Around the Year in 52 Books 2021

I almost managed to read all 52 books last year – Can I do it this year?

If you want to check this challenge out, click here to go to the Goodreads page about it.

Number	Prompt	Chosen Book	Completed?
1	A book related to “In the Beginning…”	The Magician’s Nephew by C.S Lewis	✓
2	A book by an author whose name doesn’t contain the letters A, T or Y	A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer	✓
3	A book related to the lyrics for the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music	When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler	✓
4	A book with a monochromatic cover	The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab	✓
5	A book by an author on USA Today’s list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read	Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert	✓
6	A love story	The Wrong Kind of Love by Lexi Ryan	✓
7	A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn’t make the final list	Fence by C.S. Pacat	✓
8	A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited	Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas	✓
9	A book you associate with a specific season or time of year	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis	✓
10	A book with a female villain or criminal	The Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron	✓
11	A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum	Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie	✓
12	A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation	The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa	✓
13	A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020	A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A Brown
14	A book set in a made-up place	Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire	✓
15	A book that features siblings as the main characters	Caraval by Stepanie Garber	✓
16	A book with a building in the title	Library Wars – Love & War: Volume 1 by Kiiro Yumi & Hiro Arikawa	✓
17	A book with a Muslim character or author	Yes, No, Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed	✓
18	3 books related to “Past, Present, Future” – Book 1	The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn	✓
19	3 books related to “Past, Present, Future” – Book 2	Together Apart by Erin A Craig et al	✓
20	3 books related to “Past, Present, Future” – Book 3	The Midnight Library by Matt Haig	✓
21	A book whose title and author both contain the letter “u”	Kind of Cursed by Stephanie Fournet	✓
22	A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads	Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall	✓
23	A cross genre novel	Smoke by Dan Vyleta	✓
24	A book about racism or race relations	The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed	✓
25	A book set on an island	The Cousins by Karen M McManus	✓
26	A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Volume 1 by Koyoharu Gotouge	✓
27	A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards	Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard	✓
28	A book connected to ice	Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuznair	✓
29	A book that you consider comfort reading	Love In Focus by Yoko Nogiri	✓
30	A long book	Orange: The Complete Collection Volume 1 by Ichigo Takano	✓
31	A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years	Eleanora by Edgar Allen Poe	✓
32	A book whose cover shows more than 2 people	The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barnes	✓
33	A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry	Our Stories, Our Voices by Amy Reed et al	✓
34	A book with a travel theme	Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert	✓
35	A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer	What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty	✓
36	A book with six or more words in the title	I Want To Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino	✓
37	A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list	The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron
38	A book related to a word given by a random word generator	And the Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando	✓
39	A book involving an immigrant	Everything I’ve Never Told You by Celestse Ng	✓
40	A book with flowers or greenery on the cover	Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire	✓
41	A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author	Legendborn by Tracey Deonn	✓
42	A mystery or thriller	Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie	✓
43	A book with elements of magic	Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian	✓
44	A book whose title contains a negative	Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson	✓
45	A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet Alpha	A Good Girls’ Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson	✓
46	A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards	Majesty by Katherine McGee	✓
47	A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir	Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez	✓
48	A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”	52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn’t Get Taught in School by James Felton	✓
49	A book with an ensemble cast	Tweet Cute by Emma Lord	✓
50	A book published in 2021	A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer	✓
51	A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name	Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor	✓
52	A book related to “the end”	I’m in Love and It’s the End of the World by Taamo	✓