2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

2026 challenges
overall goal: 106 books & 40,000 pages

Personal Challenges
1. Around the World
2. Classical Literature

Yearly Challenges
1. ATY in 52 books
2. Popsugar Challenge

Quarterly Challenges

Monthly Challenges

Personal Challenge One: Around the World

Personal Challenge Two: Classical Literature

Yearly Challenge One: ATY in 52 Books

1. A book from a genre that starts with A, T, or Y
options: action, adventure, thriller

2. A book with a primarily red, green or blue cover
3. A book that fits a prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
4. A book by a new-to-you author
5. A book you want to read because of something you read in 2025

6. A book related to blood, sweat, or tears
7. A book with a character who appears in more than one book
8. A book set in Africa, Asia, or Australia
9. A book with a number, ordinal, or iterative numeral in the title

10. An award winning book
11. A history or historical fiction book
12. A book with cover text that is NOT black or white
13. An author's second/sophomore book
14. A book related to a painting by Vincent Van Gogh

15. A book you've wanted to read for a long time
16. A book featuring a character with a similar occupation to one of the Clue/Cluedo characters
17. A book set in the wellness or beauty industries
18. A book with a location in the title

19. A book related to yesterday
20. A book related to today
21. A book related to tomorrow
22. A book by a Korean or Korean-diaspora author

23. A book with a road trip or long journey
24. A book that is either frothy or gothy
25. A book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list
26. A book with a Z in the title and/or author name
27. A nonfiction book

28. A book related to a resistance, rebellion, or revolution
29. A vacation book
30. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Frontlist Book
31. The most recently published book by an author and a book from that same author's backlist: Backlist Book

32. A novella of 100-250 pages
33. A book with an Indigenous character or author
34. A book with a window on the cover
35. A book where all or part of the action takes place in a library, a museum, a school, or another public building
36. A book with a primary character who is a woman over 40

37. A book that includes a science topic
38. A book that's part of a series
39. A book connected in some way to the "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie
40. A book that has a punctuation mark in the title

41. A mystery or true crime book
42. A book set in an isolated location
43. A book involving survival
44. A book with a symbol of death on the cover

45. A book connected to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
46. A book that is not a novel
47. A book with "this", "that", "these", or "those" in the title
48. A book with something edible in the title
49. A second book for your favorite prompt

50. A book with a bird on its cover
51. A book published in 2026
52. A book related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer

Yearly Challenge Two: Popsugar Challenge

Regular
1. A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot
2. A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman
3. A book you meant to read in 2025
4. A book that starts with the letter "Z"
5. A book about women astronauts
6. A book with an overweight main character whose story isn't about losing weight
7. A book about a granny hobby
8. A book about a sexless marriage
9. A book with a "type C" character
10. A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover
11. A book with a dad as the primary caregiver
12. A book with "pop" or "sugar" in the title
13. A book featuring a character with a hidden past
14. A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan
15. A book about new beginnings
16. A book less than 260 pages
17. A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics
18. A love story that defies social boundaries
19. A book about teen angst
20. A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree
21. A book about a bachelorette trip
22. A book about a book club
23. A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn't
24. A book about postpartum
25. A book that explores influencer culture
26. A book with a character who navigates infertility
27. A book with a character who has curly hair
28. A book about debt
29. A book that takes place during harvesting season
30. A travel ghost story
31. A book that makes you feel FOMO
32. A book with an underwater civilization
33. A book about college
34. A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist
35. A book that makes you want to travel to Italy
36. A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction)
37. A book about a pop star
38. A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title
39. A book with a character who runs a marathon
40. A book outside your comfort zone

Advanced
41. A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
42. A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist
43. Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1)
44. Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2)
45. A book that features birding
46. A sapphic comic
47. A book told entirely through letters
48. A book with a shadow daddy
49. A book with a mention of your zodiac sign
50. A book about Afrofuturism

Yearly Challenge Three: Plot Twists & Playlists
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Yearly Challenge Four: Prismatic Pages

January: Blue
February: Yellow
March: Gray
April: Green
May: Patterns (evenly colored or patterned covers)
Title word examples: shade, hue, ombre, stripe, dot
June: Pink
July: White
August: Orange
September: Purple
October: Black
November: Brown
December: Red