2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

For 2024 I'm going to (try to) read 75 books, of which:
✔️ 38 of more books (co-)written by women
✔️ 15 or more books written by poc.
✔️ books from at least 4 different centuries
✔️ at least 10 books already in my posession on 31 December 2023.

Against my better judgement, I'm also going for
✔️ at least 20 books in the A-Z-challenge
✔️ and 15 in the Popsugar 2024 challenge.

Books by POC:

1. R.F. Kuang The Poppy War
2. Wu Cheng'en Monkey King
3. Forugh Karim De moeders van Mahipar
4. Perhat Tursun De achterstraten: een roman uit Xinjiang
5. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Kintu
6. Abdelkader Benali Moeder en zoon: een verhaal over thuiskomen
7. Helen Oyeyemi Gingerbread
8. Ish Ait Hamou Het moois dat we delen
9. Janice Deul Keti Koti: Waarom we de afschaffing van de slavernij moeten herdenken en vieren
10. Yōko Ogawa Het onvergetelijke jaar van Tomoko
11. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Dit verhaal moet goed verteld worden
12. Babs Gons Doe het toch maar
13 Sara Nisha Adams De troostbibliotheek
13 Colin Whitehead Zone One
14 Ayesha Harruna Attah De honderd waterputten van Salaga
15 Nguyen phan Que Mai De bergen zingen
16 Hiroko Oyamada De kuil
17 Kuo-Li Chang De sluipschutter

Centuries:

21st: Unclean Spirits
13th: Edda
16th: Monkey King
20th: Unnatural Death

Books in posession:

1. Edda
2. Monkey King
3. De eerlijke vinder
4. Bomen van de wereld
5. Haring
6. Cat Among the Pigeons
7. Typisch Nederland: volgens Jan Dirk van der Burg
8. Papyrus: Een geschiedenis van de wereld in boeken
9. The Difference Engine
10. De kathedraal van de zee

Bonus challenge: ebooks in possession:
1. Unclean Spirits
2. Provenance
3. Old Man's War
4. The Ghost Brigades

Hey Maaike!
Those are some really amazing goals you've set yourself. I saw that you had joined the A-Z challenge, as well as the Popsugar one.

I can 100% the "Clear the Shelf" one aswell as a great motivator to read through the books you already own, not that it seems as though you need more motivation. You're doing great!

I hope you continue to have an amazing 2024. Good luck with your reading goals :)

Congratulations on surpassing your reading goal, Maaike! Did you find any new favorites that you'd recommend?

Wishing you all the best in the new year!