Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2018 List - challenges completed are crossed out, challenges in progress are in italics, and challenges not yet started are in bold. Ideas for these are appreciated!

The 2018 List

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title - Paddling with Spirits: A Solo Kayak Journey by Irene Skyriver

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Earth - The Waking Land by Callie Bates

5. A book about or inspired by real events - Rilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

6. A book originally written in a language other than English - Small Country by Gaël Faye

7. A gothic novel - The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

8. An "own voices" book* - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

9. A book with a body part in the title - You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

10. An author's debut book - Dead Feminists: Historic Heroines in Living Color by Chandler O'Leary

11. A literary fiction - Elmet by Fiona Mozley

12. A book set in Africa or South America - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret - The All Of It by Jeanette Haien

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Fire - Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters by Jason A. Ramos

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

16. A narrative nonfiction - The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh

17. A book you expect to make you laugh - Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood

18. A book with a location in the title - Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author - The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends - The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

21. A book written in first person perspective - The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for - Celine by Peter Heller

23. A medical or legal thriller - Bones on Ice by Kathy Reichs

24. A book with a map - The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view - The Vital Abyss by James S.A. Corey

26. A book with a text only cover - The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc) - The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope by David Kherdian

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Water - The Seagull by Ann Cleeves

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title - Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell

30. A short book - Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to - Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by Doris Pilkington

32. An alternate history book - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

33. A book connected to a word "born" in the same year as you - Transgender History, second edition: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) “A book (fiction or nonfiction) about a subject that made headlines” - The Vatican Diaries: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church by John Thavis

35. A book featuring a murder - Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before - A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee - Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

38. A science book or a science fiction book - Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story by Kendall Haven

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title - Eat My Words: Reading Women's Lives Through the Cookbooks They Wrote by Janet Theophano

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

44. A ghost story - Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you - Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Air - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

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

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) - The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World by Nancy Jo Sales

49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) - Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection - Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang

52. A book published in 2018 - Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

From your lists of possibilities I recommend In the Time of the Butterflies, and Interpreter of Maladies