The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by the52bookclub

A grieving character
Grief comes in many different forms and is displayed in a variety of ways, and our reads will reflect that. Any type of loss that a character is grieving works toward this prompt. It is up to you to decide how central to the story you want the theme of grief and loss to be, and whether the character is a primary or secondary character.
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Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy

Every Last Cuckoo

Kate Maloy

283 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
Killingly by Katharine Beutner

Killingly

Katharine Beutner

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery dark emotional sad slow-paced
All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

All the Lonely People

Mike Gayle

364 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

Camp Zero

Michelle Min Sterling

294 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction speculative fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia

If It Makes You Happy

Julie Olivia

510 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

All the Colors of the Dark

Chris Whitaker

656 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

324 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Rebound by Kwame Alexander

Rebound

The Crossover #0.5

Kwame Alexander

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction middle grade poetry sports emotional reflective fast-paced
Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Bellies

Nicola Dinan

12 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Physicians of Vilnoc

Penric & Desdemona #9

Lois McMaster Bujold

127 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced