The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge discussion

September Mini Challenge - With A Revolver

A revolver is a type of firearm, and one of the six weapons featured in the board game Clue. For this prompt, choose any book featuring or related to the phrase, “with a revolver.” This may be a classic murder mystery featuring a revolver (or any type of firearm) or a book that features a revolver or firearm on the cover. You may also choose a title with the word “revolver” in it (or as a creative interpretation, the words “revolve,” “revolves,” etc.)

As a broader interpretation, you may choose a true crime story, a social commentary on gun violence, a book that involves any weapon or firearm (not specifically a revolver), a character who thinks the world “revolves” around them, a graphic revolve, a character who is a “hired gun,” etc.


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Going to read Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. It’s been on my tbr

It's The Bullet Swallower for me!

I'll read Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond by Kathryn Harkup

I'm going to read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

The Anti-Heroes, by Jen Lancaster

I tried out a couple before I decided to go with Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel.

Listened to Spotgaai (Mockingjay), the third installment of the Hunger Games. Enjoyed this series so much!

I read The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias for this one. He is a hired gun.

I read Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente, 4 Stars

I listened to Shot Through the Heart by Isabelle Grey, second in a series. I loved it, great narration & interesting story with a lot about guns, but not gory/violent.

I read Bullet Train

I read Honey Drop Dead.

This challenge dropped as I was finishing off And Then There Were None which seems the most Clue book of all time. The revolver certainly made itself known as did many other instruments of death.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

I just had to read Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America by Sam Rasenberger because Sam is my great-uncle.

I read Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie. Two of the short stories involved firearms.

I read 'Til Dice Do Us Part by Gail Oust. It’s a cozy mystery about a murder with a revolver.

I read Revolver by Dark Cycle Studios

I read Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford. Plenty of guns, as well as an exploration of a potential alternative history involving American indigineous self-governance.

I read These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald. A gun is used in a couple of situations. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2024...

I read The Stranger by Albert Camus. Very weird.

I read The Inmate by Freida McFadden. Mostly stabbings and a bludgeoning.

The Postscript Murders: A Mystery by Elly Griffiths