2021 Around the Year (ATY) Reading Challenge - hosted by leahb243

A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
All books added
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup

The Chestnut Man

Søren Sveistrup

528 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

Play It as It Lays

Joan Didion

240 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction literary dark reflective sad fast-paced
The Translator by Leila Aboulela

The Translator

Leila Aboulela

203 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction romance challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter #6

J.K. Rowling

652 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Matrix by Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexiévich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Голоса утопии #5

Svetlana Alexiévich

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

121 pages • first pub 1898 (editions)

fiction classics horror mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon

The Days of Afrekete

Asali Solomon

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ha'penny by Jo Walton

Ha'penny

Small Change #2

Jo Walton

319 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction historical mystery speculative fiction dark mysterious medium-paced
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

The Fountains of Silence

Ruta Sepetys

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical young adult dark emotional informative slow-paced