2026 52 Books Reading Challenge
Host: Liz @ The 52 Book Club's
Progress: 4/52 (8%)
1 January, 2026 — 31 December, 2026
In Progress
In this challenge, the goal is to read 52 books, one for each prompt. Join the challenge and read the rules here!
- Set in an ancient civilization
- Kangaroo word on the cover
- Written without quotation marks
- Has a dust jacket
Featuring a conspiracy: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins- Title starts with the letter “O”
- Title starts with the letter “P”
- A three-syllable word in the title
- Featuring a natural disaster
- Spans a decade or more
- Requires suspension of disbelief
A genre-defining read: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins- Bookface
- Includes a character list
- A subtitle with commas
- Deus Ex Machina
- Author’s bio mentions their dog
Provokes strong emotion: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins- A nosy neighbour character
- Day of the week in the title
- Written in the 1800s
- Spotted in a TV series or movie
- Grumpy sunshine trope
- Uneven number of chapters
- Includes a red herring
- Title in a serif font
- Two or more authors, one pseudonym
- From a series at least eight books long
- Set in the Arctic or Antarctic
- Author related to another author
- Author related to author in prompt 30
- Publisher starting with the letter “B”
- A standalone fantasy novel
- Inspired by the top-grossing movie the year you were born
- Character with a secret identity
- Award-winning book from last year
- Started on the 26th of the month
- Domestic fiction
- A book that cost you nothing
- Author’s first and last name start with same letter
- A guide to…
- Includes a handwritten interior font
- A Goodreads recommendation for you
- Literary Device: Personification
- Biographical fiction
- Non-fiction about character in prompt 45
- A diacritical mark on the cover
Related to the word “Nemesis”: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins- From the 800s of the Dewey Decimal System
- Set in a castle
- Includes a map
- Published in 2026