While most are creating their New Years resolutions, we book lovers are creating are yearly reading challenge. Reading should never be treated as a competitive sport, but as pleasurable activity that enhances our daily lives.
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t challenge ourselves, to diversify our bookshelves. But don’t fret! I have created a reading challenge for 2018, to give us a chance to explore new reads: 52 Books for 52 weeks. With these great suggestions, I challenge YOU to read bolder, bigger and more this new year.
Below you will find a PDF printout of the challenge so you can check off which categories you successfully completed this year. If you want more accountability or a better way to track your reading progress, add a social element to your reading by using social media accounts like Pinterest, Instagram, of course, Goodreads.
Here are the categories:
- A classic book you’ve meant to read
- A book by your favorite author
- A book recommended by a librarian or a bookseller
- a memoir
- a biography on someone who is still living
- a biography on someone who has passed away
- a book by an author who is of different race, ethnicity, religion than your own
- a book than can be finished in a day
- a book that has 500 or more pages
- a graphic novel that is not published by Marvel or DC Comics
- a book that was banned
- a book full of poetry, plays, or essays
- a book that recently been nominated or won an award
- Read a book from a genre you never read from before
- a book with an ugly cover
- a book that was translated
- Colonial/Post-colonial literature
- True crime book
- a book published in the year you were born
- a book from an independent publisher
- a book told through letters
- a book inspired by a true story
- a book on feminism
- a book set in a country you’d like to visit
- a book from an author you have never read before
- a book you wanted to read last year
- a history book
- a book published in 2018
- a book you were always too scared to read
- a narrative nonfiction
- a book published in the last 3 years and you’ve never read that author before
- a ghost story
- a mystery from an author you’ve never read before
- a book that made the bestseller lists recently (e.g. The New York Times)
- a book that was recently put on your TBR list (let’s say the first 20)
- a book that was recommended to you by a friend
- a trilogy or series
- a book that is part of “book hype”
- a young adult novel
- a literary fiction
- a short story
- an alternate history/dystopia novel
- First person narrative
- a book recently or is going to be turned into a movie
- a self-published book
- a book set in your hometown/region
- a book by a male author
- a book by a female author
- a nonfiction book about a topic you are passionate about
- a book with a name in the title
- a book you read when you were a kid
- read an e-book
- Any book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
Click Here for a Downloadable PDF of the 2018 Reading Challenge
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I did not even read 12 books last year. But, I will try to read more in 2018.
You could always start small and work your way up from there.