| 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 | A book with multiple narrators or points of view: The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh | An author’s debut novel |
| A short story collection by a woman | A book a friend wants you to read | 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 | A book translated from Russian: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov |
| A book that was originally published in installments: Foundation by Isaac Asimov | A book with a photograph on the cover: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt | Any book! (Free space): Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz | A book by an author who has immigrated to America | A book about a road trip |
| A book about food | A book published in 2023 | A non-fiction book about fiction | A book you got for free | A book with a film or TV adaptation in production |
| A book that is amongst those you’ve owned for the longest without reading | A book that’s second or later in a series | 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 |