In 2016 I participated in the PopSugar Reading Challenge. In 2017 I participated in the Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading for Growth and Reading for Fun Challenges. And in 2018 I completed another PopSugar Reading Challenge. I loved that the challenges expanded and directed my reading, rather than it being completely haphazard. Below are the books that I read to complete the challenge categories.
A book made into a movie you’ve already seen: Murder on the Orient Express
True Crime: Columbine
The next book in a series you started: Wayward
A book involving a heist: The Rooster Bar
Nordic noir: The Snowman
A novel based on a real person: The Other Alcott
A book set in a country that fascinates you: Winter Garden
A book with a time of day in the title: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
A book about a villain or antihero: The Anatomy of Motive
A book about death or grief: When Breath Becomes Air
A book about a female author who uses a male pseudonym: The Cuckoo’s Calling
A book with a LGBTA+ protagonist: Sing You Home
A book that is also a stage play or musical: Treasure Island
A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: Feeding the Dragon
A book about feminism: Goodnight from London
A book about mental health: The Bell Jar
A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift: The War I Finally Won
A book by two authors: Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
A book about or involving a sport: Diamond Ruby
A book by a local author: Alexander’s Bridge
A book with your favorite color in the title: Lilac Girls
A book with alliteration in the title: The Slow Regard of Silent Things
A book about time travel: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
A book with a weather element in the title: The Coming Storm
A book set at sea: The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down
A book with an animal in the title: The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection
A book set on a different planet: Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
A book with song lyrics in the title: Count Your Blessings: Inspiration from the Beloved Hymn
A book about or set on Halloween: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
A book with characters who are twins: Mischling
A book mentioned in another book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
A book from a celebrity book club: (Reese’s Book Club) The Alice Network
A childhood classic you’ve never read: Kabumpo in Oz
A book that’s published in 2018: An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew
A past Goodreads Choice Award winner: Little Fires Everywhere
A book set in the decade you were born: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to: Olive Kitteridge
A book with an ugly cover: Everything I Never Told You
A book that involves a bookstore or library: 84, Charing Cross Road
Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges: (2017 a book that’s more than 800 pages) The Wise Man’s Fear
A bestseller from the year you graduated high school: Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
A cyberpunk book: Ready Player One
A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place: Red Sparrow
A book tied to your ancestry: Deadwood
A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: The Art of Peeling an Orange
An allegory: Brown Girl Dreaming
A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: The Likeness
A microhistory: Hidden Figures
A book about a problem facing society today: The Virtue of Selfishness
A book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge: Code Name Verity
by Erik Larson
by Fannie Flagg
by Tina Brown
by Sandra Dallas
by Jennifer Egan
by Neil Gaiman
by Jon Krakauer
by Elizabeth Cobbs
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
by Patrick Rothfuss
by Kathleen Grissom
by Georgia Hunter
by Betty Smith
by Ken Gire
by Jason Matthews
by John Grisham
by Kristin Hannah
by Kerri Maher
by Heather Morris
by Lysa TerKeurst
by Agatha Christie
by Sue Monk Kidd