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.
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.
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