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📚 2023 Reading Challenge - Books by Prompt 📚

You can read in order or jump around, but keep this order in your plan, since this makes it easier for others to find a prompt and gain inspiration. This listed is loosely sorted by months.

✅🎧 1. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
43. A book that involves a murder

✅🧾 2. Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan
2. A book by an author you read in 2022

✅🎧 3. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title

✅🎧 4. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy

✅🎧 5. Nigromante by Carlos Sisí
27. A book by an author from continental Europe

✅🎧 6. His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - XIX

✅🎧 7. The Collectors by Jacqueline West
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

✅🧾 8. Vampire Mountain by Darren Shan
28. A book that is dark

✅🎧 9. A Storm of Wishes by Jacqueline West
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover

✅🧾 10. Trials of Death by Darren Shan
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover

✅🧾 11. The Vampire Prince by Darren Shan
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - Prompt #28

✅🎧 12. Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

✅🎧 13. Siete Esqueletos Decapitados by Antonio Malpica
6. A book where books are important

✅🧾 14. Hunters of the Dusk by Darren Shan
4. A book with an interracial relationship

✅🎧 15. Nocturno Belfegor by Antonio Malpica
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title

✅🎧 16. El Llamado de la Estirpe by Antonio Malpica
11. A book about a person/character with a disability - Missing leg

✅🧾🎧 17. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - XX

✅🎧 18. El Destino y la Espada by Antonio Malpica
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - Spider

✅🎧 19. Principio y Fin by Antonio Malpica
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 - Antonio

✅🎧 20. The Girl With No Soul by Morgan Owen
8. An author's debut book

✅🧾 21. Penitencia by Kanae Minato
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - XXI

✅🎧 22. El Libro de las Puertas by Manlio Castagna
36. A book that has been translated from another language - From Italian to Spanish

✅🎧 23. La Tierra sin Retorno by Manlio Castagna
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - Scary

✅🎧 24. El Destino de los Dos Mundos by Manlio Castagna
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter

✅🎧 25. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
37. A book with the theme of returning home

✅🎧 26. Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
14. A book with a con, deception, or fake

✅🧾 27. Nimona by N.D. Stevenson
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W - Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

✅ 🎧28. Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover

✅🎧 29. Half a War by Joe Abercrombie
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe - Half

✅🧾 30. Allies of the Night by Darren Shan
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

✅🎧 31. Confianza Ciega by John Katzenbach
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com

✅🧾 32. Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
26. A book related to pride

✅🧾 33. Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman
47. A book related to a geometric shape - Square

✅🧾 34. Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel

✅🧾 35. Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - A winner or nominee from the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards

✅🎧 36. Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023

✅🎧 37. El Ángel de la Ciudad by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
51. A book published in 2023

✅🎧 38. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
35. A book with a school subject in the title

✅🧾 39. Chess by Stefan Zweig
30. A book related to a chess piece

✅🎧 40. Recursion by Blake Crouch
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists

✅🧾 41. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
18. A book related to science

✅🎧 42. An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
19. A book related to the arts

✅🎧 43. The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies

✅🎧 44. La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker
40. A book with a full name in the title

✅🎧 45. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
29. A book that is light

✅🎧 46. Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature - Barcelona

✅🎧 47. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
25. A book with a tropical setting

✅🎧 48. Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author

✅🎧 49. Los Crímenes del Lago by Gemma Herrero Virto
23. A book with a body of water in the title

✅🎧 50. Valle de Sombras by Rudy Ruiz
39. A western

✅🎧 51. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal

✅🧾 52. Home by Nnedi Okorafor
34. A novella

📚 2023 Reading Challenge - Book Covers 📚

📚 2023 Reading Challenge 📚
Finished: Dec 25, 2023

5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge


My most creative twist on a prompt
"A book that is dark". I used a book that has a dark vibe.
Vampire Mountain by Darren Shan

The prompt I cheated on
None

My favorite prompt
"A book with 4 or more colors on the cover". Because I love colorful book covers.
A Storm of Wishes by Jacqueline West

My least favorite prompt
"A book with the theme of returning home". I don't think is a topic I really enjoy reading about yet.
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Los Crímenes del Lago by Gemma Herrero Virto
I used this book to complete the prompt "A book with a body of water in the title", and I'm so happy I did because otherwise I wouldn't have read it.

A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
"A book with a school subject in the title". I was bored the whole time I was reading this book.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu