Spooky's House Of Books

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✔1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title:The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton  ( a must read)
✔2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list:Inquisition by David Gibbins 
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
✔5. A book about or inspired by real events:The Marines' Lost Squadron The Odyssey of VMF-422 by Mark Carlson ( a must read)
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
✔7. A gothic novel:( might change)The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 
✔8. An "own voices" book*Submerging Inferno by Brandon Witt
✔9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc);Blood Demons by Richard Jeffries
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction:( might change)
12. A book set in Africa or South America
✔13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)::The Blood Gospel by James Rollins ( must read series)
✔14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire :Poseidon's Arrow by Clive Cussler  ( must read series)
✔15. A book with an unique format/writing structure:Inherit the Dead
✔16. A narrative nonfiction :On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
✔18. A book with a location in the title: Who Killed These Girls?: The Twenty-Five-Year History of Austin's Yogurt Shop Murders by Beverly Lowry
✔19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors):The Morgue and Me
✔20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends:Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill
21. A book written in first person perspective
✔22. A book you have high expectations or hope for:Last Night by Kerry Wilkinson
✔23. A medical or legal thriller:The Devil's Grin by Annelie Wendeberg
✔24. A book with a map::Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson & the Conquest of the American West ( must read)
✔25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view:I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
26. A book with a text only cover

✔27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc):Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed, and a Doomed Journey Home by Sally M. Walker ( must read )
✔28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water: Devil's Gate by Clive Cussler  ( must read series)
✔29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench):Mark of the Dagger by Stella Rae
30. A short book
✔31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to: Ancient Egypt Secrets Explained!: The Influences Behind Egyptian History, Mythology & The Impact On World Civilization by Jeffrey Houston 
✔32. An alternate history book: White Houses by Amy Bloom
✔33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)"Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard
✔34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) Ture Crime : SIDETRACKED: The Betrayal And Murder Of Anna Kithcart ( must read)
✔35. A book featuring a murder:The Hunger  ( this one is strange )
✔36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before:Her Last Lie by Amanda Brittany
✔37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)Wild card : A Book you read for free:The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
✔38. A science book or a science fiction book:Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
✔41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials:The Romanov Ransom by Clive Cussler
✔42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater:Creature From The Crevasse by Michael Cole
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
✔44. A ghost story:Trail of Terror: The Black Monk of Pontefract, Cripple Creek Jail, Firehouse Phantom, and Other True Hauntings by Richard Estep 
✔45. A book that intimidates/ scares you:My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
✔46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air:Shock Wave by Clive Cussler
✔47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own:The Dolocherby European P. Douglas
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
✔49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link):The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
✔50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer):Survive the Night by Katie Ruggle
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
✔52. A book published in 2018:The Bookworm by Mitch Silver

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