The 2026 52 Book Club Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2026, I plan to read a total of 52 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2026 reading challenge.

If you'd like to participate in this 2025 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2026-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2026 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2026. 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 2026 Reading Challenge:

1. Set in an ancient civilization:
2. Kangaroo word on the cover: Marrying Myself (me) by Christine Melanie Benson
3. Written without quotation marks:
4. Has a dust jacket: The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger
5. Featuring a conspiracy: Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill
6. Title starts with the letter "O:" On Our Street Our First Talk About Povert by Dr. Jillian Roberts and Jaime Casap
7. Title statrts with the letter "P:" P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter
8. A three-syllable word in the title:
9. Featuring a natural disaster: The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 by Al Roker 
10. Spans a decade or more: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
11. Requires suspension of disbelief: Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
12. A genre-defining read:
13. Bookface: Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo
14. Includes a character list:
15. Subtitle with a comma: To the Gorge: Running, Grief, Resilience & 460 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail by Emily Halnon
16. Deus Ex Machina:
17. Author's bio mentions their dog: Dogged Pursuit by David Rosenfelt
18. Provokes strong emotion: You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Natzely Arce Raya 
19. A nosy neighbor character: Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman
20. Day of the week in the title: 700 Sundays by Billy Cyrstal
21. Written in the 1800s: (1884) Flatland: A Roance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
22. Spotted in a TV series or movie:
23. Grumpy sunshine trope: The Baby Dragon Cafe by A.T. Qureshi
24. Uneven number of chapters: Left-Handed : Getting a Grip on Handedness by Mari Birminghman and Illustrated by Catherine Chan
25. Includes a red herring: The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
26. Title in a serif font: The Beautiful Ones by Prince
27. Two or more authors, one pseudonym:
28. From a series of at least eight books long: (Aurora Teagarden Mystery) Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
29. Set in the Arctic or Antarctic: At the End of the Word: A True Story of Murder in the Arctic by Lawrence Millman
30. Author related to another author:
31. Author related to author in prompt 30:
32. Publisher starting with the letter "B:" (Benbella Books) Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation by Dalia Kinsey, RD, LD 
33. A standalone fantasy novel: A Tale of Mirth & Magic by Kristen Vale  
34. Inspired by the top-grossing movie the year you were born: (1979: Superman) Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and art by Gurihiru 
35. Character with a secret identity:
36. Award-winning book from last year: A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
37. Start on the 26th of the month: The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber
38. Domestic fiction:
39. A book that cost you nothing:
40. Author's first and last name start with the same letter: American Queen by Sierra Simone
41. A guide to...: And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self by Common 
42. Includes a handwritten interior font:
43. A Goodreads recommendation for you: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
44. Literary Device: Personification: The Memory of an Elephant by Alex Lasker
45. Biographical fiction: The Brightest Star by Gail Tsukiyama
46. Non-fiction about character in prompt 45:
47. A diacritcal mark on the cover: Bald by Tereza Čechová
48. Related to the word "Nemesis:"
49. In the 800s of the Dewey Decimal System: (811.6) Haiku and Hope: 50 States of Climate Change by Maggie Dewane
50. Set in a castle:
51. Includes a map: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann
52. Published in 2026: I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets and Illustrated by Lorraine Nam

The 52 Book Club's 2025 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2025, I plan to read a total of 52 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2025 reading challenge.

If you'd like to participate in this 2025 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2025-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2025 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2025. 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 2025 Reading Challenge:

1. A pun in the title: Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros
2. A character with red hair: Teen Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo
3. Title starts with the letter "M:" Meanwhile by Jason Shiga
4. Title starts with the letter "N:" Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story by Tom Brokaw
5. Plot includes a heist: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
6. Genre one: set in Spring: Haru: Spring by Joe Latham
7. Genre two: set in Summer: Bad Call: A Summer Job on a New York Ambulance by Mike Scardino
8. Genre three: set in Autumn: The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
9. Genre four: set in Winter: Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
10. Author's last name is also a first name: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
11. A prequel: The Riddler: Year One by Paul Dano 
12. Has a moon of the cover: Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London
13. Title is ten letters or less: You Are Here by David Nicholls
14. Climate fiction: Lark Ascending by Silas House
15. Include Latin America history: Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels by Deborah Bonello
16. Author has won an Edgar Award: The Internal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of The Modern Detective by Steven Johnson 
17. Told in verse: I Am Water by Meg Specksgoor
18. A character who can fly: What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing-- What Birds Are Doing, And Why by David Allen Sibley
19. Has short chapters: Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson 
20. A fairy tale retelling: Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague 
21. Character's name in the title: Growing Up Urkel by Jaleel White
22. Found family trope: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
23. A sprayed edge: The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis
24. Title is a spoiler: Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison
25. Breaks the fourth wall: The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
26. More than a million copies sold: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
27.Features a magician: The Magicians: New Class by Lev Grossman with Lilah Sturges and Pius Bak
28. A crossover (set in a shared universe:) That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
29. Shared universe with prompt 28: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming
30. In the public domain: Daisy Miller by Henry James (first published in 1878) 
31. Audiobooks has multiple narrators: No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
32. Includes a diary entry: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
33. A standalone novel: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
34. Direction in the title: The New Black West: Photographs From America's Only Touring Black Rodeo by Gabriela Hasbun
35. Written in the third person: Mr. Katō Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar
36. Final sentence is less than 6 words long: Pickleball for All by Rachel Simon
37. Genre chosen for you be someone else: Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett (bitpunk)
38. An adventure story: A Trip of One's Own: Hope, Heartbreak, and Why Traveling Solo Could Change Your Life by Kate Wills
39. Has an epigraph: You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limón
40. Stream of consciousness narrative: The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan
41. Cover font is in a primary color: In a League of Her Own: Celebrating Female Firsts in Sports by Bonnie-Jill Laflin
42. Non-human antagonist: Hey, Zoey by Sarah Crossan
43. Explores social class: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
44. A celebrity on the cover: Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television form Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond by Bethonie Butler
45. Author releases more than one book a year: Love: Poems by Danielle Steel
46. Read in a "-Ber" month: Lift: How Women Can Reclaim Their Physical Power and Transform Their Lives by Anne Marie Chaker
47. "I think it was blue:" The Only Woman by Immy Humes
48. Related to the word "puzzle:" The Playful Brain: The Surprising Science of How Puzzles Improve Your Mind by Richard Restak, M.D. with puzzles by Scott Kim
49. Set in a country with an active volcano: The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (Set in Iceland)
50. Set in the 1940s: Osamu Dazai's The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition by Coco Kashiwaya
51. 300-400 pages long: Get a Hobby: 365 Things to Do for Fun (Not Work!) by Jasmine Cho
52. Published in 2025: Losing Sight by Tati Richardson

The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2024, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2024 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) 

If you'd like to participate in this 2024 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2024-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2024 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2024. 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 2024 Reading Challenge:

1. Locked-room mystery: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book: Scent of the Missing: Love & Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson 
3. More than 40 chapters: Dark Visions by Jonas Saul
4. Lowercase letters on the spine: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Kylie Scott
5. Magical Realism: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
6. Women in STEM:Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs
7. At least four different POV: The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
8. Features the ocean: Ocean Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the World Under the Sea by Julia Rothman
9. A character-driven novel: Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurty
10. Told in non-chronological order: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider by Ishmael Beah
11. Title starting with the letter "K:" Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
12. Title starting with the letter "L:" Last Dance by Hanna Schroy
13. An acdemic thriller: River Road by Carol Goodman
14. A grieving character: Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Sinlge Woman's Guide to Grieving by Merissa Nathan Gerson
15. Part of a duology: Ravaged by Naima Simone
16. An omniscient narrator: Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
17.Nominated for The Booker Prize: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (2022)
18. An apostrophe in the title: Your Heart's Desire by Melody Carlson
19. A buddy read: Last Christmasin Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
20. A revenge story: The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story by Sonia Hartl
21. Written by a ghostwriter: The Answer Is... by Alex Trebek
22.A plot similar to another book: Vanessa Jared's Got a Man by LaQuette
23. The other book with the similar plot: The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
24. A cover without people on it: Recitatif by Toni Morrison
25. An author "everyone" had read except you: What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey
26. Hybrid genre: The Book of Denial by Ricardo Chavez Castaneda
27. By a neurodivergent author: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
28. A yellow spine: Rizzio by Denise Mina
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (published in 2012)
30. Picked without reading the blurb: Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing by Zee Clarke
31. Includes a personal phobia: The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
32. Timeframe spans a week or less: This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
33. An abrupt ending: Stuart Little by E.B. White
34. Set in a landlocked country:The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations by Aisholpan Nurgaiv with Liz Welch
35. Title matches lyrics from a song: A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert
36. Has futuristic technology: Break Out by Zack Kaplan, Wilton Santos, Jason Wordie, and Jim Campbell
37. Palindrome on the cover: I Don't Want to Be a Mom by Irene Olmo
38. Published by Hachette: Freaks, Gleeks, & Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Televison by Thea Glassman
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life by Betty Reid Soskin
40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate: Archie Celebrates Diwali by Mitali Banerjee Ruths 
41. A sticker on the cover: Come & Get It by Kiley Reid
42. Author debut in second half of 2024: Comfort Sequels: The Psychology of Movie Sequels by Emily Marinelli
43. About finding identity: That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert
44.Includes a wedding: My Wandering Warrior Existence by Nagata Kabi
45. Chapter headings have dates: My Picture Diary by Fujiwara Maki
46. Featuring indigenous culture: Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur
47. Self-insert by an author: The Fate of the Artist & The Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell by Eddie Campbell
48. The word "secret" in the title: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel 
49. Set in a city starting with "M:" The Boy with a Snake in His Schoolbag: A Memoir from Manila (or Something Like That) by Bob Ong
50. Musical instrument of the cover: Ada's Vilin: the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood, Illustrated Sally Wern Comport 
51. Related to the word "Wild:" A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard
52. Published in 2024: All You Need is Rhythm & Grit: How to Run Now - For Health, Joy, and a Body That Loves You Back by Cory Wharton-Malcolm

The 52 Book Club's 2023 Reading Challenge

 

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2023, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2023 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) 

If you'd like to participate in this 2023 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2023-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2023 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2023. 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 2023 Reading Challenge:

1. Book with a subtitle: What The Amish Teach Us:Plain Living In A Busy World by Donald B. Kraybill
2. Featuring an inheritance: Inheritance: A Memoir of Generalogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
3. Title starting with the letter “G:” Gray Hair Don't Care by Karen Booth
4. Title starting with the letter “H:” Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care by Moira Welsh
5. Title starting with the letter “I:” Invisible Wounds by Jess Ruliffson
6. Under 200 pages: From a Cat House to the White House by Jesse Pender
7. A city or country name in the title: Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton 
8. Dystopian Fiction: Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
9. A book with a dedication: You Got Anything Strong by Gabrielle Union
10. Takes place during the roaring twenties: Emipre of Deception by Dean Jobb
11. A book about secrets: The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan
12. High Fantasy: An Embarrassment of Witches by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan
13. Published posthumously: It Is Well With My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106- Year-Old Woman by Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson
14. A survival story: The Birthday Party by Stanley N. Alpert
15. Set in Australia:In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
16. Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins:” Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brillant Con of Cassie Chadwick by William Elliott Hazelgrove
17. By a Caribbean author: Kiss Me Catalina by Priscilla Oliveras (Puerto Rico)
18. Set during a war other than WWI or WWII: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger (The Barbary Wars)
19. Typographic cover: I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace by Elizabeth Leiba
20. A book about siblings: The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue by John Glatt 
21. A second-hand book: The Runner's Guide To The Meaning Of Life by Amby Burfoot
22. A body-positive message: Body Positive: A Guide To Loving Your Body by Emily Lauren Dick
23. An alliterative title: Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau
24. Nordic Noir: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis
25. A fashionable character: Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day
26. Has an epilogue: Black Girl In Love (with herself) by Trey Anthony
27. Newbery Medal Winner: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1993)
28. Includes a funeral: It's Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before It's Too Late by Kathy Benjamin
29. Sends you down a rabbit hole: Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built For Us by Alison Mariella Désir
30. An author with a same name as you: Tallulah The Tooth Fairy CEO by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli
31. Set in a workplace: Please Be Advised by Christine Sneed
32. Published by Macmillan: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
33. A banned book: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Sruvive by Dave Pelzer
34. Featuring mythology: Medusa by Rosie Hewlett
35. A book you meant to read last year: Marriage Be Hard by Kevin and Melissa Fredericks
36. Chapters have cliffhangers: Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
37. Written in present tense: Blush by Helen Hardt
38. An enemies-to-lovers plot: West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras
39. The final book in a series: Master of Pleasure by Tara Sue Me
40. Written by a comedian: Number One Is Walking by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss
41. A character who is a refugee: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranaandani
42. Time in the title: Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
43. A book “everyone” has read:The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
44. A contemporary setting: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
45. First word in the book is “The:” The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
46. Script font on spine: Old School Love and Why It Works by Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Justine Simmons
47. Set in the city of Dublin: Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
48. A book by Octavia E. Butler: Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Bulter
49. Books on the cover: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
50. Related to the word “murder:” The Coworker by Freida McFadden
51. A book that doesn’t fit any of the other 51 prompts: The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (graphic novel)
52. Published in 2023: Bad Ass Vegan by John Lewis 

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

The 52 Book Club's 2021 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2021, I plan to complete the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge as well as the 52 Book Club reading challenge which contains a total of 52 books. 

Below is a list of reading prompts for the 2021 reading challenge. After I finish each reading prompt, I will update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year, you can check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2021 Reading Challenge:

1. Set in a school: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Featuring the legal profession: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
3. A dual timeline: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
   
4. An author who is deceased: Naughtier Than Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey (July 7, 1961 - January 3, 2021)
5. Published by Penguin: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
6. An character with the same name as a male family member: Lawrence: The Bunny Who Wanted to Be Naked by Vern Kousky
   
7. An author with only 1 published book: #Veryfat #Verybrave by Nicole Byer
   
8. A book in the 900's of the Dewey Decimal System: American Like Me (920.073) by America Ferrera 
9. Set in a Mediterranean country: My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
10. Related to the word "fire:" Fighting Fire by Caroline Paul
11. Book with discussion questions inside: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
12. Title starting with the letter "D:" Deception by Selena Montgomery
13. Includes an exotic animal: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
    
14. Written by an author over 65 (when published:) Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit, M.D.
    
15. A book mentioned in another book: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (mentioned in "I'd Rather Be Reading" By Anne Bogel) 
16. Set before the 17th Century: Empress of the East by Leslie Peirce
17. A character "on the run:" Dead Girl Running by Christina Dodd
18. Author with a 9-letter last name: Poor Unfortunate Soul by Serena Valentino
    
19. Book with a deckled edge: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
20. Made into a TV series: High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris
    
21. Book by Kristin Hannah: Between Sisters by Kristen Hannah
22. A family saga: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
23. An ending that surprises you: Mosquitoland by David Arnold
24. A book you think they should read in schools: Adulthood *for Beginners by Andy Boyle
25. A book with multiple character POV: Slade House by David Mitchell
26. An author of color: Reckless by Selena Montgomery
27. First chapter ends on an odd page number: My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
28. Includes a historical event you know little about: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
29. Featuring the environment: Fragile Earth From the Editors of Collins
30. Watch out for dragons!:Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon
31. Shares a similar title to another book: Legacy by Helen Hardt
32. A selfish character: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
33. Featuring adoption: Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate
34. A book you'd rate 5 stars: Make Something Good Today by Erin & Ben Napier
35. Set in a country that starts with the letter "S:" The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
36. A nameless narrator: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
    
37. An educational read: A Loving Approach to Dementia Care by Laura Wayman
38. Recommended on BookBub: Introvert Power by Laurie A. Helgoe
39. An alternate history novel: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
40. Found via #bookstagram: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
41. An endorsement by a famous author on the cover: Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
42. An epistolary: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
43. An character with a pet cat: A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
    
44. Includes a garden: The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck
    
45. A coming of age novel: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
46. Winner of the National Book Award - any year: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Young People's Literature 2015)
    
47. A character with a disability: Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon
48. A cover with a woman who is facing away: When Winter Comes by V.A. Shannon
49. A flavour in the title: Chocolate Friday by Edwina Martin-Arnold
50. A shoe on the cover: Danger, Sweetheart by MaryJanice Davidson 
51. Published in 2021:Eartha & Kitt by Kitt Shaprio
52. Re-do one of the previous 51 categories from this 2021 challenge: (character with a disability) Always Only You by Chloe Liese