The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read 52 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 challenge, visit www.the52book,club.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge:

1. A second-person narrative: Million Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton
2. Featuring a library or bookstore: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
3. Title starting with the letter "E:" Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley
   
4. Title starting with the letter "F:" Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
5. Chapters have titles: Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter
6. Household object on the cover: Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing by Olga Mecking
   
7. A non-fiction bestseller: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey (New York Times 2020)
8. Involving the art world:  The Art of the Con by Anthony M. Amore
9. A book that sparks joy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
10. A book based on a real person: White Houses by Amy Bloom
11. A book with less that 2022 Goodreads ratings: What's Your Enneatype by Liz Carver & Josh Green
12. Set on at least two continents: The Catch Me If You Can by Jessica Nabongo
13. Includes a club: Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn by Ryan Heshka
    
14. A character with superhuman ability: Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith
    
15. A five-syllable title:  Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong 
16. A book you've seen someone reading in a public place: Portraits of Childfree Wealth by Jay Zigmont
17. A book picked based on its spine: My Seven Black Fathers by Will Jawando
18. Jane Austen-inspired: The Code For Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
    
19. A book that has an alternate title: Where's Waldo: Deluxe Edition by Martin Handford
20. Related to the word "gold:" Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh
21. Published by Simon & Schuster: Self-Care For Black Women by Oludara Adeeyo
22. An unlikely detective: An Equal Opportunity Death by Susan Dunalp
23. Author with an X, Y, or Z in their name: Saving Myself One Step at a Time: A Running Memoir by T.J. Bryan
24. Addresses a specific topic: Never Too Late by Kate Champion
25. A wealthy character: January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky
26. Has an "Author's Note:" Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
27. Include a map: Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive by Chris Colfer
28. Award winning book from your country: Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman 
29. Over 500 pages long: Roots by Alex Haley (729 pages)
30. Audiobook is narrated by the author: Will by Will Smith
31. Technology-themed: Awesome Achievers in Technology by Alan Katz
32. A book that intimidates you: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
33. A bilingual character: You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria
34. An author's photo on the back: Secret Inland Empire: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Larry Burns
35. From the villain's perspective: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
36. Recommended by a favorite author: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Recommended by Atul  Gawande)
    
37. Set in a rural area: We We're Rich and We Didn't Know It by Tom Phelan
38. Don't judge a book by its cover!: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
39. A middle-grade novel: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
40. A book with photographs inside: National Geographic Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
41. Involves a second chance: You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
42. An indie read: Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
43. Author's who published in more than one genre: The Running Shaped Hole By Robert Earl Stewart (also published poetry)
    
44. An anthology: The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi
    
45. A book with illustrated people on the cover: Caught Up in the Rapture by Sheneska Jackson
46. A job title in the title: Maids by Katie Skelly
    
47. Read during the month of November: Second Coming: Volume 1 by Mark Russell, Richard Pace, Leonard Kirk, & Andy Troy
48. Redo one of the year's prompts, but with a different genre (title starting with the letter "F"): Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
49. Book title starts with the same letter as your first name: Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
50. A person of color as the main character: Happy Endings by Thien- Kim Lam 
51. The word "game" in the title: Good Game, Well Played by Rachael Smith, Katherine Lobo, & Justin Birch
52. Published in 2022: Clean Air by Sarah Blake