Take up a reading list challenge!
Published on 10 October 2024
Reading list challenges are a great way of challenging yourself to read outside of your comfort zone and discover new books.
Challenges are increasingly popular and are great motivators. They can help us set goals for reading, discover new genres and authors, learn more about ourselves and the world, and get outside our comfort zones. And joining an online challenge adds a social aspect to reading.
Pepita, the Library Branch Officer at Terang, regularly completes reading challenges.
She says the Goodreads website offers multiple reading challenges worth checking out.
Pepita recently completed the Around the Year in 52 Books reading challenge on Goodreads, available at www.goodreads.com/group/show/174195-around-the-year-in-52-books
The list includes diverse reading prompts such as:
Goodreads has also featured Around the World in 80 Books, proving that reading really takes you places! If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or exploring the world through books, check it out. See the list here.
The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge for 2024 that included a list of 50 categories to choose your next book to read. See the list here.
Members on Goodreads have been taking up the Popsugar challenge and created a group to share their experiences, comparing books, lists and the number of books they’ve read. Join the group here.
Then there’s the USA Reading Roadtrip Challenge, with books set in each of the 52 American states. Start your journey here.
Want to know which books to read before you die? Only books on the Boxall 1001 Books combined list count for this challenge. Check it out.