| A book published at least 50 years before you were born | A book with a season in the title…or the word “season” | A book of just straight up hijinks/hijinks vibes: Suzanne Allain by Miss Lattimore's Letters | A book with multiple narrators or points of view: Nancy Drew: the Palace of Wisdom (Graphic Novel) by Kelly Thompson | An author’s debut novel: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus |
| A short story collection by a woman: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten | A book a friend wants you to read: The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan | 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: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr | A book translated from Russian |
| A book that was originally published in installments | A book with a photograph on the cover | Any book! (Free space): Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver | A book by an author who has immigrated to America: Babel by R.F. Kuang | A book about a road trip: Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
| A book about food: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner | A book published in 2023 | A non-fiction book about fiction | A book you got for free: The Maidens by Alex Michaelides | A book with a film or TV adaptation in production: The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi |
| A book that is amongst those you’ve owned for the longest without reading | A book that’s second or later in a series: The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny | A book about the natural world: Horse by Geraldine Brooks | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2022 list | A book by an author you read in school: Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk |