| 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: Just William by Richmal Crompton | A book with multiple narrators or points of view: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik | An author’s debut novel: The Idiot by Elif Batumam |
| A short story collection by a woman: White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link | A book a friend wants you to read: IQ by Joe Ide | An adult book by an author best known for writing for children/YA: The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz | A book by an author you read for the first time in the last two years: The Butterfly House by Katrine Enberg | A book translated from Russian |
| A book that was originally published in installments: 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith | A book with a photograph on the cover: A Dog Will Have Its Day by Fred Vargas | Any book! (Free space): He, She or It by Marge Percy | A book by an author who has immigrated to America: The Verifiers by Jane Pek | A book about a road trip: Baltasar and Blimunda by Jose Saramago |
| A book about food | A book published in 2023: I Have some questions for you by Rebecca Makkai | A non-fiction book about fiction | A book you got for free: Victory City by Salman Rushdie | A book with a film or TV adaptation in production |
| A book that is amongst those you’ve owned for the longest without reading: The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner | A book that’s second or later in a series: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson | A book about the natural world | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2022 list | A book by an author you read in school |