Another favorite I have been doing for several years now. There are always a lot of interesting categories in this one. Click above to see the graphic with the categories. As in the past, I will try to complete the Fortnightly level (one category from each topic), then see how much father I can go with the list.
The Standards
Thriller: The Paris Apartment--Lucy Foley
Classic
Mystery: Fatally Frosted--Jessica Beck
Fantasy
To Coin A Phrase
Coins on the cover
By an author known for coining a phrase
Title based on a well-known phrase: Leap of Faith--Danielle Steel
Book about language
Our Amazing World
Book about the ocean
Memoir about someone living with nature: Into the Wild--Jon Krakauer
Book about an explorer
Book about a lost species
Classic Computer Games
Oregon Trail--book where the characters might die of dysentery
Legend of Zelda--book where the protagonist is not the title character
Pacman--A maze on the cover
Space Invaders--book with aliens
Roadkill
About something you might find dead on the road
Mystery set during a vacation
Hotel on the cover
Something flat on the cover
How Does Your Garden Grow
Author with flower/plant name
Coming-of-age story
About three main characters: Weyward--Emilia Hart
"Silver" or "shell" in the title
Bright and Shiny
Book released in 2024
Memoir about someone with a Hollywood Star
Gold or silver cover
Picture of the sun on the cover
Things That Are Good for Us
Vegetable in the title
About walking away
Lots of fresh air on the cover
About positive changes
Shhh...
"Secret" in the title: Summer Secrets--Jane Green
Someone sleeping on the cover
About a secret society
Book you hope will calm your mind
Reasons a Book Might Be Banned
About gender identity: Women Who Dared--Linda Skeers
Written by a POC: Behold the Dreamers--Imbolo Mbue
With offensive language
With talking animals: The Cat Who Saved Books--Sosuke Natsukawa
Reflections
Mirror on the cover
About looking back
Book you know will make you think
Antonyms in the title
Book Cliches
The butler did it--Book with a butler
It was a dark and stormy night--Book with a great first line
Once upon a time--Fairy tale retelling: Never Cry Werewolf--Heather Davis
There can only be one--Pits characters against each other: Red Queen--Victoria Aveyard
Swashbuckling
Book with pirates: Pirate Passover--Judy Press
Sword on the cover
Daring adventure graphic novel
About a stowaway
New Year's Resolutions
Read anything--your goal is to read more: She's Too Pretty to Burn--Wendy Heard
Title that sounds like exercise
About cleaning home or getting organized
About getting away from it all
How Do You Want Your Eggs?
A hard-boiled crime: Reckoning--Catherine Coulter
About finding the sunny side of life
With a poacher
Book where someone is likely to be "baked"
Doing It "Old School"
Stamp or rotary phone on the cover
Author old enough to be a grandparent
About someone traveling by foot: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry--Rachel Joyce
Set before you were born
Generational
Written by someone the same generation as you
Multi-generational story
Set when boomers were in their prime
Book that generates hope
Food Groups
Dairy--A cheesy book
Meat--Book you can sink your teeth into
Fruit--Fruit in the title: Death by Cherry Chocolate Cheesecake--Sarah Graves
Grain--Set in a farming community: Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous--Suzanne Park
Love Them Pockets!
Key or pocket watch on the cover
"Pocket Guide"
Purse on the cover (because of course your clothes don't have pockets)
Book that might have been carried in a soldier's pocket
Just Desserts
About revenge: Scandal--Amanda Quick
Something sweet on the cover: Sugar and Spice--Sarah Mlynowski
Book you'd like to settle in with an after-dinner drink
By an author who has a good reputation with fans
Color Me Up!
Color word in the title: Greenglass House--Kate Milford
Favorite color on the cover
Author with a color name:
Book that looks like someone went crazy with crayons
Seems Sketchy
An illustrated book: The Fabulous Zed Watson!--Basil Sylvester
With an unreliable narrator
Sketchbook or notebook on the cover
"Fake" in the title
TBR Busters
Book you meant to read last year
Any book on your TBR: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek--Kim Michele Richardson
Book someone gave you that you haven't read yet: Mystique--Amanda Quick
Book in your house with a dusty cover
Fakes
About a monster no one believes exists
By an author who uses a pseudonym: By the Light of the Study Lamp--Carolyn Keene
Fiction book based on a true story: River Sing Me Home--Eleanor Shearer
About something counterfeit
Spice It Up
Nonfiction book about a controversial person: Paris: The Memoir--Paris Hilton
Spice in the title
Spicy cover
Set somewhere known for its cuisine
The Long and Short of It
Over 500 pages: The Forgotten Garden--Kate Morton
Under 150 pages: Home--Toni Morrison
Title at least 7 words long: With a Dog AND Cat, Every Day is Fun, Volume 1--Hidekichi Matsumoto
Author whose last name is no more than 5 letters
Wildcards
Gothic novel
With a geeky character
About prophecies
Book someone says "changed their life"
About someone with a disability
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