The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

48. The Word “Secret” In The Title

This is one of our winning 2024 prompts, as voted upon by our 52 Book Club members! You can re-watch the live draw here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdi-...), in which the word “secret” was drawn from our two finalists. (The runner-up was the word “last.”)

The word “secret” must appear in either the title, subtitle, or series title. It may also appear as a variation of the word, such as secrets, secretly, or secretive. As a creative interpretation, the word “secret” may also be inside another word – for example, “secretary.”

This prompt can be completed in any language and does not have to be the English word for “secret.”

For those who participated in our 2023 challenge and feel this prompt is too similar to “a book about secrets,” we would encourage you to pick an entirely different genre for this prompt.



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I've had Philip Pullman's Book of Dust duo on my TBR pile for a while, and this gave me the push I needed to read it. The second title in the series is "The Secret Commonwealth."

The Name of this Book is Secret is a great book if anyone likes middle grade

I just got The Secret of Cold Hill by Peter James in the mail. After I picked The House on Cold Hill for prompt #32 Published by Macmillan, I ordered the 2nd book.

I have Secret Britain: A journey through WWII's hidden bases and battlegrounds and Buried in Secret on my shelf.

I’ve been wanting to read The Secret History by Donna Tartt for a long time!

All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

I'm planning on reading The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

I'm looking forward to reading The Secret Lives of Church Ladies for this prompt.

I will be reading The Secret Zoo by Bryan Chick.

Snow Flower and the secret fan by Lisa See

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

I'm Italian and I'm planning on listening to Il linguaggio segreto dei fiori by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (segreto = secret)

Quiet: the Secret Strengths of Introverts

I’m going to read The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar, which means I will read The Space Between Us by the same author prior to The Secrets Between Us. They go together. I’ve been wanting to read this author for a while now.

I’m planning on reading The housemaids secret by Freida McFadden.

The Secret History

My book choice is The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare

Light easy manga - My Coworker Has a Secret!, Volume 1. It's a part 1 and 2. I finished 1 and read a little of 2 before calling it a night. Here's to the New Year!

I will be reading The Secrets You Keep by Kate White

I've borrowed both If You Tell (A true story about a murder, family secrets, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood) and Secrets Buried from KU. My daughter also has Bob Goff's Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World, which is another option.

The Housemaids Secret by Fredia McFadden

I know it's a strech but could The Mystery of Mary be counted for this one? The mystery is not exactly a synonym for secret but in some languages the root of the word is the same...

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2024...

For this prompt I read Nowhere to Be Found, the first book in the series Secrets of the Blue Hill Library.

I have lots of books with "secret" in the title, but the first one I read is Ring of Secrets by Roseanna M. White. It's about George Washington's Culper spy ring during the American Revolution. While the MFC, Winter, prays enough for this to be considered Christian fiction, it doesn't hit you over the head like some I've tried.

I'm planning to read The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry.

I enjoy reading a wide range of genres, and I just started listening to The Secret Lives of Color. So fascinating! If you enjoy art, fashion, interior design, history - you'll be intrigued by this one!

Just finished The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, another 5 star read for me. 2024 is off to a fantastic reading year so far yay!

I choose the Secrets of Seduction. It was a basic historical romance, but I wasn't a huge fan of it. I am not sure why, it just lost my interest half way through and it was a struggle to finish. I was surprised since my bar for historical romances is very low and tend to like most of them.

The Secrets We Kept by Laura Prescott - loved the book!

I used "My Mother's Secret" by J. L. Witterick for this prompt (word secret in the title). Would also work for 40+ chapters but is only 188 pages. It is a lovely read; like lyric poetry. Oh, would also work for 4 POV. This book is small but mighty!

I read "The Secret to Superhuman Strength" Alison Bechdel

I read The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
it is my 4th book of hers for the A. C. challenge and the first I didn't care for

I read Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M McManus

Every Single Secret by Christina Dodd. Love that it’s on my tbr list

The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

A great read about women in the CIA and how they helped shaped the agency.

For anyone who enjoys/ed Bridgerton, I highly recommend The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever

I really enjoyed that book.

I will probably read The Secret Agent as I'm trying to work on the "1001 Books You Must Read" list.

I read The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch. I gave it 3 stars, but I would have given it 5 stars if I'd read it when I was a kid. It's a fun read about two kids solving a mystery, with synesthesia and the elixir of life and secret codes.

I read The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells

Read "Who Are The Secret Six? part three", the tird installment of Batman/Superman. Dark and gripping story in which Batman faces some serious self confrontation fighting The Batman Who Laughs. Superman helps him by going undercover, infecting himself with Joker Toxin. Bruce and Clark discover that The Batman Who Laughs has turned Shazam, James Gordon and Blue Beetle into their dark versions, working for him. I'm eager to see how the story continues.

I am reading The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

Sallie wrote: "I am reading The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber"

Where's the word "secret"?

Oops, The Secret History for this one. Brain fart!

“Secret Prey” by John Sanford has a great plot with so many twists! I did not like the detective’s female partner at all! It makes me wonder about the author.

I read The Secret School by Avi with my son.

Little Secrets - excellent psychological thriller - 5* from me