Monday, December 29, 2025

Linz The Bookworm 2026 Reading Challenge

 Another favorite that I have been waiting for.  This one always has interesting categories.




Level 1: Book of the Month Club

1 Read a book that is under 250 pages long

2 Read a book that you got for free

3 Read a book by Darcy Coates

4 Read a book with a dark cover

5 Read the first book in a series that you've wanted to start

6 Read a book that was either given to you or recommended by someone who means a lot to you

7 Read an author's debut novel 

8 A book with a title that starts with the letter B

9 Read an Urban Fantasy novel

10 Read a book that takes place in a small town

11 A book that's been made into a movie or TV show

12 Free Space - Pick any book!


Level 2: Casual Reader Club

13 A book in a series you've yet to finish (the most recent/next book)

14 Read a book with exactly four words in the title

15 Read a book by an author named Mary, Maria, Marie, or a variant

16 Read a book with an animal on the cover

17 Read a book involving a Cryptid (Bigfoot, Mothman, Chupacabra, etc.)

18 Read a book recommended by the Chicago Public Library website https://www.chipublib.org/

19 Read a genre you haven't read before 

20 Read a book by an author who's been really popular in the past 5 years

21 Read a book that was published in 1996 (30 years ago)

22 A book with a pastel cover

23 Read a book with a title that follows the pattern A/The _____ of _____ and _____"

24 Free Space - Pick any book!


Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

25 Read Book 1 of a Quartet

26 Read Book 2 of a Quartet

27 Read Book 3 of a Quartet 

28 Read Book 4 of a Quartet 

29 A book by an author with a color in their name

30 A book you picked out because of the cover

31 A book with "sound" or "silence" in the title

32 A book that involves a robot or AI

33 Read a book by an author that's new to you

34 A book with a weapon on the cover

35 Read a book with the word "man" or "boy" in the title

36 Free Space - Pick any book!


Level 4: Speed Reader Club

37 A book on a banned book list

38 Read a book that was published through a crowdfunding campaign

39 read a book by an author that uses initials as part of their name

40 Read a book over 600 pages OR listen to an audiobook over 18 hours

41 Read a book with a title that includes an ampersand

42 A book where the main character is a criminal

43 Read a book that has a crown on the cover

44 Read a book about a historical woman (or group of women)

45 Read a book by an author whose first name starts with the letter 'D.'

46 Read a book with a four-letter word in the title 

47 Read a Space Opera

48 Free Space - Pick any book!


Level 5: Overachiever Club

49 Read a book by an author from a place you have been

50 read a book on this list https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/fiction-coming-soon/

51 A book with "angel" or "demon" in the title

52 Read a book with a sisterhood or brotherhood trope

53 Read a book about unlikely allies

54 Read a book published when you were 9 years old

55 Read a book that includes a character who is a photographer

56 Read a book involving a sacred object

57 A book published by one of the Independent Publishers Caucus https://www.indiepubs.org/member-presses

58 A book with numbers on the cover

59 The Great Beatles Category - read a book about The Beatles *or* a book with the same title as one of their songs  

60 Free Space - Pick any book!

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