| A book titled “___ & ___”: Writers & Lovers by Lily King | A book borrowed from a friend: Faithful Place by Tana French | A graphic novel: Fangirl: The Manga, Vol 2 by Rainbow Rowell | A book by an author born in the same year as you: Normal People by Sally Rooney | A book recommended by the staff at your favorite bookstore: Tokyo Ueno Station by Miri Yū |
| A book about a sport: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach | Historical fiction: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict | A book published this year: Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon | A fantasy novel whose setting is not based on Europe: Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey | A memoir or essay collection: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino |
| A short story anthology: Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle | A book you started in the past but never finished: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | Any book! (Free space): A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | A book published by a small press: When We Cease to Understand the World by Bejamin Labatut | A book involving time travel: Paper Girls, Vol 5 by Brian K. Vaughan |
| A novella (under 200 pages): The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2021 list: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen | A book with a family tree or character list inside: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir | A book published under a pen name: The Maid by Nita Prose | A thriller: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson |
| A book published in the 1990s: Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones | A book with a cover you don’t like: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami | 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: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot | A book by a non-American author: A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz |