| Challenge Prompt | Choice 1 | Choice 2 | Choice 3 | Choice 4 |
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BR 1 | An epistolary novel or collection of letters | The Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O’Connor | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows | Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster | |
BR 2 | An alternate history novel | Age of Aztec by James Lovegrove | Clash of Eagles by Alan Smale | The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | |
BR 3 | A book by a woman and/or POC that won a literary award in 2018 | The Art of Death by Edwidge Danicat | Flights by Olga Tokarczuk | | |
BR 4 | A humor book | The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish | Forever, Erma by Erma Bombeck | | |
BR 5 | A book by a journalist or about journalism | Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young | | | |
BR 6 | A book by an POC set in or about space | Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly | Binti by Nnedi Okorafor | Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee | The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu |
BR 7 | An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America | Blood of the Dawn by Claudia Salazar Jiménez, trans. by Elizabeth Bryer | Leaving Tabasco by Carmen Boullosa | | |
BR 8 | An #ownvoices book set in Oceania | The Bone People by Keri Hulme | The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera | | |
BR 9 | A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads | The Diamond: A Novel by Julie Baumgold | | | |
BR 10 | A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman | The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson | | | |
BR 11 | A book of manga | A Bride’s Story by Kaoru Mori | The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki | | |
BR 12 | A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character | The 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith | The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker | | |
BR 13 | A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse | The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang | | | |
BR 14 | A cozy mystery | What Child is This?: An Ellie Kent Mystery by Alice K. Boatwright | Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett | | |
BR 15 | A book of mythology or folklore (PS 12, RW 13) | Circe by Madeline Miller | The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty | | |
BR 16 | An historical romance by an AOC | In The Midst of Winter by Isabella Allende | The Beautiful Ones by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia | | |
BR 17 | A business book | Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou | | | |
BR 18 | A novel by a trans or nonbinary author | The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang | | | |
BR 19 | A book of nonviolent true crime | Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury | Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich | The Library Book by Susan Orlen | |
BR 20 | A book written in prison | De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings by Oscar Wilde | Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. | | |
BR 21 | A comic by an LGBTQIA creator | Strong Female Protagonist by Molly Ostertag | Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Roxanne Gay | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel | |
BR 22 | A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009 | Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Vol 1 edited by Arigon Starr | | | |
BR 23 | A self-published book | The Martian by Andy Weir | | | |
BR 24 | A collection of poetry published since 2014 | Wade in the Water: Poems by Tracy K. Smith | | | |
PS 1 | A book becoming a movie in 2019 | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott | The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | | |
PS 2 | A book that makes you nostalgic | | | | |
PS 3 | A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) | Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide by Darryl McDaniels | Creative Quest by Ahmir Questlove Thompson | | |
PS 4 | A book you think should be turned into a movie | Granted by John David Anderson | | | |
PS 5 | A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads | 1984 by George Orwell | | | |
PS 6 | A book with a plant in the title or on the cover | The book of Memory by Petina Gappah | | | |
PS 7 | A reread of a favorite book | Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster | | | |
PS 8 | A book about a hobby | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson | | | |
PS 9 | A book you meant to read in 2018 | Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno | | | |
PS 10 | A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title | No More Heroes: Grassroots Challenges to the Savior Mentality by Jordan Flaherty | | | |
PS 11 | A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover | | | | |
PS 12 | A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore (BR 15, PS 15, RW 13) | Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Circe by Madeline Miller | | |
PS 13 | A book published posthumously | When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | | | |
PS 14 | A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie | Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | | | |
PS 15 | A retelling of a classic | Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler {retelling of The Taming of the Shrew} | Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal {retelling of Pride and Predjudice} | An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma {twist on the Odyssey} | |
PS 16 | A book with a question in the title | What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe | | | |
PS 17 | A book set on college or university campus | The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl | | | |
PS 18 | A book about someone with a superpower | Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee | | | |
PS 19 | A book told from multiple POVs | A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth | | | |
PS 20 | A book set in space (BR 6) | Binti by Nnedi Okorafor | | | |
PS 21 | A book by two female authors | When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele | | | |
PS 22 | A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title | Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller | | | |
PS 23 | A book set in Scandinavia | Britt-Marie was Here by Fredrik Backman | | | |
PS 24 | A book that takes place in a single day | Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds | | | |
PS 25 | A debut novel | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | | | |
PS 26 | A book that’s published in 2019 | Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark | The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Children by Anissa Gray | | |
PS 27 | A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature | Animals of a Bygone Era by Maja Säfström | | | |
PS 28 | A book recommended by a celebrity you admire | Becoming by Michelle Obama | | | |
PS 29 | A book with LOVE in the title | The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean | | | |
PS 30 | A book featuring an amateur detective (BR 14) | Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann | What Child is This? An Ellie Kent Mystery by Alice K. Boatwright | Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett | |
PS 31 | A book about a family | Please Look After my Mother by Kyung-Sook Shin, Chi-Young Kim (Translator) | | | |
PS 32 | A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America | Mrs. Funnybones by Twinkle Khanna | | | |
PS 33 | A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title | Aries by Rachel Medhurst | | | |
PS 34 | A book that includes a wedding | Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | | | |
PS 35 | A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter | The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota | | | |
PS 36 | A ghost story | Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | | | |
PS 37 | A book with a two-word title | Dread Nation by Justina Ireland | | | |
PS 38 | A novel based on a true story | Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig | | | |
PS 39 | A book revolving around a puzzle or game | The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers {chess in Uganda} | | | |
PS 40 | Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge | Circe by Madeline Miller | | | |
PS+ 1 | A “cli-fi” (climate fiction) book | Archipelago by Monique Roffey | American War by Omar El Akkad | | |
PS+ 2 | A “choose-your-own-adventure” book | Neil Patrick Harris: Choose your own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris | | | |
PS+ 3 | An “own voices” book (BR 7/8) | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo | | | |
PS+ 4 | Read a book during the season it is set in | The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey | | | |
PS+ 5 | A LitRPG book | Mass Effect: Initiation by N.K. Jemisin | | | |
PS+ 6 | A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters | The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin | | | |
PS+ 7 | Two books that share the same title | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens | Salt by Nayyirah Wheed | | |
PS+ 8 | Two books that share the same title | Great Expectations by Kathy Acker | Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky | | |
PS+ 9 | A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom | The Princess Bride by William Goldman | | | |
PS+ 10 | A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent | The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough | | | |
RW 1 | A mystery or thriller written by a woman of color | Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon | | | |
RW 2 | A book about a woman with a mental illness | Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher | | | |
RW 3 | A book by an author from Nigeria or New Zealand | The Bone People by Keri Hulme | | | |
RW 4 | A book about or set in Appalachia | What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte | White Trash: The 400-Year Untold Story of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg | | |
RW 5 | A children’s book (BR 22) | | | | |
RW 6 | A multigenerational family saga | Pachinko by Min Jin Lee | | | |
RW 7 | A book featuring a woman in science | Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt | In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall | | |
RW 8 | A play | A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry | | | |
RW 9 | A novella | Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold | | | |
RW 10 | A book about a woman athlete | Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Summit with Sally Jenkins | | | |
RW 11 | A book featuring a religion other than your own | The Viking’s Kurdish Love: A True Story of Zoroastrians’ Fight for Survival, Part I: 988-1003 by Widad Akreyi | | | |
RW 12 | A Lambda Literary Award winner | Hunger by Roxane Gay | | | |
RW 13 | A myth retelling (BR 15, PS 12, RW 13) | The Just City by Jo Walton | | | |
RW 14 | A translated book published before 1945 | The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon | | | |
RW 15 | A book written by a South Asian author | A Newlywed’s Adventures in Married Land by Shweta Ganesh Kumar | | | |
RW 16 | A book by an Indigenous woman | Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse | | | |
RW 17 | A book from the 2018 Reading Women Award shortlist | Educated by Tara Westover | | | |
RW 18 | A romance or love story (B16) | In The Midst of Winter by Isabella Allende | | | |
RW 19 | A book about nature | Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer | | | |
RW 20 | A historical fiction book | The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey | | | |
RW 21 | A book you bought or borrowed in 2019 | | | | |
RW 22 | A book you picked up because of the cover | | | | |
RW 23 | Any book from a series | Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie | | | |
RW 24 | A young adult book by a woman of color | Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi | | | |
RW+ 1 | BONUS: A book by Jesmyn Ward | Sing, Unburied, Sing OR Salvage the Bones | | | |
RW+ 2 | BONUS: A book by Jhumpa Lahiri | The Lowland | | | |
PingSis 1 | A Book With More Than 500 Pages | The Outsider by Stephen King | | | |
PingSis 2 | Book You Haven’t Read by Author You Love | The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick | | | |
PingSis 3 | Goodreads winner in 2018 | I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara, Gillian Flynn, Patton Oswalt | | | |
PingSis 4 | You Can Read in a Day | The Firm by John Grisham | | | |
PingSis 5 | Book About a Difficult Topic | The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander | | | |
PingSis 6 | Recommended by a Friend | The Ancient Magus’ Bride by Kore Yamazaki | | | |
PingSis 7 | Book That Will Make You Cry | | | | |
PingSis 8 | Book Published in 2009 | Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente | | | |
PingSis 9 | Book Becoming Movie in 2019 | The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | | | |
PingSis 10 | A Genre You Don’t Usually Read | Elevation by Stephen King | | | |
PingSis 11 | Children’s Classic | Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | | | |
PingSis 12 | Cover With Your Favorite Color | | | | |
PingSis 13 | Bought at a Thrift Store | Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings | | | |
PingSis 14 | Young Adult Fiction | Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi | | | |
PingSis 15 | First Book in a Trilogy | The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin | | | |
PingSis 16 | Second Book in a Trilogy | The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin | | | |
PingSis 17 | Third Book in a Trilogy | The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin | | | |
PingSis 18 | Dystopian Novel | The Stand by Stephen King | | | |
PingSis 19 | Award-Winning Book | Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie | | | |
PingSis 20 | A Book from the Rory Gilmore Challenge | Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | | | |
PingSis 21 | Published the Decade Before You Were Born | The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough | | | |
PingSis 22 | Historical Fiction From A Favorite Time Period | The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1) by Caleb Carr | | | |
PingSis 23 | Classic You’ve Never Read | The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | | | |
PingSis 24 | A Book That Will Keep You Up All Night | The Stand by Stephen King | | | |
PingSis 25 | 2018 Bestseller | Becoming by Michelle Obama | | | |
PingSis 26 | Nonfiction Book about Science | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson | | | |
PingSis 27 | Listen to an Audiobook | Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space by Margot Lee Shetterly | | | |
PingSis 28 | Set in Your Home State | The Firm by John Grisham | | | |
PingSis 29 | You Once Started But Never Finished | Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno | | | |
PingSis 30 | With a One Word Title | Hunger by Roxane Gay | | | |
PingSis 31 | A Fairy Tale Retelling | The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey | | | |
PingSis 32 | Celebrity Book Club Pick | The Library Book by Susan Orlean | | | |
PingSis 33 | A Book You Read in High School | The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway | | | |
PingSis 34 | Business or Personal Finance Book | Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou | | | |
PingSis 35 | Autobiography or Memoir | Becoming by Michelle Obama | | | |
PingSis 36 | Book Set in Another Country | The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon | | | |
PingSis 37 | Reread a Favorite Book | Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster | | | |
PingSis 38 | Book by a Local Author | Death in the Family by James Agee | | | |
PingSis 39 | Banned Book | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | | | |
PingSis 40 | Narrative Nonfiction | Educated by Tara Westover | | | |
PingSis 41 | On Your To-Read List the Longest | Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings | | | |
PingSis 42 | A Book About Travel | West With The Night by Beryl Markham | A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert by Gertrude Bell | | |
PingSis 43 | Popular Book You’ve Never Read | Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | | | |
PingSis 44 | True Crime | Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury | | | |
PingSis 45 | Nonfiction Bestseller | Educated by Tara Westover | | | |
PingSis 46 | Science Fiction Novel | Binti by Nnedi Okorafor | | | |
PingSis 47 | A Book You Own But Haven’t Read | Ready Player One by Ernest Cline | | | |
PingSis 48 | Recommended by a Local Librarian | | | | |
PingSis 49 | New Release | | | | |
PingSis 50 | The First Book in a Series | Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie | | | |
PingSis 51 | Prettiest cover | | | | |
PingSis 52 | An Inspirational Story | | | | |