The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge discussion

44. Includes A Wedding

A wedding is a celebration in which two people are united in marriage. Books picked for this prompt should include a wedding somewhere within the story. Wedding celebrations come in a wide variety of forms, styles, and traditions, and any type of wedding works toward this prompt.

It is also up to readers to decide how central the wedding is to the story as a whole. It may be part of the main plot, with the entire story building toward the wedding day, or it may only appear in a single scene, chapter, or even as an epilogue. As long as there is a wedding somewhere within the book, it counts!


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I’m thinking The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner for this prompt.

I'm planning on reading the Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

I've been rereading books by Barbara Hambly that I read when they came outback in the eighties and nineties. A Stranger at the Wedding will work nicely here, I think

I will be reading Sensibly Wed by Kasey Stockton. Love me an old-timey romance!

Lovers and Liars by Amanda Eyre Ward

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry.

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

Before We Were Yours has plans for a rich, lavish wedding

The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman

maybe Crazy Rich Asians

The Gown by Jennifer Robson.

I plan on reading Last wedding in Burnaby by Mark Biocchi.

First timer here! I asked my husband to help me decide which of the books I had on hand for this year’s challenge and he drew number 44! I have chosen to read “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” I hope the author tells us how the name of this society came to be. And oddly enough I found this book at the Goodwill today.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - been recommended so many times to me!

My book choice is A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve

I will be reading The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

I’ve just finished The Girl with the Make believe Husband by Julia Quinn. Work was a bit slow so played it on audiobook the last 2 days.

Things We Hide from the Light - Lucy Score

I finished "get lucky" by Lila Monroe. such an awesome rom com to start the year

I've got a few options for this one. The Selection covers this and several other prompts. I've been curious about Catherine Bybee's writing, and Wife by Wednesday is available on KU. If I don't finish it or want an alternative, I have both The Wedding Game and The Paid Bridesmaid on Kindle.

Finished 1/3/24

I’m reading the worst best man by Lucy score!

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepburn

Forever Hold Your Peace by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

I changed my choice for this book several times, and this one was just ok.

I read Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marisa Stapley. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2024...
Bonus that it is by Canadian authors and mostly set in Canada.

A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

i just finished the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 7 weddings fit this description

I read Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson. The wedding happened previously, by the MC describes it over several pages so I think it counts

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

I’m looking to read Outlawed for this prompt. The blurb describes the main character’s wedding day - does anyone know if the book actually covers the wedding itself??

Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

I read Blindsided by Amy Daws
The wedding isn't prominently featured, but the two main characters are the maid of honor and best man. And there is a major plot point that happens at the wedding.

My choice: BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood

I've just read Nora Roberts book Inheritance .

A great beach read, lots of ghosts (all brides), a mad witch, boyfriends and canines. . . .first of a trilogy, so watch out for that cliff-hanger, you don't want to go over the edge!

I read The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

I reread Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier for this prompt. I wanted a book that had more then just a mention but the other prompts that it filled were already filled.

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

“Wedding Cake Murder” by Joanne Fluke is a boring and yet exciting book at the end. The first half is all about desserts and a contest (and preparations for a wedding). The second half is tracking down a killer. The recipes look so good!

I’m currently reading Forget Me Not for this prompt. The MC’s are a wedding planner and a florist who are collaborating to create a celebrity wedding, but you’re getting flashbacks of them working together on many other previous weddings.

I counted A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson towards this prompt, because it had weddings in a very non-traditional, vampiric sense.

Crazy Rich Asians

I read The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen

Read "Little People, Big Dreams: King Charles" for this prompt. An illustrated biography of King Charles III, designed for children. Nevertheless, as an adult, I enjoyed it very much, learned some new things about his family and got moved by some passages. My mum asked if I could leave the book at her place, so she can read it too.

For this prompt I read Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris.

I read Salt Magic by Hope Larson.

I read "Poor Things" by Alasdair Gray"...

Another I've read for this prompt is by Dorothy West Dorothy West and the book is The Wedding The Wedding.

Very compelling. . .she wrote this book, set in the 1950's, over many years - her editor was Jackie Kennedy, who was a neighbor and friend for many years.

I read An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.