The 52 Book Club’s 2024 Reading Challenge

 Another favorite is now up for 2024.

1. Locked-room mystery: Rock Paper Scissors--Alice Feeney
2. Bibliosmia: a smelly book: The Scent Keeper--Erica Bauermeister
3. More than 40 chapters: The Forgotten Garden--Kate Morton
4. Lowercase letters on the spine: Every Last Word--Tamara Ireland Stone
5. Magical realism: The Cat Who Saved Books--Sosuke Natsukawa
6. Women in STEM: Everyday Superheroes: Women in STEM Careers--Erin Twamley
7. At least four different POV: Winter Stroll--Elin Hilderbrand
8. Features the ocean: Summer on Sag Harbor--Sunny Hostin
9. A character-driven novel: The Spanish Love Deception--Elena Armas
10. Told in non-chronological order: Weyward--Emilia Hart
11. Title staring with the letter "K": Killers of the Flower Moon--David Grann
12. Title starting with the letter "L": Last Night at the Telegraph Club--Malinda Lo
13. Academic thriller: Crave--Tracy Wolff
14. Grieving character: Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker--Jennifer Chiaverini
15. Part of a duology: It Ends With Us--Colleen Hoover
16. Omniscient narrator: The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina--Zoraida Cordova
17. Nominated for The Booker Prize: Swing Time--Zadie Smith
18. Apostrophe in the title: Temptation's Darling--Johanna Lindsey
19. Buddy read: Atomic Habits (still reading in class group)
20. Revenge story: Scandal--Amanda Quick
21. Written by a ghostwriter: Emma Brown--Clare Boylan
22. Plot similar to another book: Yellowface--R.F. Kuang
23. The other book with the similar plot: The Book of Second Chances--Katherine Slee
24. Cover without people on it: Fatally Frosted--Jessica Beck
25. An author "everyone" has read but you: Rebecca--Daphne Du Maurier
26. Hybrid genre: The Fiery Cross--Diana Gabaldon
27. By a neurodivergent author: A Kind of Spark--Elle McNicoll
28. Yellow spine: Flights--Olga Tokarczuk
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry--Rachel Joyce
30. Picked without reading the blurb: Leap of Faith--Danielle Steel
31. Includes a personal phobia: The Black Flamingo--Dean Atta
32. Time frame spans a week or less: Five Survive--Holly Jackson
33. An abrupt ending: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store--James McBride
34. Set in a landlocked country: The Idiot--Elif Batuman
35. Title matches lyrics from a  song: I'll Take You There--Joyce Carol Oates
36. Has futuristic technology: Remote Control--Nnedi Okorafor
37. Palindrome on the cover: The House in the Pines--Ana Reyes
38. Published by Hatchette: Jade War--Fonda Lee
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: Another Kind of Madness--Stephen P. Hinshaw
40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate: The Sentence--Louise Erdrich
41. Sticker on the cover: Behold the Dreamers--Imbolo Mbue
42. Author debut in second half of 2024: The Days I Loved You Most--Amy Neff
43. About finding identity: Rolling Warrior--Judith Heumann
44. Includes a wedding: Picture Bride--Yoshiko Uchida
45. Chapter headings have dates: If You're Out There--Katy Loutzenhiser
46. Featuring Indigenous culture: Apple: Skin to the Core--Eric Gansworth
47. Self-insert by an author: The Summer I Turned Pretty--Jenny Han
48. Word "secret" in the title: Summer Secrets--Jane Green
49. Set in a city staring with the letter "M": Memphis--Tara M. Stringfellow
50. Musical instrument on the cover: Piranesi--Susanna Clarke
51. Related to the word "wild": Into the Wild--Jon Krakauer
52. Published in 2024: Funny Story--Emily Henry

Challenge completed on December 13