Popsugar Reading Challenge 2026

One of the challenges I look forward to every year. It's come out early this year. The categories have gotten a little bizarre. And some seem difficult, but I'll do my best to complete them.

Main Prompts

1. A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot
2. A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman
3. A book you meant to read in 2025
4. A book that starts with the letter "Z"
5. A book about women astronauts
6. A book with an overweight main character whose story isn't about losing weight
7. A book about a granny hobby
8. A book about a sexless marriage
9. A book with a "type C" character
10. A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover
11. A book with a dad as the primary caregiver
12. A book with "pop" or "sugar" in the title
13. A book featuring a character with a hidden past
14. A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan
15. A book about new beginnings
16. A book less than 260 pages
17. A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics
18. A love story that defies social boundaries
19. A book about teen angst
20. A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree
21. A book about a bachelorette trip
22. A book about a book club
23. A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn't
24. A book about postpartum
25. A book that explores influencer culture
26. A book with a character who navigates infertility
27. A book with a character who has curly hair
28. A book about debt
29. A book that takes place during harvesting season
30. A travel ghost story
31. A book that makes you feel FOMO
32. A book with an underwater civilization
33. A book about college
34. A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist
35. A book that makes you want to travel to Italy
36. A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction)
37. A book about a pop star
38. A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title
39. A book with a character who runs a marathon
40. A book outside your comfort zone

Advanced Prompts

1. A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
2. A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist
3. Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1)
4. Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2)
5. A book that features birding
6. A sapphic comic
7. A book told entirely through letters
8. A book with a shadow daddy
9. A book with a mention of your zodiac sign
10. A book about Afrofuturism

Last Night

Some pictures from last night. A costume contest was held and I took third place. So many of the pictures turned out blurry.

And someone els had the same idea as me. She even wore the same leg warmers and mesh shirt (not visible in the pictures):