| A book published at least 50 years before you were born: Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn | A book with a season in the title…or the word “season” | A book of just straight up hijinks/hijinks vibes: Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung | A book with multiple narrators or points of view: The Whispers by Ashley Audrain | An author’s debut novel: Open Water by Caleb Nelson |
| A short story collection by a woman: Bezoar by Guadalupe Nettel | A book a friend wants you to read: The Maid by Nita Prose | An adult book by an author best known for writing for children/YA | A book by an author you read for the first time in the last two years: Fledgling by Octavia Butler | A book translated from Russian |
| A book that was originally published in installments: While standing in line for death by CAConrad | A book with a photograph on the cover: Marcel Duchamp by Calvin Tomkins | Any book! (Free space): tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin | A book by an author who has immigrated to America: 1000 years of joys and sorrows by Ai Weiwei | A book about a road trip |
| A book about food: Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts by Anthony Bourdain | A book published in 2023: Y/N by Esther Yi | A non-fiction book about fiction | A book you got for free: My best friends exorcism by Grady Hendrix | A book with a film or TV adaptation in production: The 71/2 deaths of evelyn Hardcastly by Stuart Turton |
| A book that is amongst those you’ve owned for the longest without reading: Hunter S Thompson Gonzo by Hunter THompson | A book that’s second or later in a series | A book about the natural world: Fruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2022 list: Strangers to ourselves by Rachel Aviv | A book by an author you read in school |