Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

This is the first time I have signed up for the challenge. I am glad that I finally finished the planning.

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuchsia Dunlop

2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list: The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident by Elie Wiesel (biography, autobiography, memoir)

4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world: The Red and the Black by Stendhal (Paris)

6. A book with wings on the cover: What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

7. A book with a pronoun in the title: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand:
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: Cat's Eye by Marlena Fiol

10. A history or historical fiction book: The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

11. A book with an X connection: Pax Romana by Adrian Goldsworthy

12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made by Irving Howe

13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list: The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Russian Novels)

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight

15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX): Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith by James Billington

16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs": Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

17. A book involving intelligence: The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen

18. A book with a botanical cover: Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Cherry Garcia)

20. A book with a single word title: Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett

22. A book by an author from an African country: The Childhood of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffet: The Watery Part of the World by Michael Parker

24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple): A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

25. A book involving a crime other than a murder: The Round House by Louise Erdrich

26. A book by an author known by their initials: The Death of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee

27. A book related to land: The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson

28. A book related to sea: Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen

29. A book related to air: Facing Gaia: A New Inquiry into Natural Religion by Bruno Latour

30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea: The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle for Its Inner Soul by Isabel Kershner

31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

32. A book with a number in the title: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

33. A book involving travel: Indonesia, Etc: Exploring the Improbable Nation by Elizabeth Pisani

34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs: Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (Sleepy)

35. A science or science fiction book: An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

36. A book featuring a character in education: The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee

37. A book that is part of a series: Jade War (The Green Bone Saga #2) Fonda Lee

38. Two books with similar covers: Endymion : by Dan Simmons

39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee

41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: White Noise by Don DeLillo

43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author: Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley

44. A book with a touch of magic: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios: by Joanna Robinson

45. A book that is not a novel: Telling About Society by Howard S. Becker

46. A book related to night: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: Getting New Things Done: Networks, Brokerage, and the Assembly of Innovative Action by David Obstfeld

49. A book with a senior citizen character: Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow

50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

51. A book published in 2024: James by Percival Everett

52. A cozy mystery: Bookclubbed to Death by V.M. Burns

I have changed the book for prompt 10 (History or historical fiction) to: The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible by Simon Winchester.