Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

A-Z Challenge 2026

Start date: 01/01/2026
End date:

Books completed: 10/26

A -Abundance
B -The Briar Club
✅C -Carl's Doomsday Scenario
✅D -Dungeon Crawler Carl
E -
F -
✅G -Great Big Beautiful Life
✅H -Hidden Pictures
✅I -The In Crowd
✅J -Just for the Summer
K -
✅L -Life, and Death, and Giants
M -Monkeewrench
N -
O -
✅P -The Puzzle Master
Q -
✅R -Run for the Hills
✅S -Seascraper
✅T -Theo of Golden
U -Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
V -
✅W -Women, Seated
X -
Y -
Z -

POPSUGAR 2026 Task List:

1. A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plotThe Forgotten Garden or Prodigal Summer
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 Just for the Summer (MC Emma is type C)
10. A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover
✅11. A book with a dad as the primary caregiver Theo of Golden
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 Seascraper
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 Dungeon Crawler Carl
26. A book with a character who navigates infertility
✅27. A book with a character who has curly hairThe Paris Widow
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 titleThe Secret of Orange Blossom Cake
39. A book with a character who runs a marathon
40. A book outside your comfort zone

Advanced Prompts:

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

New-to-me Author Exploration Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026
Completed: 0/#

1. Ron Rindo
2.Jason Rekulak
3.Benjamin Wood
4.Allen Levi
5.Zhang Yueran
6.Danielle Trussoni
7.Kimberly Belle
8.Matt Dinniman
9.Rachel Linden
10.Charlotte Vassell
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