The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

10. Told In Non-Chronological Order

A book told in non-chronological order or with a non-linear narrative means that the story is told in a different order than it occurs in time. It doesn’t progress in a straight line from beginning to end but jumps around.

There are endless ways for books to be told in a non-chronological fashion. This may include flashbacks or flashforwards, reverse order (told backward), or even time travel. The book may open with a scene from later in the book to build suspense and intrigue, or it may be a dual-timeline novel with parallel storylines across multiple generations and time periods. It’s up to you what style or type of non-linear narrative you want to choose.


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First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

I'm planning on reading All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult

Natalia Sylvester – Everyone Knows You Go Home

I will be reading Dracula by Bram Stoker.

I plan to read wrong place Wrong time by Gillian McAllister.

I plan on reading Mad Honey.

I'm going to read Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica!

I’m planning to read “The Candy House” by Jennifer Egan.

I'm reading Before We Were Yours

Not sure at this moment possible " The Villa" by Rachel Hawkins

Kindle Unlimited's The Silent Patient -- looks great!

Sounds like a good time as any to read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Before We Were Yours

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

I plan on reading My dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.

I'm hoping someone can help with this non-chronological prompt. I have 3 books that I want to read that meet this prompt. If anyone has read these, will they fit another prompt? I'd like to read them all and hope some fit elsewhere.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Ring Shout
Signal Fires

Shari wrote: "I'm hoping someone can help with this non-chronological prompt. I have 3 books that I want to read that meet this prompt. If anyone has read these, will they fit another prompt? I'd like to read th..."

I read Cloud Cuckoo Land. It has No people on the cover; if you're claustrophobic it could be a Phobia; it has a Woman in Stem; and it has Futuristic technology. I don't remember clearly but I think the chapters also have dates.

This is very helpful. Thank you!

Would Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon fit? It describes dreams from past lives. Which sounds like a good match.

Either Sea of Tranquility or Beloved!

My book choice is Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister

Lying game by Ruth Ware.

For All Time by Shanna Miles

I will be reading Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

My current read fits this one . When we were enemies by Emily Bleeker

Gone Tonight - Sara Pekkanen

Read The Wishing Bridge by Viola Davis

Wuthering Heights- Emily Brontë

My listen to Lessons in Chemistry will cover this one. I may find another option, as well.

My Choice: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson is flashback via diary entries.

I'm only about a third through, but I believe Walking In the Midst of Fire, #6 in the Remy Chandler series by Thomas E. Sniegoski, will be my entry for this prompt.

The Witch In the Well by Camilla Bruce

I read Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka for this prompt

I just finished this prompt. I read One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

“Where Good Girls Go To Die” by Holly Renee

Clockmakers Daughter by Kate Morton

I plan to read Never Lie by Freida McFadden for this promt.

I read The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

Born a Crime, Trevor Noah.

I read The October List by Jeffery Deaver, 5 Stars

I own The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of Denial , and while I read the introduction it says that the stories don't have to be read in a linear fashion, but that you can jump around.

Even though I own this book, I'm waiting for the paperback to be released to make it easier.

I read "Seven Sisters" from Lucinda Riley. A re-read for me.

I read A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. 4⭐️

Life after life by Kate Atkinson

I read The Memory Box

I finished The Mystery Guest which I am using in here. There are 2 time lines, the past informing the present.