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.

January: Read a book about or set in winter

In the Midst of Winter : A Novel by Allende, Isabel
The Bear and the Nightingale : A Novel by Arden, Katherine
Beartown : A Novel by Backman, Fredrik
A Week In Winter by Binchy, Maeve
The Wood At Midwinter by Clarke, Susanna
The Hunting Party : A Novel by Foley, Lucy
Wintering by Geye, Peter
Girl In Snow : A Novel by Kukafka, Danya
The Frozen River : A Novel by Lawhon, Ariel
Never Lie by McFadden, Freida
The Starless Sea by Morgenstern, Erin
Boy, Snow, Bird : A Novel by Oyeyemi, Helen
Run by Patchett, Ann
Disappearing Earth : A Novel by Phillips, Julia
Winter Solstice by Pilcher, Rosamunde
The Golden Compass by Pullman, Philip
Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson
Winter by Smith, Ali
Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis, C. S
A Game of Thrones : the Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Abraham, Daniel
The Heart of Winter : A Novel by Evison, Jonathan
The Land In Winter : A Novel by Miller, Andrew
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead : A Novel by Tokarczuk, Olga
Snow Falling On Cedars by Guterson, David