Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y :
✔ The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
✔ Trust by Hernan Diaz
✔ Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo

✔ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 :
The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future by Farah Karim-Cooper

✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list - a book featuring a landmark :
Le dernier pharaon by François Schuiten

✔ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong :
Au pied des étoiles by Edmond Baudoin and Emmanuel Lepage

✔ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world :
Un Afghan à Paris by Mahmud Nasimi

✔ 6. A book with wings on the cover :
Le livre des maisons extraordinaires: L'art de Seiji Yoshida

✔ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title :
Et vous, comment vivrez-vous ?by Genzaburo Yoshino

8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand :
✔ Canada : Paul a un travail d'été by Michel Rabagliati
Australia : RubyMoonlight by Ali Cobby Eckermann
✔ New Zealand : Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

✔ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads :
La Tour by Doan Bui

✔ 10. A history or historical fiction book :
This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

✔ 11. A book with an X connection :
Exiles by Jane Harper

✔ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year :
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

✔ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list :
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

✔ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color :
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) :
Les maîtres de Bayreuth by Charlie Roquin

✔ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" :
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

✔ 17. A book involving intelligence :
Nous voulions tuer Hitler by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, Florence Fehrenbach and Jerome Fehrenbach

✔ 18. A book with a botanical cover :
Deux fois dans le même fleuve: La guerre de Poutine contre les femmes by Sofi Oksanen

✔ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream :
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

✔ 20. A book with a single word title :
Konbini by Sayaka Murata

✔ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words :
Juste avant l'arrivée du bateau by Hans Anthon Lynge

✔ 22. A book by an author from an African country :
Lettres à un jeune romancier sénégalais by Alain Mabanckou

✔ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett :
À contre-marée - À la rencontre de Scarlette Le Corre, marin by Manon Selli and Lauriane Miara

24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) :
✔ S'engager en historienne by Michelle Perrot
Die Ausgewanderten (The Emigrants) by W.G. Sebald
Der alte König in seinem Exil (The Old King in his Exile) by Arno Geiger
✔ The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo

✔ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder :
Triste tigre by Neige Sinno

✔ 26. A book by an author known by their initials :
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

✔ 27. A book related to land :
To the End of the Land by David Grossman

✔ 28. A book related to sea :
The Tempest by William Shakespeare

✔ 29. A book related to air :
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

✔ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea :
Le conflit israélo-palestinien by Vladimir Grigorieff and Abdel de Bruxelles

✔ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” :
Margaret of Austria: Governor of the Netherlands and Early 16th-Century Europe's Greatest Diplomat by Rozsa Gaston

✔ 32. A book with a number in the title :
V13: Chronique judiciaire (V13: Chronicle of a Trial) by Emmanuel Carrère

✔ 33. A book involving travel :
Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

✔ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs :
A Field Guide to Happiness: What I Learned in Bhutan about Living, Loving, and Waking Up by Linda Leaming

✔ 35. A science or science fiction book :
The Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung

✔ 36. A book featuring a character in education :
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

✔ 37. A book that is part of a series :
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny

✔ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 :
Mattéo. Deuxième époque (1917-1918) (Mattéo, Book Two: 1917-1918) by Jean-Pierre Gibrat

✔ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 :
Mattéo. Cinquième époque by Jean-Pierre Gibrat

✔ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover :
Okavango by Caryl Férey

✔ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere :
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

✔ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title :
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author :
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

✔ 44. A book with a touch of magic :
Le Conte de Noël by Selma Lagerlöf
Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi

✔ 45. A book that is not a novel :
Fake news, l'info qui ne tourne pas rond by Doan Bui and Leslie Plée

✔ 46. A book related to night :
Le clan Snæberg by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

✔ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE :
The River by Peter Heller

✔ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt :
A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan

✔ 49. A book with a senior citizen character :
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 :
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

✔ 51. A book published in 2024 :
Anatomie de l'Affiche rouge by Annette Wieviorka

✔ 52. A cozy mystery - Wild card - a historical mystery :
The Mitford Secret by Jessica Fellowes

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