Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

It's the first time I'm participating in this challenge!

As I'm trying to tackle the unread books on my physical shelves and digital TBR-pile, I included as many books from there as possible and barely had to add any new suggestions from the lists.
I won't read the books in order, but according to preference and accessibility.

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STATS on Feb 7th, 2020:

Total read: 5/52
* Type:
- - fiction: 3
- - nonfiction: 2
* Format:
- - physical copy: 3
- - graphic novels: 1
- - audiobooks: 1

Goodreads challenge: 7/55

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PROMPTS 2020

✔️ 1. A book with a title that doesn’t contain the letters A, T or Y
Circe by Madeline Miller

✔️ 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
Come My Beloved by Pearl S. Buck

3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019

✔️ 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn’t want to live
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

✔️ 5. The first book in a series that you have not started
Persepolis, Volume 1 by Marjane Satrapi

✔️ 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere

8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is « The »

✔️ 9. A book that can be read in a day
Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages

✔️ 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia B. McConnell

✔️ 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
Commissaire Kouamé. Un si joli jardin by Marguerite Abouet & Donatien Mary

13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
"2017 Around the Year Prompt List: 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016"

✔️ 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

15. A book set in a global city

16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area

✔️17. A book with a neurodiverse character
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand

18. A book by an author you’ve only read once before

19. A fantasy book

20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]

21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720

22. A book with the major theme of survival

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author

24. A book with an emotion in the title

25. A book related to the arts

26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards

✔️ 27. A history or historical fiction
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author

29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book

30. A book from the New York Times ‘100 Notable Books’ list for any year

31. A book inspired by a leading news story

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan (i. e. a book set in and/or by authors from Japan, a book about the Olympics, a book about sports)

✔️ 33. A book about a non-traditional family
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
Chosen sub genre starting with S: « Self-help book » (Genre: Nonfiction).

35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don’t recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim

37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1

38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2

39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you’re not quite sure how to pronounce

40. A book with a place name in the title

41. A mystery

42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’

✔️ 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

44. A book related to witches

✔️ 45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
Altes Land by Dörte Hansen

46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song « We Didn’t Start the Fire »

47. A classic book you’ve always meant to read

48. A book published in 2020

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn’t win
A book that features a character in at least two different points of life (childhood, adulthood, old age, etc.)

50. A book with a silhouette on the cover

51. A book with an « -ing » word in the title

52. A book related to time

January 2020 updates

Jan 06 My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
Jan 12 Persepolis, Volume 1 by Marjane Satrapi
Jan 25 Come My Beloved by Pearl S. Buck
Jan 27 Devdas by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

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February 2020 updates

Circe by Madeline Miller #1
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie #14
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins #4
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga #6
Commissaire Kouamé. Un si joli jardin by Marguerite Abouet & Donatien Mary

9 / 52

March 2020 updates

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham #27
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman #33

11 / 52

April 2020 updates

The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia B. McConnell #11
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman #43

13 / 52

May 2020 updates

Altes Land by Dörte Hansen #45
Rwanda : Mille collines, mille douleurs by Colette Braeckman #40
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens #25.
The Telling of Lies by Timothy Findley #28.
Contes d'Afrique by Adèle Caby-Livannah #50
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan #3
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston #26

In Progress
Un thé chez les éléphants : Retour au Kenya by Vivienne De Watteville