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

Found family trope
The found family trope is a device in literature in which a non-biologically related group of individuals come together to form their own family. This may also be referred to as a family of choice. They are often brought together through shared experiences or circumstances and emphasize the connections and communities we build for ourselves. 
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Until You by Catharina Maura

Until You

Off-Limits #1

Catharina Maura

328 pages • digital • 2021

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
Silver Lies by Willa Layne

Silver Lies

Silver Lies #1

Willa Layne

403 pages • digital • 2023

fiction dystopian romance adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Bad Blood

The Naturals #4

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

9 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction mystery thriller young adult mysterious fast-paced
Awakened by Laura Elliott

Awakened

Laura Elliott

400 pages • digital • 2025

fiction dystopian horror dark reflective tense medium-paced
White Line Fever by KC Jones

White Line Fever

KC Jones

12 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams

11 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993

Sarah Schulman

27 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Princess

The Infernal Devices #3

Cassandra Clare

570 pages • paperback • 2013

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

173 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Ice Diaries: An Antarctic Memoir by Jean McNeil

Ice Diaries: An Antarctic Memoir

Jean McNeil

384 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative medium-paced