Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

ATY 2024 COMPLETION LIST

√ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - The Picture of Dorian Gray
√ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - The Atlas Complex
√ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list - The Future
√ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong - In the Lives of Puppets
√ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - XOXO

√ 6. A book with wings on the cover - The Children's Book
√ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title - Call Us What We Carry: Poems
√ 8a. A book by an author from Canada - Bad Cree
√ 8b. A book by an author from Australia - Vroom with a View
√ 8c. A book by an author from New Zealand - Genesis
√ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads - Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

√ 10. A history or historical fiction book - The Lost Girls of Paris
√ 11. A book with an X connection - The Poet X
√ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - Me Talk Pretty One Day
√ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list - The Word for World is Forest

√ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - Chain-Gang All-Stars
√ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor
√ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - Lucky Leap Day
√ 17. A book involving intelligence - The Contortionist's Handbook

√ 18. A book with a botanical cover - Shut Up You're Pretty
√ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
√ 20. A book with a single word title - Aleph
√ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping
√ 22. A book by an author from an African country - Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

√ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - Meet Me at the Lake
√ 24a. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange) - People We Meet on Vacation
√ 24b. A book with a secondary color on the cover (green) - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
√ 24c. A book with a secondary color on the cover (purple) - Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
√ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
√ 26. A book by an author known by their initials - Razorblade Tears

√ 27. A book related to land - Journey to the Center of the Earth
√ 28. A book related to sea - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels
√ 29. A book related to air - Five Weeks in a Balloon
√ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - The Fury
√ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” - Red Rising

√ 32. A book with a number in the title - Ten Days in a Mad-House
√ 33. A book involving travel - Around the World in Eighty Days
√ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs - Water for Elephants
√ 35. A science or science fiction book - System Collapse

√ 36. A book featuring a character in education - The Reader
√ 37. A book that is part of a series - Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
√ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 - No One Is Talking About This
√ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 - Ring

√ 40. A book involving a wild animal or en
dangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - Moby-Dick or, The Whale
√ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - The Abominable
√ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - Crosstalk
√ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author - When No One Is Watching
√ 44. A book with a touch of magic - The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

√ 45. A book that is not a novel - Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977
√ 46. A book related to night - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
√ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Selection
√ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

√ 49. A book with a senior citizen character - VenCo
√ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - True Biz
√ 51. A book published in 2024 - Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
√ 52. A cozy mystery - The Murder of Mr. Wickham

Current Count: 56/56
Completed: November 17, 2024

ATY 2024 covers

ATY 2024 planning

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - The Agony and the Ecstasy, A Scanner Darkly
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - Alecto the Ninth
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list - Canada Reads shortlist (poll 1)
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world

6. A book with wings on the cover - The Raven Boys, Six of Crows, The Accidental Tourist, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7. A book with a pronoun in the title - I am Providence, Where I End and You Begin, The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand - something on the Canada Reads shortlist
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads - something old from my parents' shelves

10. A history or historical fiction book
11. A book with an X connection -Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, The Poet X
12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - the oldest book on my Goodreads TBR, Me Talk Pretty One Day
13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - Hunting by Stars
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Heavenly Tyrant
16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - Three Men in a Boat
17. A book involving intelligence

18. A book with a botanical cover - When Women Were Dragons
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - Turtles All the Way Down
20. A book with a single word title - Horse, Gone
21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
22. A book by an author from an African country - Nervous Conditions

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot, Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping Nightcrawling, Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art, The Fraud Squad, To Have and to Heist, The Violin Conspiracy, Portrait of a Thief
26. A book by an author known by their initials - Yellowface, Babel, Even Though I Knew the End Razorblade Tears

27. A book related to land - Journey to the Center of the Earth
28. A book related to sea - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
29. A book related to air - Five Weeks in a Balloon
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - My Brilliant Friend
31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” - Red Rising

32. A book with a number in the title - 2666
33. A book involving travel - Around the World in Eighty Days
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
35. A science or science fiction book

36. A book featuring a character in education - Magic for Liars I Have Some Questions for You
37. A book that is part of a series - Crooked Kingdom
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 - The Overstory
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 - The Bone Clocks

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - The Wolf Road
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - The Abominable
42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - Sing Her Down
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author - Sadie, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, Code Name Verity
44. A book with a touch of magic - The Gilded Wolves

45. A book that is not a novel - one of my bookclubs does a lot of non-fiction
46. A book related to night
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Sentence, The Measure, The Sparrow, The Break
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

49. A book with a senior citizen character - Killers of a Certain Age, The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher, The Bullet That Missed
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
51. A book published in 2024
52. A cozy mystery - The Secret, Book & Scone Society

The Mini "Lists & Awards" Reject Challenge

√ 1. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists (PP, Poll 6) - How to Say Babylon
√ 2. A book from the Canada Reads Book list (Poll 1) - Denison Avenue
√ 3. A book on a banned books list (Poll 3) - Gender Queer
√ 4. An Audie award winner (Poll 7, Poll 17) - Delilah Green Doesn't Care (2023 romance)
√ 5. A book on a summer reading list (Poll 9) - The Kingdoms
6. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list (Poll 10)
√ 7. A book nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award (Poll 13) - All Boys Aren’t Blue
8. A book longlisted for a Booker Prize (Poll 13)
√ 9. A middle grade book that was nominated for or won an award (Poll 15) - Holes
√ 10. A book by a female or non-binary author which won an award that's also open to male authors (Poll 16) - The Princess Saves Herself in This One
√ 11. A book featured on a list for a media or celebrity book club (Poll 17) - The Measure
√ 12. A book adapted to Masterpiece Theater - Cold Comfort Farm

10/12

Covers

Summer Reading Challenge

June
1. National Ballpoint Pen Day
June 10th, the anniversary of the patent filing. Fun fact: the world's most popular ball point is the Bic Crystal, which sells on average 57 pens per second.
a. A book with a writing utensil on the cover
b. A book written under a pen name
√ c. A book about a writer, bookseller, or librarian - The Haunted Bookshop


2. National Prune Day
June 15th. Fun fact: prunes, the dried version of plums, were originally from China.
√ a. A book written by someone over the age of 60 - Baudolino
√ b. A book with more than 400 pages - Baudolino
c. A book with purple on the cover


3. Let's Catch a Movie
The term 'blockbuster' was originally used to describe especially destructive bombs, and then came to mean shocking news stories. It's current use as a movie with huge box office returns is often attributed to producer Max Youngstein
√ a. Author's initials can be found in BLOCKBUSTER FILM - A Justice for All: William J. Brennan, Jr., and the Decisions That Transformed America
b. A book that has been adapted into a movie or series
c. A book published in the last two years


4. Happy Birthday Paul Gauguin
Born on June 7th 1848 Gauguin was a French artist most known for his contributions to the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He lived in France, Peru, Martinique, Tahiti, and the Marquesas Islands.
√ a. A book with at least 4 colors on the cover - The Sentence
b. A translated book
√ c. A book with a seven in the page count - The Sentence (387)



July
1. Happy Birthday Satchel Paige
Baseball pitcher Leroy R. (Satchel) Paige (1906-1982) was the first African American pitcher in the American League. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
√ a. A book whose author's initials appear in CURVEBALL Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues
b. A book featuring a sport
c. A book with a black main character


2. The Apollo Moon Landing
Apollo 11, the first manned landing on Earth's moon, touched down on the surface on July 20, 1969.
√ a. A book set in space - Lightless
b. A book with the moon on the cover
c. A book published in the 1960s


3. Let's Go on a Hike
Fun fact: Yellowstone National Park averages 1 bear attack per year, and there have only been 8 bear-caused fatalities in park history. For perspective that is 1 bear attack per 26.2 million park visits.
√ a. A book with a cover of a nature scene without people - Small Game
√ b. A book set in a rural area - Small Game
√ c. A book with an element of survival - Small Game


4. Dog Days of Summer
Fun fact: this phrase refers to the time when Sirius the dog star is visible in the sky.
√ a. A book with a dog on the cover - Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog
b. A book with a hot setting
c. An author's first book


August
1. The Destruction of Pompeii
Pompeii was a Roman city that was buried under volcanic ash and pumice during the eruption of Mt Vesuvius on August 24, 79 CE. Because of the particular method of its destruction it is extremely well preserved and offers a unique look at life in the ancient Roman Empire.
a. A book featuring an ancient civilization
√ b. A book with red on the cover - 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers
√ c. A book set in a city - 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers (New York City)


2. Vacation Time
Fun fact: 60% of the Earth's lakes are located in Canada.
√ a. A book you've been meaning to read - Vroom with a View (on my TBR since 2014)
b. A book by a favorite author
√ c. A book set somewhere you would like to visit - Vroom with a View (Italy)


3. Let's Play a Game
Fun fact: In Chile the Clue character Mr. Green is named Chef Lettuce.
√ a. A book with multiple points of view - The Children's Book
√ b. A book by an author whose initials appear in SCRABBLE - The Children's Book
c. A book in a series


4. Back to School Sales
Fun fact: in 2023 the average American household spent $890 on back to school shopping, according to an online survey. Ok, that one's not actually that fun.
√ a. A book borrowed from the library -M Train
√ b. A nonfiction book - M Train
c. A book with a character in an educational setting


12/12!
completed August 21, 2024

Updating to note that I completed on November 17, 2024.


Absolute favorites were: The Poet X, In the Lives of Puppets and The Word for World Is Forest.

I only kept 10 fills the same as what I put in my planning post, and read 8 books I'd already owned. Hoping to improve that latter number especially next year.

Looking forward to next year!