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!

March: Read a book featuring an unlikely friendship!

James : A Novel by Everett, Percival
A Man Called Ove : A Novel by Backman, Fredrik
Razorblade Tears by Cosby, S. A
The Help by Stockett, Kathryn
Remarkably Bright Creatures : A Novel by Van Pelt, Shelby
Project Hail Mary : A Novel by Weir, Andy
Good Omens : the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Gaiman, Neil
Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love : A Novel by Cronin, Marianne
To Kill A Mockingbird by Lee, Harper
The Lady In the Van : and Other Stories by Bennett, Alan
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Arikawa, Hiro
The Story of Arthur Truluv : A Novel by Berg, Elizabeth
Libby Lost and Found : A Novel by Booth, Stephanie
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Chambers, Becky
Washington Black : A Novel by Edugyan, Esi
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Honeyman, Gail
The Friend by Nunez, Sigrid
The Lido by Page, Libby
Playground : A Novel by Powers, Richard
The Book Thief by Zusak, Markus