| A book published at least 50 years before you were born | A book with a season in the title…or the word “season”: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin | A book of just straight up hijinks/hijinks vibes: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry | A book with multiple narrators or points of view: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir | An author’s debut novel: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster |
| A short story collection by a woman | A book a friend wants you to read: State of Emergency by Jeremy Tiang | 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: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel | A book translated from Russian |
| A book that was originally published in installments | A book with a photograph on the cover: Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon | Any book! (Free space): Pachinko by Min Jin Lee | A book by an author who has immigrated to America: All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews | A book about a road trip: American Gods by Neil Gaiman |
| A book about food: Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee | A book published in 2023: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang | A non-fiction book about fiction | A book you got for free: The Cloisters by Katy Hays | A book with a film or TV adaptation in production: How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino |
| A book that is amongst those you’ve owned for the longest without reading: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman | A book that’s second or later in a series: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik | A book about the natural world: The Overstory by Richard Powers | A book on Vulture’s Best Books of 2022 list: Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones | A book by an author you read in school: The World According to Garp by John Irving |