52 Book Club: 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by anamarquina

Set in a city starting with the letter "M"
In September 2023, our 52 Book Club members voted on the setting they’d most like to see as a 2024 prompt. “Set in a city starting with the letter ‘M'” was our winning prompt. You can re-watch the live draw here. (The runner-up was, “Set in a country starting with the letter ‘I.'”)

For this prompt, the book should be at least partially (or fully) set in any city starting with the letter M. Examples include: Munich, Manila, Moscow, Montreal, Mumbai, Mexico City, Melbourne, Madrid, Minsk, Mosul, Milan, Marseille, etc. You can find more examples here. The city may also be a fictional city, a city from another world or alternate reality, an ancient city that no longer exists, etc.

Britannica.com defines a city as, a “relatively permanent and highly organized centre of population, of greater size or importance than a town or village.”

As a creative interpretation, you may choose a non-city location that shares a name with a city starting with M. For example: There has been some debate within the Facebook group as to whether or not Manhattan, New York counts as a city, since it’s classified as a borough of New York. However, Manhattan is also a city in Kansas (along with other locations.) Since Manhattan, Kansas is a city, you may decide to read a book set in a location that shares a similar name — like Manhattan, New York.

Examples: Beneath a Scarlet Sky (Milan), The Girl Who Was Saturday Night (Montreal), The Savage Detectives (Mexico City), Journey to Munich (Munich), The Story of Ferdinand (Madrid)
Goodreads List: Set in a city starting with the letter “M”
All books added
A Mother's Day Murder by Dee Ernst

A Mother's Day Murder

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Dee Ernst

132 pages • digital • 2015

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir

Reyna Grande

11 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2012

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Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

Yao Xiao

128 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction comics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch

The Last Russian Doll

Kristen Loesch

406 pages • hardcover • 2022

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Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction memoir reflective sad medium-paced
The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton

The House on Biscayne Bay

Chanel Cleeton

336 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical horror emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

Max Brooks

286 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction horror adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler

Enjoy the View

Moose Springs, Alaska #3

Sarah Morgenthaler

11 hours, 8 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary romance adventurous tense medium-paced
Mallee Boys by Charlie Archbold

Mallee Boys

Charlie Archbold

216 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Grace Notes by Karen Comer

Grace Notes

Karen Comer

327 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction poetry young adult emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced