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 Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr by Frances Maynard

The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr

Frances Maynard

384 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Chamber by Will Dean

The Chamber

Will Dean

9 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine by Michele Lent Hirsch

Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine

Michele Lent Hirsch

240 pages • paperback • 2018

nonfiction feminism health challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Aristoteles und Dante entdecken die Geheimnisse des Universums by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Aristoteles und Dante entdecken die Geheimnisse des Universums

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe #1

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

384 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Hjerteskog / Syđänmettä by M. Seppola Simonsen

Hjerteskog / Syđänmettä

M. Seppola Simonsen

106 pages • hardcover • 2022

nature poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Pitcher Perfect by Tessa Bailey

Pitcher Perfect

Big Shots #4

Tessa Bailey

336 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia

The Business Trip

Jessie Garcia

9 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Once Upon a Time in Dollywood by Ashley Jordan

Once Upon a Time in Dollywood

Ashley Jordan

448 pages • digital • 2025

fiction romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole

352 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell

Instructions for a Heatwave

Maggie O'Farrell

305 pages • digital • 2013 user-added

fiction contemporary historical emotional reflective slow-paced