Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2018 List

✔️1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list

✔️3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

✔️4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

✔️5. A book about or inspired by real events
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes

✔️6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir

✔️7. A gothic novel
The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

✔️8. An "own voices" book*
Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)

✔️10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan

✔️11. A literary fiction
Teacup by Rebecca Young

12. A book set in Africa or South America

✔️13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
Greenlight by Benjamin Stevenson

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire

✔️15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
The Night Visitor by Lucy Atkins

✔️16. A narrative nonfiction
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

✔️17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Wouldn't It Be Deadly by D.E. Ireland

18. A book with a location in the title

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends

✔️21. A book written in first person perspective
The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

✔️22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

23. A medical or legal thriller

✔️24. A book with a map
The Ambrose Deception by Emily Ecton

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view

✔️26. A book with a text only cover
A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham

✔️27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe

✔️28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
The Other Couple by Sarah J. Naughton

✔️29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Snap by Belinda Bauer

✔️30. A short book
The Bestseller by Stephen Leather

✔️31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Time Is a Killer by Michel Bussi

32. An alternate history book

33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)

✔️34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) ~ A book by an author who uses initials.
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney

✔️35. A book featuring a murder
A Room Full of Killers by Michael Wood

✔️36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Close to Home by Cara Hunter

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)

✔️38. A science book or a science fiction book
The One by John Marrs

✔️39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)

✔️41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence

✔️44. A ghost story
Haunted by Charlaine Harris

✔️45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air

✔️47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)

✔️49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
Conclave by Robert Harris

50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection

✔️52. A book published in 2018
The Gods of Love by Nicola Mostyn

List created by the group members, after suggestions and votes. Thanks to all!

*an own voice novel is a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity.