Telling Tales | POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2021

So, last year I managed a total of 23 out of 40 for the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2020, which was only slightly higher than the previous year. However, this year I’m going to aspire to go a little higher, taking part in the Advanced section in the challenge too. Fingers crossed I smash it! Anyways, here’s the prompts and some ideas for each of the 40 main prompts!

A book that’s published in 2021

• Lore by Alexandra Braken
• Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

An Afrofuturist book

• Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman

A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover

• Heartstopper, Volume One by Alice Oseman
• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign (Cancer)

• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

A dark academia book

• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
• Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

A book where the main character works at your current or dream job (Writer)

• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

A book that has won the Women’s Prize For Fiction

• The Power by Naomi Alderman

A book with a family tree

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

A bestseller from the 1990s

• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire

A book about forgetting

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
• The Binding by Bridget Collins

A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)

• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

A locked-room mystery

• All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

A book set in a restaurant

• Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

A book with a black-and-white cover

• Miss Peregrine’s Home For Perculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A book by an Indigenous author

• The Thing’s She’s Seen by Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

A book that has the same title as a song

• Vicious by V.E. Schwab
• Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

A book about a subject you are passionate about (Wicca)

• Wicca by Harmony Nice
• Witch, Please by Victoria Maxwell

A book that discusses body positivity

• Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

A genre hybrid

• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
• Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

A book set mostly or entirely outdoors

• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

A book with something broken on the cover

• The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White
• The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

A book by a Muslim British author

• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
• Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

A book that was published anonymously

• The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

A book with an oxymoron in the title

• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
• Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

A book about do-overs or fresh starts

• Landline by Rainbow Rowell

A magical realism book

• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

A book set in multiple countries

• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 (Edinburgh)

• The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel

A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality

• You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell
• The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie

A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”

• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)

• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
• American Panda by Gloria Chao

A book about a social justice issue

• Women Don’t Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
• Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) (Audiobooks)

• Ghosting You by Alexander C. Eberhart
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads

• Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

A book you think your best friend would like

• The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

A book about art or an artist

• I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
• Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

A book everyone seems to have read but you

• Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
• The Wicked King by Holly Black
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (A Book From Your Childhood)

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
• Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan

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