The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge discussion

11. A book about secrets

This prompt is for any book about secrets. The book could contain the word “secret” in the title or use secrets as a plot device. Mysteries, thrillers, family drama, historical fiction, and romance are just a few genres that regularly use secrets as part of the main plot. Non-fiction examples could include true crime, a political or celebrity expose, or historical secrets recently come to light. It could be a secret past that the main character is hiding, a book about secret societies, a secret love affair, etc.


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One Last Secret by Adele Parks

You Need to Know is a domestic noir by Australian author Nicola Moriarty which will draw you in to the family’s lives and secrets. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

Zatanna & the House of Secrets by Matthew Cody or From blood and ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Edit READ zatanna and the house of secrets in Feb

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

I just read "The Secret of the Andes," by Ann Nolan Clark.
It's one of my old Newbery's that's been in a giant TBR stack that I picked up from estate sales. This won the 1953 Newbery Medal, so it would work in that slot, as well.

I've got Mad Honey by Jodi picoult for this

Sub Rosa would work for this!

Just finished The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda for this category. Good one to start the new year.

I read ‘Hester’ by Laurie Lico Albanese and it was excellent! Definitely recommend!

The Watchmaker's Daughter by C.J. Archer

Just finished The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Absolutely gorgeous.

5 survive by Holly Jackson is what I used

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. This was a book club read that I was reluctant to try, but oh so glad I did. Intrigue and suspense that kept me turning pages! 4 stars.

I am moving Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier to prompt 2.

Such Sharp Teeth

I think I loosely interpreted this prompt...

I read Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

She Who Became the Sun is a beautiful book. The main characters have big secrets, and while the book doesn’t revolve around them, the secrets guide the events.

The Lake House by Mikayla Bee

I suggest you Don't Move by Margaret Mazzantini.

The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams. Each of the 4 main characters has a secret from their past, and as the story progresses, they reveal their secrets to the group.

I read The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens. There is a mystery and the characters are keeping secrets.

The Secret of the Old Clock the first Nanacy Drew book

EUROPE
Faroe Islands:
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Australian author Holly Ringland is a magical book set in Tasmania, Copenhagen and the Faroe Islands. It covers Indigenous stories, Nordic mythology, selkies and fairytales as Esther tries to piece together what happened to her sister Aurora and what the seven verses tattooed on her back meant. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ here is my review

The book of living secrets by Madeleine Roux

I read: All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

Read The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Everyone Knows You Go Home is a dual timeline novel with elements of magical realism by Peruvian author Natalia Sylvester. It is about family secrets and the hardships of immigration, with a ghost who returns on every Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Here is my review

Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt had old secrets, new secrets, and a secret romance blooming. I loved the courtroom scenes in this first book of the Andy Carpenter series. Enjoy !

I read The Shadow of the Bear by Regina Doman. The whole plot revolves around Bear's secrets.

I read The Secret Pilgrim by John Le Carre -- his books are made of secrets, but this is really more about the people keeping them, and how the secrets affect their lives

Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman. This book gets 5 stars. So much to learn and in an easy going format. It was easy to listen to. Don't know if it would be as easy to read. I loved the final quote of the book. "If our brains were simple enough to understand, we would be too simple to understand them." I highly recommend this book.

The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2023...

For this prompt, I read Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult.

I read Verity by Colleen Hoover for this prompt....and, it is an absolute must read!! I was blown away with the writing!! And, I am now a Colleen Hoover fan for sure!!

Colleen Hoover

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

the Goldfinch by Donna Tart

I’m currently reading A Slow Burning Fire by Paula Hawkins for this prompt!

Happy Families by Julie Ma

I read The Railway Children

The Love of my Life by Rosie Walsh
4.5 stars! Enjoyed this read and definitely had the secrets!

Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney

The Personal Librarian by Benedict and Murray

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson uses a family secret as the main plot, 3 out of 5 stars for me.

I read Spare by Prince Harry….

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

A book about secrets—-heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

A secret is at the heart of Dani Shapiro's new novel, Signal Fires. Read this one in print. The audiobook is more confusing than it needs to be because the narrator failed to read aloud the date at the beginning of each chapter.

I read the book troubling suspense novel "The Push" by Audrey Audain. I would not have chosen to read this book AND I recommend it for the writing and character development.

Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney and Jodi Picoult