52 Book Club's Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by trishthedish86

A second-person narrative
A second person narrative

Last year, we had a first-person narrative on our challenge. This year, our challenge is to find a second person narrative. These stories are a little harder to come by but have a very unique style of writing that will hopefully stretch us as readers!

What is a second person narrative? Second person narrative uses the pronoun “You” to address the readers. The narrator describes what “you” do, which makes the reader a character in the story. This is in contrast to the first person narratives (“I”) or third person (he/she) that are more commonly found in literature.


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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

13 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Lucifer's Lottery by Edward Lee

Lucifer's Lottery

City Infernal #4

Edward Lee

256 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction horror dark tense medium-paced
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

Italo Calvino

304 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics literary magical realism adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
House of Danger by R.A. Montgomery

House of Danger

Choose Your Own Adventure #6

R.A. Montgomery

108 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction childrens mystery mysterious medium-paced
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Hidden Pictures

Jason Rekulak

372 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Crane Wife by CJ Hauser

The Crane Wife

CJ Hauser

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
D.I.Y by John Wiswell

D.I.Y

John Wiswell

25 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ short stories hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Redshirts by John Scalzi

Redshirts

John Scalzi

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous funny medium-paced
The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan

The Long Weekend

Gilly Macmillan

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay

The Last Conversation

Forward Collection #5

Paul Tremblay

55 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories dark mysterious medium-paced