This is the first of the five challenges I host each year.
To participate, you must read a minimum of five memoirs from any of the categories listed. One book can only count for one category. Re-reads are acceptable. All book formats count.
Other Rules:
- Books must be read on or after January 1, 2025 to count.
- Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2025.
- Books may cross over to other challenges in which you are participating.
- Books must be labeled as memoirs to count.
- You do not need a blog to sign up. You may keep tract of your progress on Goodreads, Amazon or other similar sites with a shelf dedicated to this challenge. Or sign up on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter. Sign up below in the comments.
If you need reading ideas, here are some links to get started:
Here are the categories:
- Mental Illness Memoir:
- Other Illness Memoir:
- Political Memoir:
- Food Memoir:
- Animal Memoir:
- Music Memoir:
- Travel Memoir:
- Written by a person of color:
- Written by a woman:
- Written by a person who identifies as LGBTQIA:
- Written by an actor or a comedian:
- Written by an author or journalist:
- Written by any other celebrity:
- Written by someone under 40:
- Written by someone over 40:
- Written by someone from a country different from your own:
- One you find thought-provoking:
- Made into a movie:
- Graphic novel memoir:
- Bestselling memoir:
- Humorous memoir:
- Fictional memoir:
- In translation:
- Won an award:
- Published in 2025:
- Published in 2024 or earlier:
- Under 300 pages:
- Over 300 pages:
- One you want to re-read:
- On a favorite topic:
- By a favorite celebrity:
- Free choice:
- Free choice:
- Free choice:
