2025 Reading Challenge

Massachusetts Center for the Book has a fun, unique reading challenge to take on in 2025!

Here is how the challenge works:

  • Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge, see below for this month’s suggestions.
  • After you read, fill out this form to tell us about the book.
  • That’s it!
    • If you read at least one book, you will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
    • If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books and Massachusetts goodies.

February: Read a book with the name of a city in the title!

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Condé, Maryse
The Boston Girl : A Novel by Diamant, Anita
The Lioness of Boston : A Novel by Franklin, Emily
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Galloway, Steven
The Paris Daughter by Harmel, Kristin
Hidden Salem by Hooper, Kay
The Falcon of Sparta : A Novel by Iggulden, Conn
The Witches of El Paso by Jaramillo, Luis
The Lion Women of Tehran by Kamali, Marjan
The Berlin Exchange : A Novel by Kanon, Joseph
Beijing Coma by Ma, Jian
The Man From Beijing by Mankell, Henning
The Last Bookshop In London : A Novel of World War II by Martin, Madeline
Sandwich : A Novel by Newman, Catherine
Children of Chicago by Pelayo, Cynthia
The London Seance Society by Penner, Sarah
The Paris Novel by Reichl, Ruth
Brooklyn : A Novel by Toibin, Colm
A Gentleman In Moscow by Towles, Amor
Tokyo Ueno Station by yū, Miri
The Paris Seamstress by Lester, Natasha
The Paris Dressmaker by Cambron, Kristy
A Winter In New York : A Novel by Silver, Josie
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Smith, Betty
Harlem Shuffle : A Novel by Whitehead, Colson