Thank you for your input for this year’s Reading Challenge! Here it is!

I included a print button below if you want to print it out and fill it in by hand, or like me, just copy and paste it into a document on your computer’s desktop and watch it fill in as the year progresses.

There are some new categories here, and we kept others we’ve all liked in the past. Blog reader responses suggested this as a good balance of genres and subject matter, with enough individual flexibility.

I’m looking forward to it and I lope you join us!

The photo above is my to-be-read pile in my office, generated when I did a pervasive book purge last summer, and got rid of most of what I’ve already read. Does yours look more like the photo below, or is it all virtual on an e-reader these days? Don’t forget that audio books count too, of which I am a particular fan.

Reading Challenge for 2023

Top three favorite fiction reads (also listed in category):

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Top three favorite non-fiction reads (also listed in category):

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Fiction longer than 500 pages:

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2)

Substancial fiction (general):

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Classic Fiction you’ve never read before:

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New fiction (since 2020):

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Older Fiction (pre 2000):

1)

2)

Historical fiction:

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2)

Fiction dealing with social issues:

1)

2)

Fiction featuring a race or culture different than yours:

1)

2)

Coming of age fiction:

1)

Breezy Fiction:

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Mysteries:

1)

2)

Fantasy:

1)

2)

Series

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2)

3)

YA Book:

1)

Memoir:

1)

2)

Art Books:

1)

2)

Book featuring food (but not a cookbook):

1)

Poetry:

1)

Illustrated non-fiction:

1)

2)

Historical non-fiction:

1)

2)

Personal interest non-fiction:

1)

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Life Lessons:

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Philosophy or Spirituality:

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