Challenge: reading as a lifestyle. (Source) The original had an additional challenge, “a book won in a BookishFirst raffle”, but I’m not going to jump through their marketing hoops in hopes of winning a book so I can complete a challenge.
- A book whose title uses alliteration – Bewitched Bothered and Biscotti
- A book written by a trans author – Peter Darling
- A book you regret not reading last year – The Underground Railroad
- A book with the moon or stars on the cover – From a Certain Point of View
- The first book in a series – Strange Practice
- A novel told in verse – Brown Girl Dreaming
- A book published the year you were born – Tales of the City
- A book featuring a character with a disability – The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
- A book you picked up based on the title – Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)
- A book recommended by a librarian – When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
- A book told through letters – The War Bride’s Scrapbook
- A book from an independent publisher – Pan American Exposition 1901 (Revisited): Redwork Embroidery Patterns
- A book with an LGBTQ romance – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
- A book with a five-word title – Scary Godmother Comic Book Stories
- A book that has been translated – The Vegetarian
- An #ownvoices book – Amuse Bouche
- A book whose cover features nature – A Knight in Shining Armor
- A book written by an immigrant – A Long Way Home
- A book you’ve lied about reading – Animal Farm (I don’t know that I’ve lied about reading anything other than software TOS, but I hated reading this in school and probably skimmed it a fair bit instead of reading it properly)
- A book that has fewer than 200 pages – Fortunately, the Milk
- A book whose title begins with K, Q, J, X, or Z – Just One Damned Thing After Another
- A book given to you by a friend – Beatrix Potter’s Giant Treasury, gifted to me by Marc B., 4/14/1984
- A book you bought/borrowed for the cover – Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for their Freedom
- A book written by an author who wrote one of your favorite 2017 books – Black Panther: Long Live the King
- A graphic memoir – Beirut Won’t Cry
- A book that addresses mental illness – Wishful Drinking
- An audiobook – Scrappy Little Nobody
- A book with a one-word title – Macbeth
- A book by an author from your state – Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World
- A book whose cover is your favorite color (orange) – Of Bees and Mist
- A collection of short stories from a genre you are unfamiliar with – Bad Behavior
- An author’s debut book – Rules of Civility
- A book with a pun in the title – A Scot in the Dark
- A book with a biracial main character – Six-Gun Snow White
- A book by an author who uses a pen name – Into the Drowning Deep
- A book with an LGBTQ character on the cover – The Prince and the Dressmaker
- A book inspired by Asian mythology or folklore – The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (Southeast Asian, Ganesh)
- A book with a number in the title – Six of Crows
- A book by a South American author – Fever Dream
- A book whose cover uses three or fewer colors – We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
- A book that explores the concept of beauty – The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
- A book about intersectional feminism – This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America
- A book that has more than 500 pages – The Republic of Thieves
- A book with an animal on the cover – What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
- A book with a character’s name in the title – Whitney My Love
- A book set in a country you’ve never been to – The Mummy Case
- A novel inspired by true events – My Lady Jane
- A book written by a Native American author – Heart Berries: A Memoir
- A book with a character of color on the cover – Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
- A book that has been banned in your state – The Supernaturalist, temporarily banned in Lackawanna, NY per the ALA Banned Books map
- A book whose title includes an ampersand – Alex & Eliza