2026 Build Your Library Reading Challenge

The Build Your Library hosts have chosen the theme "A Year of Cozy and Whimsy"  for their 2026 reading challenge.

1. Coffee or tea in the title:
2. Your favorite:
3. Cover that includes your favorite color:
4. Set during a holiday:
5. You are excited to read:
6. About friendship:
7. By a favorite author:
8. A childhood favorite:
9. Cozy fantasy:
10. Choose based on the smell:
11. About a person who inspires you:
12. Middle grade:
13. With a happy word in the title:
14. About a game:
15. Romantic comedy:
16. Where the dog does NOT die:
17. Published in 2026:
18. Set in a library or bookstore:
19. That is illustrated:
20. With a cover so pretty, so want to have it on the wall:
21. About Jewish joy:
22. Pet on the cover:
23. Animal protagonist:
24. Involving travel:
25. Recommended by a friend:
26. Involving one of your hobbies:
27. About mothers or fathers:
28. Set in your state:
29. Food or drink on the cover:
30. About a topic that interests you:
31. with a Hero's Journey:
32. POC protagonist:
33. Retelling:
34. Cozy science fiction:
35. Makes you laugh:
36. Something cozy on the cover:
37. In the sunshine:
38. About queer joy:
39. About a road trip:
40. Set in a country you'd like to visit: