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Reading Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| ORANGE, BROWN, OR RED ON THE COVER | Read a book with any or all of these colors on the cover |
| TOWARD A YEARLY GOAL | Read a book that goes toward a goal that you've been working on. Whether a specific goal or just a number goal for the year. Feel free double this up with your Buzzword book(s)! |
| POLL PICK: FIRST SENTENCES | Choose 2-3 books and do a poll with the first sentence of those books. Don't reveal the books until after! This can be done on Discord, Instagram, other social media, or just in a group chat with friends! |
| BUZZWORD BOOK | This month's prompts are "Never" in the title and food or drink on the cover. The book for this prompt doesn't have to fit both prompts. You can choose one or the other. If you do Buzzword normally, feel free to use the other book for the Yearly Goal prompt. |
| FINISH A SERIES | Try to make this a final book in a series that is completely done, but if you need to use the most recent book published, you can. |
| SHORT BOOK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL | Whatever YOU count as a "short" book. If you want a specific page, anything under 300 pages, but if you normally read 600 pages then maybe 400 is short for you. Or you can read any graphic novel. |
| FREE SPACE - 100 PAGES | This does NOT mean to read a 100 page book. This means to read 100 pages, in general. You can set the goal to read 100 pages a day or you could just read 100 pages and count it as done. |
| BOOK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH | As long as the book focuses on mental health at all, it counts. It doesn't really need to be the MAIN focus of the book, but as long as it is a focus at some point. |
| BOOK WITH COZY VIBES | Can be a book set in a cozy setting, a cozy fantasy/mystery, a genre you find "cozy," set in a "cozy" season, or a cozy looking cover. Anything that would be "cozy" to you. |
| BEEN ON YOUR TBR FOR FOREVER | This is up to interpretation really. "Forever" could be years or could be months. It really depends on your reading habits. |
| AUTUMN HOPEFULS BOOK | If you participated in last round of Readathin, you likely made a list of hopefuls for the Autumn months. Read a book from that list. If you don't have a seasonal hopefuls list, then read a book with Autumnal vibes or set in Autumn. |
| BY AN INDIGENOUS AUTHOR | Pretty self explanatory, but read a book that is written by an author who is Indigenous. |
| SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS | Some examples for this would be reading a book with supernatural creatures like vampires or werewolves, reading a book with witches or ghosts, or whatever other supernatural elements you can think of. |
Activity Challenges
| Prompt | Explanation |
|---|---|
| MOVIE/DATE NIGHT | Take yourself, a friend, family member, or partner out on a date or to the movies. Or you can cozy on up and watch a movie at home! |
| COZY READING NIGHT | Snuggle up with a nice warm blanket and a hot beverage and read some good books. Though, if you cannot do this during the actual "night" feel free to do it whenever you can. No pressure to specifically do it during the night. It just sounds better for the prompt... |
| START PLANNING 2026 | This can be as simple as just making a journal spread, brainstorming some goals, or fully deciding on some. You don't have to "fully" plan the year. Just get started so you're not stressing about it all in December. |
| STORYGRAPH/GOODREADS CLEAN UP | Take a look at your Storygraph and/or Goodreads and clean it up a bit. Organize some books into tags or go through some of your want to read list. Get rid of some things you're not interested in anymore, add some series continuations that you may have forgotten to mark as "want to read," or clean up your challenges. Just get ready for 2026 with a nice cleaned up tracker. |
| LISTEN TO MUSIC | Take some time to not read and just listen to some music. You can do a dance party, use some lo-fi music to focus on some tasks, or just play some music during the day while you're going about your normal tasks. Just listen to some good music! |
| GRATITUDE LIST FOR 2025 | Take some time to reflect on 2025. Look back and remember all the good things that happened to you this year. Yes, this year was a tough one, but some good things happened. Remember those things over the bad. You don't need to share these with anyone, but feel free to if you want! |
| HOBBY TIME OR JOURNAL | Take some time to work on your favorite hobby or start a new one! Work on some journaling to let out some steam or prep for next year! |
| DECLUTTER SOMETHING | A fan favorite with this one. Can be something really small like decluttering your mind by brainstorming everything that's up there or something bigger like decluttering a space in your house. Even getting rid of one thing that isn't serving you anymore counts! |
| SELF CARE DAY | Take some time to rest and relax (or whatever you count as self care). |
| HAVE AN AUTUMNAL SNACK | Yes, drinks count for this as well! You don't need to make it yourself, but just have a snack or drink that screams "Autumn" to you! |
| WINTER HOPEFULS LIST | You know the drill! Make a list of some books you want to read this winter. I know winter is a tough one with time so feel free to have this list "start" in either December or January. If you want to start when the official season starts, go for it! If you're in the Southern Hemisphere, feel free to make this a Summer Hopefuls list! There is a template that's Winter themed in the Graphics section of this website. |
| DO SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF | This can be anything, really. If you're a crocheter or knitter, weave in those ends. If you've been putting off cleaning something, get it done. Have to make a phone call or send an email or schedule an appointment? GET. IT. DONE. |
2026 Reading Challenges (so far)
This will be updated as more are shared. You can find more in the Next Chapter... Discord as well!
| Challenge Name | Brief Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Some Storygraph Challenges | This is just a search for "2026" on Storygraph's challenge page. | Link |
| Horror Bingo Challenge | This is technically one that started in October of 2025, but it goes for a year so a majority is in 2026. It's a bingo board where you read horror to fill the prompts. | Announcement Video |