2025 52 Books Reading Challenge

Host: Liz @ The 52 Book Club's
Progress: 47/52 (90%)
1 January, 2025 — 31 December, 2025
Failed

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

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