Who’s in for the 2022 PopSugar Reading Challenge?
Here is my list for the PopSugar 2020 Reading Challenge. Books in bold are books that I’ve read.
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Regular prompts
1. A book published in 2022
Recommendations:
– The School for Good Mothers (dystopia, literary) Amazon | Bookshop
– Edgewood (YA fantasy) Amazon | Bookshop
– The Golden Couple (thriller) Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– Weather Girl Amazon | Bookshop
– Book Lovers Amazon | Bookshop
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
– Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships Amazon | Bookshop
– The Other Miss. Bridgerton Amazon | Bookshop
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
Recommendations:
– The Priory of the Orange Tree Amazon | Bookshop
– Black Sun Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– Fevered Star (Feb 2022) Amazon | Bookshop
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or “tiger” in the title
Possibilities:
– Tigers, Not Daughters Amazon | Bookshop
– When You Trap a Tiger Amazon | Bookshop
– The Night Tiger Amazon | Bookshop
5. A sapphic book
Recommend:
– Malice Amazon | Bookshop
– An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– Misrule Amazon | Bookshop
– This Poisoned Heart Amazon | Bookshop
– The Perks of Loving a Wallflower Amazon | Bookshop
6. A book by a Latinx author
Recommend:
– Cemetery Boys Amazon | Bookshop
– Infinite Country Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– Gods of Jade and Shadow Amazon | Bookshop
– The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina Amazon | Bookshop
– Lost in the Never Woods Amazon | Bookshop
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
Possibilities: (looking for some own voices)
– Six of Crows Amazon | Bookshop
9. A book about a “found family”
Possibilities:
– Crooked Kingdom Amazon | Bookshop
10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
Recommendations:
– Sing, Unburied, Sing Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– There, There Amazon | Bookshop
– A Brief History of Seven Killings Amazon | Bookshop
– Half of a Yellow Sun Amazon | Bookshop
11. A #BookTok recommendation
Chosen:
– The Love Hypothesis Amazon | Bookshop
Recommendations:
– A Court of Thorns and Roses Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– The Spanish Love Deception Amazon | Bookshop
12. A book about the afterlife
Recommendations:
– Under the Whispering Door Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– The Graveyard Book Amazon | Bookshop
13. A book set in the 1980s
Recommendations:
Possibilities:
– Malibu Rising Amazon | Bookshop
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
Recommendations:
Possibilities:
– In My Dreams I Hold A Knife Amazon | Bookshop
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
Recommendations:
Possibilities:
– Homicide and Halo-Halo Amazon | Bookshop
16. A book about witches
Chosen:
– Morrigan’s Cross Amazon | Bookshop
Recommendations:
The Once and Future Witches Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– Witches Steeped in Gold Amazon | Bookshop
– Magic Lessons Amazon | Bookshop
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
Recommendations:
– The Viscount Who Loved Me Amazon | Bookshop
Possibilities:
– The Storied Life of A. J. Fikrey Amazon | Bookshop
– Persuasion Amazon | Bookshop
– Fire & Blood Amazon | Bookshop
– Kindred Amazon | Bookshop
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author
Recommendations:
Possibilities:
– anything by Jasmine Guillory Amazon | Bookshop
– Get a Life, Chloe Brown Amazon | Bookshop
19. A book that takes place during your favorite season
Recommendations:
Possibilities:
Summer: Well Played Amazon | Bookshop
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
Recommendations:
Possibilities:
21. A book about a band or musical group
22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum
23. A book with a recipe in it
24. A book you can read in one sitting
25. A book about a secret
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood Amazon | Bookshop
26. A book with a misleading title
27. A Hugo Award winner
28. A book set during a holiday
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor Amazon | Bookshop
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
33. A social-horror book
34. A book set in Victorian times
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
36. A book you know nothing about
Jane and the Year Without Summer Amazon | Bookshop
37. A book about gender identity
38. A book featuring a party
39. An #ownvoices SFF book
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past PopSugar reading challenge
Advanced prompts
41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or “mirror” in the title
42. A book that features two languages
43. A book with a palindromic title
44. A duology (1)
45. A duology (2)
46. A book about someone leading a double life
47. A book featuring a parallel reality
48. A book with two POVs
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka “sister cities” (1)
50. Two books set in twin towns, aka “sister cities” (2)
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