Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

✓1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y: Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
✓2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable: Three Keys by Kelly Yang 10/21/2020
✓3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019: The Deep by Rivers Solomon 08/21/2020
✓4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui 11/01/2020
✓5. The first book in a series that you have not started: Front Desk by Kelly Yang 03/07/2020

✓6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang 07/05/20
✓7. A book set in the southern hemisphere: When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett 08/01/2020
✓8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The": The Vegetarian by Han Kang June 15, 2020
✓9. A book that can be read in a day: Drama by Raina Telgemeier 01/07/2020

✓10.A book that is between 400-600 pages Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 03/06/2020
✓11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number: Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol 11/13/2020
✓12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people: Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir and Sarah Andersen 04/23/2020
✓13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge: A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman 02/02/20
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link): Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

✓15. A book set in a global city: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert May 05, 2020
✓16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area Wayward Son by Wayward Son 04/05/2020
✓17. A book with a neurodiverse character: Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt 10/16/20
✓18. A book by an author you've only read once before: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 05/09/2020

✓19. A fantasy book: This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews 1/10/2020
✓20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]: Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth 12/06/2020
✓21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719: Stargazing by Jen Wang 05/21/2020
✓22. A book with the major theme of survival: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano 11/26/2020

✓23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss10/01/2020
✓24. A book with an emotion in the title:: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd 09/09/2020
✓25. A book related to the arts: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 11/08/20
✓26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards: SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson 08/31/2020
✓27. A history or historical fiction: Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy
✓28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author: All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny 09/12/2020
✓29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book: Hello, Moto by Nnedi Okorafor 09/07/2020
✓30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky 11/27/2020
✓31. A book inspired by a leading news story: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo 08/19/2020

✓32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan: The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad 05/02/2020
✓33. A book about a non-traditional family: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 05/18/2020
✓34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name: Real Life by Brandon Taylor 12/17/2020
✓35.A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover: The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang 12/21/2020

✓36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore 12/20/2020
✓37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical 11/16/2020
✓38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2: New Life by Xavier Betaucourt 12/07/20
✓39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce: Smile by Raina Telgemeier 04/09/2020

✓40. A book with a place name in the title: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark 07/21/2020
✓41. A mystery: The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben 06/07/2020
✓42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link): Less by Andrew Sean Greer 06/03/2020
✓43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 10/11/20
✓44. A book related to witches: The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag 09/05/2020

✓45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018: Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu 04/11/2020
✓46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire": Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space by Tam O'Shaughnessy
✓47. A classic book you've always meant to read: The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 10/19/2020
✓48. A book published in 2020: One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus 11/23/2020

✓49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link): Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 11/27/2020
✓50. A book with a silhouette on the cover: Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai 07/17/2020
✓51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title: Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner 03/25/2020
✓52. A book related to time: Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 by Ichigo Takano 05/31/2020

2020 Challenge -
2/50

Regular prompts
✓1. A book that's published in 2020: Deacon King Kong by James McBride 08/13/2020
✓2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi 11/14/2020
✓3. A book with a great first line: Spindle's End by Robin McKinley 06/14/2020
✓4. A book about a book club: The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams 05/01/2020
✓5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd 11/28/2020
✓6. A bildungsroman: Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai 07/18/2020
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
✓8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover: Chances Are... by Richard Russo 04/08/2020
✓9. A book with a map: The Hidden Witch by Molly Ostertag 09/12/2020
✓10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club: Book Love by Debbie Tung 09/17/2020
11. An anthology
✓12. A book that passes the Bechdel test: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman 09/16/2020
✓13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it: Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden 01/13/2020
✓14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name: These Women by Ivy Pochoda 07/10/2020
✓15. A book about or involving social media: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord 11/30/2020
✓16. A book that has a book on the cover: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine 03/10/2020
✓17. A medical thriller: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 1/12/20
✓18. A book with a made-up language: The Midwinter Witch by Molly Ostertag
✓19. A book set in a country beginning with "C": A Better Man by A Better Man 04/28/2020
✓20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 10/08/2020
✓21. A book published the month of your birthday: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 08/10/2020
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
✓23. A book that won an award in 2019: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 06/19/2020
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
✓26. A book with a pun in the title: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle 02/15/2020
✓27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins: One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus 11/20/2020
✓28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline 12/09/2020
✓29. A book with a bird on the cover: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 02/23/2020
✓30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson 10/08/2020
✓31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title: Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith 11/05/2020
✓32. A book by a WOC: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez 01/31/2020
✓33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander 03/07/2020
✓34. A book you meant to read in 2019: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield 05/30/2020
✓35. A book with a three-word title: Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman 02/29/2020
✓36. A book with a pink cover: Bunny by Mona Awad 04/27/2020
✓37. A Western: News of the World by Paulette Jiles 12/04/2020
✓38. A book by or about a journalist: It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright 01/28/2020
✓39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week: And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell 09/26/2020
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

2020 Challenge - Advanced prompts
✓1. A book written by an author in their 20s: Normal People by Sally Rooney 05/06/2020
✓2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title: Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda 11/12/2020
✓3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision): The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 07/09/2020
✓4.A book set in the 1920s: Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell 11/01/2020
5. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
✓6. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books: Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild 04/24/2020
✓7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title: Things My Son Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman 09/04/2020
8. A book published in the 20th century
✓9. A book from a series with more than 20 books: The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie 10/29/2020
✓10. A book with a main character in their 20s: Such a Fun Age by Such a Fun Age08/02/2020

Book Riot Read Harder 2020
5/24

✓1. Read a YA nonfiction book: #Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy 12/3/2020
✓2. Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color: Pride by Ibi Zoboi 07/16/2020

✓3. Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 11/25/2020
✓4. Read a graphic memoir: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei 01/18/202
✓5. Read a book about a natural disaster: Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake 11/23/2020
✓6. Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author: The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later by Moisés Kaufman 12/06/2020
✓7. Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII: The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes 01/20/2020
✓8. Read an audiobook of poetry: Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur 06/19/2020
✓9. Read the LAST book in a series: The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace 01/21/2019
✓10. Read a book that takes place in a rural setting: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 02/08/2020
✓11. Read a debut novel by a queer author: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 10/26/20
✓12. Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own: Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story by Jacob Tobia 05/15/2020
✓13. Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before: Carpathia: Food from the heart of Romania by Irina Georgescu 11/25/2020
✓14. Read a romance starring a single parent: The Cactus by Sarah Haywood 06/01/2020
✓15. Read a book about climate change: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert 12/02/2020
✓16. Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters 09/20/2020
✓17. Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages): A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark 07/31/2020
✓18. Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community: Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry 02/15/2020
✓19. Read a book by or about a refugee: Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga 01/18/2020
✓20. Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani 02/09/2020
✓21. Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non): Coda, Vol. 1 by Simon Spurrier 11/10/2020
✓22. Read a horror book published by an indie press: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix 10/02/2020
✓23. Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical): The First Line Volume 22 Issue 3: Fall 2020 12/21/2020
✓24. Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author: IRL by Tommy Pico 01/12/2020

Reading Women

✓1) A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India:Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 06/21/2020
✓2) A Book Translated from an Asian Language: Orange: The Complete Collection, Vol. 2 by Ichigo Takano 05/31/2020
✓3) A Book about the Environment: Weather by Jenny Offill 11/21/2020
✓4) Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author: The Boy & The Bindi by Vivek Shraya 01/08/2019
✓5) A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction: The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose 09/27/2020
✓6) A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian: You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe 09/25/2020
✓7) A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism: LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorafor 09/05/2020
✓8) An Anthology by Multiple Authors: Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World edited by Zahra Hankir 10/25/2020
✓9) A Book Inspired by Folklore: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 05/24/2020
✓10) A Book About a Woman Artist: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara 11/05/2020
✓11) Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate 09/01/2020
✓12) A Book About a Woman Who Inspires You: Know My Name by Chanel Miller 12/23/2020
✓13) A Book by an Arab Woman: The Other Americans by Laila Lalami 02/16/2020
✓14) A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author: Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1 by Ichigo Takano 05/31/2020
✓15) A Biography: Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space by Lynn Sherr 11/16/2020
✓16) A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 10/12/2020
✓17) A Book Over 500 Pages: The Huntress by Kate Quinn 07/14/2020
✓18) A Book Under 100 Pages: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 04/15/2020
✓19) A Book That’s Frequently Recommended to You: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 08/28/2020
✓20) A Feel-Good or Happy Book: Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane 07/03/2020
✓21) A Book about Food With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo 08/04/2020
✓22) A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher: Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman 12/04/2020
✓23) A Book by an LGBTQ+ Author: Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson 04/23/2020
✓24) A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists and Honorable Mentions: Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson 09/30/2020

BONUS
✓25) A Book by Toni Morrison Sula 05/31/2020
✓26) A Book by Isabel Allende: Ripper 12/25/2020