52 Book Challenge for 2025: How I Did

I had lots of fun with last year's 52 book Challenge so I decided to participate again this year. 


1. A pun in the title-- Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher



2. A character with red hair- A Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez



3. Title starts with the letter "M"-- Memory Man by David Baldacci



4. Title starts with the letter "N"- Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter



5. Plot includes a heist-- Camino Island by John Grisham


6. Genre one- set in Spring-- Unlikely Story by Ali Rosen


 

7. Genre two- set in Summer-- Passions in Death by J.D Robb



8. Genre three- set in Autumn-- The Towering Sky by Katharine McGee


 

9. Genre four- set in Winter -- Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney



10. Author's last name is also a first name--Tangled Up In You by Christina Lauren

11. A Prequel- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins


 

12. Has a moon on the cover-- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 



13. Title is 10 letters or less-- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood



14. Climate fiction-- All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

 


15. Includes Latin American history-- Violetta by Isabel Allende


 

16. Author has won an Edgar award-- Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto


 

17.  Told in verse-- All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson



18. A character who can fly-- Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros



19. Has short chapters-- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman



20. A fairy tale retelling-- Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q. Sutanto



21. Character's name is in the title-- Ferris by Kate DiCamillo



22. Found family trope --Happy After All by Maisey Yates



23. A sprayed edge-- Summer in the City by Alex Aster



24. Title is a spoiler-- The Happiness Project or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin


25. Breaks the fourth wall-- Grave Talk by Nick Spalding



26. More than a million copies sold-- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


27. Features a magician-- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling


28. A crossover (set in a shared universe)-- Alone by Megan E. Freeman


 

29. Shares universe with prompt 28-- Away by Megan E. Freeman


 

30. In the public domain-- The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

31. Audiobook has multiple narrators-- Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn



32. Includes a diary entry-- Madly Deeply by Alan Rickman 



33. A standalone novel-- Hillbilly Elegy by J.D Vance



34. Direction in the title Offbeat North America by Lonely Planet



35. Written in the 3rd person-- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 



36. Final sentence is less than 6 words long-- Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo



37. Genre chosen for you by someone else-- Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teacher Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not by Robert T. Kiyosaki


 

38. An adventure story-- The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes


 

39. Has an epigraph --Past Present Future by Rachel Lynn Solomon


40. Stream of consciousness narrative-- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi


 41. Cover font is in a primary color-- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks



42. Non-human antagonist-- Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella


43. Explore social class-- Sisters of Fortune by Anna Lee Huber



44. A celebrity on the cover-- From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough


 

45. Author releases more than one book a year- If I Lost You by Sheila Norton



46. Read in a "-ber" month-- Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

 


47. "I think it was blue"-- Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb



48. Related to the word "puzzle"-- The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys & Steve Skeinkin



49. Set in a country with an active volcano-- The Honeymoon Crashers by Christina Lauren



50. Set in the 1940's-- Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff


 

51. 300-400 pages long-- Love, Naturally by Sophie Sullivan

52. Published in 2025-- Philly Barker &The Murder at Deverell Grange 



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Comments

  1. Maria RineerDecember 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM

    Great job! The challenge seems ambitious but you nailed it!

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    1. Joanne December 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM

      Aw, thank you! It definitely felt ambitious at first but I usually have no problem finishing it.

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