The 52 Book Club’s 2025 Reading Challenge

Now, I know I am late to the party with this challenge since we are already in September; however, I stumbled across it through social media and decided to take part. Admittedly, I don’t think I’ll complete it, but I’m determined to give it a good go! I haven’t really participated in reading challenges before, so I’ve decided that needs to change. Therefore, what better one to start with than The 52 Book Club’s 2025 Reading Challenge? Additionally, I came across a blog post about this very challenge from The Book Haze, which inspired me to write my own post so that I can be held accountable.

visit The 52 Book Club to find out more and potentially take part yourself!

What is the challenge?

The 52 Book Club’s annual reading challenge is made up of 52 unique reading prompts. The goal is to match one book to each prompt, for a total of fifty-two books over the year. Prompts are related to everything from specific words in the title, to cover design, authors, genres, settings, themes, characters, etc. (Think of it like a giant bookish scavenger hunt!) We encourage participants to try books outside of their regular reading comfort zones and push themselves to read more, read differently, and get creative with it!

I have listed below the 52 Book Club’s list of prompts for 2025. These prompts are linked to the Goodreads Lists for books that fit each prompt. I copy and pasted them from here and I will be linking to each of them and updating this post with the book I have read once I have completed a prompt.

The Goodreads 2025 list:

1. A pun in the title – Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce
2. A character with red hair – Fate be Changed by Farrah Rochon
3. Title starts with the letter ‘M’ – Message Deleted by K.L. Slater
4. Title starts with the letter ‘N’ –
5. Plot includes a heist – Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
6. Genre One: Set in Spring –
7. Genre Two: Set in Summer – The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
8. Genre Three: Set in Autumn – Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
9. Genre Four: Set in Winter – The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
10. Author’s last name is also a first name – Five Survive by Holly Jackson
11. A prequel –
12. Has a moon on the cover – What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell
13. Title is ten letters or less – Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
14. Climate fiction –
15. Includes Latin American history –
16. Author has won an Edgar award – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
17. Told in verse –
18. A character who can fly – Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft
19. Has short chapters – Sally’s Lament by Mari Mancusi
20. A fairy tale retelling – Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
21. Character’s name in the title – Regina Rising by Wendy Toliver
22. Found family trope – Powerless by Elsie Silver
23. A sprayed edge – The Crash by Freida McFadden
24. Title is a spoiler –
25. Breaks the fourth wall –
26. More than a million copies sold – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
27. Features a magician –
28. A crossover (set in a shared universe) –
29. Shares universe with prompt 28 *same list as prompt 28* –
30. In the public domain –
31. Audiobook has multiple narrators – Mint to Be by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
32. Includes a diary entry – No Dream Impossible by Nigel May
33. A standalone novel – The Coworker by Freida McFadden
34. Direction in the title –
35. Written in third person – By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
36. Final sentence is less than 6 words long – Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
37. Genre chosen for you by someone else *No Goodreads list* – Space Wolf by William King
38. An adventure story – Vox Machina: Kith & Kin by Marieke Nijkamp
39. Has an epigraph – The Risk by S.T. Abby
40. Stream of consciousness narrative –
41. Cover font is in a primary colour – Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti
42. Non-human antagonist – A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
43. Explores social class – Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay
44. A celebrity on the cover – Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne
45. Author releases more than one book a year – A Merry Little Christmas by Rosie Green
46. Read in a “-ber” month *No Goodreads list* – Shady Hollow by Juneau Black
47. “I think it was blue” – Off to the Races by Elsie Silver
48. Related to the word “puzzle” – The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
49. Set in a country with an active volcano –
50. Set in the 1940s –
51. 300-400 pages long – Hopeless by Elsie Silver
52. Published in 2025 – Dice and Desire by Skylar Rune

Final Result… FAILED