There are two challenges that I started in August 2015 and will continue until July 2016: The A to Z Female Main Character Challenge and the A to Z Male Main Character Challenge.
2016 PopSugar Reading Challenge
- A book based on a fairy tale
- A National Book Award winner
- A YA bestseller
- A book you haven't read since high school
- A book set in your home state
- A book translated to English
- A romance set in the future
- A book set in Europe
- A book that's under 150 pages
- A New York Times bestseller
- A book that's becoming a movie this year
- A book recommended by someone you just met
- A self-improvement book
- A book you can finish in a day
- A book written by a celebrity
- A political memoir
- A book at least a 100 years older than you
- A book that's more than 600 pages
- A book from Oprah's Book Club
- A science-fiction novel
- A book recommended by a family member
- A graphic novel
- A book that is published in 2016
- A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
- A book that takes place during summer
- A book and its prequel
- A murder mystery
- A book written by a comedian
- A dystopian novel
- A book with a blue cover
- A book of poetry
- The first book you see in a bookstore
- A classic from the 20th century
- A book from the library
- An autobiography
- A book about a road trip
- A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
- A satirical book
- A book that takes place on an island
- A book that's guaranteed to bring you job
Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2016
- Read a horror book
- Read a nonfiction book about science
- Read a collection of essays
- Read a book out loud to someone else
- Read a middle grade novel
- Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
- Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
- Read a book originally published in the decade you were born
- Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award
- Read a book over 500 pages long
- Read a book under a 100 pages
- Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender
- Read a book that is set in the Middle East
- Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
- Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900
- Read the first book in a series by a person of color
- Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
- Read a book that was adapted into a movie
- Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
- Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction)
- Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)
- Read a food memoir
- Read a play
- Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
2016 Girlxoxo Monthly Motif Challenge
- January--Who Dunnit? (mystery)
- February--New Releases (within last year)
- March--Take a Trip (time travel or set in a different country)
- April--Best of the Best (recognition or literary award)
- May--Story of Survival (surviving something or dystopian)
- June--Girlxoxo Recommends
- July--LOL (something that will make you laugh out loud)
- August--Genre Jumble (from a genre you don't usually read from)
- September--Steampunk, Sci Fi, & Fantasy
- October--Things That Go Bump in the Night (ghost stories, murder mystery, paranormal creepy)
- November--Fiction Takes a Break (nonfiction)
- December--That's a Wrap (finish a series or the next book)
