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THE 2021 LISTRead: 29/52 (23 to read)
� 1. A book related to “In the Beginning...�
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler � � �
� 2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y (Not Forgetting the Whale) � � �
� 3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
The Last House on Needless Street � � � �
� 4. A book with a monochromatic cover
Big Lies in a Small Town
� 5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black
Novelists You Should Read
The Fifth Season
� 6. A love story
The Taming of the Shrew � � �
� 7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list - Animal Protagonist
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr or
� 8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
The Night Tiger � � � �
� 9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
Point Roberts � �
� 10. A book with a female villain or criminal
Armadale
� 11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
La Parure
� 12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
The Memory Police
�13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
A Little Hatred
� 14. A book set in a made-up place
The Sword of Kaigen
� 15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
Malibu Rising � � � � �
� 16. A book with a building in the title
Barchester Towers � � � � �
� 17. A book with a Muslim character or author
Baudolino � � � �
� 18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1
The Vampire Polidori, John William � � � �
� 19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2
Certain Dark Things
� 20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
Fledgling or Blindsight
� 21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro � � � � �
� 22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
The Dutch House
� 23. A cross genre novel
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� 24. A book about racism or race relations
Leave the World Behind
� 25. A book set on an island
The Willows
� 26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
The Captain's Daughter � � � �
� 27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
La Morte Amoureuse (Priest) � � � �
� 28. A book connected to ice
Disappearing Earth or At the Mountains of Madness
� 29. A book that you consider comfort reading
Bringing Down the Duke � � �
� 30. A long book
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall � � � �
� 31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
Dr. Thorne � � � � �
� 32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people
Cranford � � � �
� 33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
Les Mille Et Un Fantomes� � � �
� 34. A book with a travel theme
People We Meet on Vacation � � � �
� 35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
Rosewater
� 36. A book with six or more words in the title
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune
� 37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
Madame Bovary
� 38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
� 39. A book involving an immigrant
The Joy Luck Club
� 40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
Vinegar Girl� � � �
� 41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
Remote Control � � �
� 42. A mystery or thriller
Rock Paper Scissors� � �
� 43. A book with elements of magic
The Magician � � �
� 44. A book whose title contains a negative
Nothing to See Here � � � � �
� 45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
A Gentleman in Moscow)
� 46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 ŷ Choice Awards
Migrations � � � � �
� 47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir - WildCard
The Canterville Ghost
� 48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?�
The Man Upstairs � � �
� 49. A book with an ensemble cast
If We Were Villains or The Man Who Died Twice
� 50. A book published in 2021
Every Last Fear � � � �
� 51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
The Warden� � � �
� 52. A book related to "the end"
The Thursday Murder Club � � � �
Planning Part 1� If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
� To Say Nothing of the Dog
� Tartuffe by ѴDZè
�The Last House on Needless Street
4. A book with a monochromatic cover
� Wolf Hall
� The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
� Snap by Belinda Bauer
� No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
� Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
� The Mothers by Brit Bennett
� The Deep by Rivers Solomon
� The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
� The Taming of the Shrew
7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list
(Poll 13: A book with a non-human narrator)
� The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr by E.T.A. Hoffmann
� Perestroika in Paris by Jane Smiley
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8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
� The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
� Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
�Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar
� The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
� Point Roberts
10. A book with a female villain or criminal
� Armadale by Wilkie Collins
� Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
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11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
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12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
� The Fox Was Ever the Hunter by Herta Müller
� The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda
� Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
� Winter in Sokcho (Hiver à Sokcho) by Elisa Shua Dusapin
13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
� A Little Hatred
Planning Part 214. A book set in a made-up place
� The Trouble with Peace
� The Fifth Season
� The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
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15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
� The Dutch House
� The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
� The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
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� Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
17. A book with a Muslim character or author
� Baudolino
� My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
� The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
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18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1
Vampires in the past
� Une\Vielle Maitresse
19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2
Present day Vampires
� NOS4A2
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20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
vampires in the future
� Fledgling
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� Klara and the Sun
22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads
� Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
� Persuasion by Jane Austen
� To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
� A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
23. A cross genre novel
� L'Anomalie
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24. A book about racism or race relations
� Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
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25. A book set on an island
� The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
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� The Captain's Daughter
Planning Part 327. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
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28. A book connected to ice
� Iceland's Bell by Halldór Laxness
� The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
� Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
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� Bringing Down the Duke
30. A long book
�The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
� The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
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31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
� Doctor Thorne
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� Cranford
� Les Mille Et Un Fantomes
34. A book with a travel theme
� Breathing Lessons
� Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
� Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges
� Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar
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36. A book with six or more words in the title
�Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (engl.: The Mystery of the Yellow Room) by Gaston Leroux
� The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry
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37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature
� Madame Bovary
38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator
My words: guidance, atmosphere, child, writer, ambition, reality, road, menu, chocolate, historian
(I got 10 wonderful words. I will try to read a book that is somehow related to all or most of them. I guess, with these words this is actually possible)
� The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
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39. A book involving an immigrant
� Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
� The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
� Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
� Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Planning Part 4� Vinegar Girl
41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
� White Teeth
� Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
� The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
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� The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
� The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
� Nothing to See Here
45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
� Père Goriot
� L’Énigme de la chambre 622 by Joël Dicker
� The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett
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46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 ŷ Choice Awards Wild Card 1
� The Forsaken Inn
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47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
� A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
� Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?�
� Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann
� Die Leute von Seldwyla by Gottfried Keller
� The Crow Road by Iain Banks
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49. A book with an ensemble cast
� Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
� Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
� A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
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� Every Last Fear
� The Warden
52. A book related to "the end"
� The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
� The Affirmation by Christopher Priest
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JanuaryFinished
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler byItalo Calvino
Date Read: 7. January2020
Rating: ✩✩�
Task 1: The book consists of numerous different novel beginnings
The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin
Date Read: 11. January2020
Rating: ✩✩✩✩
Task 26: Pushkin is a new to me author, 124 Pages
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Date Read: 23. January2020
Rating: ✩✩✩✩
Task 32: more than two people on the cover
FebruaryFinished
The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
Date Read: 5. February 2021
Rating: ✩✩�
Task 43: Magic in the book
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Date Read: 9. February 2021
Rating: ✩✩✩✩
Task 42: Book´s a mystery
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The Man Upstairs (other topics)La Morte Amoureuse (other topics)
The Man Who Died Twice (other topics)
If We Were Villains (other topics)
La Parure et autres nouvelles (other topics)
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Polidori, John William (other topics)Kazuo Ishiguro (other topics)
Richard Osman (other topics)
W. Somerset Maugham (other topics)
Alexander Pushkin (other topics)
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