Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My first reading challenge EVER... just figuring out how all this works and then I'll attempt to plan :)

The 2018 List

❀1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title - Currently Reading
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irvin D. Yalom by Kate Moore

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 Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Origin by Dan Brown

Artemis by Andy Weir

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...) -
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

✔ 5. A book about or inspired by real events - completed Feb 2018
✔ The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot


6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

7. A gothic novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

8. An "own voices" book* - NEXT ON THE READING LIST
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

✔ 10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) - completed Jan 2018
✔ Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

✔ Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon


11. A literary fiction

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) -
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

✔ Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney - read Jan 2018

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire -
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

✔15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Completed Feb 2018
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

16. A narrative nonfiction

17. A book you expect to make you laugh

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
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea by Masaji Ishikawa

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

23. A medical or legal thriller

24. A book with a map
Red Rising by Pierce Brown 📚 #1

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

26. A book with a text only cover
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

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

30. A short book

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to

32. An alternate history book

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



34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)

35. A book featuring a murder

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

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

38. A science book or a science fiction book -
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson


39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle 📚 #1

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

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

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
by Gail Honeyman

44. A ghost story

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

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)

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

Welcome!

Looking forward to seeing your other picks!

Welcome Mani. I hope you enjoy the challenge. We’re a friendly group so you have any questions just ask and I’m sure someone will be able to help.

I really enjoyed Big Little Lies, it’s a great pick for that prompt.

Have fun planning. Its one of my favorite parts. ........

Then I go and read a whole bunch of other stuff instead lol😊