The 52 Book Club's 2025 Challenge - hosted by the52bookclub

"I think it was blue"
This prompt is an ode to all the times we've forgotten the name of a book title, but "I think the cover was blue?" 

Get creative with this prompt! Examples include but aren't limited to:

  • The word "blue" in the title
  • A blue spine
  • Blue cover
  • Book that "makes you feel blue" (an emotional read, book that makes you cry, etc)
  • Character or author with first or last name "Blue" (Bluey!) 
  • Related to phrases or idioms with the word blue in it. Examples: Once in a blue moon, out of the blue, blue blood (aristocrat or nobility), blue collar, blue in the face, black and blue, bleeds blue, etc. 
  • A book that you can't remember the title of (Feel free to ask for help in the Facebook group! We'll help you solve it!) 
  • Ask a librarian for a blue cover recommendation

All books added
The Candid Life of Meena Dave by Namrata Patel

The Candid Life of Meena Dave

Namrata Patel

10 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

31 hours, 16 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Storyteller's Death by Ann Davila Cardinal

The Storyteller's Death

Ann Davila Cardinal

368 pages • digital • 2022 user-added

fiction fantasy speculative fiction
The Good Boy by Stella Hayward

The Good Boy

Stella Hayward

320 pages • digital • 2025

fiction romance emotional hopeful slow-paced
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

531 pages • paperback • 2014

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

The Line of Beauty

Alan Hollinghurst

438 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Jessica Guerrieri

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Jessica Guerrieri

292 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
A Month of Sundays by Courtney Peppernell

A Month of Sundays

Courtney Peppernell

256 pages • paperback

nonfiction poetry
Thin Ice by Paige Shelton

Thin Ice

Alaska Wild #1

Paige Shelton

9 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson

Antarctica

Kim Stanley Robinson

19 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 1997 user-added

fiction science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced