- A book with the word “leap” in the title
- A bildungsroman
- A book about a 24-year-old
- A book about a writer
The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist by Sophie Gonzales - A book about K-pop
- A book about pirates
- A book about women’s sports and/or by a woman athlete
Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan - A book by a blind or visually impaired author
- A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author
On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino - A book by a self-published author
- A book from a genre you typically avoid
The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson - A book from an animal’s POV
- A book originally published under a pen name
- A book recommended by a bookseller
- A book recommended by a librarian
- A book set 24 years before you were born (1964)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
- A book set in space
- A book set in the future
- A book set in the snow
- A book that came out in a year that ends with “24”
- A book that centers on video games
- A book that features dragons
- A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill - A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
- A book that was turned into a musical
- A book where someone dies in the first chapter
- A book with a main character who’s 42 years old
- A book with a neurodivergent main character
Millie by McCall Hoyle - A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
Wisteria by Adalyn Grace - A book with a title that is a complete sentence
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau - A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
Bite Me, Royce Taslim by Lauren Ho - A book with an unreliable narrator
- A book with at least three POVs
- A book with magical realism
- A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
- A book written during NaNoWriMo
- A cozy fantasy book
- A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
- A horror book by a BIPOC author
- A memoir that explores queerness
- A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
- A second-chance romance
- An autobiography by a woman in rock ‘n’ roll
- An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Advanced
- A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
- A book with 24 letters in the title
- A collection of at least 24 poems
- The 24th book of an author
- A book that starts with the letter “X”
1 Story by a disabled author
2 Book over 400 pages
3 Fiction by West Asian author
4 Book translated into English
5 Sci-fi novel by a queer author
6 An immigrant memoir
7 Book about or written by a drag queen
8 Book written by a Black woman
9 Book written by an Indigenous woman
10 Poetry by a South Asian author
11 Book about mental health in the queer community
12 Fantasy by a Middle Eastern author
13 War story by an Asian author
14 Poetry by an Indigenous author
15 Non-fiction by a Latine/LatinX author
16 Fiction featuring a plus-sized MC
17 Marginalized story from the 1980’s
18 An Indigenous children’s book
19 Middle grade novel featuring a queer MC
20 Non-fiction from an African author
21 Historical fiction from South American author
22 A Refugee memoir
23 Short story anthology by BIPOC authors
24 Book by a First Nations Australian author
25 Non-fiction book by a Hawaiian author
26 Book by a Sami author
27 Book about a religious tradition not your own
28 Mystery novel by a BIPOC author
29 Fiction featuring a trans MC
30 Book about food by a BIPOC author
31 Non-fiction from an indie author
32 A banned book from a marginalized author
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- Poetry By a Black Author (0 books added)
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- A Book from an Indigenous Tribe in Your State (0 books added)
- Fantasy with a Disabled MC (0 books added)
- Book Written by an Immigrant (0 books added)
- Indigenous Picture Book (0 books added)
- Historical Fiction by Marginalized Author (0 books added)
- Non-Fiction Picture Book (0 books added)
- Book Featuring Asian Mythology (0 books added)
- Memoir by a BIPOC Author (0 books added)
- Graphic Novel by a Middle Eastern Author (0 books added)
JANUARY: Start off the year exploring new authors by reading a 2023 debut. NoveList tip: Search for the genre “Debut title”
FEBRUARY: Read a romance or love story starring Asian characters.
MARCH: Read a book from the last five years that’s been adapted into a movie or TV series. NoveList tip: Search for the genre “Page to Screen”
APRIL: Discover the joy of communal reading! Read to or in a group of two or more.
MAY: Read a standalone manga or the first volume of a manga series.
JUNE: Keep it quick by reading a novella.
JULY: Read a book set in Australia or New Zealand.
AUGUST: Enjoy a mix of magic and the macabre with a dark fantasy.
SEPTEMBER: Get ready for the coziest season by reading a cozy mystery.
OCTOBER: Embrace the scary by reading a creepy horror novel or ghost story.
NOVEMBER: Read a novel by an Indigenous author.
DECEMBER: Wrap up the year by reading an award-winning book from the last three years.
