2024 52 Books Reading Challenge

In this challenge, the goal is to read 52 books, one for each prompt. Join the challenge and read the rules here!

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the prompts

1. Locked-room mystery/ Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book/ The Family Bones by Elle Marr
3. More than 40 chapters/ The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey
4. Lowercase letters on the spine
5. Magical Realism
6. Women in STEM/ The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren
7. At least four different POV/ The Alone Time by Elle Marr
8. Features the ocean
9. A character-driven novel/ Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
10. Told in non-chronological order/ The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
11. Title starting with the letter “K”/ Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Córdova
12. Title starting with the letter “L”/ Little Monsters by Kara Thomas
13. An academic thriller/ They’re Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso
14. A grieving character/ Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas
15. Part of a duology/ The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
16. An omniscient narrator/ We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize
18. An apostrophe in the title
19. A buddy read/ First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
20. A revenge story
21. Written by a ghostwriter
22. A plot similar to another book/ 1984 by George Orwell
23. The other book with the similar plot/ Julia by Sandra Newman
24. A cover without people on it/ Dearly by Margaret Atwood
25. An author “everyone” has read except you/ Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus
26. Hybrid genre
27. By a neurodivergent author/ Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey
28. A yellow spine
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon/ Lost to Dune Road by Kara Thomas
30. Picked without reading the blurb/ Golden State by Ben H. Winters
31. Includes a personal phobia/ Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair
32. Timeframe spans a week or less
33. An abrupt ending/ Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent
34. Set in a landlocked country
35. Title matches lyrics from a song
36. Has futuristic technology
37. Palindrome on the cover
38. Published by Hachette
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend
40. Set during a holiday you don’t celebrate
41. A sticker on the cover
42. Author debut in second half of 2024
43. About finding identity
44. Includes a wedding/ Freaky Wedding by Amanda M. Lee
45. Chapter headings have dates/ Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea
46. Featuring Indigenous culture
47. Self-insert by an author/ Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton
48. The word “secret” in the title
49. Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
50. A musical instrument on the cover
51. Related to the word “Wild”
52. Published in 2024/ Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom by Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

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1. Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea - ★★★★★
2. Red Wolf by Rachel Vincent - ★★★★★
3. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry - ★★★★½
4. Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente - ★★
5. 1984 by George Orwell - ★★★
6. Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom by Melissa Moore, Michele Matrisciani, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard - ★★★★★
7. Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton - ★★★★★
8. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston - ★★★★½
9. Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood - ★★★★
10. The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson - ★★★★★
11. Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas - ★★★★½
12. Little Monsters by Kara Thomas - ★★★★★
13. Gryphon in Light by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon - ★★★★★