Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2023 LIST
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y:
Art's Blood by Vicki Lane (Appalachia)
2. A book by an author you read in 2022:
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list:
In honor of Queen Elizabeth II, a book set in Kenya, South Africa, or Scotland
Scotland with a Stranger by Ninya
4. A book with an interracial relationship:
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover:
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein

6. A book where books are important:
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title:
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
8. An author's debut book:
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W: [Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee]
Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (Also won Weatherford Award for Fiction)

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities": (Scary)
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
11. A book about a person/character with a disability: (PTSD)
Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies: (bees)
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover: (birds)
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake:
Heist Society by Ally Carter
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 (12th century)
The Siege Winter by Ariana Franklin
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 (19th century - 1861)
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 (20th century - 1936)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

18. A book related to science:
Lab Girl by India Ink
19. A book related to the arts:
Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel:
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author:
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover:
by Chris Bohjalian

23. A book with a body of water in the title:
The Lake House Secret by Debra Burroughs
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy:
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez
25. A book with a tropical setting:
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
26. A book related to pride:
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

27. A book by an author from continental Europe: (Belgium)
Madame Verona Comes Down the Hill by Dimitri Verhulst
28. A book that is dark:
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
29. A book that is light:
The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen
30. A book related to a chess piece: (Queen Elizabeth)
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com: (Ray Bradbury)
Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing by Margaret Atwood
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature: (Edinburgh)
The Novel Habits of Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923: (Dorothy)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
34. A novella:
Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
35. A book with a school subject in the title:
The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

36. A book that has been translated from another language
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
37. A book with the theme of returning home
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
39. A western
Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman

40. A book with a full name in the title
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
Tokyo Rose - Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II by Andre R. Frattino
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
43. A book that involves a murder
Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
by Rhys Bowen

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
A Distant View of Everything by Alexander McCall Smith
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson
47. A book related to a geometric shape
The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023:
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt:
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
51. A book published in 2023:
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon