1. A book recommended by a librarian
From Sara: Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Neiven
2. A book that’s been on your TBR for too long
The Girl of Fire & Thorns by Rae Carson
3. A book of letters
Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
4. An audiobook
5. A book by a person of color
The Sweetest Sound by Sherri Wintston*
6. A book with one of the 4 seasons in the title
WINTERsong by S Jae Jones
7. A book that is a story within a story
The Book Jumpers by Mechthild Gläser*
8. A book with multiple authors
The Magisterium series by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare*
9. An espionage thriller
You Don’t Know My Name by Kristen Orlando
10. A book with a cat on the cover
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate*
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Till Death by Jennifer Armentrout (Also goes by J. Lynn!)
12. A best-seller from a genre you don’t normally read
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
Love & First Sight by Josh Sundquist (MC is blind)
14. A book involving travel
Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan (Space Travel)
15. A book with a subtitle
Alex & Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de la Cruz
16. A book that’s published in 2017
Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
17. A book involving a mythical creature
The Dragon’s Price by Bethany Wiggins
18. A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile
HP #5
19. A book about food
Wesley James Ruined my Life by Jennifer Honeybourn (Foor Truck)
20. A book with career (job since YA) advice
21. A book from a non-human perspective
Geronimo or Thea Stilton
22. A steam-punk novel
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carringer
23. A book with a red spine
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
24. A book set in the wilderness
Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo
25. A book you loved as a child
Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
26. A book by an author from a country you’ve never visited
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
27. A book with a title that’s a character’s name
Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
28. A novel set during wartime
Wait for Me by Caroline Leech
29. A book with an unreliable narrator
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
30. A book with pictures
Any graphic novel or MG novel.
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity as you
The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
32. A book about an interesting woman
Royce Roils by Margaret Stohl
33. A book set in two time periods
Cold Summer by Gwen Cole
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody
35. A book set in a hotel
Hotel Ruby by Suzanne Young
36. A book written by someone you admire
Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally
37. A book that’s becoming a movie in 2017
Wonder by RJ Palacio
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven’t read yet
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
40. A book you bought on a trip
[let’s say brought…. I never have to buy a book when I go somewhere lol]
Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
Ask Marissa Meyer, Miranda Kenneally, Emery Lord, or Dahlia Adhler.
42. A bestseller from 2016
43. A book with a family-member term in the title
Siren Sisters by Dana Langer
44. A book that takes place over a character’s life span
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
46. A book from a genre/subgenre that you’ve never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
48. A book that’s more than 800 pages (See about 600 for YA)
HP #5
49. A book you got from a used book sale (Traded. I don’t go to used book sales.)
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
50. A book that’s been mentioned in another book
*Look for in 2017 books.
51. A book about a difficult topic
Stealing Candy by Stewart Lewis
52. A book based on mythology
Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan
All of the luck on your challenges! I'm not dedicated enough for that life.