2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Here are your 2026 yearly, quarterly, and monthly themes! So excited for a new year of reading with you all!

2026 Themes

Yearly Theme
Award Winners

Quarterly Themes
Quarter 1: Literary Legacy
Quarter 2: Genre Gems
Quarter 3: Global Glory
Quarter 4: Audience Accolades

Monthly Themes
January: Self
February: Gold
March: Birds
April: Daisy
May: Patterns
June: TBD by Masthead/Logo winner
July: Heroes
August: Rust
September: Forest
October: Supernatural
November: Names
December: Doors

What a great and exciting topic for the next year. I've been meaning to read more award winners, and also greatly enjoyed when we had a readathon with this topic here, so I'm quite looking forward to it. Also, curious as to how some of the monthly themes will be connecting to the main theme.

This looks like it is going to be a fun and interesting topic that is going to challenge me to be creative with my books. I am trying to do as many challenges as possible without buying books next year and just read the books I have that I haven't read yet.

Omg! I'm excited with the themes!!! <3

LinaVer wrote: "Also, curious as to how some of the monthly themes will be connecting to the main theme."

LinaVer, the quarterly themes are always connected to the yearly theme, but the monthly themes are not. We choose those separately to bring variety to our group reads since they are nominated based on the monthly themes.

That said, some of us like to select books that that can fit multiple challenges -- yearly, quarterly, and monthly. For me, that aspect is part of the fun!

Neat!

When will the books and challenges for each theme be announced? Excited to start planning my new year reading!

Hi Paige,
All the challenges that are open so far here. There is another round of yearly's left to come. Plus new Monthlies and quarterlies. Happy Planning.

First and second place in the Masthead and Logo contest were from moderators, so we gave the June theme selection to Genevieve, who submitted our winning yearly theme of Award Winners. She has chosen a June theme of Isolation.

Wow. Amazing work guys; all look fantastic.