The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

Note: this challenge must be completed in order

1) Pick any book: Start this challenge with a book of your choice. This can be any genre, format, or length. Be bold and read outside your comfort zone, or try a favourite genre or re-read. But remember, choose wisely. The book you pick will influence your next choice (and the rest of your challenge!)

Sample Challenge: For this walkthrough, we’ve created a sample challenge as an example of how this challenge can be completed. For this sample challenge, let’s say I choose to start with a cozy mystery, Welcome to Murder Week by Karen Dukess.

I just finish Red Herrings and White Elephants yesterday, and since I have another book with an elephant in the title for prompt #27, I'll start here.

i am starting with we do not part by han kang! i am so excited- my first 52 book club challenge :)

I just finished My Sister, the Serial Killer, so that's going to be my starting point!

My first book is going to be The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams.

My first book will be Crown of Midnight. I was in the middle of this one when I found this challenge so I thought it would be a good place to start!

My first book is going to be Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World. I'm going to use the subtitle word "history" to lead onto the next book

The first book I used was Bright Young Women since I have 3 books with “Bright” in the title.

My first book is The Husband's Secret. I picked it up at a street library near me. This should be fun.

I just finished A Girl Called Renee: The Incredible True Story of a WW2 Jewish Holocaust Survivor by Ruth Uzrad

I am starting with the book God Forgive Us for Being Women: Rhetoric, Theology, and the Pentecostal Tradition. Mostly starting here because I was reading the book and was not using it anywhere. Added bonus, lots of words in the title.

Next connection planned is Future Home of the Living God, sharing the word God.

I began with Long Island Compromise byTaffy Brodesser-Akner.

I am now reading Long Island by Colm Tóibín for prompt 2.

Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World I wanted to read a mental health book to start off with. so i started with Anxious for Nothing, Fabulous book about dealing the bible and anxiety.

I'm begining with The Night War and then Last Night with the Duke

I started with Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert, 3 Stars.

I started with Montana Bride by Joan Johnston.

First book ~ Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll I've got several books with girl in the title (although most are about actual women, not girls, sigh)

Next book - Who Wants Normal?: The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life by Frances Ryan is one I've been looking forward to for ages. She's an excellent writer/journalist.

I'm picking The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. This challenge sounds like so much fun!!

I started with When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley.

My first book is The House Witch by Delemhach.

My first book in this challenge is The Raven Foregate, by Ellis Peters. . .

I started with My Friends by Fredrik Backman. It was the book I had just started when the challenge was published!

Read Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay. I started this book at the end of May so used it for the challenge.

Read "The Time-Turner" (From the films of Harry Potter) als first book for the connections challenge. It's a little book that accompanies a replica of Hermoine's time-turner from The Prisoner of Azkaban movie. It has quotes, pictures, scene overviews, anekdotes and a trivia. Enjoyed it!

I started with The Chocolate Snowman Murders. ⛄️

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I'm still trying to get through my TBR shelf so thankfully the first two book fall into this.
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I just finished Deep Thoughts from a Hollywood Blonde.

My first book is Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs (6/12/25)

My first book was The Raven in the Foregate, finished and reviewed 06.27.2025. . . .

I gave this one 5 stars, it was good

Finally finished my first book (I delayed this challenge a little to focus on the main challenge since this one is open-ended)

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

I just finished



This challenge feels like an adventure and this was just the beginning... 😁

I am new to the group and liked the idea of the connections challenge. I ordered the journal and it arrived today- it is brilliant. I have chosen The Great Gatsby as my first pick.

I'm starting this with City of Girls!

This sounds like a lot of fun.

My first pick will be Alchemy of Secrets

I started with Behind Closed Doors

Starting with The One and Only Ivan