Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

It's now time to get ready to vote for our next set of prompts! The thread will be open for at least 24 hours before the poll gets posted. This is a good opportunity to ask any question you may have regarding the prompts, do some research, or ask for recommendations.

Voting will open in the morning of Monday, September 30 and results will be posted in the morning of Friday, October 4 (CST time).

How it works:
- When the voting opens, follow the link to the mini-poll that will be added at the end of this post
- You have a total of 8 votes this poll to spread across your favorite and least favorite prompts (you can also use less than 8 votes)
- You can find examples of acceptable voting practices on the Introduction thread.
- The prompts with the more favorable votes (comparing top votes to bottom votes, and looking at the overall number of votes it received) will be added to the final list

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Note that this is a CLOSE CALLS poll. I've included the poll where the prompt had it's highest number of votes, so that you could go back and read the discussion on those voting threads. If you're interested. I've also copied over the Thoughts and Ideas for each prompt from that respective poll.

Poll Prompts:
1. Poll 2: A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge
2. Poll 2: A book published in a quarter-century year (e.g. 1925, 1950, 1975, 2000, 2025)
3. Poll 2: A book with a negation in the title
4. Poll 3: A book whose cover, title, or author’s name relates to SANDWICHES
5. Poll 3: A book with a title that is only a name or nickname
6. Poll 6: A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
7. Poll 6: A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
8. Poll 6: A book with an occupation in the title
9. Poll 6: A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea
10. Poll 9: A book with a weird or intriguing title
11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish
12. Poll 9: A book with a lucky or unlucky symbol on the cover
13. Poll 10: A microhistory
14. Poll 11: A book that is an Audie award winner or nominee (read in any format)
15. Poll 11: A book based on the theme of one of six Las Vegas hotels: Luxor, Excalibur, The Flamingo, MGM Grand, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island

Feel free to discuss the prompts below, but please remember to be respectful to the other group members.

VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/1VVurjpjNz84st7i9

THOUGHTS & IDEAS FROM THE SUGGESTIONS THREADS

1. Poll 2: A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge
2024: A book involving a crime other than a murder
2023: A book with a tropical setting
2022: A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
2021: A book set on an island
2020: Related to the arts
2019: Inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
2018: A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
2017: A book with illustrations
2016: A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you

2. Poll 2: A book published in a quarter-century year (e.g. 1925, 1950, 1975, 2000, 2025)
The person who proposed it thought this could be a way of having a second book published in 2025 as an option while opening it up a bit for those of us who are too behind to read new releases. It also highlights an element unique to 2025 (being a quarter-century year.

Examples of books that qualify include:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Shōgun by James Clavell
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
White Teeth by Zadie Smith

3. Poll 2: A book with a negation in the title
This means: no, none, nobody, nowhere, never etc.
don't, hasn't etc.
and pre/sufffixes like un-, dis-, -less, de-, in- or mis-

4. Poll 3: A book whose cover, title, or author’s name relates to SANDWICHES
Bread: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Sourdough Creek by Caroline Fyffe
Meat: The Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Cheese: Big Swiss by Jen Beagin, Cheddar Off Dead by Korina Moss
Vegetables: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café by Fannie Flagg
Condiments: Peanut Butter Fudge & Murder by Lori Woods, Knife Edge by Simon Mayo, A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
Sandwiches: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton, Pastrami Murder by Patti Benning, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (submarine), The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, A Beautiful Cage by Alyson Reuben

5. Poll 3: A book with a title that is only a name or nickname
Here's a BIG Listopia full of examples.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

A few recent examples I've read or that are on my TBR:
James - Percival Everett
Big Swiss - Jen Beagin
Sam - Allegra Goodman
Monica - Daniel Clowes
Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh
Angeline - Anna Quinn
Chouette - Claire Oshetsky
Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams
Piglet - Lottie Hazell
Julia - Sandra Newman
Kittentits - Holly Wilson
Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Hild - Nicola Griffith

7. Poll 6: A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
(BIO option a book related to two or three of the words).

Helpful listopias
The word blood, sweat or tears in the title https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Best Non-fiction War Books https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/824
Best Heart Pounding Books https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Fantastic Future Warfare novels. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... (there are some books on this list that don't belong)
Working Up a Sweat: Female Athletes in Romance Novels https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Popsugar 2023 #33 - A Book About an Athlete/Sport https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Books that Made You Cry! https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

8. Poll 6: A book with an occupation in the title
The Judge's List
The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories
Doctor Sleep
The Fishermen

9. Poll 6: A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea
Basically Mexico, central America, Cuba, all the Lesser Antilles, and the top part of South America
Map of Caribbean Sea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbe...
Possible listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...

11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish
Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Equatorial Guinea, Andorra, Belize, and Gibraltar

12. Poll 9: A book with a lucky or unlucky symbol on the cover
Lucky symbols - horseshoe, 4 leaf clover, rabbit’s foot, etc
Unlucky- broken mirror, the number 13, black cat, etc.

13. Poll 10: A microhistory
A history about one very specific thing — a few titles for example — SO many topics!:
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way by Bill Bryson
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

14. Poll 11: A book that is an Audie award winner or nominee (read in any format)
Awards recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). This prompt will be inclusive of our audiobook reading members, but still open to all to read in any book format that they prefer. Audiobook listeners know that the narrator can sometimes make or break a book. So let’s honor those award winning narrators with this prompt! Awards are given in 26 categories, includes fiction and non fiction, and there are some awesome titles that have won or been nominated going all the way back to 1996.
https://www.audiopub.org/audie-awards...
https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

15. Poll 11: A book based on the theme of one of six Las Vegas hotels: Luxor, Excalibur, The Flamingo, MGM Grand, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island
--Luxor (Egypt, the Titanic)
--Excalibur (Medieval, King Arthur)
--The Flamingo (Tropical, birds)
--MGM Grand (Hollywood, movies)
--Circus, Circus (Circus, carnival, fair)
--Treasure Island (Pirates, treasure)

Where These Prompts Came From

This is a Close Calls poll. We had 9 prompts that were designated as Close Calls during their particular poll (that did not make it in later polls).

For the 6 remaining prompts, the mods looked at the prompts that had the highest net votes compared across polls. We pulled the 6 highest net votes (disregarding prompts that got in later or were too similar to prompts that did make it in) and broke ties by looking at who had the most upvotes.

These prompts were chosen based on YOUR voting this year!

this one's going to be interesting.

thanks for sharing all the previous notes on the prompts and explaining the process

I would be happy with any of these prompts making it in. 6 upvotes

I have 7 that I like!

Many good suggestions here! I have lots of "negation" words in my TBR books (no, not, never, don't, nothing, without, even undoing and unseen!). I love SANDWICHES and Las Vegas hotels. Lucky/unlucky symbol on cover might be fun; we had very few cover hunts this year (not sure we had any other than ATY). And I read microhistories every year so that's an easy one for me.

Thanks for listing all of the "prompt 25s" - I was ready to downvote that immediately, but as it turns out some of those were my favorite prompts in past challenges!

I would encourage y'all to down vote at least a couple! Formula seems to work better when there's a healthy amount of both up votes and down votes.

I second Nadine’s comment! I wasn’t going to vote for a 25th prompt but now that I see the options, it’s an up vote. I will always vote for a book with illustrations.😀

It's a popular misuse, but a microhistory is not really a history of one thing. It's a history on a small scale to explain a larger trend or distill an example: One person, one event, one community or town. So something like The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks or Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania would be a microhistory. Something like Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers or Salt: A World History is a regular full scale history.

So would any biography of an historical figure be a microhistory?

So, Young and Damned and Fair: The Life of Catherine Howard, Fifth Wife of King Henry VIII would be a microhistory but The Reign of Henry VIII: Politics, Policy and Piety would be a history? It seems a very fine line to me.

Amy (Other Amy) wrote: "It's a popular misuse, but a microhistory is not really a history of one thing. It's a history on a small scale to explain a larger trend or distill an example: One person, one event, one community..."

I have to disagree with you "The historical method of microhistory, a form of historical writing, highlights a single person, place, object, or event and uses it to open a window onto broader historical questions" (https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/micr...). Under this definition both Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Salt: A World History are microhistories. You can place your limits on the prompt if it gets voted in for you.

I'm probably going to be neutral on the "A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge". I feel we have over done past prompts for next year to add one more. We already have a book from 2016 list and all the anniversary prompts.

Some of my favorite and least favorite prompts are on the close call list so I'm planning on voting 4/4.

I am happy to go with what Goodreads considers microhistories. I'm sure there's some academic difference, but I don't care. 😁
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/micr...

Ellie wrote: "I am happy to go with what Goodreads considers microhistories. I'm sure there's some academic difference, but I don't care. 😁
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/micr..."

I agree with Jillian and Ellie! Thanks for this Link. I forget how useful it to look at the genre pages for new ideas, popular current reads, and alternative lists. The long listopia was entertaining, but too long.

Jillian wrote: "I have to disagree with you "The historical method of microhistory, a form of historical writing, highlights a single person, place, object, or event and uses it to open a window onto broader historical questions" (https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/micr...). Under this definition both Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Salt: A World History are microhistories. You can place your limits on the prompt if it gets voted in for you."

We can always interpret the prompt however makes the most sense to us, but I didn't make that up for me. The definition you cited (which is a thoroughly correct definition) would not count a broad category of object as a microhistory. It would count a history of a single, specific object, which I don't have an example of off the top of my head, but it would be something like a history of a Methuselah (the specific bristle cone pine tree), or a history of the Hope diamond.

LeahS wrote: "It seems a very fine line to me."

It is a fine line, and there seems to be some disagreement around it, but the idea is that it uses the study of the detailed example to draw a conclusion about a broader trend. Wikipedia says " In its ambition, however, microhistory can be distinguished from a simple case study insofar as microhistory aspires to "[ask] large questions in small places", according to the definition given by Charles Joyner."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhi...

The one book on the Listopia I wouldn’t agree is a microhistory is Bill Bryson’s A History of Nearly Everything- way too broad. I’m going to continue to consider a microhistory a book that focuses on the history of one thing. That makes sense to me and clearly there are descriptions that both support and refute it - so I’ll go with my own interpretation.

I really like 11 of the 15 options so fingers crossed!

#9. A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea.

I have a lot of books set in the Caribbean islands and I love this one. I wasn’t sure about the ocean borders, so I looked up a few islands on the map. The Florida Keys are Not in the Caribbean. The Bahama islands are not, but culturally they are considered Caribbean.

Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico all border the Caribbean Sea, as do all the smaller islands, and larger countries shown on the map (but not the US).

Some islands are US or British territories, but I think we can all agree that other locations in the US or UK don’t work for this prompt.

I know there is some overlap between prompts 9 and 11, though many islands don’t speak Spanish. I like them both. If people are voting for only one of these, can you note it? I’d hate to see a split vote leave us with neither one.

I would consider both salt and cadavers one thing.

So these were originally 6 upvotes and 2 downvotes. It'll be interesting to see how my thoughts have changed.

I love history (even did it for my degree) and try to read several nonfiction books a year. I find the discussion around microhistory so confusing that it leads me to wanting to downvote it.

Kat wrote: "I find the discussion around microhistory so confusing that it leads me to wanting to downvote it."

Sorry; I was not trying to rain on the parade. I just like to know the actual definition when we vote a genre, and I figured other people might need to know. To me it makes a difference on how to fill the prompt.

There was a big dispute about this on Book Riot a few years back when they had Microhistory as a prompt. In recent years there have been many popular books about 1 thing, such as salt. The actual historians in the group explained the official definition, which was much more specific, as mentioned above. It's a recurring issue that comes up with other genres as well.

Strictly speaking, many books in GR are wrongly classified by readers. For instance, to take one I get annoyed about, some people mark any historical costume romance that is not medieval as Regency, when it is actually set in the Georgian, Victorian or other periods.

Since this is ATY, the interpretation is up to the member. The strictness of definition could determine if you are doing the prompt as KIS or BIO.

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I'm a little baffled by the "need" for a close calls poll when we didn't even have enough close calls to fill the list. Personally I'd have much rather preferred a regular poll of new suggestions instead, although I'm sure I can find a couple of prompts I like here.

First impressions:

1. Poll 2: A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge - I think I did vote for this last time because there were a few prompts that interested me, but I'm less keen on it now.

2. Poll 2: A book published in a quarter-century year (e.g. 1925, 1950, 1975, 2000, 2025) - I know I'll end up using this for a 2025 release, and while that's helpful to a degree to fit in something new, I also don't feel the need for a prompt for it.

3. Poll 2: A book with a negation in the title - I like this one! Likely an upvote.

4. Poll 3: A book whose cover, title, or author’s name relates to SANDWICHES - I was pretty indifferent to this one originally, and that hasn't really changed. I like the creativity, but not sure I like it strongly enough to vote for it either.

5. Poll 3: A book with a title that is only a name or nickname - A strong maybe.

6. Poll 6: A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years - I downvoted this last time. I might leave it neutral because I have quite a few authors who would fit.

7. Poll 6: A book related to blood, sweat, or tears - I strongly preferred this as a multiweek option. If it did get in, I'd probably treat it is as one anyway. As a single-week prompt though, I'm not sure I want it strongly enough to vote for it.

8. Poll 6: A book with an occupation in the title - I upvoted this last time and I still really like it.

9. Poll 6: A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea - Downvote. I'm super fatigued of geography-based prompts.

10. Poll 9: A book with a weird or intriguing title - This kind of prompt always bothers me because I never feel like I'm fulfilling it properly. I have a hard time seeing any title as "weird." The "intriguing" half may save it from a downvote, but it's definitely not an upvote either.

11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - Downvote, again because it's a geographic prompt.

12. Poll 9: A book with a lucky or unlucky symbol on the cover - Loved this one the first time and was sad it didn't get in. Definite upvote.

13. Poll 10: A microhistory - Downvote. I'm not a big fan of nonfiction generally and this is a little too hyperspecific for me.

14. Poll 11: A book that is an Audie award winner or nominee (read in any format) - Likely a downvote, because the option to read the book in another format seems to defeat the purpose of the prompt to me.

15. Poll 11: A book based on the theme of one of six Las Vegas hotels: Luxor, Excalibur, The Flamingo, MGM Grand, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island - I like this, but already have a similar prompt on my rejects challenge for this year. If I get to it this year, I don't think I'd want to do it again so soon. If I don't get to it, I'd likely just carry forward the prompt I already have, so I don't really "need" this one.

Unfortunately, this looks like a poll that will be mostly downvotes for me.

The only prompt I feel strongly about is microhistory. That’s a definite downvote. I read very little nonfiction and this prompt is way too limited.

The rest of the prompts I feel pretty indifferent about. I have surprisingly few “name only” books on my massive TBR. Lots of names, but not name only. I’m not a fan of setting prompts but of the two options I prefer Spanish speaking country because there seem to be more options. I could fill the Audie Award prompt but not reading it in the audio version seems to go against the spirit of the prompt and I cannot do fiction on audio because I can’t focus and I miss most of the story.

Like Rachel, I wish we’d had a regular round of voting instead of bringing these all back around again.

So many of these I loved the first time around, so I'm happy we're having this poll:

A book published in a quarter-century year (e.g. 1925, 1950, 1975, 2000, 2025)
A book whose cover, title, or author’s name relates to SANDWICHES
A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea
A book with a lucky or unlucky symbol on the cover
A microhistory
A book based on the theme of one of six Las Vegas hotels: Luxor, Excalibur, The Flamingo, MGM Grand, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island

That's 7 upvotes. I could live with most of the rest on this list too.

My first reaction is many downvotes. I've gone over what I voted in the original polls and see I upvoted some I'm not that keen on now, and have suggestions for books...so may need to think about what I do. I currently have 6 donwvotes, and 4 I could possibly upvote..so need to cut back 2 somewhere.
To be totally honest I'm sick of seeing sandwiches. I havne't liked it from the start and this is the third poll, but most likely the fact we just had it last week is what's annoying me about it.

I was quite enthused when I first saw the list, but less enthusiastic now I look again.

Neither of the 25 related prompts appeal - we already have a book published in 2025, a prompt from the 2016 list, and of course the anniversary list. I'd be neutral on the first one, but a definite downvote for the second.

I quite like blood, sweat and tears, microhistory, and occupation in the title.
The others I'm fairly neutral about, except Audie award winner. Doable, but I don't listen to books, so would read for this prompt, and as others have said that seems to negate the point of it.

I decided I’m going to upvote 1, 2, 6 and 14, and downvote 5,7,13, and 15. But really I’d be fine with any of the ones I’m not downvoting.

Voting is open

https://forms.gle/1VVurjpjNz84st7i9

And completely changing my mind once I was voting......

6 up 2 down., but still find myself dithering

Upvoted five, downvoted none.

Upvoted Negations, Blood, sweat & tears, microhistory, occupation and lucky/unlucky symbol.

This has been such a great year for prompts imo! There are so many here that I really love, and only a few that I’d rather not get in.

Upvote:

6. Poll 6: A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years - I have a lot of favourite authors who have really long publishing careers, so this is a fairly easy fill for me!

7. Poll 6: A book related to blood, sweat, or tears - Probably my favourite prompt in this set. I really like the flexibility and inventiveness of it!

9. Poll 6: A book set in a country bordering the Caribbean Sea - I do really like location prompts, and I think this one is so fun and has such diverse options! A really great opportunity to expand my reading.

10. Poll 9: A book with a weird or intriguing title - Again, I just like the flexibility of this! I have a few books on my tbr with really intriguing titles, and it’d be fun to pick one out.

11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - again, I like location prompts. And there are so many fun options and countries here!

15. Poll 11: A book based on the theme of one of six Las Vegas hotels: Luxor, Excalibur, The Flamingo, MGM Grand, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island - Probably my second favourite prompt, I think I definitely remember voting for it two years in a row! There are just a lot of fun options here, and I look forward to figuring out what’d fit.

Downvote:

3. Poll 2: A book with a negation in the title
14. Poll 11: A book that is an Audie award winner or nominee (read in any format

I selfishly would prefer new prompt suggestions so think I am going to vote for 1 up and 7 down. Kind of hoping we only get one or two prompts from this poll.

I still like Sandwiches, sorry :/

Samantha wrote: "I still like Sandwiches, sorry :/"

I love the sandwiches prompt. I think it's fun and original and it will probably be my rejected prompt if it doesn't get in.

4 up (SANDWICHES, Blood, Sweat & Tears; Vegas; Weird/Intriguing title) and 4 down (Audie, Spanish speaking setting, occupation, and 25th prompt)

My downvotes this round were not based on really strong feelings about them. Audie was the one that felt like "read this book because it won an award for presentation/performance". That's completely on me since I am unable to focus on audiobooks. My mind wanders and before I know it I've lost the thread.

It should be interesting to see the results. I suspect that there will be more polarizing results from this poll.

I’d like to read the world, so my #1 vote is:
11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - I have tons of choices in all genres. I was torn between this one and the Caribbean, and this has the most options.

Other favorites
10. Poll 9: A book with a weird or intriguing title - this is always fun
1. Poll 2: A book that fits prompt no. 25 of a previous year's ATY challenge - it includes a few big favorites for me.
13. Poll 10: A microhistory - many of these books are fun reads, or it could be used for a deep dive into a weird subject.
5. Poll 3: A book with a title that is only a name or nickname - i have too many options to ignore it.

I’ll probably do all upvotes because I like nearly all of them. I’ll wait a couple days to figure out the rest.

I have nothing in mind for sandwiches at all (my creative juices are gone atm). I don’t want to rain on the parade if this is really a favorite of many people. It might not hurt for fans to offer additional book ideas.

Similarly, if there are listopias for occupation in the title, could someone repost it?

NancyJ wrote: "I’d like to read the world, so my #1 vote is:
11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - I have tons of choices in all genres. I was torn..."

Here's a list of "occupation in the title" books:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

NancyJ wrote: "I have nothing in mind for sandwiches at all (my creative juices are gone atm). I don’t want to rain on the parade if this is really a favorite of many people. It might not hurt for fans to offer additional book ideas."

I feel like this will be a very easy prompt for most when we get an actual Listopia for it going, but I have a shortage of really good Listopias for the various directions it can go right now. I hope that more comprehensive lists of sandwiches might help?

Wikipedia's list of sandwiches:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Wikipedia's list of American sandwiches:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Wikipedia's list of hamburgers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Wikipedia's list of hot dogs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Wikipedia's list of hot dog variations (for seeing what people around the world put on hot dogs):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_dog...

There are a lot of food Listopias for various ingredients, but you'd have to sift for things you consider sandwich worthy. I know people are looking for lists of books to see if they have reading options, but this is a difficult prompt to do that for short of just building the ATY Listopia for it.

NancyJ wrote: "I’d like to read the world, so my #1 vote is:
11. Poll 9: A book set in a nation, territory, or commonwealth whose predominant language is Spanish - I have tons of choices in all genres. I was torn..."

NancyJ - the two I have flagged for Sandwiches are Heroic Measures and Egg & Spoon. I know, a short list of 2 is not really helpful, but that's as far as I've gotten so far. Re: "Heroic Measures" - I guess any book with any kind of hero could work, or any kind of club. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (submarine) - but I assume you have already read that...

NancyJ wrote: "I have nothing in mind for sandwiches at all (my creative juices are gone atm). I don’t want to rain on the parade if this is really a favorite of many people. It might not hurt for fans to offer additional book ideas.

Similarly, if there are listopias for occupation in the title, could someone repost it?"

My only idea for the sandwich prompt is a name that contains a sandwich word, like T KingFISHer or Peter F HAMilton.


I have oodles of options for the occupation prompt. A few of them: The Paris Seamstress, The Ferryman, The Last Beekeeper, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, The Sleeping Car Porter, The Hunter's Daughter, The Magician’s Daughter, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter and The Conductors. And any book with witch in the title would work.

dalex wrote: "NancyJ wrote: "I have nothing in mind for sandwiches at all (my creative juices are gone atm). I don’t want to rain on the parade if this is really a favorite of many people. It might not hurt for ..."

Thanks! That helps a lot. I think I own Beekeeper of Aleppo

My wife suggested a couple sandwich ideas - author named Joe (for Sloppy Joe), author named Rachel (for the sandwich of that name, which is a reuben made with turkey), and author named Lucy (for Juicy Lucy, a type of burger).

Thank your wife Dalex - those are great options I hadn’t thought of!

Well, I enjoy this prompt if for no other reason than my rejects list is getting huge (71 prompts) and I could entirely populate my votes this week with things I've already voted for.

More than 8 of those were prior upvotes, but now I'm trying to vote in things that are specific (microhistory, name or nickname title) rather than broad and potentially nebulous as to whether a given book fits or not.

While I could have upvoted 8 of these, I took Emily's comment to heart and downvoted some of my "least" favorites. So 3 upvotes and 5 down, this time. (Up for Sandwiches!)

Tracy wrote: "Thank your wife Dalex - those are great options I hadn’t thought of!"

Thanks Tracy! I agree that they are brilliant ideas.