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✦ 52 Book Pickup (52 Books) – Two categories from each topic + one wildcard.

• ﹞Challenges
  1. A book over 500 pages / Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy
  2. A book about overcoming obstacles / The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tokien

• ﹞Things We Don’t Talk About
  1. A book with the word “naked” in the title / Does This Mean You’ll See Me Naked? by Robert D. Webster
  2. A book about oppression / 1984 by George Orwell

• ﹞Drinking Game
  1. A cozy mystery with a beverage in the title / Brandy & Bullets by Jessica Fletcher
  2. A book with a picture of an alcoholic beverage on the cover / Down with the Shine by Kate Quinn

• ﹞Shapes and Colors
  1. A book with a primarily black cover / The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  2. A book by an author whose name is a color / Warcraft: Durotan by Christie Golden

• ﹞Shh…
  1. A book about secret societies or clubs / The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  2. A book with the word “secret” in the title / The Secret Garden by Linda Chapman

• ﹞Borrowing
  1. A fairytale or myth retelling in a modern setting / The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
  2. A book written by an author with a pseudonym / Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)

• ﹞Bringing the World into Your Home
  1. A book about hygge, feng shui, or home harmony / The Feng Shui Detective by Nury Vittachi
  2. A book about a culture other than your own / The War Outside by Monica Hesse

• ﹞Weather
  1. A book with the word “snow” in the title / The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
  2. A nonfiction book about a weather related disaster / Storm of the Century by Willie Drye

• ﹞Those Bodies
  1. A book with a picture of an ocean on the cover / Pirates of the Caribbean: the Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin
  2. A book with a dead body on the cover / Corpse Cold by John Brhel and Joseph Sullivan

• ﹞TBR Burners
  1. A book that has been on your TBR list more than a year / Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (2018)
  2. A book you’re excited about / The Skyrim Library vol.I by Bethesda Softworks

• ﹞Who’s in Charge?
  1. A book about an empire / The Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather
  2. A book about a cat / SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki

• ﹞Where You Sleep At Night
  1. A book with a cabin on the cover / A Cabin in the Woods by Dustin Brubaker
  2. A book about a haunted house / The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

• ﹞Ways to Die
  1. A book with “poison” in the title / Death of a Poison Pen by M.C. Beaton
  2. A true crime murder story / Ripper: the Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell

• ﹞Occupations
  1. A book about a farmer / A Painted House by John Grisham
  2. A book about a librarian or bookseller / The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

• ﹞Plaids
  1. A book written by someone from Scotland / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
  2. A book with a flannel shirt on the cover / Supernatural: the Unholy Cause by Joe Schreiber

• ﹞Make ’em Laugh
  1. A funny comic or graphic novel / The High School Life of Fudanshi, vol.5 by Atami Michinoku
  2. A book with someone laughing on the cover / The Saga of Tanya the Evil, vol.2: Plus Ultra by Carlo Zen

• ﹞It’s All Relative
  1. A book with the word “father” in the title / The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield
  2. A book about an estranged family / The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson

• ﹞Reflections
  1. A book with a mirror on the cover / Derailed Conscience by Eliza Green
  2. A memoir / Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

• ﹞Putting 2020 Behind Us
  1. A book with the word “better” in the title / Better Watch Out by Willow Rose
  2. A book set after a major world event / The Death of Grass by John Christopher

• ﹞The Tools of Writing
  1. A book with “words” in the title / In These Words, vol.1 by Kichiku Neko
  2. A book with “deadline” in the title / The Deadline by Ron Franscell

• ﹞That Creepy Feeling
  1. A horror story or thriller / The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
  2. A book with an insect on the cover / The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

• ﹞Swashbuckling
  1. A book with a sword on the cover / A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
  2. A book about pirates / Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

• ﹞Favorites
  1. A book by your favorite author / Murder, She Wrote #4: Brandy & Bullets by Jessica Fletcher
  2. A book with your favorite color on the cover / The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (blue)

• ﹞Crossing Boundaries
  1. A book about the immigrant experience / In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
  2. A book about reconciliation / Thirty Minutes Over Oregon by Marc Tyler Nobleman

• ﹞Picture This
  1. A book with the word “picture” in the title / The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  2. A book with a photograph on the cover / The United States Marine Corps in the Korean War by Michael Green

• ﹞Generations
  1. A book about millennials / Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart
  2. A book about baby boomers / I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

• ﹞*** Wildcards ***
  1. \A 2021 release / Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1: the Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett

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