Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My plan for 2025!
(And yes, I will change it a number of times!)

THE 2025 ATY READING CHALLENGE (40/52)

✅️ 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - Landline by Rainbow Rowell (T for telephone) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list - The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Woon (suggestion: A book related to fungi) (completed, physical book)
3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (planned)
✅️ 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld - Death's Country by R.M. Romero (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 5. A book with a weird or intriguing title - The Female Man by Joanna Russ (completed, physical book)

✅️ 6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 7. A book by an author that uses 3 names - The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag (completed, physical book)
✅️ 8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings - Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon (completed, e-book)
✅️ 9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year - All Fours by Miranda July (completed, physical book)

✅️ 10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns - Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan (completed, audiobook)
11. A book set in a fictional location- The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien (planned)
✅️ 12. A book by an Irish author - Normal People by Sally Rooney (completed, physical book)
✅️ 13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman - Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis (completed, e-book)

✅️ 15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception - An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list - The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (prompt: a book that is mentioned in another book, this one is mentioned in Normal People) (completed, e-book)
✅️ 17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925 - Jomfruen fra Norge by Tore Skeie (completed, physical book)
18. A book set primarily in nature - De dødes tjern by André Bjerke (planned)

✅️ 19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape - Fourteen Days edited by Margaret Atwood (completed, audiobook)
20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (planned)
✅️ 21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals - The Will of the Many by James Islington (school and conspiracy) (completed, e-book)
✅️ 22. A translated novel from Asia - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa (completed, audiobook)

✅️ 23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal - Artemis by Andy Weir (MC is a criminal) (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 25. A book with waves on the cover- Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb (completed, physical book)
26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name - Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (planned)
27. A book set in the winter - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (planned)

28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1 - Kvit, norsk mann ("White Norwegian Mann") by Brynjulf Jung Tjønn (white ("kvit)/black and male ("mann")/female) (planned)
✅️ 29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2 - Black and Female: Essays by Tsitsi Dangarembga (white ("kvit)/black and male ("mann")/female) (completed, e-book)
✅️ 30. A monster book - Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 31. A book with a coastal setting - Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout (completed, audiobook)

✅️ 32. A mystery or true crime book - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (completed, e-book)
✅️ 34. A book title that could be a country song - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists - The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue (completed, audiobook)

✅️ 36. A book with a common household object on the cover - Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (completed, audiobook)
37. A book featuring adult friendships - Vennskap for voksne by Frode Thuen (planned)
✅️ 38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1 - Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis: The Evidence-based 7 Step Recovery Program by George Jelinek (non-fiction about living with MS) (completed, physical book)
39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2 - Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali (fiction where one of the MCs live with MS) (planned)
40. A book you'd consider a comfort read - All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89 (started, e-book)

41. A book that involves digging up the past - City of Dragons by Robin Hobb (planned)
✅️ 42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters - Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (completed, physical book)
✅️ 44. A haunting book - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (completed, audiobook)

✅️ 45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years - The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb (completed, physical book)
✅️ 46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names - Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb (buck/woolf/cold) (completed, physical book)
✅️ 47. A book relating to fire - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 48. A book with a character dealing with death - Technotika by Heidi Furre (completed, e-book)

✅️ 49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (completed, e-book)
✅️ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 51. A book published in 2025 - Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (completed, audiobook)
52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover - Tschick Adjø ,Berlin! by Wolfgang Herrndorf (planned)


THE ANNIVERSARY LIST (7/10)

2016: A book originally written in a language other than English - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Russian) (started, physical book)
✅️ 2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E" - Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (completed, physical book)
✅️ 2018: An author's debut book - Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (completed, e-book)
2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements - Karbon - en uautorisert biografi ("Carbon - an unauthorised biography") by Dag O. Hessen (planned)
✅️ 2020: A book with an emotion in the title - The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (O for Oscar) (completed, physical book)
✅️ 2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name - The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (completed, physical book)
✅️ 2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson (completed, e-book)
2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (started, physical book)
✅️ 2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (completed, audiobook)