The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge discussion

13 -- Bookface

“Bookface” refers to the online trend where individuals line up the cover of a book to their own faces or matching body parts, creating a seamless transition. (You can see some examples here: https://www.boredpanda.com/book-cover...) Covers fitting this description will likely have a face or part of a body on it. This may be a photo or an illustration.

For this prompt, pick a book that has a “bookface” worthy cover. (You don’t have to create a bookface photo with it but be sure to share in The 52 Book Club’s Facebook Group or tag us on socials, if you do!)

As with all our prompts, keep in mind that you can complete this prompt using any format or edition of book. Cover art varies widely from edition to edition or country to country. As long as at least one edition meets the “bookface” description, you can read that book in any edition or format.




Here is our Goodreads List for this prompt

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue

I have a couple of Lucille Ball biographies on my TBR that both have her (very lovely) face on the cover:
Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer


Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball by Kathleen Brady

I got two autobiographies by Julie Andrews Edwards that I moved to the top of a stack.

Home: A Memoir of My Early Years


Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

I like this minimalist design for this prompt.

I saw a cute bookface the author posted with this book so I'm planning on this one: Zinnia and the Bees

My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner

Belladonna

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Rise of the Dragon's Heir Darlene Franklin-Campbell 7 April

The new memoir by Margaret Atwood, Book of Lives Memoir of Sorts.

I think I'm going to do Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World for this one.

Would Mother Mary Comes to me by Arundhati Roy work? It has he face on the cover

I'll read Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel.

I decided to go with The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont

Definitely this book: I Hope You Remember by Josie Balka

“The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” by Marie Benedict is amazing!!! What happened to Agatha Christie for 11 days when she disappeared and would never talk about it? Here is one author’s view. It is so well written! And it has a profile of a woman’s face on the cover so it fits the prompt.

I am reading Carrie Soto Is Back

by Ally Carter.

I read Someone Knows by Vi Keeland

Haben: The Deafblind Woman who Conquered Harvard Law

Haben also satisfies #32 Publisher starting with a B (Blackstone)

using The Housemaid for this one. one of the covers works!

I went with Sara's Game by Ernie Lindsey for this one.
Completed: Jan 13th

I read “A Treachery of Swans” by A. B. Poranek

Question: Would The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath work since it’s the lower half of the legs on the cover?

I’m halfway through my book for this prompt now- reading “I’m Your Huckleberry” by Val Kilmer

Lolita.

Going loosey goosey and reading The Silent Patient for this one! I'm reading it either way and I think it fits here!

If I'm understanding this correctly, The Forgetting by Nicole Maggi fits this category.

COMPLETED: Charmed Life by Jacqueline Druga

I'm reading a book with a bookface cover J.R. Silver Writes Her World

I read Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

I read The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams - Finished 3/11/26

I used The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht and my cat to make a fun bookface

I’m excited to read the YA book, The Secret History of U.S. written by Jessi Kirby

Just finished Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman for this prompt

Love in the Time of Serial Killers

I chose Edward Ashton's "Mal Goes to War" and I really enjoyed. I recommend.

Start without me: Gary Janetti

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman

I read "Ties That Tether" by Jane Igharo

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Fairest of all

Completed - Read Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood

I read Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy. This book is a memoir and has the author’s photo on the front and back. Star Rating: 3.5.