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Linda Hanson | 8 comments Joining late, but think most of the books I've read for a couple of other challenges will fit. Looking forward to next year when I can start at the beginning of the year and be part of the weekly discussions.


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Linda Hanson | 8 comments √1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Kim by Rudyard Kipling
√2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
√3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
√4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live - Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell
√5. The first book in a series that you have not started - A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey
√6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
√7. A book set in the southern hemisphere - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
√8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" - The Stranger by Albert Camus
√9. A book that can be read in a day - Girl of Few Seasons (Kindle Single) by Rachel Kondo
√10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
√11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number - Less by Andrew Sean Greer (2017)
√12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - It Happened One Season
√13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge - The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (elderly character)
√14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers - Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
√15. A book set in a global city - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
√16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
√17. A book with a neurodiverse character -Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
√18. A book by an author you've only read once before - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
√19. A fantasy book - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
√20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] - Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman
√21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720 - Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks by D.C. Talk (Jesuit priests)
√22. A book with the major theme of survival - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
√23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author - I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
√24. A book with an emotion in the title - Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan
√25. A book related to the arts - House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by L.M. Montgomery
√26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - Book Love by Debbie Tung
√27. A history or historical fiction - The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom
√28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author - Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
√29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book - An Old Magic by Ruth M. Arthur
√30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year - There There by Tommy Orange (2018)
√31. A book inspired by a leading news story - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
√32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
√33. A book about a non-traditional family - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
√34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name - Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (Literary Nonsense)
√35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover - Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
√36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim - Secrets by Jude Deveraux
√37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 - Brave New Earl by Jane Ashford
√38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 - Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
√39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce - So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
√40. A book with a place name in the title - [book[author:Toni Morrison|3534]:The Tattooist of Auschwitz|38359036]by Heather Morris
√41. A mystery - The Cuckoo's Cry by Caroline Overington
√42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ - Beloved by
√43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse - Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
√44. A book related to witches - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
√45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 - A Matter of Class by Mary Balogh
√46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
√47. A classic book you've always meant to read - The Call of the Wild by Jack London
√48. A book published in 2020 - Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
√49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win - The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (child not raised by biological parents)
√50. A book with a silhouette on the cover - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
√51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
√52. A book related to time - That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton


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