Duration: 1st January – 31st December 2018
Number of books: 40 (+12 advanced)
Hosted by: Pop Sugar
A book made into a movie you’ve already seen – Lucinda’s Secret by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
True crime – Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
The next book in a series you started – The Girl with the Windup Heart by Kady Cross
A book involving a heist – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Nordic noir – Hard Cheese by Ulf Durling
A novel based on a real person – Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
A book set in a country that fascinates you – Dangerously Charming by Deborah Blake
A book with a time of day in the title – After Midnight by Fiona Brand
A book about a villain or antihero – The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan
A book about death or grief – Mort by Terry Pratchett
A book with your favorite color in the title – The Red Queen by Isobelle Carmody
A book with alliteration in the title – The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
A book about time travel – Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker
A book with a weather element in the title – Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
A book set at sea – Dangerously Fierce by Deborah Blake
A book with an animal in the title – Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
A book set on a different planet – The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
A book with song lyrics in the title – Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson
A book about or set on Halloween – Halloween in Atlantis by Alyssa Day
A book with characters who are twins – Allegiance of Honour by Nalini Singh
A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist – Small Shen by Kylie Chan & Queenie Chan
A book that is also a stage play or musical – Wicked by Gregory Maguire
A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you – Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh
A book about feminism – Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
A book about mental health – The Heart is a Burial Ground by Tamara Colchester
A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift – A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
A book by two authors – The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
A book about or involving sport – White Tiger by Kylie Chan
A book by a local author – The Sending by Isobelle Carmody
A book mentioned in another book – Shutter by Courtney Alameda
A book from a celebrity book club – Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed
A childhood classic you’ve never read – The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
A book that’s published in 2018 – Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner – Beastly by Alex Flinn
A book set in the decade you were born – The Alchemist’s Key by Traci Harding
A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to – Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley
A book with an ugly cover – The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
A book that involves a bookstore or library – Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (Steampunk novel) – Cinder by Marissa Meyer
ADVANCED
A bestseller from the year you graduated high school – Inked by Karen Chance, Marjorie Liu, Yasmine Galenorn and Eileen Wilks
A cyberpunk book – Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
A book that was being read by a stranger in a public space – Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh
A book tied to your ancestry – Stardust by Neil Gaiman
A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title – Cress by Marissa Meyer
An allegory – Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
A book by an author with the same first or last name as you – Falling for Anthony by Meljean Brook (alright, Brook is actually my middle name, but I still identify with it very strongly, and I think that makes it count…)
A microhistory – Jodie’s Journey by Colin Thiele
A book about a problem facing society today – Dangerously Divine by Deborah Blake
A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge – Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
