A duology (2)
The Family Remains
46. A book about someone leading a double life
The Last Thing He Told Me
47. A book featuring a parallel reality
A Thousand Pieces of You
48. A book with two POVs
When We Believed in Mermaids
This Can Never Not Be Real
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
Saving Ruby King
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The Paris Wife
The Brightest Star in Paris
2022 Book Riot (The year I decided to change prompts however I wanted to before I give up completely )7/24
1.Read a biography
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-The-Pooh
2.Read a book set in a bookstore.
The Sentence
3.Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
No One Is Talking About This
4.Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
5,Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Afromyth: A Fantasy Collection
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Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
7.Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Silver Bay
8.Read a classic written by a POC.
Houseboy
9.Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
The Night Strangers
10.Read a political thriller
Wild Fire
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Summer of Salt
Elatsoe
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Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals
13.Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
Miracle in the Andes
14.Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
A Time to Kill
15.WILDCARD
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
16.Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults
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Found
A Piece of Cake
>18.Read a book of your choice.
Girl A
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The Final Girl Support Group
Near the Bone
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Later
21.Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
A Spindle Splintered
22.Read a history
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
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Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
24.Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!-a historical fiction novel not set in WWII
The Four Winds
2023 ATY1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
Demon Copperhead
2. A book by an author you read in 2022
The Girl from Rawblood by Catriona Ward
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
The Family Game
4. A book with an interracial relationship
We Are Not Like Them
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The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
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The House in the Pines
The Toni Morrison Book Club
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
What the Fireflies Knew
8. An author's debut book
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
The Island of Missing Trees
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
Carrie Soto Is Back
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
How to Walk Away
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Mad Honey
Alone With You in the Ether
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
Our Missing Hearts
14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
Family of Liars
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
The Last Cuentista
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
The Chosen and the Beautiful
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
The Summer I Died
18. A book related to science
Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
The Signature of All Things
19. A book related to the arts
Fake Like Me
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
Hidden Pictures
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
How High We Go in the Dark
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Build Your House Around My Body
23. A book with a body of water in the title
The House Across the Lake
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Salt to the Sea
The Diamond Eye
25. A book with a tropical setting
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
26. A book related to pride
The Guncle
27. A book by an author from continental Europe
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
28. A book that is dark
Let Him In
A Flicker in the Dark
29. A book that is light
Crumbs
30. A book related to a chess piece
Fairy Tale
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
The Last House on the Street
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
The Library of the Dead
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
The It Girl
34. A novella
Comfort Me with Apples
35. A book with a school subject in the title
Lessons in Chemistry
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Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
37. A book with the theme of returning home
How to Sell a Haunted House
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
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Race to the Sun
Where Waters Meet
The Half Moon
39. A western
Woman of Light
40. A book with a full name in the title
Daisy Darker
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
I Must Betray You
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Layla
The Hacienda
43. A book that involves a murder
The London Séance Society
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
All Good People Here
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Wish You Were Here
It Starts with Us
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
The Chicken Sisters
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
47. A book related to a geometric shape
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
The Kaiju Preservation Society
49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
Hell Bent
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
Other Birds
51. A book published in 2023
Holly
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The First to Die at the End
2023 PopSugar1 A book you meant to read in 2022
My Dearest Darkest
2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore
Her Little Flowers
3 A book about a vacation
The Villa
4 A book by a first-time author
Nightcrawling
5 A book with mythical creatures
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
6 A book about a forbidden romance
The Japanese Lover
7 A book with "Girl" in the title
The Elephant Girl
8 A celebrity memoir
Abroad in Japan
9 A book with a color in the title
Peach Blossom Spring
10 A romance with a fat lead
Starfish
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
11 A book about or set in Hollywood
The Lioness
12 A book published in spring 2023
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
The Soulmate
13 A book published the year you were born
The Silence of the Lambs
14 A modern retelling of a classic
Neon Gods
15 A book with a song lyric as its title
Don't Fear the Reaper
16 A book where the main character's name is in the title
Piranesi
17 A book with a love triangle
One True Loves
18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Credence
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Friends Forever
The Children on the Hill
20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
The Screaming Staircase
21 A book set in the decade you were born
For What It's Worth
Burn Baby Burn
22 A book with a queer lead
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
23 A book with a map
All the Stars and Teeth
24 A book with a rabbit on the cover
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
The Psychology of Time Travel
25 A book with just text on the cover
The Night Shift
This Time Tomorrow
26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The Bramble
27 A #BookTok recommendation
Fourth Wing
28 A book you bought secondhand
Willa of the Wood
Serafina and the Black Cloak
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Remarkably Bright Creatures
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
All the Living and the Dead
30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
The Celebrants
31 A book about a family
Hello Beautiful
32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
Happiness Falls
33 A book about an athlete/sport
Binding 13
34 A historical-fiction book
Take My Hand
35 A book about divorce
Fleishman is in Trouble
36 A book you think your best friend would like
The Only Survivors
37 A book you should have read in high school
Rumble Fish
38 A book you read more than 10 years ago
City of Bones
39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again
Ninth House
40 A book by an author with the same initials as you
Into a Black Sun
41 A book written during NaNoWriMo
All of Us with Wings
42 A book based on a popular movie
Bravely
43 A book that takes place entirely in one day
Notes on an Execution
44 A book that was self-published
Heartstopper: Volume One
45 A book that started out as fan fiction
Point Pleasant
46 A book with a pet character
Unlikely Animals
47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
The Matzah Ball
A Holly Jolly Diwali
48 A book that features two languages
Honor
49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
50 A book with alliteration in the title
Atomic Anna
2024 ATY 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
The Maid's Diary
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
Just Another Missing Person
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (from a friends TBR)
Mother-Daughter Murder Night
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Nightwalking
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
If I Had Your Face
6. A book with wings on the cover
Iron Flame
7. A book with a pronoun in the title
While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
A Stranger in the House
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
My Mother's House
10. A history or historical fiction book
The Women
11. A book with an X connection
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
As Bright as Heaven
13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Pineapple Street
14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
Maame
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
Hang the Moon
16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
The Rain Heron
17. A book involving intelligence
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
18. A book with a botanical cover
Shark Heart
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
How to Be Eaten
20. A book with a single word title
VenCo
21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
22. A book by an author from an African country
The Middle Daughter
23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
The Light Pirate
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
I Could Live Here Forever
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
The Violin Conspiracy
26. A book by an author known by their initials
A Darker Shade of Magic
27. A book related to land
Inland
28. A book related to sea
The Nigerwife
29. A book related to air
In the Likely Event
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
The Spice Box Letters
31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
Gold Diggers
32. A book with a number in the title
Camp Zero
33. A book involving travel
River Sing Me Home
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
The Covenant of Water
35. A science or science fiction book
The Deep Sky
36. A book featuring a character in education
I Have Some Questions for You
37. A book that is part of a series
Haunting Adeline
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
You'll Be the Death of Me
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
Nothing More to Tell
40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
The Last Animal
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
The I-5 Killer
42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
Ghost Music
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
The Sympathizer
44. A book with a touch of magic
Spells for Forgetting
45. A book that is not a novel
Grass
46. A book related to night
Banyan Moon
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
The Change
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt- historical fiction
The Underground Library
49. A book with a senior citizen character
The Spy Coast
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
Chain-Gang All-Stars
51. A book published in 2024
The Princess of Las Vegas
The Fox Wife
The Fury
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
52. A cozy mystery
The Maid
2024 PopSugar1 A book with the word "leap" in the title
Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent Girlhood
2 A bildungsroman book
Winter Loon
3 A book about a 24-year-old
Hana Khan Carries On
4 A book about a writer
The Writing Class
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Vintage Movie Classics
5 A book about K-pop
Comeback
6 A book about pirates
The Assassin's Curse
7 A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
Surf Ache
Cold Day in the Sun
8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4
9 A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author
True Biz
10 A book by a self-published author
DANCING WITH DEATH: An Inspiring Real-Life Story of Epic Travel Adventure
11 A book from a genre you typically avoid
Twisted Games
12 A book from an animal's POV
Hollow Kingdom
13 A book originally published under a pen name
The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels by Stephen King
14 A book recommended by a bookseller
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
15 A book recommended by a librarian
Sam
16 A book set 24 years before you were born
The Huntress
17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
Familiar Things
Kala
18 A book set in space
Tiger Honor
19 A book set in the future
Blood Red Road
20 A book set in the snow
Shiver
21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
She's Not Sorry
22 A book that centers on video games
Otherworld
23 A book that features dragons
Throne of Jade
24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
That Wasn’t in the Script
25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
Rescue
26 A book that was turned into a musical
The Notebook
27 A book where someone dies in the first chapter
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old
The Good Part
29 A book with a neurodivergent main character
Cassandra in Reverse
30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
Umami
31 A book with a title that is a complete sentence
It Will Just Be Us
32 A book with an enemies to lovers plot
Twisted Hate
33 A book with an unreliable narrator
None of This Is True
34 A book with at least 3 POVs
Wandering Stars
35 A book with magical realism
The Last of the Moon Girls
36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison
37 A book written during NaNoWriMo
A Comb of Wishes
38 A cozy fantasy book
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
Nevada
40 A horror book by a BIPOC author
Our Share of Night
41 A memoir that explores queerness
All Boys Aren't Blue
42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
43 A second-chance romance
Love and Other Words
44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
The Woman in Me
45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Imogen, Obviously
46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
Divine Rivals
47 A book with 24 letters in the title
The Collected Regrets of Clover
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
48 A collection of at least 24 poems
the words i'll never say
Light Filters in: Poems
49 The 24th book of an author
The Four Winds
50 A book that starts with the letter "X"
XOXO
52 Book club1. Locked-room mystery
The Escape Room
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book
The Echo of Old Books
3. More than 40 chapters
The Sanatorium
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
The Cheerleaders
5. Magical realism
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
6. Women in STEM
Slay
7. At least four different POVs
The Liberators
8. Features the ocean
House of Salt and Sorrows
9. A character-driven novel
The Dutch House
10. Told in non-chronological order
The Violent Season
11. Title starting with the letter “K”
The Knockout Queen
12. Title starting with the letter “L”
Lady in the Lake
13. An academic thriller
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
14. A grieving character
Last Summer at the Lake House
15. Part of a duology
One Dark Window
16. An omniscient narrator
The Dreamers
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
Klara and the Sun
18. An apostrophe in the title
Someone Else's Shoes
The Headmaster's List
19. A buddy read
Meddling Kids
20. A revenge story
They Never Learn
21. Written by a ghostwriter
Nineteen Steps
22. A plot similar to another book
It Happened One Summer
23. The other book with the similar plot
Book Lovers
24. A cover without people on it
Spells for Lost Things
25. An author “everyone” has read except you
The Wind Knows My Name
26. Hybrid genre
Weyward
27. Be a neurodivergent author
Valencia and Valentine
28. A yellow spine
Bright Young Women
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon
The Great Divide
30. Picked without reading the blurb
Absolution
31. Includes a personal phobia
The September House
32. Time frame spans a week or less
The Whispers
33. An abrupt ending
Open Throat
34. Set in a landlocked country
Breathless
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
36. Has futuristic technology
The One
37. Palindrome on the cover
Never Coming Home
38. Published by Hachette
The Museum of Failures
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
Gang Leader for a Day( A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets) GANG LEADER FOR A DAY Paperback
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
The Bandit Queens
41. A sticker on the cover
The Body
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024
Girls Who Burn
Better Left Buried
43. About finding identity
American Born Chinese
44. Includes a wedding
The List
45. Chapter headings have dates
The Paris Apartment
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
Night of the Living Rez
47. Self-insert by an author
True Crime Story
Black Swan Green
48. The word “secret” in the title
The Hundred Secret Senses
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
Memphis
50. A musical instrument on the cover
Small Angels
51. Related to the word “Wild”
The Vaster Wilds
52. Published in 2024
The Jinn Daughter: A Novel
2025 ATY1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list- A book related to butterflies or moths
Here One Moment
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
Tales from the Café
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
A Letter to the Luminous Deep
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title
Forward Me Back to You
6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover
7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns
11. A book set in a fictional location
12. A book by an Irish author
13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception
16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925
18. A book set primarily in nature
19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape
20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title
21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
22. A translated novel from Asia
23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
25. A book with waves on the cover
26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name
27. A book set in the winter
28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
30. A monster book
31. A book with a coastal setting
32. A mystery or true crime book
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
34. A book title that could be a country song
35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
36. A book with a common household object on the cover
37. A book featuring adult friendships
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1
39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read
41. A book that involves digging up the past
42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
44. A haunting book
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
47. A book relating to fire
48. A book with a character dealing with death
49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
51. A book published in 2025
52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
This list was suggested, voted on, and chosen by ATY group members.
THE ANNIVERSARY LIST
In honor of ATY's 10 year of reading challenges, we have put together an anniversary list made up of member-chosen prompts. Each prompt comes from that year's respective list and was chosen by the members of the group.
2016: A book originally written in a language other than English
2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E"
2018: An author's debut book
2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
2020: A book with an emotion in the title
2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books
2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
2025 PopSugarRegular
1 A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2 A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3 A book about space tourism
4 A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title
5 A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
6 A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge
7 A book about a cult
8 A book under 250 pages
9 A book that features a character going through menopause
10 A book you got for free
11 A book mentioned in another book
12 A book about a road trip
13 A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads
14 A book about a nontraditional education
15 A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16 A book set in or around a body of water
17 A book about a run club
18 A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
19 A highly anticipated read of 2025
20 A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out)
21 A book where the main character is a politician
22 A book about soccer
23 A book that is considered healing fiction
24 A book with a happily single woman protagonist
25 A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee
26 A book where an adult character changes careers
27 A book set at a luxury resort
28 A book that features an unlikely friendship
29 A book about a food truck
30 A book that reminds you of your childhood
31 A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32 A book about an overlooked woman in history
33 A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34 A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
35 A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out
36 A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37 Two books with the same title (1)
38 Two books with the same title (2)
39 A classic you've never read
40 A book about chosen family
Advanced Prompts
Easy
41 A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
42 A book with a title that starts with the letter Y
43 A book that includes a nonverbal character
44 A book you have always avoided reading
Medium
45 A book with a left-handed character
46 A book where nature is the antagonist
47 A book of interconnected short stories
Hard
48 A book that features a married couple who don't live together
49 A dystopian book with a happy ending
50 A book that features a character with chronic pain
52 Book Club1. A pun in the title
2. A character with red hair
3. Title starts with letter "M"
4. Title starts with letter "N"
5. Plot includes a heist
6. Genre one: set in Spring
7. Genre two: set in Summer
8. Genre three: set in Autumn
9. Genre four: set in Winter
10. Author's last name is also a first name
11. A prequel
12. Has a moon on the cover
13. Title is ten letters or less
14. Climate fiction
15. Includes Latin American history
16. Author has won an Edgar Award
17. Told in verse
18. A character who can fly
19. Has short chapters
20. A fairy tale retelling
21. Character's name in the title
22. Found family trope
23. A sprayed edge
24. Title is a spoiler
25. Breaks the fourth wall
26. More than a million copies sold
27. Features a magician
28. A crossover (set in a shared universe)
29. Shares a universe with prompt 28
30. In the public domain
31. Audiobook has multiple narrators
32. Includes a diary entry
33. A standalone novel
34. Direction in the title
35. Written in third person
36. Final sentence is less than 6 words long
37. Genre chosen for you by someone else
38. An adventure story
39. Has an epigraph
40. Stream of consciousness narrative
41. Cover font is in a primary color
42. Non-human antagonist
43. Explores social class
44. A celebrity on the cover
45. Author releases more than one book a year
46. Read in a "-ber" month
47. "I think it was blue"
48. Related to the word Puzzle
49. Set in a country with an active volcano
50. Set in the 1940's
51. 300-400 pages long
52. Published in 2025
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Forward Me Back to You (other topics)Tales from the Café (other topics)
A Letter to the Luminous Deep (other topics)
Here One Moment (other topics)
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Catriona Ward (other topics)B.A. Paris (other topics)
Doris Lessing (other topics)
John Le Carré (other topics)
Philippa Gregory (other topics)
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