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1. The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
2. Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
3. Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
4. The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong
5. The Lost Wonderland Diaries by J. Scott Savage
6. Secrets of the Looking Glass by J. Scott Savage
7. Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry
8. Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette
9. Book Lovers by Emily Henry
10. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
11. Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
12. I Lived On Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
13. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
14. The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
15. Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
16. What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
17. The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor
18. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
19. The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher
20. The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
21. The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman
22. The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
23. The Vanishing Violin by Michael D. Beil
24. Before I Called You Mine by Nicole Deese
25. The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
26. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch
27. The Audacity of Sara Grayson by Joani Elliott
28. Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
29. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
30. The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
31. Austenland by Shannon Hale
32. Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
33. Miracle by Karen S. Chow
- Alabama Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber; What Stands in a Storm by Kim Cross
- Alaska Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan
- Arizona The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram; Miracle by Karen S. Chow
- Arkansas Eventide by Sarah Goodman
- California The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho; The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart; American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson; The Lost Wonderland Diaries by J. Scott Savage; Secrets of the Looking Glass by J. Scott Savage; Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien; Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen; The Talk by Darrin Bell; Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy; The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor; Sincerely Sicily by Tamika Burgess; The Search for Us by Susan Azim Boyer; Jurassic World: Off the Grid by Tess Sharpe; Finally Seen by Kelly Yang; The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm; Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins; The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla; Half Moon Summer by Elaine Vickers
- Colorado Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
- Connecticut Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker; Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado; Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell
- Delaware The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher
- Florida 102 Days of Lying About Lauren by Maura Jortner; The Braid Girls by Sherrie Winston
- Georgia All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
- Hawaii The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman
- Idaho Before I Called You Mine by Nicole Deese
- Illinois Devil By the Tail by Jeanne Matthews
- Indiana All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
- Iowa To Catch a Storm by Mindy Mejia
- Kansas Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
- Kentucky The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- Louisiana Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
- Maine The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green; Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord; The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer; The Audacity of Sara Grayson by Joani Elliott
- Maryland The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong; The Hot Zone by Richard Preston; Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Massachusetts Still Alice by Lisa Genova; Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark; Little Wonders by Kate Rorick; On Air With Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
- Michigan Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley; Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA by Richard Hill; The Secret of Snow by Viola Shipman; Murder Road by Simone St. James
- Minnesota Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke
- Mississippi The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz
- Missouri Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
- Montana Lone Women by Victor LaValle; The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
- Nebraska Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
- Nevada The Inn Between by Marina Cohen
- New Hampshire A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos
- New Jersey Like Vanessa by Tami Charles
- New Mexico A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones
- New York Madwoman by Louisa Treger; Ten Days a Madwoman by Deborah Noyes; A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon; Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith; Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy; The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd; The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil; The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman; How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller; Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster; The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer; A Bit of Earth by Karuna Riazi; Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.; The Gray by Chris Baron
- North Carolina Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates; Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette; Book Lovers by Emily Henry; The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda; The Vanishing Violin by Michael D. Beil
- North Dakota A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer
- Ohio The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon; A Simple Plan by Scott Smith; Lemon Drop Dead by Amanda Flower
- Oklahoma Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
- Oregon Scene of the Climb by Kate Dyer-Seeley
- Pennyslvania Murder by Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
- Rhode Island The Islanders by Meg Mitchell Moore
- South Carolina Five Survive by Holly Jackson
- South Dakota My Calamity Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
- Tennessee Death in Bloom by Jess Dylan; The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
- Texas Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke; Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes; Dear Sweat Pea by Julie Murphy
- Utah The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
- Vermont The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden; The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden; O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor; Year of No Sugar by Eve O. Schaub
- Virginia The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch; Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Washington Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey; Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry; The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown; Boneshaker by Cherie Priest; Beer and Loathing by Ellie Alexander; A Brew to a Kill by Ellie Alexander
- West Virginia The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas
- Wisconsin Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley; What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
- Wyoming Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
- Washington, D.C. Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
International:
- Australia - Exiles by Jane Harper; The Silence by Susan Allott; The Swell by Allie Reynolds
- Barbados - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
- Canada - This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong; Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong; The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede; Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong; A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong; The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong; Adrift by Lisa Brideau; Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer; Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong; Sixties Girl by MaryLou Driedger
- Chile - I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
- England - Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan; In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward; The Opera Sisters by Marianne Monson; Courts and Alleys by Elizabeth J. Stewart; In the Shadow of a Queen by Heather B. Moore; The Letter From Briarton Park by Sarah E. Ladd; Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley; The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan; The Close by Jane Casey; The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden; The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer; Zero Days by Ruth Ware; Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths; In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce; Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë; The Manor House by Gilly Macmillan; Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison; Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister; Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan; Jamaica Inn by Daphe du Maurier; The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict; The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor; Austenland by Shannon Hale; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- France - The Letter Carrier by L.C. Lewis; Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
- Ireland - No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor; A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor; Surrender by Bono
- Italy - I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis
- Nigeria - War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
- Norway - The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl
- North Korea - In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
- Scotland - The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong; Anatomy by Dana Schwartz; The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie
- South Korea - Falling for Korea by Piper Jean
- Sweden - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
- The Netherlands - The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan; On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
- Ukraine - The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
- Vietnam - Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family by Erika Hayasaki
1. The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
2. Madwoman by Louisa Treger
3. The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong
4. Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
5. The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
6. The Silence by Susan Allott7. Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
8. The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon
9. The Opera Sisters by Marianne Monson
10. The Letter Carrier by L.C. Lewis
11. A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by Rebecca Connolly
12. In the Shadow of a Queen by Heather B. Moore
13. The Letter From Briarton Park by Sarah E. Ladd
14. A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
15. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
16. Lone Women by Victor LaValle
17. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
18. The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
19. The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas
20. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
21. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
22. In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce
23. I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
25. A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer
26. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos
27. Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy
28. Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen
29. Anatomy by Dana Schwartz
30. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman
31. I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis
32. Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
33. Murder By Degrees by Ritu Mukerji
34. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
32. Like Vanessa by Tami Charles
33. Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
34. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
35. My Calamity Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
36. The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie
37. Eventide by Sarah Goodman
38. Devil by the Tail by Jeanne Matthews
39. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
40. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
41. River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
42. The Cottingley Secret by Hazel Gaynor
43. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
44. Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer
45. Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
46. The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
47. Sixties Girl by MaryLou Driedger
1. A Book You Meant to Read in 2022 Madwoman by Louisa Treger
2. A Book You Bought From an Independent Bookstore Five Survive by Holly Jackson
3. A Book About a Vacation Book Lovers by Emily Henry
4. A Book By a First-Time Author Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
5. Book With a Mythical Creature Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
6. A Book About a Forbidden Romance Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
7. A Book With "Girl" in the Title A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
8. A Celebrity Memoir Surrender by Bono
9. A Book With a Color in the Title The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
10. A Romance With a Fat Lead Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
11. A Book About or Set in Hollywood Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy
12. A Book Published in Spring 2023 The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
13. A Book Published the Year You Were Born Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
14. A Modern Retelling of a Classic The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor
15. A Book With a Song Lyric As Its Title Little Wonders by Kate Rorick
16. A Book Where the Main Character's Name Is in the Title Still Alice by Lisa Genova
17. A Book With a Love Triangle Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
18. A Book That's Been Banned or Challenged in Any State in 2022 Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
19. A Book That Fills Your Favorite Prompt From a Past Challenge The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong (Woman Looking Away From the "Camera")
20. A Book Becoming a TV Series or Movie in 2023 A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
21. A Book Set in the Decade You Were Born I Lived on Buttefly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
22. A Book With a Queer Lead Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
23. A Book With a Map Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
24. A Book With a Rabbit on the Cover The Lost Wonderland Diaries by J. Scott Savage
25. A Book With Just Text on the Cover Zero Days by Ruth Ware
26. The Shortest Book (By Pages) On Your TBR List Courts and Alleys by Elizabeth J. Stewart
27. A #BookTok Recommendation 102 Days of Lying About Lauren by Maura Jortner
28. A Book You Bought Secondhand The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
29. A Book Your Friend Recommended The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden
30. A Book That's in a Celebrity Book Club List Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
31. A Book About a Family Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
32. A Book That Comes Out in the Second Half of 2023 Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan
33. A Book About An Athlete/Sport The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram
34. A Historical Fiction Book Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
35. A Book About Divorce Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
36. A Book You Think Your Best Friend Would Like Without the Mask: Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light by Charlie Bird
37. A Book You Should Have Read in High School Lord of the Flies by William Golding
38. A Book You Read More Than 10 Years Ago A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
39. A Book You Wish You Could Read Again for the First Time The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
40. A Book By An Author With the Same Initials As You Secrets of the Looking Glass by J. Scott Savage
ADVANCED:
1. A Book Written During NaNoWriMo Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
2. A Book Based on a Popular Movie Jurassic World: Off the Grid by Tess Sharpe
3. A Book That Takes Place Entirely in One Day Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
4. A Book That Was Self-Published The Letter Carrier by L.C. Lewis
5. A Book That Started Out as Fan Fiction Austenland by Shannon Hale
6. A Book With a Pet Character No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor
7. A Book About a Holiday That's Not Christmas Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
8. A Book That Features Two Languages Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
9. The Longest Book (By Pages) On Your TBR Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
10. A Book With Alliteration in the Title The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
1. Winter Read Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
2. Goodreads Winner in 2022 The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
3. By a Black Author Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
4. With More Than 500 Pages Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
5. Published In Your Birth Year Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
6. Famous Author You've Avoided Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
7. Character With a Disability No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor
8. Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing Madwoman by Louisa Treger
9. Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing Ten Days a Madwoman by Deborah Noyes
10. By a Local Author The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram
11. A Western Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
12. You Own But Haven't Read Without the Mask: Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light by Charlie Bird
13. Animal on the Cover Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
14. Recommended By a Librarian The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
15. Newbery Award Winner A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos
16. About Royalty In the Shadow of a Queen by Heather B. Moore
17. Written Before 1850 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
18. With Dual Timelines The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong
19. Dewey Decimal System: 300s American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
20. Mother-Daughter Story Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
21. Empowering Read The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho
22. World War I Book Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig
23. Domestic Thriller Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker
24. 2023 New Release Exiles by Jane Harper
25. Read With Jenna Book Club Pick Solito by Javier Zamora
26. A Book Everyone Is Talking About All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
27. Book Becoming a Movie in 2023 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
28. About Complicated Relationships The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
29. Recommended on TikTok Book Lovers by Emily Henry
30. An Audiobook The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
31. Set in the 1930s Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare
32. Contemporary Fiction Bestseller Still Alice by Lisa Genova
33. About Adoption Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family by Erika Hayasaki
34. Genre You Don't Usually Read The Lost Wonderland Diaries by J. Scott Savage
35. Title Starts With "A" A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by Rebecca Connolly
36. Set in South America I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
37. Detective Story In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward
38. About Power Secrets of the Looking Glass by J. Scott Savage
39. 2022 Bestseller Five Survive by Holly Jackson
40. By An Author You Love Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
41. With a Long Title The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
42. Five-Star Read The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
43. YA Historical Fiction Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
44. About Magic Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
45. A Book That Makes You Happy Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry
46. Award Winning Nonfiction The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
47. Modern Classic Lord of the Flies by William Golding
48. Borrowed From a Friend On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
49. Red Cover The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden
50. Reread a Favorite A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
51. Bottom of Your To-Read List The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon
52. Holiday Romance The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
1. A Book With a Subtitle Without the Mask: Coming Out and Coming Into God's Light by Charlie Bird
2. Featuring An Inheritance Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry
3. Title Starting With the Letter "G" Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright
4. Title Starting With the Letter "H" Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan
5. Title Starting With the Letter "I" In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward
6. Under 200 Pages Ten Days a Madwoman by Deborah Noyes
7. A City or Country Name in the Title Falling for Korea by Piper Jean
8. Dystopian Fiction The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
9. A Book With a Dedication Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
10. Takes Place During the Roaring Twenties Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy
11. A Book About Secrets All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
12. High Fantasy Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
13. Published Posthumously Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
14. A Survival Story In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
15. Set in Australia Exiles by Jane Harper
16. Featuring One of the "Seven Deadly Sins" Don't Look For Me by Wendy Walker
17. By a Caribbean Author River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
18. Set in a War Other Than World War I or World War II A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
19. Typographic Cover American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
20. A Book About Siblings Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
21. A Second-hand Book The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
22. A Body-Positive Message Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
23. An Alliterative Title The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
24. Nordic Noir The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl
25. A Fashionable Character Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
26. Has An Epilogue Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
27. Newbery Medal Winner A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos
28. Includes a Funeral The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong
29. Sends You Down a Rabbit Hole Madwoman by Louisa Treger
30. An Author With a Same Name As You The Silence by Susan Allott
31. Set in a Workplace Vinyl Resting Place by Olivie Blacke
32. Published by Macmillan Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley
33. A Banned Book Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
34. Featuring Mythology Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
35. A Book You Meant to Read Last Year Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
36. Chapters Have Cliffhangers Five Survive by Holly Jackson
37. Written in Present Tense The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
38. An Enemies-to-Lovers Plot The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram
39. The Final Book in a Series The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong
40. Written By a Comedian Your Second Act by Patricia Heaton
41. A Character Who Is a Refugee The Opera Sisters by Marianne Monson
42. Time in the Title Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber
43. Book "Everyone" Has Read Lord of the Flies by William Golding
44. A Contemporary Setting Still Alice by Lisa Genova
45. First Word in the Title is "The" The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden
46. Script Font on the Spine The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho
47. Set in the City of Dublin A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor
48. A Book By Octavia E. Butler Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
49. Books On the Cover The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
50. Related to the Word "Murder" No Stranger Here by Carlene O'Connor
51. Doesn't Fit Any of the Other 51 Prompts (or free space) The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
52. Published in 2023 The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
Read a Book:
1. About a Scientist Still Alice by Lisa Genova
2. With An Animal on the Cover Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
3. About a Scientific Breakthrough Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA by Richard Hill
4. Set in a Forest Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
5. With An Animal Protagonist The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
6. Set in Space The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
7. About Women in Space Goldilocks by Laura Lam
8. About Science Gone Wrong To Catch a Storm by Mindy Mejia
9. About Sea Creatures (sharks, mermaids, squid, etc.) The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
10. With an Insect or Arachnid on the Cover Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
11. About a Dangerous Creature Lone Women by Victor LaValle
12. That Plays With Time The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
13. With a Green Cover Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright
14. About a Futuristic Society War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
15. That Is Cli-Fi (Climate Fiction) On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
16. Set in the Wilderness This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
17. With a Nature Word in the Title Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong
18. With An Element From the Periodic Table in the Title How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
19. About BIPOC in Science A Bit of Earth by Karuna Riazi
20. With a Tree on the Cover Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
21. With Space Words in the Title The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram
22. Set on a Farm Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
23. That Teaches You Something New The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan
24. That Is Classic Science Fiction Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
25. Has Fungi on the Cover The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm
26. About Your Favorite Science or Nature Topic American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
27. About Hiking Or Camping The Swell by Allie Reynolds
28. By An Indigenous Author Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
29. About Vaccines Anatomy by Dana Schwartz
30. Of Nature Poetry All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth
31. With Flowers And/Or Plants on the Cover Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
32. About Plagues Or Pandemics The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
33. While Sitting Outside or Next to a Window The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
34. Set At Your Favorite Outdoor Place (Beach, Lake, Mountains) Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
35. That Was Sustainably Acquired (Library, Used, Borrowed, Etc.) The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden
36. Set In Your Favorite Season A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor
37. With a Disabled Character No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor
38. About a Natural Disaster What Stands in a Storm by Kim Cross
39. About Gardens or Gardening Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan
40. About Survival The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
Pioneer Book Reading Challenge
**Must Be Purchased at Pioneer Book
1. Bestseller Non-Fiction Display** Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
2. Popular Book Published in 1983
3. Hugo and/or Nebula Award Winner/Nominee Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
4. Tearjerker What Stands in a Storm by Kim Cross
5. Browse a Real Bookstore For An Hour—Pick Any Book Five Survive by Holly Jackson
6. Customer Pick Shelf** The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
7. Newbery Winner/Nominee Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
8. TIME Magazine 100 Best Novels List Lord of the Flies by William Golding
9. Memoir In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park
10. Translated to English I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
11. Wildcard Upstairs (500+ pages)**
12. Popular Book Published in 1993 A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
13. Kirkus Prize Winner/Nominee Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
14. Western Fiction Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
15. Play By Shakespeare
16. New Arrivals Display Upstairs**
17. Title Starts With the Letter "C" Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
18. Published the Year You Were Born Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark
19. Paperback Thriller This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
20. Animal(s) As Main Character(s) The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
21. Best Seller Fiction Display**
22. Popular Book Published in 2003 Stiff by Mary Roach
23. Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author The Talk by Darrin Bell
24. Relationship Book
25. Author Using a Pen Name Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
26. Employee Pick Shelf**
27. Biography Ten Days a Madwoman by Deborah Noyes
28. AP Lit Recommended Reading List Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
29. True Crime American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson
30. Recommended By Friend/Family The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden
31. Wildcard Downstairs (500+ Pages)**
32. Popular Book Published in 2013 The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
33. Modern Library 100 Best Novels List
34. World History The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation by Rosemary Sullivan
35. Book You Can Finish In One Day Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
36. New Arrivals Display Downstairs** Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA by Richard Hill
37. Red Cover Madwoman by Louisa Treger
38. TBR Pile The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green
39. Fairy or Folk Tale Collection
40. Author Born Before 1923 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
1. The Art of the Decoy by Trish Esden
2. Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates
3. Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
4. Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron
5. Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry
6. Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette
7. Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley
8. Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke
9. Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan
10. Death in Bloom by Jess Dylan
11. Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison
12. Lemon Drop Dead by Amanda Flower
13. Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell
14. Scene of the Climb by Kate Dyer-Seeley
15. Beer and Loathing by Ellie Alexander
16. A Brew to a Kill by Ellie Alexander
1. Booked for Trouble by Eva Gates (3 toe tags)
2. Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire (1 toe tag)
3. Plantation Shudders by Ellen Byron (10 toe tags)
4. Exiles by Jane Harper (4 toe tags)
5. No Strangers Here by Carlene O'Connor (9 toe tags)
6. All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham (4 toe tags)
7. Five Survive by Holly Jackson (9 toe tags)
8. The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong (6 toe tags)
9. Don't Look For Me by Wendy Walker (2 toe tags)
10. Her Little Flowers by Shannon Morgan (13 toe tags)
11. In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward (10 toe tags)
12. Miss Aldridge Regrets by Louise Hare (6 toe tags)
13. Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry (3 toe tags)
14. The Unknown Beloved by Amy Harmon (25 toe tags)
15. This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong (12 toe tags)
16. Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong (6 toe tags)
17. Smile Beach Murder by Alicia Bessette (11 toe tags)
18. A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor (7 toe tags)
19. Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley (4 toe tags)
20. The Swell by Allie Reynolds (7 toe tags)
21. Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (9 toe tags)
22. To Catch a Storm by Mindy Mejia (8 toe tags)
23. The Close by Jane Casey (4 toe tags)
24. Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong (5 toe tags)
25. Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien (2 toe tags)
26. The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs (14 toe tags)
27. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden (4 toe tags)
28. Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke (1 toe tags)
29. Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark (7 toe tags)
30. A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong (7 toe tags)
31. Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke (5 toe tags)
32. The Right Kind of Fool by Sarah Loudin Thomas (3 toe tags)
33. The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz (11 toe tags)
34. The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong (4 toe tags)
35. Mousse and Murder by Elizabeth Logan (2 toe tags)
36. Zero Days by Ruth Ware (2 toe tags)
37. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (9 toe tags)
38. Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths (4 toe tags)
39. A Simple Plan by Scott Smith (15 toe tags)
40. In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce (6 toe tags)
41. The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda (12 toe tags)
42. A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones (4 toe tags)
43. Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (8 toe tags)
44. Enchanted Hill by Emily Bain Murphy (7 toe tags)
45. The Manor House by Gilly Macmillan (5 toe tags)
46. Death in Bloom by Jess Dylan (3 toe tags)
47. O' Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor (16 toe tags)
48. The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor (4 toe tags)
49. Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson (3 toe tags)
50. The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (5 toe tags)
51. Adrift by Lisa Brideau (2 toe tags)
52. Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison (5 toe tags)
53. Lemon Drop Dead by Amanda Flower (1 toe tag)
54. The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman (4 toe tags)
55. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers (5 toe tags)
56. The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman (9 toe tags)
57. How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller (18 toe tags)
58. Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister (4 toe tags)
59. Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell (2 toe tags)
60. Murder By Degrees by Ritu Mukerji (4 toe tags)
61. Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke (5 toe tags)
62. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier (6 toe tags)
63. Scene of the Climb by Kate Dyer-Seeley (2 toe tags)
64. Beer and Loathing by Ellie Alexander (1 toe tag)
65. A Brew to a Kill by Ellie Alexander (1 toe tag)
66. Devil by the Tail by Jeanne Matthews (9 toe tags)
67. The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters (9 toe tags)
68. The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl (6 toe tags)
69. Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong (3 toe tags)
70. Murder Road by Simone St. James (9 toe tags)
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Old School
Guidance Counselor
Humanities
Standards:
Lost and Found:
Hobbies:
Who Wrote That:
Series Or Not:
Cuddly and Cute:
A Book That Makes You Think of Warm Fires and Cozy Beds Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
Regarding the Moon:
The Number Four:
Preparing for the Robot Uprising
Road Trips:
Initial Impressions:
Weather Or Not:
Not As It Seems:
Take a Flying Leap:
Sparkles and Glitter:
Matching:
Love Them Critters:
Shakespeare Inspired:
Bucket List:
Spirits:
Museums:
Dinner Time!:
Roots:
The Darkness Around Us:
Ain't That Sweet:
Music:
Wildcards:
1. Cece Rios and the King of Fears by Kaela Rivera
2. Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
3. Ten Days a Madwoman by Deborah Noyes
4. The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
5. The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
6. The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho
7. Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
8. Five Survive by Holly Jackson
9. The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart
10. The Starburst Effect by Kelly Oram
11. Falling for Korea by Piper Jean
12. The Lost Wonderland Diaries by J. Scott Savage
13. Secrets of the Looking Glass by J. Scott Savage
14. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
15. Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
16. The Only Girl in Town by Ally Condie
17. The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
18. Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord
19. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
20. On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
21. In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce
22. I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
23. The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
24. A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer
25. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32 by Joan W. Blos
26. Iceberg by Jennifer A. Nielsen
27. Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
28. Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy
29. What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
30. Sincerely Sicily by Tamika Burgess
31. Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
32. 102 Days of Lying About Lauren by Maura Jortner
33. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
34. Anatomy by Dana Schwartz
35. The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls by Julie Schumacher
36. The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
37. The Search for Us by Susan Azim Boyer
38. I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis
39. How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller
40. The Vanishing Violin by Michael D. Beil
41. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
42. Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
43. Jurassic World: Off the Grid by Tess Sharpe
44. All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth
45. Like Vanessa by Tami Charles
46. My Calamity Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
47. War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
48. A Bit of Earth by Karuna Riazi
49. Eventide by Sarah Goodman
50. The Inn Between by Marina Cohen
51. Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
52. The Third Mushroom by Jennifer L. Holm
53. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
54. The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
55. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
56. Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer
57. Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
58. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla
59. Half Moon Summer by Elaine Vickers
60. Miracle by Karen S. Chow
61. The Braid Girls by Sherrie Winston
62. A Touch of Blue by Tory Christie
63. The Gray by Chris Baron
64. Hands by Torrey Maldonado
65. On Air With Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
66. The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
67. Sixties Girl by MaryLou Driedger
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