Science Fiction
Fantasy
Horror
100k+ word fanfic
autobiography
number in the title
colour in the title
a classic
Short story anthology
female author
romance
Less than 100 pages
audio/ebook
poetry
play
comedy/humour

+ POC author
+ POC main character
+ Historical romance
+ Hero Vs Villain
+ A book that starts with the first letter of your name
+ An Author from the same country than you.
+ Set in the Future
+ Fairytale
+ Favourite childhood book
+ Disabled character

- A book that is part of a series
- Anthology of short stories
- Historical fiction
- With a country in the title
- With a city in the title
- Not originally written in English or in your mother tongue
- Myths and Legends
- Comic/Graphic novel
- Recommended by someone
- Published in 2019
- Non-fiction
- At the bottom of your TBR pile
- A book from the BBC's Top 100 books you need to read before you die (https://www.listchallenges.com/bbcs-top-100-books-you-need-to-read-before-you-die)
- A book that won an award
- A debut novel

Mystery
Non-fiction
A Book that has been banned
Detective series
Second chance (A book you gave up on once upon a time)
fairytale inspired
Animal on the Cover
TV tie-in
Movie
Historical
20th Century
Action/Adventure
YA book
One Word Title

I think everyone has done a good job of the lists so far! Some fab new ones.

Maybe a couple more:

crime/mystery
lifestyle/food

I added the lifestyle food too. Good recommendation!

Cookbooks aren't just recipes any more, are they? Not my thing but they are popular!!

- Written in first person
- Travel book
- Title 6 or more words long
- True crime
- Set in a country you want to visit
- Unreliable narrator
- An author's first book
- A local author
- Epistolary

1. a book that is 600 pages or more
2. historical fiction
3. poc author
4. anthology of short stories
5. a book that has been banned
6. a book that won an award
7. audio/ebook
8. poetry
9. non-fiction
10. horror

I think everyone has covered a fantastic range of choices already.

*An author you’ve never read before
*A spinoff or a story based in a universe shared with another book.
*Inspired or based around a social or political issue, either new/recent or historical
*An author that is famous for something else (YouTuber, Celebrity, Blogger, Sportsperson, TV Presenter etc.)
*Unusual format (such as in second person, through letters, through text messages, etc.)
*A book you wanted to read as a child/teen and never did.

In addition to fifi's 'lifestyle/food' option how about a recipe book where you actually choose two recipes and make and review them!

Very great choices! I just told fifi I added the cookbook food etc too before I checked everyone else's out (great minds think alike!). I love taking it up a notch and actually making the recipes. That could be fun!

Edited 2018-11-15 02:30 pm (UTC)

Yeah I thought that would be fun. I'm not a huge fan of cooking but am trying to make more of an effort to try new things/new recipes. and as a fall back I love baking so cakes and biscuits count too.

Here are mine!

1. Read an author that has the same initials as you
2. Short book (under 200 pages)
3. Graphic novel
4. First book by your favorite author
5. Self help
6. Read a book you chose by the cover
7. Biography
8. A book featuring your state or country
9. Book written by an 80s star (ex Alison Arngrim from Little House on the Prairie)
10. Cookbook or food memoir
11. You finish reading in a day
12. Set in a place you have always wanted to visit
13. Collection of short stories
14. Banned
15. Young Adult book

Some more good ones there. Everyone has come up with great ideas.

In addition to my list above (couldn't edit due to Keli's reply!) can we please also keep the 2 wild cards.

The wildcards will definitely stay. :)

Yay! Thank you.

I was also actually playing around with the idea of adding in one or two more. Alternately, I had an idea of another sort of substitution one could make in addition to the wild cards.

I was trying to think of something too... maybe read a book for someone else's card. They get a square covered for the category you read for them and you get to cover a square of your choice on your own card, category unimportant.

Or a swap read. Like a buddy read but if you partner needs their horror (for example) square filled and you need, let's say, young adult, you could read for each other!

I was thinking like having a list of say 5-10 categories (maybe some of the ones that don't make it on the final card) to use as a substitution for a square you were having trouble with. But you'd also still have the wild cards for which you could read any book of your choice.

That sounds good too!

I like that idea! I've used my two wild cards already and now find I'm struggling a little bit to fill the last couple of squares (but that's more because I'm running out of time before the end of the year rather than because I can't find things to fill them, to be honest).

This is what happens when I don't check lj for ages, Hope I'm in before suggestions close!

Past times - historical fiction or history non-fiction.
collection of short stories
A book that is part of a series
adventure

Ones from this year's list I'd like to keep:

Number or colour in the title.
non-fiction
childrens/YA
sci fi/fantasy etc
romance
crime/mystery/thriller
horror
one word title
A favourite re-read

You are, no worries! I've got to add in mine, too. I'll probably leave it open until the 19th to give everyone a chance.

My suggestions:

Female author
Mystery/Crime
Horror
Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural/Paranormal/UF
Diverse Reads (books with LBGTQA and/or POC characters or written by an LGBTQA and/or POC author)
A book that is part of a trilogy
TV tie-in/Turned into a TV show
A Favorite Re-read
Set on or near a holiday
One word title
Published this year (2019)
Movie tie-in/based on a movie
A color or number in the title
A classic
An animal on the cover.