No Googling or looking at other commenter answers.  Yes, we’re going by the honor system 🙂  Play every week or just one time, you are always welcome 🙂  It only takes once to be eligible for a prize. 

Here’s the deal- Tell me what each of the five books have in COMMON.  Let me give you so vague hints. 2 have to do with locations, 2 with movies, 2 with the covers, 2 with main characters, 1 with the authors, and 1 is a surprise 🙂  An example of past common threads-authors born in Ohio, magical realism and Edgar Award winners.

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