• a pun in the title: Cheddar Luck Next Time by Beth Cato
  • a character with red hair: Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
  • title starts with the letter "m": Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley
  • title starts with the letter "n":
    • nicked mt anderson
    • night film marisha pessl
    • new animal ella baxter
    • neverwhere enil gaiman
    • never saw me coming vera kurian
    • natural beauty ling ling huang
    • night tiger yangsze choo
    • night train to lisbon
    • nightbitch
    • no one is talking abou this
    • north and south elizabeth gaskell
    • not what she seems yaasmine angoe
    • nw zadie smith
  • plot includes a heist: Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley
  • genre one: set in spring: Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods (fantasy)
  • genre two: set in summer: Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver (lit fic)
  • genre three: set in autumn: (horror, cozy mystery, hist fic)
  • genre four: set in winter: The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey (thriller)
  • author's last name is also a first name: Worry by Alexandra Tanner
  • a prequel:
  • has a moon on the cover: Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
  • title is ten letters or less: Woo Woo by Ella Baxter
    • Worry by Alexandra Tanner
    • Boy by Nicole Galland
  • climate fiction: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
  • includes latin american history:
  • author has won an edgar award:
    • Agatha Christie, Tana French, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Rick Riordan, Ken Follett, Michael Crichton, Gillian Flynn, Stephen King, Karin Slaughter, Alyssa Cole, Anthony Horowitz, Shirley Jackson
  • told in verse:
    • The Divine Comedy by Dante
  • a character who can fly: A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
  • has short chapters: We Spread by Ian Reid
  • a fairy tale retelling: Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou
  • character's name in the title: Peony in Love by Lisa See
    • Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill
  • found family trope: Boy by Nicole Galland
  • a sprayed edge: Beach Read by Emily Henry
  • title is a spoiler: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
  • breaks the fourth wall: Everyone on this Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
  • more than a million copies sold:
    • The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
  • features a magician: The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
  • a crossover (set in shared universe):
    • Paladin's Grace and Swordheart
  • shares universe with prompt 28:
    • Paladin's Grace and Swordheart
  • in the public domain:
  • audiobook has multiple narrators: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
  • includes a diary entry: The Sirens by Emilia Hart
  • standalone novel: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà
    • One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
    • Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler
    • Devil Is Fine by John Vercher
  • direction in the title: The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey
  • written in third person: On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  • final sentence is less than 6 words long: Chlorine by Jade Song
    • The Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
    • Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
    • Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su
  • genre chosen for you by someone else:
  • an adventure story: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
  • has an epigraph: The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey by Astrid Dahl
  • stream of consciousness narrative: Gliff by Ali Smith
  • cover font is in a primary color: A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette
  • non-human antagonist: The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning
  • explores social class: The Lagos Wife by Vanessa Walters
    • The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
    • The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  • a celebrity on the cover: Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
  • author releases more than one book a year:
    • Kingfisher, King, Christie, Gilmore, Jewell, Maas, McFadden
  • read in a "-ber" month:
  • "i think it was blue": The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
  • related to the word "puzzle": We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
  • set in a country with an active volcano: The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
  • set in the 1940s:
  • 300–400 pages long: Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
  • published in 2025:
    • Audition by Katie Kitamura
    • You Deserve to Know by Aggie Blum Thompson
    • The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
    • You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
    • The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey
    • Beta Vulgaris by Margie Sarsfield
    • The Weekend Guests by Liza North
    • Blob by Maggie Su

uncategorized

  • One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
  • Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler
  • Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
  • Devil Is Fine by John Vercher
  • James by Percival Everett
  • Come and Get It by Kiley Reid
  • Beta Vulgaris by Margie Sarsfield
  • You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
  • The Weekend Guests by Liza North
  • You Deserve to Know by Aggie Blum Thompson
  • Wordslut by Amanda Montell
  • The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
  • Audition by Katie Kitamura
  • The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  • Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill
  • Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
  • Shell Games by Bonnie Kistler
may 12 2025 ∞
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