2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Popsugar 2021 Challenge

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1. A book that's published in 2021
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

2. A free book from your TBR list (library, borrowed etc.)
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

3. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol

4. A book that has won the Women's Prize for Fiction
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

5. A book with a family tree
New York by Edward Rutherfurd

6. A bestseller from the 1990s
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

7. A book about forgetting
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

8. A genre hybrid (memoir/journalistic investigation)
Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person by Anna Mehler Paperny

9. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
Three O'Clock in the Morning by Gianrico Carofiglio

10. A magical realism book
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

11. A book about do over or fresh starts
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

12. A book set in multiple countries (France, England)
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

13. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021
Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes by Silver Donald Cameron

14. A book about art or an artist

15. A book about a social justice issue
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

16. A book with a black and white cover
House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk

17. A book by an Indigenous author
In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about (the topic of grief)
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

19. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favourite person, place, or thing
Paris Was Yesterday, 1925-1939 by Janet Flanner

20. A book from your TBR list chosen at random
All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle


TBR Jar Challenge

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22/25

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1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.


2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
Wolf Whistle by Lewis Nordan

3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia by Orlando Figes

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir by Joseph Auguste Merasty

5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
The Apology by Eve Ensler

8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier

9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

10. Read a book with a cover you love.
Everything is Normal: The Life and Times of a Soviet Kid by Sergey Grechishkin

11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
All But My Life: A Memoir by Gerda Weissmann Klein

14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.

18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
Sub Rosa by Amber Dawn

22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
Interpreter of Maladies

23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format (audiobook).
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
Humans of New York: Stories by Brandon Stanton

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book (Chose "hyped")
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Do You Have Kids?: Life When the Answer Is No by Kate Kaufmann