I’m having fun with the ThriftBooks Reading Challenge. It’s designed to encourage reading outside your comfort zone; something we all need to do. Let me know in the comments if you have any book recommendations to make it through this challenge. It’s a tough one. The printable tracker is on the ThriftBooks blog. Disclaimer: I wrote this when I was working with ThriftBooks for the ThriftBooks blog.

42 of 52 read – January 10, 2021

• A book translated into English (or your first language if it isn’t English)
  • The Last Wish (The Witcher series) – Andrzej Sapkwski
• A book written the year you were born
• A book published more than 100 years ago
  • Anne of Green Gables – LM Montgomery
• A biography or story with a view opposite to yours
  • The Good Girl – Mary Kubica
• A book you can finish in one day
  • Boy Meets Boy – David Levithan
• Your favorite book from childhood
• A banned book
  • Eleanor & Park – Rainbow Rowell
• A book set in a different country
  • One More Moon – Ralph Webster
• A memoir or biography
  • Going Solo – Roald Dahl
• A book of short stories or poems
  • milk and honey – Rupi Kaur
• A book set in your hometown or region
  • Highway Bodies – Alison Evans
• A graphic novel
  • Deogratias: A Tale of the Rwandan Genocide – Jean-Philippe Stassen
• A book published in the last year
  • Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi
• The book at the bottom of your to-read pile
  • Quiet – Susan Cain
• A book that promises to make you cry
• A New York Times bestseller
• A book by a person of a different cultural group
  • The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
• A bestseller
  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone – Laini Taylor
• A book based on a true story
  • People of Abandoned Character – Clare Whitfield
• A book with multiple authors
  • How I Resist – edited by Maureen Johnston
• A self-help book
  • Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel for Brilliance – Jonathan Fields
• A book with a female hero
  • Tennison – Lynda La Plante
• A book that’s been made into a movie to TV series
  • Widows – Lynda La Plante
• An original fairy tale (Disney re-writes don’t count, sorry)
  • How to Fracture a Fairy Tale – Jane Yolen
• A book with an unappealing cover
  • Strategic Management – Frank T Rothaermel
• A book by a male author
  • An Abundance of Katherines – John Green
• A book by a first-time author
  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing – Hank Green
• An LGBT novel or memoir
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post – Emily M Danforth
• A book by someone who isn’t an author
  • Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
• A book from a celebrity
• A book that teaches you something new
  • Lost and Founder – Rand Fishkin
• A book suggested by someone close to you (sibling, partner, close friend)
• A book you started and never finished
  • The Mueller Report – Jason O Gilbert
• A book with dragons
  • Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
• A book recommended by a book blogger (YouTubers count too)
• A coffee table book
  • Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art – Pamela McClusky
• A book by an author with your initials
• A book set in your favorite season
• A guilty secret book—you can keep the title a secret
  • Postmortem – Patricia Cornwell
• A book mentioned in a TV show or movie
  • Dear Evan Hansen – Val Emmich
• Something written by an author you’ve never read
  • 806 – Cynthia Weil
• A book with an inspirational main character
  • Time Out – Claudia Rowe
• Read a book with a child
  • Brown Bear – Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr
• Your best friend’s favorite book
  • The Harry Potter series – JK Rowling
• A book everyone has read but you
  • Good Omens – Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• A book about an animal
  • Zoogie Boogie Fever – Sujean Rim
• Re-read your favorite book
  • Strange the Dreamer – Laini Taylor
• A book about an indigenous people group
  • Fire Song – Adam Garnet Jones
• A scary book
• A book with a beautiful cover
  • The Book of Essie – Meghan MacLean Weir
• A sequel
  • The More Known World – Tiffany Tsao
• A book you’ve been wanting to read
  • Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda – Becky Albertelli