Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2026, I plan to read a total of 52 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2026 reading challenge.
If you'd like to participate in this 2025 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2026-reading-challenge.
Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2026 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2026. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.
The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge:
- Set in an ancient civilization:
- Kangaroo word on the cover:
- Written without quotation marks:
- Has a dust jacket:
- Featuring a conspiracy:
- Title starts with the letter "O:"
- Title statrts with the letter "P:"
- A three-syllable word in the title:
- Featuring a natural disaster:
- Spans a decade or more:
- Requires suspension of disbelief:
- A genre-defining read:
- Bookface:
- Includes a character list:
- Subtitle with a comma:
- Deus Ex Machina:
- Author's bio mentions their dog:
- Provokes strong emotion:
- A nosy neighbor character:
- Day of the week in the title:
- Written in the 1800s:
- Spotted in a TV series or movie:
- Grumpy sunshine trope:
- Uneven number of chapters:
- Includes a red herring:
- Title in a serif font:
- Two or more authors, one pseudonym:
- From a series of at least eight books long:
- Set in the Arctic or Antarctic:
- Author related to another author:
- Author related to author in prompt 30:
- Publisher starting with the letter "B:"
- A standalone fantasy novel:
- Inspired by the top-grossing moive the year you were born:
- Character with a secret identity:
- Award-winning book from last year:
- Start on the 26th of the month:
- Domestic fiction:
- A book that cost you nothing:
- Author's first and last name start with the same letter:
- A guide to...
- Includes a handwritten interior font:
- A Goodreads recommendation for you:
- Literary Device: Personification:
- Biographical fiction:
- Non-fiction about character in prompt 45:
- A diacritcal mark on the cover:
- Related to the word "Nemesis:"
- In the 800s of the Dewey Decimal System:
- Set in a castle:
- Includes a map:
- Published in 2026:
