2026 Reading Challenge
Read one book in each of the 26 categories by December 31st, 2026, and win a prize!
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The Plot- Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Maidens- Alex Michaelides
Ninth House-Leigh Bardugo
The Cloisters-Katy Hays
Camino Island-John Grisham
The Wasp Trap-Mark Edwards
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City of Girls- Elizabeth Gilbert
Daisy Jones & the Six- Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara
Normal People- Sally Rooney
The Paper Palace-Miranda Cowley Heller
Writers and Lovers-Lily King
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Use the “Recently Returned” cart at the BRPL or pick a title that a friend recommended.
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The Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan
The Thursday Murder Club-Richard Osman
Supper Club- Lara Williams
The Camel Club- David Baldacci
The Lonely Hearts Book Club-Lucy Gilmore
The Confession Club-Elizabeth Berg
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Badlands- C.J. Box
The Revenant- Michael Punke
Where Coyotes Howl- Sandra Dallas
Prairie Nocturn- Ivan Doig
Finding Dorothy- ELizabeth Letts
One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow-Libbie Hawker
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The Quiet Librarian - Allen Eskens
Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng
The Last Chance Library - Freya Sampson
The Book of Form and Emptiness - Ruth Ozeki
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Kim Michele Richardson
The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles
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My Sister’s Keeper- Jodi Picoult
Tuesday’s With Morrie- Mitch Albom
Practical Magic- Alice Hoffman
Little Women- Louisa May Alcott
Things You Save in a Fire- Katherine Center
The Wedding People-Alison Espach
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For example, Oxygen, Gold, Iron, Helium, Air, Water, Earth, Fire.
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill- Abbi Waxman
Dial A for Aunties- Jesse Q. Sutanto
Unsheltered- Barbara Kingsolver
The Son- Philipp Meyer
Secrets of the Lighthouse- Santa Montefiore
The Dutch House-Ann Patchett
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Fourth Wing- Rebecca Yarros
The Round House- Louise Erdrich
Girl, Serpent, Thorn- Melissa Bashardoust
The Snow Child- Ewoyn Ivey
Circe-Madeline Miller
A Court of Thorns and Roses- Sarah J. Maas