I’m slowly picking my way through the Popsugar Challenge reading prompts. I have not decided yet what I’m going to pick for each category, but the ones that made the cut are going on this list.
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started – The Final Trade (The Dominion Trilogy #2) by Joe Hart
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir – Savage Spring by Mons Kallentoft
6. A novel based on a real person – The Hunger by Alma Katsu
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title – The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza
9. A book about a villain or antihero – Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym – The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith / J.K. Rowling
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Darling by Rachel Edwards
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health – Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors – The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
19. A book about or involving a sport – Beartown by Fredrik Backman
20. A book by a local author – The Girls by Lisa Jewell
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel – The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea – The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
26. A book with an animal in the title – The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title – Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
29. A book about or set on Halloween – Halloween Party by Agatha Christine
30. A book with characters who are twins – The Good Twin by Marti Green
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read
34. A book that’s published in 2018 – Sunburn by Laura Lippman
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
36. A book set in the decade you were born – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
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41. A bestseller from the year you graduated highschool
42. A cyberpunk book – Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
43. A book that was read by a stranger in a public place
44. A book tied to your ancestry
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title – Tangerine by Christine Mangan
46. An allegory
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
48. A microhistory
49. A book about a problem facing society today – Toxic by Nicci Cloke
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR reading challenge