Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2019 List (Printable)

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy Still Life Barry Award for Best First Novel-2007
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) Where the Crawdads Sing
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc) A Time to Kill Carl Lee murderer

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare The Weird Sisters father is a Shakespearean professor and they are named from characters in his plays also compare themselves to the lives of the Shakespeare play characters.
6. A book with a dual timeline Before We Were Yours
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 In the Woods friends lost in woods
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
The Woods friends lost in woods
9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror) Postmortem crime/mystery
10. A book featuring an historical figure The Diary of a Young Girl
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) Animal Farm pig on cover and main characters
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer The Book Jumper the family is the ones that maintain the stories which books contain

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list The Whisper Man
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country Romeo and Juliet set in Italy
16. A book told from multiple perspectives The Dark Ones
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) The Haunting of Hill House horror

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements The Silver Star
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR What I Was
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country There There
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven Poll #10: a book of short stories

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover Split Second
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old The Great Gatsby "Old Sport" Gatsby iconic saying (also published in 1926)
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New The Ocean at the End of the Lane NEW author to me
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed The Good Daughter borrowed from the library

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue The Fix blue cover
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.) The Honest Truth A young man with cancer tries to climb a frozen mountain
29. A book published before 1950 The Body in the Library
30. A book featuring an elderly character The Old Man and the Sea Santiago is the "Old Man" and the main character.

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read The Phantom Tollbooth Children's Classic published 1961
32. A book with more than 500 pages Without Remorse (John Clark, #1) (Jack Ryan Universe 639 pages
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet Bad Girls Don't Die
34. A book with a person's name in the title Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

35. A psychological thriller Still Mine
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
37. A book set in a school or university One of Us Is Lying Set in Baybridge High and surrounding town
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc) Love Her Wild excellent poetry

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life The Night Circus
40. A book you stumbled upon Ticket to Ride Found on the Library shelf and it looked interesting
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards The Wife Between Us
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character The Outsider Main Character is inhuman and inhumane
43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction] The Surgeon they use forensic science to solve the crime.

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.) The Keepsake Rizzoli and Isles
45. A multi-generational saga Winter Cottage four generations of a family tryiing to find out the secrets of a house
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover Something Wicked This Way Comes
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.) Chocolat love chocolate!!

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year To Kill a Mockingbird Finalist, National Book Awards 1961 for Fiction
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country Miracle Creek She is a Korean author and the characters are Korean as well.
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual) Sky in the Deep goes on a journey to a rival tribe to save her brother from their enemies
51. A book published in 2019 Song for a Whale published 2/5/2019
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title Article 5 One of my 11th grade students recommended the book to me and the title did not tell me much about what the book was about so I was intrigued to find out about the book.

While I know most of us have moved on to 2020, I wanted to close out 2019. It has been a great reading adventure and I am looking forward to 2020.