13 Moons Reading Challenge 2025

This was a new one to me this year, and I can't resist joining again. I will try to get one at least one book for each category, then see how much farther I can go with the list.

Rules & Levels

The rules for this reading challenge are simple. First of all, this is just for fun so no need to feel pressured into doing anything or reading anything you don’t want to. You can also be flexible with the prompts if you choose to do so. The challenge will run from January 1st, 2025 till December 31st, 2025.

There are a total of 104 reading prompts divided into 13 categories. There is a list of levels given and you can choose which level you wish to participate in based on your preference. The levels you can participate in are as follows:

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 13 books — fulfill one prompt from each category 

Partial Lunar Eclipse: 26 books — fulfill at least one prompt from each category

Central Lunar Eclipse: 52 books — fulfill at least one prompt from each category

Total Lunar Eclipse: 104 books — fulfill all the prompts

The reading challenge is given below. You can choose which level you want to go for and choose your prompts accordingly. So without further ado, here is the 13 Moons reading challenge 2025.

Wolf Moon

• Mythology retelling: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea--Axie Oh
• The word ‘Dance’ in the title
• Book with a character who journals: On Agate Hill--Lee Smith
• Reread a book you had to read in High School
• Candle on the cover
• The word ‘Bite’ in the title
• Book featuring a Restaurant
• Book featuring something Red: The Music of What Happens--Bill Konigsberg (red shorts on the cover)

Snow Moon

• Book about a Cyborg
• Book set on an Island: National Geographic: Ellis Island--Elizabeth Carney
• Book about Puzzles
• Book about your favorite trope
• Borrow a book from the Library: Openly Straight--Bill Konigsberg
• Book featuring something Purple: Mad Honey--Jodi Picoult
• Book about an ‘Ice Queen’
• Book about Dreams

Worm Moon

• Read a book that scares you
• Read the Fifth book on your TBR: The Social Biome--Andy J. Merolla and Jeffrey A. Hall
• Book featuring something Light Blue
• Start a book at 4PM or 16:00: My Favorite Half-Night Stand--Christina Lauren
• Ladybug on the cover
• A book you think helps you get out of a reading slump
• Read a book by the Window
• Book with the word ‘Salt’ in the title 

Pink Moon

• Book featuring Religion: A Man For All Seasons--Robert Bolt
• This is the Fourth book you read: The Mammoth Hunters--Jean M. Auel
• Start a Middle Grade series: Ghost--Jason Reynolds
• Book about Star-Crossed lovers 
• Book featuring something White: The Travelling Cat Chronicles--Hiro Arikawa
• Book with a Step-Parent: It Happened One Summer--Tessa Bailey
• Boots on the cover: A Child's Garden of Verses--Robert Louis Stevenson
• Book about a Writer

Flower Moon

• Start a book before Sunrise: 16 Lighthouse Road--Debbie Macomber
• Book featuring something Green: Prodigal Summer--Barbara Kingslover
• Book that starts with your favorite letter
• Book featuring the Moon: The Pull of the Moon--Elizabeth Berg
• Book about Dragons
• Book about your favorite hobby: The Reading List--Sara Nisha Adams
• Book by an indigenous author 
• Butterfly on the cover: Home is Not a Country--Safia Elhillo

Strawberry Moon

• Book featuring something Silver
• Book about a natural phenomenon: A Walk in the Woods--Bill Bryson
• Read or listen to a book while traveling
• Book with a character with the same profession as yours
• Read a Dark Academia: Banned Book Club--Kim Hyun Sook
• Book inspired by your favorite movie
• Book with Eyes on the cover: In Order to Live--Yeonmi Park
• Book about Lies: Pardonable Lies--Jacqueline Winspear 

Buck Moon

• Handbag on the cover
• Word ‘Fish’ in the title
• Book with a character in their Thirties
• Book about going back in time: Before the Coffee Gets Cold--Shikazu Kawaguchi
• Book with a Spaceship: Dawn--Octavia E. Butler
• Book written by a Ghostwriter
• Book featuring something Pink 
• Wheels on the cover: The Case of the Missing Marquess--Nancy Springer

Sturgeon Moon

• Start a book during a Full Moon
• Number in the title: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird--Josie Silver
• Book with a Metal in the title
• Book with a Rainbow
• Sandals on the cover: It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit--Justin A. Reynolds 
• Book that has been translated to a different language
• Book featuring something Orange
• Book with a Talking Mirror: Two Peas in a Pod--Sarah Mlynowski

Harvest Moon

• Read or listen to a book while practicing a hobby
• Start a book on the 15th of the month (January): Sunrise Canyon--Janet Dailey
• Book with an Albino character
• Book about a Thief
• Book featuring something Blue: Dream When You're Feeling Blue--Elizabeth Berg
• A dark retelling
• Read a FanFiction: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict--Laurie Viera Rigler
• Book with the main character over forty: Pieces of Happiness--Anne Ostby 

Hunter’s Moon

• Book with a made up language: Lalani of the Distant Sea--Erin Entrada Kelly
• Read a book from an Online Platform: The Summer Pact--Emily Giffin
• Book you’ll fight to read
• Book featuring something Black: Sue & Tai-chan, Volume 2--Konami Kanata (black cats)
• A Waste Basket on the cover 
• Book you think Cures boredom
• A Whimsical book
• Book that is always on your TBR that you never get to read: The Wednesday Sisters--Meg Waite Clayton

Beaver Moon

• Read a Steamy Romance: Fired Up--Jayne Ann Krentz
• Title with the word generated from a random word generator
• Book cover in the color of your favorite fruit
• Swan on the cover
• Bridge on the cover or in the title: Sunrise on Half Moon Bay--Robyn Carr
• Book featuring something Maroon
• Book about a Dentist 
• Book with the Golden Trio trope

Cold Moon

• Read a book under a blanket: Depression Self Help 7--Heather Rose
• Book with a Peppermint Cane on the cover
• A Holiday romance
• Book featuring something Turquoise (turquoise cover): The Love Story of Missy Carmichael--Beth Morrey
• Ice Cubes on the cover
• A mystery thriller set in a cold region: Before I Let Go--Marieke Nijkamp
• Book you think will make you shiver
• Read a book while wearing socks: Happily Ever Afters: A Reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red--Melanie Cellier

Blue Moon

• Book by an author who has written no more than one book or series: Martin McLean, Middle School Queen--Alyssa Zaczek
• Book featuring something Golden: Yellow Wife--Sadeqa Johnson
• Book you consider a Rare find
• Book with a character with a Rare ability
• Book from a region which experiences the Blue Hour
• A book gifted to you
• Book featuring Triplets
• Book from a versatile author: East of Eden--John Steinbeck