Here's mine to be added to as and when. Have fun everyone doing yours and happy reading.
THE BASIC 40
1. A book with more than 400 pages
2. A book with 250 pages or fewer
3. A book by an author whose first name and surname is alphabetically sequential, i.e, Anne Bronte, Barbara Cartland, Charles Dickens…
4. A book by an author who has an equal number of letters in their name and surname
5. A book written by a Freddie, Brian, John or Roger
6. A book whose author shares the same name as a UK Prime Minister
7. A book set in the 1970s
8. A book that ends on an even number
9. A book that ends on an odd number
10. A book containing a favourite character(s)/sleuth
11. A book with illustrations
12. A book title containing something found in a railway station, i.e., ticket, track, inspector, carriage, etc.
13. A book set in a country you don’t want to visit
14. A fictional book about a real person
15. A book with time in the title: hour, month, day, minute, etc.
16. A book with a pronoun in the title: Me, I, We, You
17. A book written by two authors
18. A book published by Vintage
19. A book featured on BBC2's Between the Covers -mmbbookblog.com/between-the-covers-book-club-list/
20. An aged book with a creased cover and/or yellowed pages
21. A book whose title appears in italics
22. A book where the author’s first name is shorter than their last
23. A book where the author’s last name is shorter than their first
24. A book by a famous author you’ve never read
25. An author’s last novel
26. A book that is part of a series
27. A book you got for free: (library, gift, dip, friend, etc.)
28. An epistolary novel (told in the form of diary or letters)
29. A book set in Africa
30. A book written by a European author
31. A book where the title contains something belonging to someone
32. Title of the book contains an &
33. A book with a single word title that contains at least 10 letters
34. A hardback book
35. A book you’re saving for a treat
36. A book whose title contains a peerage: Lord, Duke, Queen, etc.
37. A book written by a Smith, Jones or Brown
38. A book written under a pseudonym
39. A book with a wartime theme, or set during a war
40. A book with a form of weather in the title
THE EXTRA 10
1. A book containing the word: First, second, third, etc.
2. Title of the book contains an adjective
3. A book written by someone famous for something other than being an author
4. A book that became a film
5. A book that became a TV series
6. A book by an author who is deceased
7. A book published in 2023
8. A book whose title doesn’t contain the letter E
9. A title that contains a word where two letters run consecutively
10. Author’s surname ends in SON
EXTRA 25 FOR THE LUNATICS
1. Author’s name is one initial and surname
2. A book with a yellow cover
3. A book with a title ending in ING
4. A book with an alliterative title or author:
www.goodreads.com/list/show/9715.Alliterations5. A book you’ve been putting off reading
6. A two-word title containing the same amount of letters in both words
7. A book set in France
8. A book with a flower on the cover
9. A book with the word OF in the title
10. A crime novel (fictional or true)
11. A book with a man’s name in the title
12. A book with a woman’s name in the title
13. A book that skips from the past to the present
14. A word in the title that is a plural
15. A book with a title where the first word starts with a vowel
16. Book containing a heavenly body in the title
17. A book that was translated into English
18. A book set in any place you love
19. An autobiography, biography or memoir
20. A book with a bible character in the title
21. A book written by an Elizabeth or Philip
22. A book with an odd number of words in the title
23. Title contains unit of distance
24. A book by an author whose surname is that of an animal
25. A non-fiction book
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