Reading challenges; mysteries, crime, thrillers, detective novels

Mystery genre
Detective Fiction

"...falls in a mystery category (crime fiction/detective novel/police procedural/suspense/thriller/spy & espionage/hard-boiled/cozy etc.)"


Dark Thrill 2018 Reading Challenge

A book that will be made into a movie or TV show
a thriller set in the wild
a funny crime book
true crime
a book about a villain
the thriller on top on the NYT bestsellers list
the first book in a series you never read
a classic thriller
a book set in a place you want to visit
a thriller set at the beach
a YA mystery
a spy story
a thriller written by your favorite author
a thriller with a cover you absolutely love
a book set in the sixties
a detective involving animals
an oldfashioned but modern detective story
re-read a favorite
a literary thriller
a book by two authors
an Italian thriller
a book set in London
a book set in LA
a thriller recommended by a friend
a freebie on Kindle
a book with a red cover
a book about hackers

Vintage Mystery Bingo

Color: in the title or cover
TBR First Lines (
Read one book set in the entertainment world
Read one country house mystery
Read a book with a detective "team"
Read one book with a method of murder in the title
Read one book set anywhere except the U.S. or England
Read one with a number of quantity in the title
One book that has been made into a movie or tv show
one book with a lawyer, courtroom, judge, etc.
One book with a time, day, month, etc. in the title
Read one book with a place in the title
Read one book that features a crime other than murder
Read one book with an animal in the title
Read one book with an amateur detective
Read one book already read by a fellow challenger
Birthday: Read 1 published in the birth year of yours or a loved one/friend
Read a book published under more than one title
Read one locked room or impossible crime
Read a book by an author you've nver read before
Read one book with a man in the title
Read one book outside your comfort zone
Read one short story collection
Read one historical mystery
One medical mystery (or features a doctor or a nurse)
Something "spooky" in title or the cover
Read one academic mystery
Read one that involves the clergy or religion
Read one book set in England or the U.S.
Read one book written by an author with a pseudonym
Read one book with a professional detective
Read one book with a woman in the title
Read one book that involves a mode of transportation
Author whose first or last name begins with same letter as yours
Read one book that you have to borrow
Eat, drink & be merry; featuring food, drink, or a party

100 great mysteries for children

Calendar of Crime Challenge

Now, this is interesting!

This challenge is to read 12 mystery novels, one for each month.
Each month has the same challenges OR a specific, month-specific challenges
- month in the title
- author's birth month
- primary action takes place in this month
- action surrounds a holiday that takes place this month
- original publication month
- book title has a word starting the same letter the month's name starts
- month-related item on cover (like snow for January and bunnies for April and pumpkins for October)
- if your birth month - book of your choice

The month specific prompts are:
January: Snowbound country house mystery
February: Couple/romance/love triangle plays major role
March: Money/fortune/inheritance has major role
April: Church/minister/religion
May: military figure or mother
June: wedding or father
July: takes place in USA or Canada
August: Summer holiday setting (beach, resort, etc.)
September: setting is a place of employment
October: costume/disguise/mistaken identity
November: family relationships
December: house party/family gathering

The Maze of Death

Each square has a number. You must read a book where that method of death or attempted death occurs.
1 - gun
2 - poison
3 - fire
4 - stabbing
5 - explosives
6 - vehicular
7 - animal/insect/snake
8 - blunt force (beating)
9 - asphyxiation/suffocation/drowning

Even more reading challenges!

Apparently there's a LOT of these!

Burns' 26 books to read in 2015

A book you own but haven't read
A book that was made into a movie
A book you pick solely because of the cover
A book your friend loves
A book published this year
A book by an author you've never read before
A book by an author you love
A book at the bottom of your "to be read" pile
A book with a color in the title
A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
A book you started but never finished
A book with a lion, a witch OR a wardrobe
A book with a female heroine
A book set in the summer
A book of poems
A book you learend about because of this challenge
A book that will make you smarter
A book with a blue cover
A book you were supposed to read in school bu didn't
A book "everyone" but you has read
A book with a great first line
A book with pictures
A book from the library
A book you loved - read it again!
A book that is more than 10 years old
A book based on a true story

Burns' 26 books to read in 2016

A book with water on the cover
A book set on a school campus
A book with a murder or a mystery
A book about siblings
A book with a great first line
A book written in the decade you were born
A book with a number in the title
A book that will help you grow
A book from the library
A book about a vacation or a road trip
A book with food in the title
A book based on a historical event
A book you've been meaning to read
A book that won an award
A book you read with a friend
An autobiography or memoir
A book with a one-word title
A book with over 400 pages
A book set in the future
A book with magic in it
A book you learned about because of this challenge
A book based on a true story
A New York Times bestseller
A book of ALA's Banned & Challenged Classics list
A book that will make you laugh
A favorite book from your childhood
A book of your choice, any book


Burns' 26 books to read in 2017

A book with a one-word title
A book about a place/time you wish you lived in
A book based on a historical event
A book in a genre you generally avoid
A book taht's becoming a movie this year
A book with yellow on the cover
A book you listen to
A book you can get for free
A book you planned to read last year but didn't
A book you read on a trip or vacation break
A book suggested by a friend
A book from a series you started b have yet to finish
A book you can finish in a day
A book published this year
A book you learned about because of this challenge
A book with an epic romance
A book that takes place somewhere warm
A book outside of your comfort zone
A book that will help you achieve one of your goals for this year
A book considered a 20th century classic
A book set in the future
A book you choose because of the cover
A book with a mother/daughter relationship
A book with a reputation of being "un-put-down-able"
A book of short stories or under 200 pages
A book, any book

Around the year in 52 books

The 2019 List

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)
5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
6. A book with a dual timeline
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
10. A book featuring an historical figure
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
16. A book told from multiple perspectives
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes
22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
29. A book published before 1950
30. A book featuring an elderly character
31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
32. A book with more than 500 pages
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
34. A book with a person's name in the title
35. A psychological thriller
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
37. A book set in a school or university
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)
39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
40. A book you stumbled upon
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]
44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
45. A multi-generational saga
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
51. A book published in 2019
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title

The 2018 List

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
5. A book about or inspired by real events
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
7. A gothic novel
8. An "own voices" book*
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018

The 2017 List

1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 (link)
2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view)
3. A book you meant to read in 2016
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
5. A historical fiction
6. A book being released as a movie in 2017
7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title
8. A book written by a person of color
9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list
10. A dual-timeline novel
11. A category from another challenge
12. A book based on a myth
13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors
14. A book with a strong female character
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
16. A mystery
17. A book with illustrations
18. A really long book (600+ pages)
19. A New York Times best-seller
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read
22. A book by an author you haven't read before
23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link)
24. A book written by at least two authors
25. A book about a famous historical figure
26. An adventure book
27. A book by one of your favorite authors
28. A non-fiction
29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions
30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books
31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
33. A magical realism novel
34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link)
37. A book you choose randomly
38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature
39. An epistolary fiction
40. A book published in 2017
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far)
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link)
45. A book with a one-word title
46. A time travel novel
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link)
48. A banned book
49. A book from someone else's bookshelf
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition
51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)
52. A book set in a fictional location

The 2016 List
1. A book you meant to read in 2015, but didn't
2. A book set in a different continent
3. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 (winner or nominated)
4. A book by an author you discovered in 2015
5. A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
6. The highest rated on your TBR
7. A book about books
8. A classic book with less than 200 pages
9. A book that was mentioned in another book
10. A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
11. A book from the Rory Gilmore challenge
12. A childhood classic
13. Reader’s Choice
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
16. A book from the top 100 mystery novels
17. A book with a beautiful cover
18. A book on a summer/beach reading list
19. A non-fiction book
20. A book with a first name in the title
21. A book from the Goodreads Recommendations page
22. The first book in a new to you series
23. The next book in a series you are reading
24. A "between the numbers" book of a series (0.5, 1,5, 2.5, etc.)
25. A book whose main character is in a profession that interests you
26. A book everyone is talking about
27. A book with a beautiful title (in your own opinion)
28. A biography, autobiography, or memoir
29. A book by an author who writes under more than one name
30. A fairytale from a culture other than your own
31. A work of young adult fiction
32. A historical fiction book
33. The 16th book on your TBR
34. A book about mental illness
35. An award winning book
36. An identity book - a book about a different culture, religion or sexual orientation
37. A book that you've seen the movie of but haven't read
38. A book about an anti hero
39. A previous suggestion that did not make it into the list
40. A novella from your favorite genre
41. A book about a major world event (fiction or non-fiction)
42. A top 100 fantasy novel
43. A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
44. A book you're embarrassed to read in public
45. A book related to a hobby or passion you have
46. A crime story
47. A book with a type of food/drink in the title
48. A dystopia
49. A book with a great opening line
50. A book originally written in a language other than English
51. A short story from a well-known author
52. A book published in 2016

Book Challenge by Erin 10.0

Read a book that is at least 200 pages
Read a book that was made into a movie
Read a book that is set in Europe
Read a book that was a Newberry Award winner (medal winner or honor book)
Read a book that is a friend or family member's favorite
Read a book originally published over 100 years ago.
Read a book with six words (and only six words) in the title.
Read a book with a compass or cardinal direction in the title.
Read a book that was originally published in a different language from your own.
Read a book that begins with the letter "N."

Book Challenge by Erin 9.0

Read a book that is at least 200 pages
Read a book that starts with the letter “N”
Read a book that has a (mostly) orange cover
Read a book with an unlikeable character
Read a book from the list of 100 books that PBS calls “The Great American Read” (although, they aren’t all by American authors); helpful link: http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/books/#/
Read a book with something related to water in the title; i.e. ocean, sea, lake, river, waves, etc.
Read a book you’ve owned the longest but haven’t read yet
Read a book with an emotion word in the title; i.e. joy, sadness, grief, love, anger, etc.
Read a book (must be at least 2 words in the title) where each word in the title of the book begins with the same letter
Read a book featuring a character who shares your profession or similar one

Book Challenge by Erin 8.0

Read a book that is at least 200 pages
Read a book that starts with the letter “L”
Read a book that has a (mostly) red cover
Read a book with a character’s name in the title
Read a book from this list: Book Riot’s 100 Must-Read Books with Plot Twists https://bookriot.com/2017/04/11/100-books-with-plot-twists/
Read a book with the words “house” or “home” in the title
Read a book by an author whose first and last name begins with the same letter
Read a book originally published in a different language than your own
Read a book where most of the action takes place on a form of transportation i.e. bus, boat, car, plane, etc.
Read a book with a character that suffers from a debilitating physical illness

Book Challenge by Erin 7.0

Read a book that is at least 200 pages

Read a book that starts with the letter “B”

Read a book that has a (mostly) yellow cover

Read a book that has a picture of an animal on the cover

Read a book that was published in 2017

Read a book with a compass or cardinal direction in the title

The ALA’s “Banned Books Week” occurs while our challenge is happening.  Read a book from this list of the most commonly banned books in America

Read a fictional book about mental illness

Read a book with a non-human main character; i.e. animals, elves, gods, robots, merpeople, etc.

Read a book a Disney movie was based on OR a book based on a Disney movie

Book Challenge by Erin 6.0

Read a book that is at least 200 pages.

Read a book that starts with the letter “W”.

Read a book with six words in the title.

Read a book that has a (mostly) green cover.

Read a book with a homonym in the title (inspired by the book Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin that I read last challenge with a character who is obsessed with homonyms.)  Only one word in the title needs to be a homonym.  Helpful link:  https://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html

Read a book by your favorite author.

Read a book set in the city/town/state/territory/county/province where you live.

Read a “Rory Gilmore” book.  The character of Rory from the Gilmore Girls was shown reading over 300 different books throughout the series.  Choose one of them from this helpful link:  https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/all-339-books-referenced-in-gilmore-girls

Read a book from a genre that you’ve never read (or rarely read.)

Read a book with time travel.

Book Challenge by Erin 5.0

Read a book that is at least 200 pages

Read a book that starts with the letter “R”.

Read a book with five words in the title. 

Read a book that has a (mostly) blue cover.

Read a book with twins as characters. 

Read a book made into a movie

Read a book set in a country you have always wanted to visit. 

Read a historical fiction book.

Read a music related book.

Read a book originally published over 100 years ago.

Book Challenge by Erin 4.0

Read a book, any book that is at least 200 pages long. 

Read a book that begins with the letter “D”. 

Read a book with a four word title. 

Read a book with one of the following words in the title: “mother(s)”, “father(s)”, “son(s)”, “daughter(s)”, or “child(ren)”. 

Amazon ranks their “most popular authors”, and they update this list hourly.  When you make your reading list, choose one of the 100 most popular authors YOU HAVEN'T READ and pick on book by this author.

Read a book set in any country in Asia.

Read a book with a “Season” in the title.

Read a book that will make you laugh from the list attached. http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/books-guaranteed-to-make-you-laugh-out-loud

Read a book that is a friend or family member’s favorite book

Read a book published the year you were born.

Swedish reading challenge 2019

1. Läs en bok som har ett blått omslag (Book with blue cover)
2. På bokens pärm finns människoansikten (human faces on the cover)
3. Läs en SF-bok. (Sci-Fi book)
4. Läs en hyllvärmare (read a "shelf warmer")
5. Läs en bok som skrevs före 1900. (book written before 1900)
6. Boken har varit kandidat till ett inhemskt litteraturpris (candidate to domestic literature prize)
7. Läs en översatt bok vars originalspråk inte är engelska (translated book not from English)
8. Boken berättar om en plats där du har varit (about a place where you have been)
9. Läs en bok där ingen kör bil. (book where no-one drives a car)
10. Läs en roman som bygger på verkliga händelser (based on true events)
11. Läs en bok av en nordisk författare som inte är svensk. (Nordic but not Swedish author)
12. Författarens släktnamn börjar på samma bokstav som ditt (Author's last name starts with same letter as yours)
13. En bok du tagit ur hyllan utan att titta (a book you took from the shelf without looking)
14. En publikation ett litet förlag gett ut (book from a small publishing company)
15. Läs en bok där det förekommer eller tros förekomma något övernaturligt (book where something supernatural happens or is believed to happen)
16. Läs en biografi (a biography)
17. En bok som blir till film eller tv-serie 2019. (A book that will become a movie or tv serie 2019)
18. En bok med ett fult omslag (with ugly cover)
19. En bok med minst en miljon betyg på Goodreads (1.000.000+ reviews on Goodreads)
20. Läs en rysare/skräck/spöhistoria (thriller/horror/ghost story)
21. Läs en bok som någon på ditt arbete rekommenderar. (book someone from your work recommends)
22. Läs en författare som fått pris i en speciell genre (t ex deckare, fantasy) (by an author who received a genre speficif prize)
23. Läs en författare som inte är nordisk eller anglosaxisk (An author not Scandinavian/Nordic or Anglosaxon)
24. En bok skriven av en kändis (som inte är författare till yrket) (by a celebrity, not an author)
25. Läs en bok vars titel består av 1 ord (1 word title)
26. Läs en roman som är skriven helt eller delvis i form av dagbok, brev, tidningsartiklar eller liknande (novel totally or partially written as a diary, letters, newspaper articles or similar, that is epistolary novel)
27. Läs en bok som utspelas i minst två länder (book set in at least two countries)
28. Läs en bok med en blomma på omslaget (with a flower on cover)
29. En bok som du ser någon läsa i en film eller tv-serie. (a book you see someone read in a movie or tv series)
30. Läs en bok med ett djur på omslaget. (book with an animal on the cover)

Christian reading challenges

I was very surprised to find one, which is surprising by itself, because there is no reason for it to surprise anyone :-D Of course there's spiritual reading challenges.

So, here's Tim Challies' 2016 reading challenge

I like the ideas:

Ideas:
Take the challenge with your spouse and divide the list in two
Take the challenge with your family and divide the books between the entire family
Take the challenge with a small group (like your youth group) and divide the books between all of you.
Read the books in order, from light to extra credit, or in any order, or use the list as a guide to diversifying your reading.

Light (book every 4 weeks)

A book about Christian living
A biography
A classic novel
A book that "changed someone's life"
A commentary on a book of the Bible
A book about theology
A book with the word "Gospel" in the title
A book your pastor recommends
A book more than 100 years old
A book for children
A mystery or detective novel
A book published in [the current year]
A book about a current issue/events

Avid (a book every 2 weeks)

A book written by a Puritan (A list of 10 Puritan authors)
A book recommended by a family member
A book by or about a missionary
A novel that won the Pulitzer prize
A book written by an Anglican
A book with at least 400 pages
A book by C.S.Lewis or J.R.R.Tolkien
A book that has a Fruit of the Spirit in the title
A book with a great cover
A book on the current New York Times list of bestsellers
A book about church history
A graphic novel
A book of poetry

Committed (A book every week)

A book from a theological viewpoint you disagree with
A book written by an author with initials in their name
A book that won an ECPA Christian book award
A book about worldview
A play by William Shakespeare
A humorous book
A book based on a true story
A book written by Jane Austen
A book by or about Martin Luther
A book with 100 pages or less
A book with a one word title
A book about money or finance
A novel set in a country that's not your own
A book about music
A memoir
A book about joy or happiness
A book by a female author
A book whose title comes from a Bible verse
A book you started but never finished
A self-improvement book
A book by David McCullough
A book you own but have never read
A book about abortion
A book targeted at the other gender
A book by a speaker at a conference you have attended
A book written by someone of a different ethnicity than you

Obsessed (two books a week)

A book published by The Banner of Truth
A book about the Reformation
A book written by a first time author
A biography of a world leader
A book used as a seminary textbook
A book about food
A book about productivity
A book about relationships or friendship
A book about parenting
A book about philosophy
A book about art
A book with magic
A book about prayer
A book about marriage
A book about a hobby
A book of comics
A book about the second World War
A book about sports
A book by or about a pastor's wife
A book about suffering
A book by your favorite author
A book you have read before
A book about homosexuality
A Christian novel
A book about psychology
A book about the natural world
A book by or about Charles Dickens
A novel longer than 400 pages
A historical book
A book about the Bible
A book about a country or city
A book about astronomy
A book with an ugly cover
A book by or about a martyr
A book by a woman conference speaker
A book by or about the church fathers
A book about language
A book by or about a Russian
A book about leadership
A book about public speaking
A book by Francis Schaeffer
A book by a Presbyterian
A book about science
A book about revival
A book about writing
A book about evangelism
A book about ancient history
A book about preaching
A book about the church
A book about adoption
A photo essay book
A book written in the 20th century.

Extra Credit
A book from a library
A book about business
A book by an author less than 30
A book published by a UK-based publisher
A book you borrow

The other three years are basically the same, with some different prompts:
A biography of a Christian
A biography of an American President
A book about a book of the Bible
A book about a worldview
A book about aging
A book about an interest of yours
A book about animals
A book about apologetics
A book about books or reading
A book about Canada, set in Canada, or written by a Canadian
A book about Christian history
A book about church membership
A book about counseling
A book about Europe
A book about gender or sexuality
A book about heaven
A book about history
A book about holiness or sanctification
A book about race or racial issues
A book about sexuality
A book about singleness
A book about spiritual disciplines
A book about the early church
A book about time management
A book about war
A book by Albert Mohler
A book by Iain Murray
A book by Jerry Bridges
A book by John MacArthur
A book by John Piper
A book by Kevin DeYoung
A book by R.C.Sproul
A book by Sinclair Ferguson
A book by a Southern Baptist
A book by a male author
A book by a speaker from Together for the Gospel
A book by an author who is no longer alive
A book by an author who is still alive
A book by an author you've always meant to read
A book by or about Francis Schaeffer
A book by or about a pastor
A book by or about a politician
A book by or about a world leader
A book by someone from a different continent than you
A book endorsed by J.I.Packer
A book for children or teens
A book for teens or young adults
A book from a "best of 2018" list (previous year)
A book of 100 pages or less
A book of 240 pages or more
A book of your choice
A book on the ECPA bestseller list
A book produced by 9marks Ministries
A book published by Christian Focus
A book published by Crossway
A book published by New Growth Press
A book published by P&R Publications
A book recommended by a pastor or church leader
A book recommended by a friend
A book targeted at the opposite gender
A book targeted at your gender
A book that looks easy to read
A book that won a prize
A book with a picture of the author on the cover
A book with a two word title
A book with a verb in the title
A book written in the 19th century
A book you have always wanted to read but haven't
A book you read in the past three years
A book you think you can finish in a weekend
A book you think you may disagree with
A book you're pretty sure you won't like
A book your best friend recommends
A memoir or autobiography
A novel
A novel by an author you have never read before
A novel for young adults
A novel longer than 300 pages
A play
a sad book

So, a reader based her reading list to this and came up with

Broaden Your Literary Horizons

Biography of a notable Christian
Biography of anyone
Book that changed someone’s life
Commentary on a book of the Bible
Book about theology
Book with the word “gospel” in title/subtitle
Book about Christian living
Book your pastor recommends
Book written by a Puritan
Book about a current issue
Book about leadership
Book of poetry
Book for children
Classic novel
Mystery or detective novel
Sci-fi or fantasy novel
Book of short stories
Book published 100 years ago
Book published 50 years ago
Book published in 2016

A Year of Literary Adventures

1. Biography of a notable Christian
2. Biography of anyone
3. Autobiography or memoir
4. Book that changed someone’s life
5. Book for children —
6. Book for young adults
7. Bestselling book
8. Older mystery novel
9. Newer mystery novel
10. Book of short stories
11. Classic novel for children
12. Classic novel for adults
13. Sci-fiction/fantasy novel
14. Book about a hobby
15. Book about leadership
16. Book about the universe
17. Book of regional interest
18. Book with the word “gospel” in title
19. Book your pastor recommends
20. Book your pastor’s wife recommends
21. Book about theology
22. Book about a current issue
23. Book about Bible study
24. Book about Christian living
25. Book published about 100 years ago
26. Book published about 50 years ago
27. Book published in 2016
28. Commentary
29. Book of poetry
30. Book written by a Puritan

The Reading Challenge in 2017

Biography of anyone
Biography of a notable Christian
Autobiography or memoir
Graphic novel
Book for children
Book for young adults
Book of short stories
General fiction novel
Mystery or detective novel
Historical or biographical novel
Science fiction or fantasy novel
Classic novel for children
Classic novel for adults
Book related to a tv show or movie
Book on the bestseller list
book published 100 years ago
Book published 50 years ago
Book published this year
Book of poetry
Book about a hobby
Book about science
Book about history
Book about a specific region
Book about physical health
Book about business/leadership
Book about current events
Book about suffering
Book written by a Puritan
Book about the Gospel
Book about theology
Book about studying the Bible
Book about Christian living
Book recommended by your pastor
Book recommended by a pastor's wife
Book recommended by a friend

Intentional Christian reading challenge

1. A book about Prayer.
2. A book about Forgiveness
3. A book by a Christian conference speaker.
4. A book by or about a Pastor's wife.
5. A Christian Novel.
6. A Christian Non¬Fiction book.
7. A Memoir.
8. A book on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Awards list.
9. A book by or about a missionary.
10. A book by C.S. Lewis.
11. A book with the word "Gospel" in the title.
12. A book about Christian Living.
13. A book someone tells you "Changed My Life".
14. A book by your Favorite Christian Author.
15. A book on Marriage or Living a single life or as a widow/widower for Christ.
16. A book longer than 400 pages.
17. A book you own but have never read.
18. A book about a current controversial issue.
19. A book with a one¬word title.
20. A book more than 100 years old or takes place more than 100 years ago.
21. A book published in 2017 or 2018.
23. A book recommended by a Christian Friend.
24. A book about Joy or Happiness.
25. A book whose title comes from a Bible Verse.
26. A book on Theology.
27. A book by an Indie Christian Author.
28. A book on Christian Growth.
29. A book about Church or a specific Church.
30. A book with Heaven in the title.
31. A Christian Romance novel.
32. A book about Christian Persecution.
33. A book on Spiritual Warfare.
34. A Wilbur Award winning book.
35. A book about a Religious Cult.
36. A Christian Dystopian book.
37. A book about Biblical Prophecy.
38. A book by a Christian Author you've never read before.
39. A book that was a Christy Award winner.
40. A book on any of the Goodreads Christian book lists.
41. A Christian science fiction/fantasy book.
42. A book on depression or how to help a friend/family member who suffers from depression.
43. A Christian fiction book with a beautiful cover.
44. A book with 100 pages or less.
45. A historical Christian book.
46. A Historical Christian Fiction book.
47. A book on Evangelism.
48. A book about a Faith different than yours.
49. A book with God in the title.
50. A book with Jesus or Christ in the title.
51. A book of the Bible.
52. A book of your choice. 

Non-Fiction Reading Challenges

Doing Dewey non-fiction reading challenge

As you can see, there's no specific reading challenge, just suggestions on what one could use as such.

For example:

January - Biracial Awareness
February - Black History Month
March - Women's History Month
April - Arab Heritage Month
May - Asian/Pacific Islander History Month
June/July - LGBT Pride Summer
August - Mental Health Awareness
September - Hispanic History Month
October - Physical Disability Awareness Month
November - Native American History Month
​December - Religious Minorities

Or
Read a non-fiction book from each Dewey Decimal System Category

Read a book from the 000s - Computer science, information & general works
Read a book from the 100s - Philosophy and psychology
Read a book from the 200s - Religion
Read a book from the 300s - Social Sciences
Read a book from the 400s - Language
Read a book from the 500s - Pure Science
Read a book from the 600s - Technology
Read a book from the 700s - Arts and Recreation
Read a book from the 800s - Literature
Read a book from the 900s - History and Geography

26 Very Important Nonfiction Books You Should Be Reading

1. Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
2. This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
3. Yes Please by Amy Poehler
4. Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson
5. Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy by Gabriella Coleman
6. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
7. The Ugly Game by Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert
8. The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
9. The Sex Myth by Rachel Hills
10. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
11. The Sisters Are Alright By Tamara Winfrey Harris
12. What Comes Next and How to Like It by Abigail Thomas
13. Severed by Frances Larson
14. Blackout by Sarah Hepola
15. Headscarves and Hymens by Mona Eltahawy
16. Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? by Katrine Marçal
17. Dirty Chick by Antonia Murphy
18. Penelope Fitzgerald by Hermione Lee
19. Spinster by Kate Bolick
20. Trans: A Memoir by Juliet Jacques
21. Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton, and 639 others
22. Long Time No See by Hannah Lowe
23. Scandals of Classic Hollywood by Anne Helen Petersen
24. It's All in Your Head by Suzanne O'Sullivan
25. On Immunity by Eula Biss
26. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

Or perhaps the Pulitzer Prize winners for Non-Fiction or the Baillie Gifford Prize winners

One could also choose to read the winners of European Book Prize for non-fiction.

United States of Europe by Guy Verhofstadt
Postwar by Tony Judt
Europe for Dummies by Sylvie Goulard
Beauty and the Inferno by Roberto Saviano
The Crime and the Silence by Anna Bikont
Europe's passage by Luuk van Middelaar
The French, Gravediggers of the Euro by Arnaud Leparmentier
Turbulent and Mighty Continent by Anthony Giddens

You could choose any of the GoodReads' non-fiction lists and read it through
Lists that look interesting to me are
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
Must Read Non-Fiction
Recommended Nonfiction Books
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
Interesting and Readable NonFiction
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books

Best Non-Fiction Books

Atomic Habits by James Clear (the list creator's own book, so...)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Sure You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Manual for Living by Epictetus
Influence by Robert Cialdini
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
This is Water by David Foster Wallace

Read through this list The Greatest Nonfiction Books by The Greatest Books - the book lists here are created by algorithm from several sources

The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century by National Review

The Guardian's list of the100 best nonfiction books of all time
Now... I do not recommend this list, as there are books like a couple of dictionaries, the Bible, Modest Proposal and Shakespeare's tales on this list, but use your discernment.

1. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (2014)
2. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)
3. No Logo by Naomi Klein (1999)
4. Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (1998)
5. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (1995)
6. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)
7. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (1979)
8. Orientalism by Edward Said (1978)
9. Dispatches by Michael Herr (1977)
10. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1976)
11. North by Seamus Heaney (1975)
12. Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (1973)
13. The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer (1970)
14. Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom by Nik Cohn (1969)
15. The Double Helix by James D Watson (1968)
16. Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag (1966)
17. Ariel by Sylvia Plath (1965)
18. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1963)
19. The Making of the English Working Class by EP Thompson (1963)
20. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962)
21. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S Kuhn (1962)
22. A Grief Observed by CS Lewis (1961)
23. The Elements of Style by William Strunk and EB White (1959)
24. The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith (1958)
25. The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life by Richard Hoggart (1957)
26. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (1955)
27. The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art by Kenneth Clark (1956)
28. The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin (1953)
29. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (1952/53)
30. A Book of Mediterranean Food by Elizabeth David (1950)
31. The Great Tradition by FR Leavis (1948)
32. The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper (1947)
33. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Dr Benjamin Spock (1946)
34. Hiroshima by John Hersey (1946)
35. The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper (1945)
36. Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright (1945)
37. How to Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher (1942)
38. Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly (1938)
39. The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell (1937)
40. The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron (1937)
41. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936)
42. Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain (1933)
43. My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill (1930)
44. Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves (1929)
45. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929)
46. The Waste Land by TS Eliot (1922)
47. Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed (1919)
48. The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes (1919)
49. The American Language by HL Mencken (1919)
50. Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey (1918)
51. The Souls of Black Folk by WEB Du Bois (1903)
52. De Profundis by Oscar Wilde (1905)
53. The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (1902)
54. Brief Lives by John Aubrey, edited by Andrew Clark (1898)
55. Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S Grant (1885)
56. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
57. Travels With a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson (1879)
58. Nonsense Songs by Edward Lear (1871)
59. Culture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold (1869)
60. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859)
61. On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (1859)
62. The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole (1857)
63. The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857)
64. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854)
65. Thesaurus by Dr Peter Mark Roget (1852)
66. London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (1851)
67. Household Education by Harriet Martineau (1848)
68. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845)
69. Essays by RW Emerson (1841)
70. Domestic Manners of the Americans by Frances Trollope (1832)
71. An American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster (1828)
72. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey (1822)
73. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb (1807)
74. Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa by Mungo Park (1799)
75. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1793)
76. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)
77. The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD by James Boswell (1791)
78. Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke (1790)
79. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano (1789)
80. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789)
81. The Federalist Papers by ‘Publius’ (1788)
82. The Diary of Fanny Burney (1778)
83. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1776-1788)
84. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1776)
85. Common Sense by Tom Paine (1776)
86. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (1755)
87. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1739)
88. A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (1729)
89. A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain by Daniel Defoe (1727)
90. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1689)
91. The Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Cranmer (1662)
92. The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys (1660)
93. Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial, or A Brief Discourse of the Sepulchral Urns Lately Found in Norfolk by Sir Thomas Browne (1658)
94. Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes (1651)
95. Areopagitica by John Milton (1644)
96. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions by John Donne (1624)
97. The First Folio by William Shakespeare (1623)
98. The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton (1621)
99. The History of the World by Walter Raleigh (1614)
100. King James Bible: The Authorised Version (1611)

Non-Fiction Book Bingo

a book that’s been made into a movie –
a self-help title –
a title by an indigenous author –
a biography –
a title by a Canadian author –
a Baillie Gifford award winner –
a celebrity or public figure memoir –
a true crime title –
a title by a person of colour –
a book about science & technology –
a book about feminism –
a book about nature or the environment –
a 2019 release –
a book about parenting or relationships –
a book on religion or spirituality –
a pre-2000 non-fiction title –
a book about a medical condition –
a title that was a 5-star read for a friend –
a book about travel –
an essay collection –
a book about food, wine, or cooking –
a book set outside of North America –
a Goodreads winner (from any year) –
a non-fiction book that has been translated –

Another non-fiction book bingo:
Art and Photography
Autobiography and Biography
Diary and Memoirs
Business and Finance
Food and Lifestyle
Cultural and Social Issues
Current Affairs and Politics
Gift Book or Coffee Table Book
Health and Medical
History, Home Decorating and Design
How To, Humor
Journalism
Military
Music and Entertainment
Nature and Ecology
Outdoor Adventuring
Philosophy
Pop Culture and Celebrity
Psychology
Relationships
Religion and Spirituality
Science and Technology
Self-Help
Sports
Travel
True Adventure
True Crime
Women’s Issues

and yet another (this one is for kids, and it's quite possible to read a children's non-fiction book a day - and there's nothing wrong with reading children's non-fiction for non-fiction reading challenges :-D)

Read a book from the window display
Read a book from the 700s section
Read a nonfiction book about an animal
Watch a learning video on Epic
Read a recipe, cook/bake the dish
Read a how-to book
Read a nonfiction book recommended by a teacher
Read an article from SIRS Discoverer
Read a Nat Geo Kids magazine article
Read a book from the bottom shelf of the nonfiction section
Read a Ranger Rick magazine article
Read a biography
Learn something new on the DK Find Out! website
Read a book from the 500s section
Explore Culture Grams
Read a book from the top shelf of the nonfiction section
Read a book about North Carolina
Re-read a nonfiction book you love
Read or listen to a Pebble Go article
Read a book about art or an artist
Read a World Book Online article
Read a nonfiction book recommended by a friend
Read a book from the 300s section
Read a nonfiction Eager Reader

(You could replace some of these categories with
1) recommended by a celebrity, bookclub, publisher, magazine etc.
2) go to Wikiroulette, read the random article and find a non-fiction book about the subject. Feel free to wiggle, twist and tweak as much as you need to, to find a book to read. It's easy if you get Queen Elizabeth I, but not so easy if you get an obscure geographical place. Just remember, this is supposed to challenge you, so don't just take an easy way out. (I don't believe in coincidences... there is a reason to why you got that article, you will find a book that fits and will read something that will be of great value to you.
3) You could read a book about North Carolina, but I think you should learn more about the history of the city, state, country, region, you live in. Try to pinpoint it. The country you live in, the state/county/region of the country, the city/town/village you live in, the neighborhood you live in...


The Non-Fiction Growth Challenge

1. Read a book that teaches you how to problem solve.
2. Read a book that teaches you how to think critically.
3. Read a book that teaches you how to become more creative.
4. Read a book that teaches you how to make better decisions.
5. Read a book on emotional intelligence.
6. Read a book to improve your communication skills.
7. Read a book about how to learn.
8. Read a book that teaches you leadership skills.
9. Read a book about extroversion or introversion.
10. Read a book about psychology.
11. Read a book about an ideology that is not your own.
12. Read a book to help you master social media.
13. Read a book about your favorite hobby to become better at it.
14. Read a collection of essays.
15. Read an autobiography/biography of a woman written by a woman.
16. Read an autobiography/biography of a man written by a man.
17. Read a book about someone’s journey; inner or outer.
18. Read a book about science or technology.
19. Read a book about a religion or philosophy
20. Read a book about a topic you have always wanted to learn more about.

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books Of All Time You Should Not Miss

10. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
9. Hiroshima by John Hersey
8. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
7. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
6. Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
5. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
3. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
2. Black Boy by Richard Wright
1. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

Bookriot's 50 of the Best Nonfiction Books

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy
Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Hunger: a Memoir of (my) Body by Roxane Gay
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Negroland by Margo Jefferson
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The White Album by Joan Didion
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
1776 by David Mccullough
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Hidden Figures: the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the Fbi by David Grann
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
S.p.q.r.: a History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Stamped from the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Unbroken: a World War Ii Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Borderlands/la Frontera: the New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Nickel and Dimed: on (not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: a Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman
White Trash: the 400-year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
The Emperor of All Maladies: a Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
I Contain Multitudes: the Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Neurotribes: the Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

50 Essential Non-Fiction Books (You'll Actually Read)

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks
Hiroshima by John Hersey
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
H is For Hawk by Helen Mcdonald
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
We Wisht To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
Night by Elie Wiesel
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Alive by Piers Paul Read
How To Cook a Wolf by MFK Fisher
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
Kitchen Confidential by Athony Bourdain
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
If They Come In The Morning by Angela Y. Davis
Stalingrad by Antony Beevor
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
How to Win Friends and Influene People by Dale Carnegie
Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Himself
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Himself
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
No Logo by Naomi Klein
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Bossypants by Tina Fey
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Goodbye to All That by Robert Graves
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B.White
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

A couple of suggestions from the comments:
The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
In The Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Gerrard
Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy MacLean
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd

Barnes and Nobles' 50 Nonfiction Books that Will Make You Smarter in 2018

1776, by David McCullough
Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Origins of Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt
The Six Wives of Henry VIII, by Alison Weir
Cleopatra, A Life, by Stacy Schiff
MAUS I, by Art Spiegelman
We Were Eight Years In Power, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Night, by Elie Wiesel
How Google Works, by Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert
How We Got to Now, by Steven Johnson
The Crown, by Robert Lacey
Mistress of the Vatican, by Eleanor Herman
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, by Mark Manson
Love Warrior, by Glennon Doyle
It’s Okay to Laugh, by Nora McIerney
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X
Devil’s Bargain, by Joshua Green
Spark Joy, by Marie Kondo
Bullies, by Alex Abramovich
Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X. Kendi
Being Nixon, by Evan Thomas
In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
Escape from Camp 14, by Blaine Harden
Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, by Elena Favilli
What Happened, by Hillary Clinton
World Without Mind, by Franklin Foer
The Blood of Emmett Till, by Timothy B. Tyson
Shrill, by Lindy West
Sex Object, by Jessica Valenti
Muslim Girl, by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
Orientalism, by Edward Said
Welcome to the Universe, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott
Salt: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky
Cooked, by Michael Pollan
Yes Please, by Amy Poheler
Bossypants, by Tina Fey
Wild, by Cheryl Strayed
Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
Victoria the Queen, by Julia Baird
A Season With the Witch, by J.W. Ocker
Radium Girls, by Kate Moore
Year of Yes, by Shonda Rhimes
We Should All be Feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Memoir Reading Challenge

Mental Illness Memoir
Other Illness Memoir
Political Memoir
Food Memoir
Animal Memoir
Music Memoir
Travel Memoir
Written by a person of color
Written by a woman
Written by a person who identifies as LGBTQIA
Written by an actor or a comedian
Written by an author or journalist
Written by any other celebrity
Written by someone under 40
Written by someone over 40
Written by someone from a country different from your own
Memoir of high school or college events
One you find thought-provoking
Made into a movie
Graphic Novel memoir
Bestselling memoir
Humorous memoir
Fictional memoir
Published in 2019
Published in 2018 or earlier
Under 300 pages
One you want to re-read
Subject of your choice
Author of your choice
3 memoirs of your own choice

(I do have some STRONG opinions about this list...)

A couple of biographies that are NOT about a USonian person:
Mary, Queen of Scots by Emily Hahn
Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada by Frances Winwar
The Birkenhead Drill by Douglas W. Phillips
My Enemy... My Brother: God's Grace in the Life of a Palestinian by Hanna Shahin
Hiroshima by Laurence Yep
Artist of the Reformation: The Story of Albrecht Dürer by Joyce McPherson

More reading challenges!

The Times of India reading challenge 2018

An original myth rather than mytho-fiction (time to read the originals, not retellings)

Something that has won three awards since its release

A book from the point of view of something other than a human (or humanoid)

A book not from a first world country

A book your parent loved when they were your age

A current bestselling children's book

A classic from a genre you haven't explored

The Well Educated Mind Reading List

Gentle Spectrums Reading Challenge

You can choose your books by the title, cover or theme of the book

(01)  LIMITLESS PALETTE

A book with a title with color 

For example "The Red Carnelian" or "Frankling in the Dark"

(02)  TREASURE OR HIGH ADVENTURE

Valuables, equipment for treasure or adventure; very broad possibilities.

For example "The Amulet" or "The Alchemist"

(03)  TOYS OR HOBBIES

(04)  HEALTHFULNESS

Happy feelings, drink, food, exercise, medicine, energy: you decide!

(05)  ANIMALS

Any animals, birds, fish, insects, not just mammals

(06)  NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

(07)  THE ARTS

(08)  FASHION & FURNISHINGS

We needn’t stop at sewing and knitting. We can expand to curtains, doilies, linen, and quilts!

(09)  CANADIAN

Books by and about Canadians and Canada and closely-associated attributes.

(10)  HISTORY

Historic things, places, or heroes. Fifty year-old books or settings too.

(11)  THIRD TIME CHARM?

Anything to do with three. Title with the number three, the authors third book, a trilogy... 

What's in a name?

Choose at least one book from each of the following categories:

1) The word ‘the’ used twice (The Secret By The Lake; The End Of The Day)

2) A fruit or vegetable (The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society; The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake)

3) A shape (The Ninth Circle, The Square Root Of Summer, Circle Of Friends)

4) A title that begins with Z – can be after ‘The’ or ‘A’ (Zen In The Art Of Writing; The Zookeeper’s Wife, Zelda)

5) A nationality (Anna And The French Kiss; How To Be A Kosovan Bride; Norwegian Wood)

6) A season (White Truffles In Winter; The Spring Of Kasper Meier; The Summer Queen; Before I Fall; The Autumn Throne)

The Book-A-Shelf Reading Challenge 2016

A - a book with an apocalyptical theme
B - a bestseller
C - a book with a cat in the cover
D - a diary
E - a book with an element in the title
F - a book you got for free
G - a ghost story
H - a book set in hot country
I - a book with an industrial theme
J - a junior novel
K - a bookw here no-one gets killed
L - a book from a list
M - a book with a month in the title
N - a book with your name in the title
O - a book with an orange title or cover
P - a poetry book
Q - a book with a question in the title
R - a rare book
S - a sci-fi book
T - a book with traveling in it
U - a book with an unhappy ending
V - a violent book
W - a book with water
X - an author with an X in their name
Y - a book by an author who was younger than you when it was published
Z - a Zombie version of a classic (or just a zombie book)

A literary Map Chain Challenge

Pick one of your favorite authors and write his/her name on the Literature Map
You get a "map" with authors who are more or less similar to that author. The names closest are most similar to the author.
Pick one of the names and read a book by that author.
Then insert his/her name in the map and choose the next author.
Continue until you have read 10, 15 or 25 books, according to what you choose in the beginning of the challenge.
Don't read the same author twice!

My 25 books chain:

1. Terry Pratchett - Night Watch
2. Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
3. Jim Butcher - Storm Front
4. Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
5. Scott Lynch - The Lies of Locke Lamora
6. R. Scott Bakker - The Darkness That Comes Before
7. Greg Keys - The Briar King
8. Jane Yolen - The Devil's Arithmetic
9. Patricia McKillip - Winter Rose
10. Katherine Kurtz - Deryni Rising
11. Judith Tarr - Household Gods
12. Naomi Novik - His Majesty's Dragon
13. V. E. Schwab - A Darker Shade of Magic
14. Helen Oyeyemi - Boy, Snow, Bird
15. Paul Yoon - Snow Hunters
16. Joy Williams - The Quick and The Dead
17. Lorrie Moore - A Gate At The Stairs
18. Mary Gaitskill - The Mare
19. Pat Califia - Doc and Fluff: The Dystopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker
20. Ellen Gilchrist - The Anna Papers
21. Scott Ferrell - The Gatekeeper
22. Persimmon Blackbridge - Prozac Highway
23. Ashley Warlick - The Arrangement
24. Laura Greenwood - The Dryad's Pawprint
25. Coe Booth - Tyrell

Interesting chain...

18 ways to broaden your literary horizons

1. Read a story in its true serial form
2. Read a graphic novel or manga
3. Read a book of poems (not an anthology)
4. Read a terrifying horror novel (at night, under the blankets)
5. Read a massive classic
6. Read a play, act it out, then see it
7. Read a science fiction novel
8. Read a book and then watch the film version right after
9. The Bradbury Trio
"one poem a night, one short story a night, one essay a night, for the next 1,000 nights."
10. The Nobel Prize Book Challenge
(Read a book by a Nobel Prize winner once a month - take a book, divide it into 30 (or 28 or 31) parts and read one part each day
11. Read a romance novel
12. Read a short story collection
13. Read a book from a country you've never visited
14. Read a biography... chosen by someone else
15. Read a banned book
16. Read a self-published work
17. Read 3 magazines on unfamiliar areas
18. Read some acclaimed non-fiction

Here's some essays with writing info, as is suitable for this blog ;-)

Back to Classics

1.  A 19th century classic
2.  A 20th century classic
3.  A classic by a woman author.
4.  A classic in translation.
5.  A classic originally published before 1800.
6.  A romance classic.
7.  A Gothic or horror classic.
8.  A classic with a number in the title.
9.  A classic about an animal or which includes the name of an animal in the title.
10. A classic set in a place you'd like to visit.
11. An award-winning classic.
12. A Russian classic.

Victorian reading challenge
(Yes, REAL Victorian books, fiction and non-fiction, but written between 1837-1901, unless explicitly specified)

1. A book under 200 pages
2. A book over 400 pages
3. A book that REALLY intimidates you
4. A book you REALLY want to reread
5. A new-to-you book by a FAVORITE author
6. A book with illustrations
7. A book that was originally published serially
8. A book published between 1837-1849
9. A book published between 1850-1860
10. A book published between 1861-1870
11. A book published between 1871-1880
12. A book published between 1881-1890
13. A book published between 1891-1901
14. A book published between 1902-1999 with a Victorian setting
15. A book published between 2000-2017 with a Victorian setting
16. A book by Charles Dickens
17. A book by Wilkie Collins
18. A book by Anthony Trollope
19. A book by Elizabeth Gaskell
20. A book by George Eliot
21. A book by a new-to-you male author
22. A book by a new-to-you female author
23. A book translated into English
24. A fiction or nonfiction book about Queen Victoria
25. A book that has been filmed as movie, miniseries, or television show
26. A play OR a collection of short stories OR a collection of poems
27. Biography, Autobiography, or NONFICTION book about the Victorian era
28. Genre or subgenre of your choice (mystery, suspense, romance, gothic, adventure, western, science fiction, fantasy)
29. Book with a name as the title
30. Book you've started but never finished
31. A Christian book, fiction or nonfiction (aren't they all... why not a non-Christian book from the era... would be much more interesting.)
32. A children's book
33. Book with a number in the title
34. Book with a place in the title

the Redolent Mermaid 2017 Reading Challenge

1. Re-read a beloved book
2. Art and literature. Graphic novels, art history, comics, even a doodle or two on a Wreck This Journal, as long as art is involved, count it.
3. Magic.
4. A book gifted or loaned to you.
5. A book that has been in your TBR pile but overlooked time and again.
6. A library find.
7. A book to learn something from.
8. Cool book cover art that lures you in like bait.
9. A story that takes you to another place and time, real or imagined.
10. A book from a favorite author that you haven't gotten around to reading yet.
11. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title.
12. A memoir.
13. A fluff read. (Easy, fast, or cheesy).
14. A Steinbeck, Hemingway or John D. MacDonald creation or book about one of them or inspired by one of them.
15. A scarlet hued tome.
16. The next in a series you have read.
17. A tale that takes place during a war.
18. Female heroine triumphant.
19. A European setting.
20. Female authored.
21. Paranormal or supernatural phenomenon.
22. A book to make you belly laugh, guffaw or snort and chuckle along the way.
23. A book that will be a movie, you read, then watch.
24. A book with words in it. That should cover it.

Bookish Jay and Reading Mermaid 2019

1. A book set in your home state, or province for our Canadian buddies.
2. You saw the movie but didn’t read the book…. now read the book.
3. Carpe read ‘em- a title on your TBR for 1+ years.
4. Flora: flower on the cover.
5. Fauna: beastly book.
6. Scandinavian setting- create your own Jolabokaflod, or Yule Book Flood.
7. Flavor- a book built around food.
8. Passport required… set in a country you have never been to.
9. Yellow/Gold is the color of novelty, so read a yellow novel.
10. Something witchy this way comes. Witches, man, read a witch-centered tome.
11. A novel that is now a Netflix series or adaptation.
12. Shallowness: pick a book based on its spine appearance alone.
13. Nature Lover: non-fiction about the environment.
14. How old are you now? Read a book from your birth decade.
15. A book written by an author with your same initials.
16. Gothic read.
17. A retelling.
18. A guide.
19. BINGO Free Space- pick your own.
20. A book discovered by scrolling #bookstagram.
21. Bildungsroman: a coming of age tale.
22. Turn and face the strange- an out of your comfort zone read.
23. A last book written by your favorite author.
24. Hygge: a book for comfort.
25. A happy little accident… or a book that has a title Bob Ross would appreciate.
26. A numeric title.
27. Crossover- a book written by a beloved artist, musician or figure.
28. A tale where the main character loves to read.
29. 1890’s- a great Victorian vintage.
30. Celestial object on the cover or in the title.

Bookish Jay and Reading Mermaid 2018 

1. A classic, defined loosely or found on either of these sources: Modern Library 100 Best Novels or Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels.
2. Adventure awaits! Choose a rather adventurous read.
3. The next one in a series, there is always another on to get to...
4. A purple hued tome, be it lilac, lavender or deep royal purple.
5. A memoir.
6. A story set in a forest or mountains, or depicting either on the cover.
7. An epistolary novel, told in letters or journal entries.
8. A collection of short stories.
9. Pick up one of those neglected TBR books you have lurking about. I know you do.
10. A story set in the Middle East or Asia.
11. Be extra naughty.... no... not that kind of book (well, unless you want)... read a banned book!
12. Art and literature, whether just a gorgeous cover or actual art is in the storyline.
13. A heart pounding thriller!
14. Non-fiction to tickle the brain cells.
15. A book from the library.
16. Historical fiction.
17. Get your microscope and pocket protector ready... a book dealing with some aspect of science.
18. A book with a bird, on the cover or in the plot.
19. A book with a child protagonist.
20. It's about time this one happened: a book dealing with scent, fragrance or perfume.
21. Travelogue, a book taking place on a journey.
22. Re-trying that Hemingway, Steinbeck, or John D. MacDonald authored book.
23. An epic tale.
24. A sensual read.
25. A candle on the cover.
26. A book title that sounds like a cool name for a band.
27.  A book that was gifted to you.
28. A book by a debuted author.
29. A story based on mythology: Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian... any.
30. Second-hand stories, a book picked up in a thrift shop.

Litsy's #Booked2019 Season Reading Challenge
(Now, the division of seasons is %&$#?@! What idiot ever got the idea of taking a day in the middle of the summer and naming it "the first day of summer"? The day which is called in many cultures "Midsummer's day"?)

Winter

1. Female detective (International Day of the Woman - March 8)
2. Fairy tale retelling (Grimm Brothers Birthdays; Jacob January 4, Carl February 24)
3. Reminds you of your happy place
4. related to a podcast
5. Set in Ireland / Irish author (St. Patrick's Day)
6. New to you author (New Year's Day)

Spring
7. Night-oriented title (Spring Equinox)
8. Cli-Fi (Earth Day April 22)
9. Indigenous authors (National Indigenous Peoples' Day, Canada - June 21)
10. Features a musician (World Music Day, June 21)
11. Social media focus
12. Food or beverage on cover

Summer
13. Genrebusting (writing in many different genres at the same time, genre cross-over)
14. Muslim author or MC (Eid al-Adha, August 12)
15. Book to movie
16. Comic or graphic novel (National comic book day, September 25)
17. Book gifted to you
18. Diverse middle grade (International day of peace, September 21)

Autumn
19. Book about addiction (National substance abuse prevention month, October)
20. Soldier's story (Veteran's Day, November 11)
21. New in 2019
22. Person of color MC paranormal
23. Public domain
24. Political intrigue (Election Day, USA, November 3)

Litsy's 2018 Bookedchallenge

January – March
1. Book featuring an Olympic Sport (because it’s the 2018 Winter Olympics, y’all!)
2. POC Author
3. Body Positive Memoir or Novel
4. Cozy Mystery
5. Feminist Classic (For International Women’s Day on March 8!)
6. Unconventional Romance

April – June
7. Childhood favorite
8. Steampunk
9. Book about the Environment/Set Outdoors (In celebration of Earth Day!)
10. Refugee MC (For World Refugee Day on June 20)
11. Friendship
12. Flowers or Sword on Cover

July – September
13. Blame it on Litsy
14. Diverse Non-fiction
15. Set at school
16. LGBTQIA+ MC
17. Japanese Thriller
18. Beach Read

October – December
19. Underdog hero
20. Features a holiday
21. MC over 70 (The International Day of Older Persons is October 1)
22. New in 2018
23. MC with Invisible Illness
24. Spooky read

Netflix and Books challenge

the book and show have
- the same trope or premise
- common word in the titles
- the same setting
- the same time period
- bad reviews but you are still interested
- a main character with the same name
- spin-off series/show

the show is based on the book
the book is mentioned in the show

Reading Challenge - Around the World in books

Around the world in 80 books

Choose 80 countries around the world, pick 10 from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America (including Central America and West Indies) and Central America, South-America and Australia/Oceania, and the rest where you want - don't read more than 1 book from each country.
Choose a book written by an author from that country. If you can't find anything in language you can read, choose a book placed in that country.

Read the World Challenge
7 Continents in 52 weeks

Around the World
Read books set in different places on earth - try to "travel around the world" in settings

mini challenges:
Read one book for each continent
Read one book for each state in the US
Read one book for each ocean (the character travels across the ocean, no matter how)
The mountaineering challenge: climb the Seven Summits (Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Vinson (Antarctica), Elbrus or Mont Blanc, Puncak Jaya or Kosciuszko. You can choose replace that with Mount Wilhelm, and Elbrus/Mont Blanc with Mauna Kea.)
Three Poles Challenge: visit North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest
Visit a certain number of extreme points of Earth
Read a certain number of books set in capital cities
Read a certain number of books set in at least 5 different places (e.g. road trip books)
Read a certain number of books that are set in two places from different continents
Read a certain number of books within a 100km/1.5 Mile radius of where you live
Visit a certain number of the most famous landmarks in the world
A to Z challenge: Find a place for each letter in the alphabet
Visit a certain number of countries.
Read books from authors from a certain number of different countries.
Read a certain number of books set in places you’ve visited yourself.


Idän Pikajuna kirjallisuushaaste (Orient Express reading challenge)

Read books according to the Orient Express stops. You can choose books that happen in the city of the stop or the author is from that city, you can choose yourself how your book is connected to the city. It can be fiction or non-fiction, children's book, adult book, graphic novel, poetry, what ever you define as a book.

The Stops:

Paris
Strasbourg
Munich
Wien
Budapest
Bukarest
Varna
Istanbul

If you manage to read 1 book, you are still in Paris
2 books - great! You arrived to Strasbourg!
3-4: going fine, you have left the country!
5-6: Well done! Budapest, maybe even Bukarest, you aren't a tourist anymore
7 books - Wonderful! You are in Varna! Visiting places most people don't even know about!
8 and more - You are at home on the road

Read the books in any order, but if you read them in the "right" order from Paris to Istanbul, you get extra credit :-)

P.S. Varna might be hard to find books of, so you can choose to read a book placed in Bulgaria or at Black Sea.

You can also read books about Orient Express to get more points :-D
For example:
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Orient Express by Graham Greene

European Reading Challenge

Read one book set in a European country or by an author from these countries:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Vatican City.

The books can be anything, but each book must be by a different author and set in different country.

Planet YA: Europe


Armchair Travel
January Journey across the silk road:
February tour along the Roman Roads
March footpaths from Dublin to Dorsey
Backpack April coast to coast:
May Cruise the fjords:
June Sojourn by bike and barge:
July Quest across the Alps:
August trek around the Middle East:
Nomadic September in the Heat:
October spooktacular
November Narration: Nonfiction November
Frosty December

They also have the Brit Tripping

2017 Reading Challenge for travelers

Read a book set in these locations:
1. City or State/Country that you were born in (or close to it)
2. A city that has hosted the Olympics
3. A bucket list destination
4. Where you were married or would like to be married or where someone you love was married
5. A place you've seen in the news recently
7. Where your grandparents or great-grandparents lived
8. A fictitious lovation
9. Somewhere you would never want to visit
10. Location of your last vacation
11. A tropical island

and the next ones set anywhere in the world
6. A biography of someone living in a different country
12. a memoir by a political leader

The absolutely amazing Read the World challenge, challenge yourself, read diversely, grow, improve yourself

Read the World: Month One

Read a book written by an author, born in an African country.
Read a book about your industry/niche that will allow you to develop skills or give you a new understanding about the way the industry works.
Read a book that will help you to develop your personal brand, and position you as an expert.
Read a book for entertainment.
Read a book to improve your writing

Read the World: Month Two

Read a book set in Antarctica.
Read a collection of comics.
Read a book that helps you to perform your job better.
Read a book about current events.
Read a classic on your bookshelf that you have always wanted to read.

Read the World: Month Three

Read a book written by an author, born in Asia.
Read a book written over a century ago, then read a retelling of the book
Read a book that blend disciplines.
Read a book that you normally would not read.

Read the World: Month Four

Read a book written by an author, born in Australia/Oceania.
Read a book that will teach you a new, marketable skill.
Read a book to help you master social media.
Read a classic literature written by a woman.
Read a business book outside your industry/niche.

Read the World: Month Five

Read a book written by an author, born in a European country.
Read a classic that you have always wanted to read.
Read a graphic novel that’s a retelling of a classic book.
Read a book about someone’s journey – inner or outer.
Read a book about your favorite hobby to become better at it.

Read the World: Month Six

Read two books written by authors born in North America. This counts as two books for the month.
Read a children’s book that you didn’t read as a child.
Read a book that was adapted to film. Watch the film, then compare and contrast it with the book.
Read a book from another industry.

Read the World: Month Seven

Read a book written by an author, born in South America.
Read a book specifically to solve a work problem that you are having.
Read a book that has less than 100 pages.
Read a book about how to learn.
Read a book about ideas.

Read the World: Month Eight

Read an autobiography/biography of a woman. If it’s a biography of a woman, it must be written by a woman.
Read a ChickLit, just for the heck of it.
Read a murder mystery written by a woman.
Read a classic written by a woman.
Read a book that deals with a serious topic that’s written by a woman.

Read the World: Month Nine

Read an autobiography/biography of a man. If it’s a biography of a man, it must be written by a man.
Read a murder mystery written by a man.
Read a classic written by a man.
Read a book that deals with a serious topic that’s written by a man.
Read a science fiction book written by a man

Read the World: Month Ten

Read a book written by an author, born in North America.
Read a book written by an author, born in the Caribbean.
Read a book written by an author, born in Canada.
Read a book that teaches you negotiation technique.
Read a book that teaches you how to be a better presenter.

Read the World: Month Eleven

Read a book written by an author, born in India.
Read a book written by an author, born in China.
Read a book about Japanese philosophy.
Read a science fiction novel.
Read a book about science.

Read the World: Month Twelve

Read a book written by an author from Europe.
Read a book written by an author from Africa.
Read a book about psychology.
Read a book about a religion.
Read a book about philosophy.