Eight Fun Reading Challenges to Try in 2023
Make it the year you read more than you scroll Facebook
Most readers don’t need a specific prompt to motivate them to read, but even the most voracious readers enjoy the occasional reading challenge to spice things up (it also triggers our competitive side, which is great when not taken to extremes). There are a number of long-running challenges out there, most notably the Rory Gilmore Reading List (from Gilmore Girls) and the Lisa Simpson Reading List (from The Simpsons), and with the new year upon us I thought I would once again share a few reading challenges that you might enjoy.
All of the challenges here are easily adaptable to your own reading goals or preferences, so feel free to take what you like and ignore the rest. There’s no prize for finishing any of them either, unless you value knowledge, wisdom, joy, and guaranteed entrance into the gates of heaven; as Borges said, it will be a kind of library.
1. The Around the World in 80 Books Challenge. I dedicated an entire article to this challenge back in 2021, so I won’t go over all the details again here. I do want to mention it though, as it remains one of my favorite reading challenges ever. To briefly recap, you simply compile your own list of 80 books from 80 different countries and start reading. A Google search of…
