2) Read a fantasy novel with
- black and white cover (can have different shades of grey on it, but no color)
- red cover (mostly red)
- orange cover
- yellow cover
- green cover
- blue cover
- purple/lilac/violet cover
- brown cover
3) Read a book from each of these lists:
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy (and alike)
Fantasy Classics
The Best Epic Fantasy
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
Best Fantasy on Goodreads with less than 100 ratings
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 100 and 999 ratings
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 1000 and 9999 ratings
Popular Fantasy on Goodreads with between 10000 and 24999 ratings
4) Read a Fantasy novel written in
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
and two written before 1930s
Popular Pre-1900 Fantasy Novels
Popular 1900s, 10s and 20s Fantasy Novels
Popular 1930s and 40s Fantasy Novels
Popular 1950s Fantasy Novels
Popular 1960s Fantasy Novels
Popular 1970s Fantasy Novels
Popular 1980s Fantasy Novels
Popular 1990s Fantasy Novels
Popular 2000s Fantasy Novels
5) Pick an author who writes Fantasy. Read their favorite Fantasy book, a Fantasy book that has inspired them, a Fantasy book they recommend.
6) Read a Fantasy novel written by a female author
Read a Fantasy novel written by a male author
You can replace the gender you identify as with an author that identifies as neither.
7) Read a Fantasy novel with a female MC
Read a Fantasy novel with a male MC
You can replace the gender you identify as with a MC that identifies as neither.
8) Read a Fantasy novel with a female mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure
Read a Fantasy novel with a male mentor/tutor/guardian/parental figure
You can replace the gender you DON*T identify as with a figure that identifies as neither.
9) Read a Fantasy novel written by a person who has a different --- from you
- gender
- generation
- race/ethnicity
- nationality
- mothertongue
- sexual orientation
- religion (either personal, or if not religious or known, the majority religion of the society/background they come from)
Choose one, choose many, choose all, read one book by each category, combine them all, what ever rocks your boat
10) Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has a different --- from you
(mothertongue in this case means the language the character was written in, not their language.)
11) Read a Fantasy novel where the MC has at least one parent and grandparent alive, and they have a good relationship with them
12) Read a Fantasy novel with less than 250 pages
Read a Fantasy novel with 250-350 pages
Read a Fantasy novel with 300-500 pages
Read a Fantasy novel with 500+ pages
13) Read a Fantasy novel from 10 different subgenres.
Try to choose ones you don't usually read.
One of them has to be a fairy tale. Not a retelling. Read a fairy tale you haven't ever read or heard in any version before.
14) Read the three first books you haven't read from any list of "best Fantasy books"
For example:
Times The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
The 25 Best Fantasy Novels
31 of the best fantasy books everyone should read
Top 100 Fantasy Books
The 60 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Top 25 Best Fantasy Books
/r/fantasy best books
15) Read a Fantasy book that has received an award
16) Read a non-Fantasy book that's related to Fantasy, for example, a book about Fantasy literature or fairy tales, a biography of a Fantasy author, or about writing Fantasy
17) Read a Fantasy book with an amazing cover
Read a Fantasy book with a horrible cover
18) Read a Fantasy book with a one word title
19) Read a Fantasy book that was made into a movie or tv-series
20) Read the Fantasy book you are most ashamed/sorry/irritated of not having read :-D
21) Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the longest time
Read the Fantasy book that has been on your TBR the shortest time
22) Finish a Fantasy series
Start a Fantasy series
23) Read a self-published Fantasy novel
24) Reread a favorite
25) A literary Map Chain Challenge
Pick a number (how many books you are going to read, at least 5), and pick one of your favorite Fantasy authors and write his/her name on the Literature Map
(If you don't know where to start, start with Tolkien :-D)
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, check that they have written Fantasy, and read a Fantasy book by that author.
Then insert his/her name in the map and choose the next author.
Continue until you have read the number of books you chose in the beginning of the challenge.
Don't read the same author twice!
