I really enjoy the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge because it has so many prompts and they vary so widely. Of course this also makes it one of the hardest to complete, and if I ever do manage to do so, I’m fairly sure there will be some sort of prize ceremony involved.
- A book becoming a movie in 2019 – Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid (13-part Amazon series, not film, but close. Also no release date confirmed yet that I could find, but it has been announced.); Five Feet Apart – Rachel Lippincott; Brain On Fire – Susannah Cahalan
- A book that makes you nostalgic – Five Feet Apart – Rachel Lippincott (reminded me of my time spent in the hospital as a young teen, not necessarily a good nostalgia, but nostalgia just the same)
- A book written by a musician – Naked at the Albert Hall – Tracey Thorn; Patient – Ben Watt
- A book you think should be turned into a movie – My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite; My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward – Mark Lukach
- A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
- A book with a plant in the title or on the cover – Greenwood – Michael Christie
- A reread of a favourite book
- A book about a hobby – On the Come Up – Angie Thomas
- A book you meant to read in 2018 – Locking Up Our Own – James Forman Jr., Small Animals – Kim Brooks
- A book with “pop,” “sugar,” or “challenge” in the title – Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star – Tracey Thorn
- A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
- A book inspired by mythology, legend or folklore – Circe – Madeline Miller; The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker
- A book published posthumously
- A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
- A retelling of a classic – The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker (The Illiad)
- A book with a question in the title
- A book set on a college or university campus – Mrs. Fletcher – Tom Perrotta
- A book about someone with a superpower
- A book told from multiple character POVs – Ordinary People – Diana Evans; An American Marriage – Tayari Jones; Five Feet Apart – Rachel Lippincott; The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker; Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid; The Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang
- A book set in space
- A book by two female authors – The Wife Between Us – Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- A book with a title that contains “salty,” “sweet,” “bitter,” or “spicy”
- A book set in Scandinavia
- A book that takes place in a single day
- A debut novel – My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
- A book that’s published in 2019 – On the Come Up – Angie Thomas; Kid Gloves – Lucy Knisley
- A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
- A book recommended by a celebrity you admire – An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama)
- A book with “love” in the title
- A book featuring an amateur detective
- A book about a family – Birds, Beasts and Relatives – Gerald Durrell
- A book written by an author from Asia, Africa or South America – My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
- A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title
- A book that includes a wedding – The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker technically includes a wedding, though without any ceremony or celebration
- A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter – Bedsit Disco Queen – Tracey Thorn
- A ghost story – Ordinary People – Diana Evans, sort of
- A book with a two-word title – Small Animals – Kim Brooks
- A novel based on a true story
- A book revolving around a puzzle or game
- Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
- A cli-fi (climate fiction) book
- A “choose your own adventure” book
- An “own voices” book – The Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang is about an autistic main character and written by an autistic author
- Read a book during the season it is set in
- A LitRPG book
- A book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters – Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
- Two books that share the same title (1)
- Two books that share the same title (2)
- A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom (e.g. Big Brother from 1984)
- A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent
This challenge is a lot of fun – there are so many options to choose from! I’d love to hear which you are most excited to tackle, and if you have any books to recommend for some of the tougher prompts! You can also join the Goodreads group here and find printable versions of the list above here. Check out the original post on POPSUGAR here for all the info and links.