2026 Reading Challenge discussion

My own cozy corner, to track my challenges for 2026. "Bear" is a nickname I use.

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Annual Challenges:
CLEAR THE SHELVES 2026 Challenge
Indigo 2026 Reading Challenge

Quarterly Challenges:
Q2 - Build Your Own Hall of Fame: Genre Gems Challenge
Goodreads Spring 2026 Challenge

Monthly Challenges:
Daisy Destiny April 2026 Challenge

CLEAR THE SHELVES 2026 Challenge
Progress: 5/25

Link to challenge
Link to my challenge post

Physical TBR Pile: 3/10
1. Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon.
2. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
3. Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz.
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e-Book TBR Pile: 1/10
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.
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Audiobook TBR Pile: 1/5
1. When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté.
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Daisy Destiny April 2026 Challenge
Progress: 2/5



Link to challenge
Link to my challenge post

1. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
2. Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz.
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10 books to pick from:
1. Breathe by James Nestor. (ebook)
2. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. (book)
3. Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz. (book)
4. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. (book)
5. Katabasis by R. F. Kuang. (ebook)
6. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. (book)
7. The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman. (ebook)
8. The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams. (ebook)
9. The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe. (book)
10. Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, M.D. (ebook)

Q2 - Build Your Own Hall of Fame: Genre Gems Challenge
Progress: 0/8



Link to challenge
Link to my challenge post

Q2 Exhibit Rooms — April–June 2026

⭐ The Genre Wing
Award winners that elevated or defined their genre—romance, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, mystery, historical fiction, and more.
⏳ Fantasy: The Fifth Season. Hugo Award winner. The Broken Earth trilogy was the first trilogy where all of its books won the Hugo Award.
⏳ Science Fiction: The Left Hand of Darkness. Hugo Award and Nebula Award winner.
⏳ Speculative Fiction: The Handmaid's Tale. Winner of the Governor General's Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award.

⭐ The Innovators Gallery
Books rewarded for breaking rules, reshaping form, or pushing creative boundaries in structure, voice, or storytelling.
⏳ Fantasy: Gardens of the Moon
⏳ Romantasy: Fourth Wing
⏳ Science Fiction: Ancillary Justice

⭐ The Gaslamp Revival Room
Award-winning works inspired by Victorian or Dickensian literary traditions—novels rich in atmosphere, social commentary, sprawling casts, or 19th-century influence.
Reviving Victorian literature by reading it.
⏳ Dracula
⏳ Jane Eyre

Goodreads Spring 2026 Challenge
Progress: 4/12

Link to challenge

✨ Completed: ✨
Page Turner: Read 2 books. Completed 6/4/2026. ✅

Speed Reader: Read 3 books. Completed 9/4/2026. ✅

Editors' Picks: Read a book that is selected by an editor. Completed 9/4/2026. ✅

Book Boss: Read 5 books. Completed 15/4/2026. ✅


To Do:
Community Picks: Read a mystery or thriller book selected by readers.
Trending Books: Read a selected trending book.
Marathon Reader: Read a selected 600+ page book.
Books on Books: Read a selected book about books.

???:
AAPI Month: Revealed on 1/5/2026.
Summer Read: Revealed on 12/5/2026.
Your Next Escape: Revealed on 12/5/2026.
Pride Month: Revealed on 1/6/2026.

Indigo 2026 Reading Challenge
Progress: 0/16

https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/reading-c...

Banned Book:
Non-Fiction Favourite:
Read the North:
Heather's Pick:
2026 New Release:
Explore a New Genre:
A Book to Get You Back Into Reading:
Timeless Classic:
Page to Screen:
Rebels & Trailblazers:
Personal Discovery:
A Book Everyone Is Talking About:
Award Winner:
Break Free From Your Phone:
Indigo Best of 2025:
Ebook or Audiobook: