2024 Popsugar Reading Challenge TBR

I wanted to add a little more structure to my reading this year and I always loved the different challenges to push me out of my comfort zone. So I’m doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge and the 52 Book Club Challenge, which will have its own TBR. Am I being a little overambitious? Probably. But you’ve got to love a trier.

1. A book with the word “leap” in the title – Once Upon a Leap Year by Anna Bell
2. A bildungsroman – The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alex E. Harrow
3. A book about a 24-year-old – Night Film by Marisha Pessl
4. A book about a writer – Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
5. A book about K-pop – XOXO by Axis Oh

6. A book about pirates – The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
7. A book about women’s sports and/or by a woman athlete – Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author – From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
9. A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author – Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
10. A book by a self-published author – Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

11. A book from a genre you typically avoid – Book still to be decided
12. A book from an animal’s POV – Silverwing by Kenneth Appel
13. A book originally published under a pen name – The It Girl by Ruth Ware
14. A book recommended by a bookseller – The Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
15. A book recommended by a librarian – A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

16. A book set 24 years before you were born – Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list – The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
18. A book set in space – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
19. A book set in the future – Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
20. A book set in the snow – No Exit by Taylor Adams

21. A book that came out in a year that ends with “24” – Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White by Amelie Wen Zhao
22. A book that centers on video games – Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Kevin
23. A book that features dragons – Dragonfall by L.R. Lam
24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours – Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
25. A book that was published 24 years ago – The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

26. A book that was turned into a musical – Matilda by Roald Dahl
27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter – If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
28. A book with a main character who’s 42 years old – Book needed
29. A book with a neurodivergent main character – The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
30. A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary – Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence – The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot – Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
33. A book with an unreliable narrator – The Secret History by Donna Tart
34. A book with at least three POVs – The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynn
35. A book with magical realism – Babel by R.F. Kuang

36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person – A Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
37. A book written during NaNoWriMo – Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
38. A cozy fantasy book – Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Kline
39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author – Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
40. A horror book by a BIPOC author – You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

41. A memoir that explores queerness – Pageboy by Elliot Page
42. A nonfiction book about Indigenous people – Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
43. A second-chance romance – Happy Place by Emily Henry
44. An autobiography by a woman in rock ‘n’ roll – Rememberings by Sinead O’Connor
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel – Wolfing by T.J. Klune

Advanced Prompts

1. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours – The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
2. A book with 24 letters in the title – The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
3. A collection of at least 24 poems – Book needed
4. The 24th book of an author – The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
5. A book that starts with the letter “X” – XOXO by Christina Lee

If you have any ideas for the challenges I’m missing books for I would be thrilled for any recommendations! Let me know if you’re taking part in any challenges for 2024!