See my past attempts all linked here.
Here’s where you can find PopSugar’s full list on their site.
And here is where you can find Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge.
Yes, I feel CONFIDENT I will complete both this year. I know it. Titles in [ ] indicate books I plan to read.

Main Challenge (19/40)
A book published in 2022The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman- A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship [Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie]
- A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
- A book with a tiger on the cover or “tiger” in the title [Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry]
- A sapphic book [Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo]
A book by a Latinx authorHip Hop & Other Things by Shea Serrano- A book with an onomatopoeia in its title [Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry]
A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aidFinal Girls Support Group by Grady HendrixA book about a “found family”Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu- An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
A #BookTok recommendationAce of Spades by Faridah Abike-IyimideA book about the afterlifeThe Lost Girls by Sonia HartlA book set in the 1980sPaper Girls vol 1 by Brian K. VaughanA book with cutlery on the cover or in the titleCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner- A book by a Pacific Islander author
- A book about witches [Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett]
A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume- A romance novel by a BIPOC author [The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang]
- A book that takes place during your favorite season
A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous readLet the Record Show by Sarah Shulman -> When in French by Lauren Collins- A book about a band or musical group [Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon]
- A book with a character on the ace spectrum
A book with a recipe in itI Was Their American Dream by Malaka GharibA book you can read in one sittingHouse on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosA book about a secretKing and the Dragonflies by Kacen CallendarA book with a misleading titleThe Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman- A Hugo Award winner
- A book set during a holiday
A different book by an author you read in 2021You’ll be the Death of Me by Karen McManus- A book with the name of a board game in the title [The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd]
A book featuring a man-made disasterCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr- A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
- A social-horror book [The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris]
- A book set in Victorian times
- A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
A book you know nothing aboutThe Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz- A book about gender identity [Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters]
A book featuring a partyToo Bright to See by Kyle LukoffAn #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) bookJosephine Against the Sea by Shakirah Bourne- A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Advanced (2/10)
- A book with a reflected image on the cover or “mirror” in the title [Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley]
- A book that features two languages [French Exit]
- A book with a palindromic title
- A duology (1) [These Violent Delights]
- A duology (2) [These Violent Ends]
A book about someone leading a double life56 Days by Catharine Ryan Howard- A book featuring a parallel reality
A book with two POVsNew Waves by Kevin Nguyen- Two books set in twin towns, aka “sister cities” (1)
- Two books set in twin towns, aka “sister cities” (2)
#ReadHarder Challenge (6/24)
- Read a biography of an author you admire.
Read a book set in a bookstore.The Sentence by Louise ErdrichRead any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet- Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
- Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Read a nonfiction YA comic.A Shot in the Arm! by Don BrownRead a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneRead a classic written by a POC. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston- Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. [Ulysses]
Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).Velvet Was the Night by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia- Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
- Read an entire poetry collection.
- Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
- Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
- Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
- Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. [Lies of Locke Lamora]
- Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
- Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
- Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. My heart is a chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
- Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
- Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
- Read a history about a period you know little about.
- Read a book by a disabled author.
- Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!