- Freebie –Kintu /Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi – completed 7/26/20 5 stars
- Starts with “S” – The Sirens of Mars /Sarah Stewart Johnson completed 7/31/20
- Preposition in the title – The Confessions of Frannie Langton / Sara Collins
- Odd number in a series – The Mirror and The Light /Hilary Mantel
- Set in a different country – Til the Well Runs Dry / Lauren Francis-Sharma
- Female police officer or detective as a main character – Tears of the Giraffe No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #2 by Alexander McCall Smith
- Immigrant as a main character – The Last Warner Woman /Kei Miller
- Thing in the title – The God of Small Things /Arundhati Roy
- October themed book The Vanishing Half /Brit Bennett completed 7/27/20 5 stars
- City in the title – Lost In The City /Edward P. Jones