SOMETHING BOOKISH READING CHALLENGE

2025 Challenge

Welcome to the 7th edition of the Something Bookish Reading Challenge!

If you’re new here, welcome to the club, I’m absolutely thrilled to have you on board for this epic literary escapade. If you’re a regular, you already know the drill: I’m your biggest fan, and I can’t wait to dive into a treasure trove of books, authors, and cultures together. Consider this your official hype-up moment.

The Something Bookish Reading Challenge is like a passport for your bookshelf; 24 exciting prompts designed to catapult you out of your reading comfort zone and whisk you around the globe, one page at a time.

The mission? To discover books you might never have picked up otherwise, broaden your horizons, and maybe even fall head over heels for some unexpected favourites.

Here’s the lowdown:
  • Check off as many prompts as you can from the list below.
  • Find one magical book that ticks multiple boxes? Count it for all—it’s your party!
  • There’s no leaderboard here, so forget the pressure and just enjoy the ride.
  • Feel free to interpret the prompts however your bookish heart desires.

The goal? To make this challenge as fun and uniquely you as possible. Let’s get reading! This year, I want to challenge you to dig into your TBR and choose books you already own.  To help cheer you on, I’ll be sharing recommendations on our Instagram. You can also stay close to the community page on Storygraph where fellow readers will be adding books to each prompt.

Be sure to share your progress by using the hashtag #somethingbookish24 or #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge or #SBReadingChallenge.

2025 something bookish reading challenge
  • A Book With An Adjective In The Title
  • A Book Set In Central Africa
  • A Romance With A Female Lead Over 35 Years Old
  • A Novel Set In/By A South American Author
  • Historical Fiction By A Non Caucasian Author
  • A Novel By A North African Author
  • A Book About Sisters/Sisterhood
  • Speculative Fiction By A Caribbean Author
  • A Novel Published Posthumously
  • A Book In Translation By A Non Caucasian Author
  • A Book Set In East Africa
  • A Novel That Is A Retelling Of A Classic, Fairytale, Myth, Or Folklore
  • A Book With “Girl” or “Woman” In The Title
  • A Graphic Novel By A Non Caucasian Author
  • A Book Of Interconnected Short Stories
  • A Novel By A West African Author
  • A Book By A Female Author Who Has Won A Major Literary Prize
  • A Book That Spotlights The Immigrant/Refugee Experience
  • A Book Set In Southern Africa
  • A Book With A Two-Word Title
  • An Epistolary Novel
  • A Book With White In The Cover Design
  • A Book Set In Scandinavia
  • A Classic Written By A Non-Caucasian Author

Copyright 2025 Something Bookish

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