Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE10
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√ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y:
The Fury
√ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023:
The Heart Principle
√ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list: (a book about dragons)
Iron Flame
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong:
One True Loves
√ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world:
The Christmas Bookshop



√ 6. A book with wings on the cover:
Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
√ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title:
After I Do
√ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand:
The Mother-in-Law
√ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads (274 as of 2/6/24):
Hypnotized by Love



√ 10. A history or historical fiction book:
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
√ 11. A book with an X connection:
The Final Girl Support Group
√ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year:
Dear Justyce
√ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list:
The Dutch House



√ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color:
Horse
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX):
Bride
√ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs:"
The Goodbye Cat
√ 17. A book involving intelligence:
In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked



18. A book with a botanical cover:
Tom Lake
√ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: (Chubby Hubby)
The Husbands
√ 20. A book with a single word title:
Yellowface
√ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words:
Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time
√ 22. A book by an author from an African country
Now Is the Time for Running



√ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett:
The Wish
√ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
Drop Dead Sisters
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder:
Lovers at the Museum
√ 26. A book by an author known by their initials:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix



27. A book related to land
√ 28. A book related to sea:
Sea Prayer
29. A book related to air
√ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea:
Ariadne
√ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”:
Winterland: A Novel



√ 32. A book with a number in the title:
Fourth Wing
33. A book involving travel:
Vacation Wars
√ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs:
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
35. A science or science fiction book:
The Measure



√ 36. A book featuring a character in education:
The Children's Blizzard
37. A book that is part of a series:
The Bromance Book Club
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
The Housemaid's Secret
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2



√ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover:
Island of the Blue Dolphins
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere:
The Final Girl Support Group
√ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title:
The Silent Sister
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
44. A book with a touch of magic



√ 45. A book that is not a novel:
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
46. A book related to night:
Phantasma
√ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE:
The Inmate
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt



49. A book with a senior citizen character:
House of Glass
√ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024:
The Women
√ 51. A book published in 2024:
The Wedding People
52. A cozy mystery

Popsugar Reading Challenge

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1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
√ 2. A bildungsroman book:
The Women
3. A book about a 24-year-old
4. A book about a writer
5. A book about K-pop
6. A book about pirates
√ 7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete:
Winterland: A Novel
8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author
9. A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author
10. A book by a self-published author
11. A book from a genre you typically avoid
√ 12. A book from an animal's POV:
The Goodbye Cat
13. A book originally published under a pen name
√ 14. A book recommended by a bookseller:
Sea Prayer
15. A book recommended by a librarian
16. A book set 24 years before you were born
√ 17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list:
The Christmas Bookshop (Edinburgh)
18. A book set in space
19. A book set in the future
20. A book set in the snow
√ 21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24":
The Fury
22. A book that centers on video games
23. A book that features dragons
24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
25. A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
26. A book that was turned into a musical
27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter
28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old
√ 29. A book with a neurodivergent main character:
The Heart Principle
30. A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
√ 31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence:
Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time
√ 32. A book with an enemies to lovers plot:
Hypnotized by Love
33. A book with an unreliable narrator
√ 34. A book with at least 3 POVs:
Young Rich Widows
35. A book with magical realism
36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37. A book written during NaNoWriMo
38. A cozy fantasy book
39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
40. A horror book by a BIPOC author
41. A memoir that explores queerness
42. A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
√ 43. A second-chance romance:
The Housemaid's Secret
44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel
46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
47. A book with 24 letters in the title
48. A collection of at least 24 poems
49. The 24th book of an author
50. A book that starts with the letter "X"

2024 Books By Covers

2024 Books by Title

After I Do
The Alone Time
Ariadne
Bride
The Bromance Book Club
The Children's Blizzard
The Christmas Bookshop
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
Dear Justyce
Drop Dead Sisters
Drowning
The Dutch House
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
The Final Girl Support Group
Fourth Wing
The Frozen River
The Fury
Golden Girl
The Goodbye Cat
The Guncle Abroad
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Heart Principle
Horse
House of Glass
The Housemaid's Secret
The Husbands
Hypnotized by Love
In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked
The Inmate
Iron Flame
Island of the Blue Dolphins
James
Kit McBride Gets a Wife
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
The Locked Door
Lovers at the Museum: A Short Story
The Measure
The Midwife of Hope River
The Mother-in-Law
Now Is the Time for Running
Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time
One True Loves
Phantasma
Sea Prayer
The Second Life of Mirielle West
The Silent Sister
Things You Save in a Fire
Tom Lake
Undercover Bromance
Unmarriageable
Vacation Wars
The Wedding People
Winterland: A Novel
The Wish
The Women
The Wonky Donkey
Yellowface
Young Rich Widows

2024 Books by Author

Isabel Allende
Hiro Arikawa
Amy Barry
Kimberly Belle
Melanie Benjamin
Angela Brown
Jenny Colgan
Holly Gramazio
Kristin Hannah
Patricia Harman
Grady Hendrix
Sally Hepworth
Helen Hoang
Khaled Hosseini
R.F. Kuang
Elle Marr
Freida McFadden x 3
Rae Meadows
Alex Michaelides
Scott O'Dell
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Steven Rowley
J.K. Rowling x 3
Jonna Méndez
Jennifer Saint
Amanda Skenandore
Nicholas Sparks
Nic Stone
Meik Wiking
Michael Williams
Sariah Wilson
Rebecca Yarros x 2

PLANNING for THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: Atalanta, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, The House on Mango Street
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: Ali Hazelwood, Helen Hoang
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list:
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: Edinburgh, Scotland
6. A book with wings on the cover: Drowning
7. A book with a pronoun in the title: Before We Were Yours, It, Me Before You
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand Sally Hepworth
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads 274
10. A history or historical fiction book: Before We Were Yours, Carnegie's Maid, I Was Anastasia, The Children's Blizzard
11. A book with an X connection: X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries
12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: book:Ariadne|54860614], Beautiful World, Where Are You, The Final Girl Support Group, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
13. A book that is on a Five Books List: The Persian Boy (historical fiction), The Princess Bride (comfort), Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (audio)

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color:
Yellowface
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX):
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs":
I Could Pee on This: and Other Poems by Cats, The Goodbye Cat
17. A book involving intelligence:
The Housekeeper and the Professor

18. A book with a botanical cover: Sea Prayer
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: Cherry Cheesecake Murder, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Superfudge, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
20. A book with a single word title: Ariadne, Yellowface
21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
22. A book by an author from an African country:
The Gilded Ones

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett:
A Salty Piece of Land, Tales from Margaritaville
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple):
Atalanta
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder:
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
26. A book by an author known by their initials J.K. Rowling

27. A book related to land:
O Pioneers!
28. A book related to seaSea Prayer
29. A book related to air:
The Wind in the Willows
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea:
Monaco, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Algeria, Libya
31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” Olympic gymnastics

32. A book with a number in the title:
Under One Roof, The Book of Two Ways, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, 28 Summers, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
33. A book involving travel
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs:
These Happy Golden Years
35. A science or science fiction book:
Love, Theoretically, Oryx and Crake

36. A book featuring a character in education:
Educated
37. A book that is part of a series:
Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
42. A book with a sound-related word in the title:
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author:
Agatha Christie, Joanne Fluke, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King
44. A book with a touch of magic:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

45. A book that is not a novel:
The Complete Maus
46. A book related to night:
Night Road, The Night Watchman
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE The Fury
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt:
A book published in 2024

49. A book with a senior citizen character: The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, The Housekeeper and the Professor, The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024:
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well, The Reading List, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
51. A book published in 2024:
Bride by Ali Hazelwood, Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering, The Fury
52. A cozy mystery:
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderer

PLANNING ONLY for Popsugar Reading Challenge

1 A book with the word "leap" in the title
Sappho's Leap
2 A bildungsroman book
3 A book about a 24-year-old
Hana Khan Carries On
4 A book about a writer
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers
5 A book about K-pop
XOXO
6 A book about pirates
The Princess Bride
7 A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author
The Color Purple
9 A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author
Show Me a Sign
10 A book by a self-published author
11 A book from a genre you typically avoid
12 A book from an animal's POV
The Goodbye Cat
13 A book originally published under a pen name
14 A book recommended by a bookseller
15 A book recommended by a librarian
16 A book set 24 years before you were born
17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
18 A book set in space
19 A book set in the future
20 A book set in the snow
One by One
21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
22 A book that centers on video games
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
23 A book that features dragons
24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
The Sun Is Also a Star
25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
26 A book that was turned into a musical
27 A book where someone dies in the first chapter
Yellowface
28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old
The Good Part
29 A book with a neurodivergent main character
The Heart Principle
30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
31 A book with a title that is a complete sentence
32 A book with an enemies to lovers plot
33 A book with an unreliable narrator
34 A book with at least 3 POVs
35 A book with magical realism
36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing
37 A book written during NaNoWriMo
38 A cozy fantasy book
39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
40 A horror book by a BIPOC author
41 A memoir that explores queerness
42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
43 A second-chance romance
44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
The Woman in Me
45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel
46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
Sleeping Beauties
47 A book with 24 letters in the title
48 A collection of at least 24 poems
49 The 24th book of an author
I've Got Your Number
50 A book that starts with the letter "X"
X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries