2018 PopSugar Reading Challenge: My Reading List

Now I know that I said (or will say as the case may be in an upcoming Top Ten Tuesday post on bookish resolutions) I would try not to stress about reading challenges this year. However, that came from a place where I was signing up for multiple challenges in a year and taking on way more books at one time than I had the ability to read.

The 2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge, however, takes places over the course of the calendar year which sounds much more manageable. There are a variety of books, hopefully preventing me from burning out on one type of books. There’s also an advanced section of challenges for if (when!) I finish the first 40.

This is a list of the books I’m currently planning on reading for the challenges. If you think there might be a better choice, please let me know in the comment section. 🙂

 

2018 Reading Challenges: 1-40

 

 

A book made into a movie you’ve already seen: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

True crime: Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale

The next book in a series you started: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff – READ

Nordic noir: The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

A book involving a heist: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

 

 

A novel based on a real person: The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

A book set in a country that fascinates you: Fear the Drowning Deep by Sarah Glenn Marsh

A book with a time of day in the title: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

A book about a villain or antihero: Vicious by V.E. Schwab

A book about death or grief: Goodbye Days by Jeffrey Zentner

 

 

 

A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith

A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee  – READ

A book that is also a stage play or musical: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann – READ

A book about feminism: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 

 

 

A book about mental health: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift: The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

A book by two authors: Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

A book about or involving a sport: Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Wisp (aka J.K. Rowling)

A book by a local author: The Witch Doesn’t Burn In This One by Amanda Lovelace – READ

 

 

A book with your favorite color in the title: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
A book with alliteration in the title: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

A book about time travel: The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
A book with a weather element in the title: Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh

A book set at sea: To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo – READ

 

 

A book with an animal in the title: Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki by Mamoru Hosoda (author), Yuu (visual art)
A book set on a different planet: Saga #8 by Brian K. Vaughn (author), Fiona Staples (illustrator) – READ
A book with song lyrics in the title: The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
A book about or set on Halloween: Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
A book with characters who are twins: The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

 

A book mentioned in another book: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

A book from a celebrity book club: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

A childhood classic you’ve never read: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A book that’s published in 2018 – The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang – READ

A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman

 

 

A book set in the decade you were born: Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

A book with an ugly cover: Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

A book that involves a bookstore or library – The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Glaser – READ

Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: (a book based on a fairy tale): Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter

 

2018 Advanced Reading Challenges

 

 

A bestseller from the year you graduated high school: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (#65 on Amazon’s Best Sellers of 2004 List)
A cyber punk book: Warcross by Marie Lu – READ
A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein (courtesy of Hot Dudes Reading)
A book tied to your ancestry: Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Swedish author/setting)
A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

 

An allegory: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: Demonic Dolls: True Tales of Terrible Toys by John Harker
A micro history: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
A book about a problem facing society today: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (recommended by Brandyn)

 

 

 

 

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