2025 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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1. A pun in the title: Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
2. A character with red hair: The Becoming by Nora Roberts
3. Title starts with letter “M”: The Modern Girl’s Guide to Magic by Linsey Hall
4. Title starts with letter “N”: No True Way by Mercedes Lackey
5. Plot includes a heist: Beyond by Mercedes Lackey
6. Genre One: Set in Spring: After Life by Gayle Forman (magical realism)
7. Genre Two: Set in Summer: The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey (thriller)
8. Genre Three: Set in Autumn: Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey (fantasy)
9. Genre Four: Set in Winter: Walking in a Witchy Wonderland by Juliette Cross (paranormal romance)
10. Author’s last name is also a first name: Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett
11. A prequel
12. Has a moon on the cover: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
13. Title is ten letters or less: Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey
14. Climate fiction: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
15. Includes Latin American history
16. Author has won an Edgar award: Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jess Q. Sutanto
17. Told in verse
18. A character who can fly: Owlsight by Mercedes Lackey
19. Has short chapters: Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
20. A fairy tale retelling: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
21. Character’s name in the title: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
22. Found family trope: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
23. A sprayed edge: A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen
24. Title is a spoiler: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
25. Breaks the fourth wall: Don’t Hex and Drive by Juliette Cross
26. More than a million copies sold
27. Features a magician: Happily Ever Afters by Melanie Cellier
28. A crossover (Set in a shared universe): Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey
29. Shares universe with prompt 28: Owlflight by Mercedes Lackey
30. In the public domain
31. Audiobook has multiple narrators: Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross
32. Includes a diary entry: We Were Warned by Chelsea Ichaso
33. A standalone novel: They’ll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman
34. Direction in the title: Into the West by Mercedes Lackey
35. Written in third person: Reykjavík by Ragnar Jónasson & Katrín Jakobsdótrir
36. Final sentence is less than 6 words long: Solving for the Unknown by Loan Le
37. Genre chosen for you by someone else
38. An adventure story: The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey
39. Has an epigraph: The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
40. Stream of consciousness narrative
41. Cover font is in a primary color: That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
42. Non-human antagonist: The Choice by Nora Roberts
43. Explores social class: The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin
44. A celebrity on the cover: Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton Morgan
45. Author releases more than one book a year: The Awakening by Nora Roberts
46. Read in a “-ber” month: Exile’s Honor by Mercedes Lackey
47. “I think it was blue”: Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
48. Related to the word “puzzle”
49. Set in a country with an active volcano
50. Set in the 1940s
51. 300-400 pages long: Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey
52. Published in 2025: Beach Vibes by Susan Mallery

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1. Owlflight by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
2. Owlsight by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
3. Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★
4. The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
5. Exile's Honor by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
6. Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
7. Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
8. Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
9. No True Way by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
10. Beyond by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
11. Into the West by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
12. Grimoire Girl: Creating an Inheritance of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan - ★★★★★
13. A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen - ★★★★★
14. Frosting and Fairies by Danielle Garrett - ★★★★½
15. Happily Ever Afters: by Melanie Cellier - ★★★½
16. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ★★★★★
17. Reykjavík: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson, Katrín Jakobsdóttir - ★★★★½
18. They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman - ★★★
19. The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women by Lisa Perrin - ★★★★★
20. After Life by Gayle Forman - ★★★★
21. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren - ★★★★
22. Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly - ★★★★★
23. Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen - ★★★★½
24. The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins - ★★★★
25. Solving for the Unknown by Loan Le - ★★★★★
26. Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher - ★★★½
27. An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten - ★★★★
28. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh - ★★★★★
29. The Awakening by Nora Roberts - ★★★★★
30. The Becoming by Nora Roberts - ★★★★★
31. The Choice by Nora Roberts - ★★★★★
32. The Modern Girl's Guide to Magic by Linsey Hall - ★★★★½
33. Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross - ★★★★★
34. Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson - ★★★★★
35. Don't Hex and Drive by Juliette Cross - ★★★★½
36. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto - ★★★★★
37. We Were Warned by Chelsea Ichaso - ★★★★★
38. Walking in a Witchy Wonderland by Juliette Cross - ★★★★
39. That's Not My Name by Megan Lally - ★★★★★
40. Beach Vibes by Susan Mallery - ★★★★
41. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto - ★★★★★
42. The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey - ★★★★★