| A book published at least 50 years before you were born: Persuasion by Jane Austen | A book with a season in the title…or the word “season”: Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King | A book of just straight up hijinks/hijinks vibes: From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg | A book with multiple narrators or points of view: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt | An author’s debut novel: The School For Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan |
| A short story collection by a woman: Daddy by Emma Cline | A book a friend wants you to read: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik | An adult book by an author best known for writing for children/YA: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume | A book by an author you read for the first time in the last two years: The Idiot by Elif Batuman | A book translated from Russian: The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov |
| A book that was originally published in installments: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami | A book with a photograph on the cover: Stay True by Hua Hsu | Any book! (Free space): All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks | A book by an author who has immigrated to America: Bliss Montage by Ling Ma | A book about a road trip: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles |
| A book about food: Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus | A book published in 2023: Happy Place by Emily Henry | A non-fiction book about fiction | A book you got for free: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | A book with a film or TV adaptation in production: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus |
| A book that is amongst those you’ve owned for the longest without reading: An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke | A book that’s second or later in a series: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik | A book about the natural world: Devotions by Mary Oliver | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2022 list: Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho | A book by an author you read in school: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss |