The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

This prompt is fun because there is such a wide variety of options! You could pick a book with the word fire in the title. It could be a book with fire on the cover. A character who is a firefighter. A character who is an arsonist. Book titles with words like “smoke, ash, ember, burn, heat,” etc. A non-fiction book about a famous fire or a memoir by a firefighter.

"Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894" by Daniel James Brown
Again suggested on FB and it sounds interesting

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Fiery Cross

Yet another reason to start/finish the Outlander series

Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin

"Burn" by Patrick Ness

El verdugo de Dios (The executioner of god) by Toti Martínez de Lezea
. It's related with witch hunting (and sadly with witch burning )

Things You Save in a Fire

Nothing to See Here was a great read.

Inferno by Dante Aligheri

Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy if you want a nonfiction book.

Wings of Fire

I haven't anything for this yet but I'm sure I'll find something

I read A Burning by Megha Majumdar this year and it was a decent read. I haven't found my tbr for this prompt just yet.

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice & Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin

Highfire by Eoin Colfer 🤓

Celeste Ng - Little fires everywhere .

I think I'll buy little fires everywhere for this. I've seen it recommended a few times on Facebook

Read "Emerald Blaze" by Ilona Andrews - loved it

The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans

Thinking about reading this one as I've heard good things about it:
Angela's Ashes

I think am going to reread The Divine Comedy for this, the third section of which is "the inferno". I read it whilst at university but it might be nice to read it again.

The Golem and the Jinni by Helen Wecker

my book for this prompt is the House Across the Street by Lesley Pearse it was my 3rd penguin book but fits here better. house gets set on fire n 2 occupants killed.

Completion Post:

Just finished reading: "Ink and Ashes" written by Valynne E. Maetani (★★★★☆), which centers on Claire Takata, a teenager, discovering a dangerous secret about her dead father, which would change her life irrevocably in this debut contemporary thriller.

Maetani made a fantastic debut, which packs a highly suspenseful blend of action, intrigue, and teen romance. Interspersed between chapters are letters that the protagonist has written to her dead father, which creates an important back story. Furthermore, Maetani writes excellently about grief and loss – especially when she discovers the secret about her dead father.

Winters Heat by Cristin Harber

I read Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl Who Played with Fire” 🔥

I read Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by Daniel James Brown. It follows the personal stories of survival and loss before, during, and after the fire while also giving fascinating information on the nature of fires and the destruction they leave behind. It's an incredibly immersive book that reads like a thriller at times.

Roberta wrote: "Thinking about reading this one as I've heard good things about it:
Angela's Ashes"

This is the one I also chose.

I did Fire in Paradise:An American Tragedy as an audiobook.

Read “With The Fire on High” by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Home Fire

1/4
1 star

The Library Book by Orlean is a great read about a major fire that destroyed much of the Los Angeles Central Branch Library.

I placed Witch & Wizard by James Patterson here. My copy has flames on the cover.

The Fireman by Joe Hill

A ​Court of Silver Flames

The Night Fire by Michael Connelly

House on Fire by Bonnie Kistler

The Midnight Library.- contains a very important fire.
Great book !

A 5th Portion of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. "Rekindle" is definitely a fire-related word!

Currently reading “This is the Fire” by Don Lemon (CNN)

“Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Ooh! I was thinking about switching to Malibu Rising. Glad to hear it mentioned.

This Is The Night Our House Will Catch Fire by Nick Flynn. A memoir https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2021...

We read this book for book club and it was a perfect fit

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

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I read Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 3 Stars

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Completed: September 23, 2021

I read"Fighting Fire" by Caroline Paul