| A book titled “___ & ___”: Writers & Lovers by Lily King | A book borrowed from a friend: A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas | A graphic novel: The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver | A book by an author born in the same year as you: A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza | A book recommended by the staff at your favorite bookstore: A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan |
| A book about a sport: The Deal by Elle Kennedy | Historical fiction: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer | A book published this year: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins | A fantasy novel whose setting is not based on Europe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi | A memoir or essay collection: Want Me by Tracy Clark-Flory |
| A short story anthology: We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 by Various | A book you started in the past but never finished: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu | Any book! (Free space): Afterparties by Anthony Veansa So | A book published by a small press: Like a Bird by Fariha Róisin | A book involving time travel: This Is How You Lose The Time War by Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar |
| A novella (under 200 pages): Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2021 list: No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood | A book with a family tree or character list inside: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir | A book published under a pen name: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling | A thriller: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell |
| A book published in the 1990s: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides | A book with a cover you don’t like: One of Us is Lying by Karen McManuns | A book by someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, or Tony: How to be Perfect by Michael Schur | A book a friend wants you to read: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen | A book by a non-American author: Dial “A” For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto |