Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2021 LIST
1. A book related to “In the Beginning...”
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Pride by Ibi Zoboi

3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

4. A book with a monochromatic cover
The Merciless by Danielle Vega

5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

6. A love story
Bone Crier's Moon by Kathryn Purdie
In Paris With You by Clémentine Beauvais

7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list - Book I Meant to Read in 2020
The Betrothed by Kiera Cass
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh

8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Tess Sharpe

10. A book with a female villain or criminal
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
The Time and the Place: And Other Stories by Naguib Mahfouz
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

14. A book set in a made-up place
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

16. A book with a building in the title
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

17. A book with a Muslim character or author
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz

22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

23. A cross genre novel
The Mousetrap and Other Plays by Agatha Christie
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

24. A book about racism or race relations
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

25. A book set on an island
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye

27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
Heartless by Marissa Meyer

28. A book connected to ice
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

29. A book that you consider comfort reading
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

30. A long book
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
The Duke and I: The 2nd Epilogue by Julia Quinn
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

34. A book with a travel theme
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

36. A book with six or more words in the title
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
Beowulf
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator
Word: Boy
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

39. A book involving an immigrant
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

42. A Mystery or Thriller
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

43. A book with elements of magic
A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

44. A book whose title contains a negative
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

49. A book with an ensemble cast
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

50. A book published in 2021
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Girl A by Abigail Dean

51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

52. A book related to "the end"
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Last Olympian: 05 by Rick Riordan
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Completed
Week 1: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
Week 2: Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Week 3: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Week 4: The Merciless by Danielle Vega
Week 5: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Week 6: In Paris With You by Clémentine Beauvais
Week 7: The Betrothed by Kiera Cass
Week 8: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Week 9: Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Tess Sharpe
Week 10: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Week 11: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Week 12: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo
Week 13:Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Week 14: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Week 15: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
Week 16: Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Week 17: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Week 18: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Week 19: Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity by Lilliana Mason
Week 20: Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Week 21: The Illustrated Feminist: 100 Years of Suffrage, Strength, and Sisterhood in America by Aura Lewis
Week 22: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Week 23: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Week 24: Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household by Thavolia Glymph
Week 25: The Vines by Shelley Nolden
Week 26: 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye
Week 27: Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Week 28: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Week 29:Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Week 30: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Week 31: The Duke and I: The 2nd Epilogue by Julia Quinn
Week 32: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Week 33: Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith
Week 34: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Week 35:[ book:Next Year in Havana|34374628] by Chanel Cleeton
Week 36: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two by John Tiffany
Week 37: Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
Week 38: The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Week 39: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Week 40: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Week 41: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Week 42: Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
Week 43: A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Week 44: Napoleon Wasn't Short and St Patrick Wasn't Irish: When History Gets It Wrong by Andrea Barham
Week 45: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Week 46: Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
Week 47: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War by Joanne B. Freeman
Week 48: From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Week 49: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Week 50: Girl A by Abigail Dean
Week 51: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Week 52: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton