The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

3. Title starts with letter “M”

Our side-quest through the alphabet continues! This year we’re tackling titles that start with the letters, “M” and “N.” For this prompt, choose any title or subtitle that begins with the letter “M.”

It is up to you whether you choose to include definite or indefinite articles (ex: The, A, An.) Alternatively, you may also decide on a series title starting with the letter M.


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I have already choosen a book for this prompt, Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Kathryn Harkup

I am also reading her book Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts for prompt #51.

Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

More than this, Patrick Ness

The Monstrumologist Rick Yancey

My options:
Monday's Not Coming
Me Before You
My Absolute Darling
Maame

Looks like M is a pretty good letter for my TBR:
Mirror, Mirror
Mirror's Edge
Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando

Books I've read that I recommend:
Midnight Clear
My Side of the Mountain
Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race

I'm deciding between Match Me If You Can and My Big Fat Fake Marriage for this prompt.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Paul Gallico – Mrs ’Arris Goes to Paris

matters of the heart- Danielle Steele

I plan on reading Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah.

My Options:
Milk Fed
Mary Jane
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Mad About You
Maybe in Another Life

I decide I would narrow down my books to choose from by only picking from the books the start with the letter "M" and that still is a long list :)
Here is what I have on my TBR list to choose from:

*Mrs. Fletcher
*Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly
*Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
*Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes
*My Mother Cursed My Name by Anamely Salgado Reyes
*My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
*Missing Persons: or, My Grandmother's Secrets by Clair Wills
*Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates
*More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon
*M is for Malice by Sue Grafton
*Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
*Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope by Don Van Ryn
*My Good Man by Eric Gansworth
*Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
*Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
*Me & Emma by Elizabeth Flock
*Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins
*Maxton by Lauren Tyler
*Meant to Be by Jo Knowles
*Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
*Must I Go by Yiyun Li
*Moving Target by Elizabeth Lowell
*Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous by Fern Michaels
*Middle Age: A Romance by Joyce Carol Oates
*My Real Name is Lisa by David M. Alexander
*My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry
*My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry
*Mr. Maybe by Jane Green
*Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith by Gina B. Nahai
*Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
*More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay
*Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
*Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy

HAPPY READING!!!

Here are my options from my TBR:
Midnight's Children
Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Mad Honey

I am going to read “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” for this one.

Mythos by Stephen Fry

I'm planning to read The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley for this prompt.

Other books I've read that I recommend:
The Midnight Library
My Sister’s Keeper

With so many choices for this prompt it's been hard to make a decision....but, I have finally decided to read:

Middle Age: A Romance by Joyce Carol Oates


HAPPY READING!!

“Maybe You Should Talk To Someone” by Lori Gottlieb

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

I am reading The Measure

I am reading A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman.

Meditazioni by Marco Aurelio

I’m going to read The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

For this prompt I will read “The maid’s diary” by Loreth Anne

I have just finished 'Mother May I' by Joshilyn Jackson

this has been sat on my Netgalley shelf for a long time so it was nice to read a page turner and clear a book off the (virtual) shelf

I’m currently reading Murder by Candlelight by Faith Martin

Reading Missionaries. I've been meaning to read it for a year!

I'm reading My Murder by Katie Williams.

I read Malice: A Mystery (The Kyoichiro Kaga Series Book 1) by Keigo Higashino translated by Alexander O. Smith 4/5 Stars

I can see what these books are so popular in Japan!

I read Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 stars for me.

I read Mania byLionel Shriver for this topic (Read Jan 6th; 4*)

Melania by Melania Trump

Maame

Missing You. I am going to watch the tv show after I finish the book.

Mob Knight by Sabine Barclay
MY FATHER, PICASSO AND ME: An Artist's Journey of Resilience by Marsha Glazière

The Mirror by Nora Roberts

I read “Murder on Black Swan Lane” a historical mystery set in the Regency era and found it delightful so I’m continuing the series

Currently reading My Mother Cursed My Name by Anamely Salgado Reyes

For this one I picked Memory Man by David Baldacci.

Reading manga My Happy Marriage book 4

Motherland by Maria Hummel.

I so can't wait for April for this one. I'll be reading a new release called Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World which goes into the history of the Power Rangers.

I read Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

I used this for a different prompt, but I just finished More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa