Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

NB -- I'll go back to see what I've read so far this year that fit :)

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y by Suzette D. Harrison set in Oklahoma and California Jan 17
2. A book by an author you read in 2022 - by Sophie Kinsella Feb 8
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - Corridors of Death by Ruth Dudley Edwards Jan 12 240 pages
in Bottom of 2023, books with a 2 or 3 in the number of pages https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4. A book with an interracial relationship - by Jane Igharo
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover - by Marisa de los Santos April

6. A book where books are important - by ReShonda Tate Billingsley April 16
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism Oct 16
8. An author's debut book - Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez May 24
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - Scary - by Stacy Willingham Feb 23
11. A book about a person/character with a disability - by Scott Westerfeld - one of the main characters is blind
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies - Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik March 17
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - Feb 2

14. A book with a con, deception, or fake - has an important character who is a fake April 17
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - by Benjamin Stevenson 21st C
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - by Stacey Lee set in 19th C
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - All These Worlds - 22nd century March 9

18. A book related to science - by Walter Isaacson April 30
19. A book related to the arts - This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel - May 24
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author - by Ann Hui June 11
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover by Marisa de los Santos March

23. A book with a body of water in the title - by Dennis E. Taylor March 20
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy - Yours is the Night by Amanda Dykes as two soldiers as main characters FEb 20
25. A book with a tropical setting - How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan is mostly set in Jamaica May 15
26. A book related to pride - Twice a Quinceañera by Yamile Saied Méndez celebrates pride in heritage June 9

27. A book by an author from continental Europe - by Françoise Sagan Feb 4
28. A book that is dark - dark in colour and the story is dark by Emiko Jean March 10
29. A book that is light - ] by Langston Hugheshas a light colour Feb 24
30. A book related to a chess piece king is in the title. The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden June 15
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com - by Connie Willis Jan 24 (inputted Lois McMaster Bujold since I've read quite a number of her books)

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones Jan 5 is set in Barcelona
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 - Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up by Dave Barry Jan 7
34. A novella -
35. A book with a school subject in the title -- Art is a school subject The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge by Alexander McCall Smith 2 stars

36. A book that has been translated from another language - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa March 2023
37. A book with the theme of returning home
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
39. A western Blood on the Breakwater
set on the western coast of Victoria, BC and that's very far west. Nov 15

40. A book with a full name in the title - by Wendell Berry May 2
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Feb 2023
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter - For We Are Many Feb 10 -- a man's "spirit" lives on as an AI
43. A book that involves a murder - by Richard Wright April 9
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal - Jan 15

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books - by Gillian McAllister
46. A title that contains a word often foBlood of Tyrantsund in a recipe stuff
47. A book related to a geometric shape
if you see the large picture of the book you can see the geometric shape of the clock Oct 29
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story Blood of Tyrants has an unusually large dragon Nov 3

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 Spare by Prince Harry Jan 31, posted in Jan best books by Ashley Marie https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

I inputted Janet Evanovich and got Dorothy Gilman - A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax finished July 22
51. A book published in 2023 - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano Feb 17
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title - by Lola Akinmade Åkerström April 22

Bumping this up--I'm doing this unofficially, I guess since all I'm doing is updating my list and I started in July.

Bumping so I can keep finding this.

I've done all but one, but am not going to be looking for an award winning book at this stage, but then I came in late and have just gone with what I read anyway for this year :)