***** - excellent **** - good *** - average ** - poor * - don't bother
1. Set in a school - Lunch Swap Disaster - Bruce Coville **** pub. 2020 (1.26.21 - 1.28.21)
2. Featuring the legal profession - A Time for Mercy - John Grisham
3. A dual timeline - Green Darkness - Anya Seton **** pub. 1972 (3.21.21 - 4.15.21)
4. An author that is deceased - The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
5. Published by Penguin - Photo Finished - Laura Childs
6. Character with same name as male family member - With Christ in the School of Prayer - Andrew Murray **** originally pub. 1885 (2.24.21 - 3.26.21)
7. Author with only 1 published book - Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
8. Book in 900's of the Dewey Decimal System - Wind, Sand and Stars - Antoine de St. Exupery
9. Set in Mediterranean country - Madonna in a Fur Coat - Sabattin Ali ***** originally pub. 1943 (2.28.21 - 3.6.21) set in Turkey
10. Related to the word "fire" - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
11. Book with discussion questions inside - Don't Lose Heart! - Mary Beth Woll and Linda Smith
12. Title starting with the letter "D" - Didn't See That Coming, Putting Life Back Together when your World Falls Apart - Rachel Hollis **** pub. 2020 (3.27.21 - 4.9.21)
13. Includes an exotic animal - The Eye of the Elephant - Mark & Delia Owens
14. Written by an author over 65 (when published) - Tales from Watership Down - Richard Adams **** pub. 1996 (1.10.21 - 1.26.21)
15. A book mentioned in another book - Color Me Murder - Krista Davis *** pub. 2018 (3.26.21 - 4.16.21)
16. Set before the 17th Century - Purgatorio - Dante Alighieri **** pub. 1320 (3.11.21 - 3.23.21)
17. A character "on the run" - The Firehorse Girl - Kay Honeyman
18. Author with a 9-letter last name - The Elsewhere Chronicles #2 - Bannister/Nykko
19. Book with a deckled edge - River Thieves - Michael Crummey
20. Made into a TV series - Birds, Beasts and Relatives - Gerald Durrell
21. Book by Kristin Hannah - Nightingale
22. A family saga - Ashes & Ice, #2 of Yukon Quest series - Tracie Peterson ***** pub. 2001 (1.22.21 - 1.30.21)
23. An ending that surprises you - Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie - Maya Angelou **** pub. 1971 (3.20.21)
24. A book you think they should read in schools - How Do We Know It Is Fall? - Molly Aloian **** pub. 2013 (1.10.21)
25. A book with multiple character POV - Under the Mistletoe - Cindy Rowland Anderson
26. An author of color - Things Fall Apart, #1 of African Trilogy - Chinua Achebe ***** pub. 1958 (1.2.21 - 1.7.21)
27. First chapter ends on an odd page number - The Finest Kind - Kim Bartlett
28. Includes a historical event you know little about - Vanity Fair Writers on Writers - James Atlas **** (Primo Levi - The Survivor's Suicide)
29. Featuring the environment - A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
30. Watch out for dragons! - Dragon Teeth - Michael Crichton *** originally pub. 1974 (2.24.21 - 3.1.21)
31. Shares a similar title to another book - Good Hope Road - Lisa Wingate
32. A selfish character - Last Day on Earth - David Vann
33. Featuring adoption - Adoption - Anita Ganeri
34. A book you'd rate 5 stars - Christmas in My Heart - Joe Wheeler
35. Set in a country that starts with the letter "S" (Syria) - A Woman in the Crossfire, Diaries of the Syrian Revolution - Samar Yazbek **** pub. 2011 (1.29.21 - 2.23.21)
36. A nameless narrator - Sun & Moon, Ice & Snow - Jessica Day George
37. An educational read - Rilke's Book of Hours - Rainer Maria Rilke
38. Recommended on BookBub - The Oysterville Sewing Circle - Susan Wiggs **** pub. 2019 (2.12.21 - 2.23.21)
39. An alternate history novel -
40. Found via #bookstagram - The Four Day Diet - Ian K. Smith, M. D. **** pub. 2009 (1.10.21 - 1.12.21)
41. Endorsement by a famous author (Susan Wittig Albert) on the cover - Keepsake Crimes - Laura Childs
42. An epistolary - Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn **** pub. 2001 (1.1.21 - 1.9.21)
43. A character with a cat (Picky-Picky) - Ramona & her Father - Beverly Cleary ***** pub. 1977 (1.1.21 - 1.2.21)
44. Includes a garden - The Garden Thief - Gertrude Chandler Warner
45. A coming of age novel - We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi ***** (3.20.21)
46. Winner of the National Book Award - any year (1976) - The Master Puppeteer - Katherine Paterson **** pub. 1975 (3.27.21 - 4.6.21)
47. A character with a disability - Auggie & Me - R. J. Palacio ***** pub. 2014 (2.4.21 - 2.14.21)
48. A cover with a woman who is facing away - The Alice Network - Kate Quinn ***** pub. 2017 (3.7.21 - 3.19.21)
49. A flavour in the title - If Teacups Could Talk, Sharing a cup of Kindness with Treasured Friends - Emilie Barnes
50. A shoe on the cover - Walk in Their Shoes - Jim Ziolkowski
51. Published in 2021 - Chain of Iron, #2 - Cassandra Clare
52. One of the previous 51 categories from 2021 challenge - The Elsewhere Chronicles #3 - Bannister/Nykko
Bonus - shares a similar title with another book - The 4 Day Detox - Dr. Ian Smith *** (1.10.21)
Bonus - shares a similar title with another book - Murder in an Irish Churchyard - #3 in the Village series - Carlene O'Connor **** 2018 (1.30.21 - 2.11.21)
