2026 Reading Challenge

Massachusetts Center for the Book has a fun, unique reading challenge to take on in 2026!

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.
    • For February’s prompt, you can access the Genre Picker Wheel here!

February: Read a book outside your usual genres!

Between Two Kingdoms : A Memoir of A Life Interrupted by Jaouad, Suleika
Furiously Happy : A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Lawson, Jenny
Light From Uncommon Stars by Aoki, Ryka
When Women Were Dragons : A Novel by Barnhill, Kelly Regan
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Chambers, Becky
Plain Bad Heroines : A Novel by Danforth, Emily M
This Is How You Lose the Time War by El-Mohtar, Amal
Moonflower Murders by Horowitz, Anthony
Circe : A Novel by Miller, Madeline
The God of the Woods : A Novel by Moore, Liz
Black Sun by Roanhorse, Rebecca
The Island of Sea Women by See, Lisa
The Fraud : A Novel by Smith, Zadie
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Stevenson, Benjamin
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good : [stories] by Tursten, Helene
The Martian : A Novel by Weir, Andy
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow : A Novel by Zevin, Gabrielle
Big Ideas, Little Pictures : Explaining the World Once Sketch At A Time by Hey, Jono
Start Without Me : (I'll Be There In A Minute) by Janetti, Gary
Travels With George : In Search of Washington and His Legacy by Philbrick, Nathaniel
The Thursday Murder Club by Osman, Richard
The Institute : A Novel by King, Stephen
The Hacienda by Cañas, Isabel
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Hendrix, Grady
One Last Stop by McQuiston, Casey
Deacon King Kong : A Novel by McBride, James
The Paris Wife : A Novel by McLain, Paula
The Friend by Nunez, Sigrid
Poets Square : A Memoir In Thirty Cats by Gustafson, Courtney
Six of Crows by Bardugo, Leigh
Rules for Vanishing by Marshall, Kate Alice
Fangirl by Rowell, Rainbow