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100 Years, 100 Books Reading Challenge Categories

Check out our 100 Years, 100 Books Read­ing Chal­lenge page for more infor­ma­tion about reg­is­tra­tion, instruc­tions, and prizes. Hap­py reading!

  1. reread your favorite book of all time 
  2. a celebri­ty mem­oir
  3. a book under 100 pages in length
  4. a book over 500 pages in length
  5. a true crime book
  6. an lgbtq+ romance nov­el
  7. a book with a one word title
  8. a book con­tain­ing time trav­el
  9. a book by a Latin Amer­i­can author
  10. a comedic mem­oir
  11. a book with a num­ber in the title
  12. a book with a teenage main char­ac­ter
  13. a book from the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Cen­tu­ry List
  14. a Black author fea­tured in the Jubilee Read­er
  15. a book about self-improve­ment
  16. a cozy book
  17. a book with an ani­mal on the cover
  18. a book pub­lished under a pseu­do­nym
  19. a nov­el told through let­ters or oth­er doc­u­ments
  20. a book with a title that con­tains a character’s name
  21. a book about a woman in STEM
  22. a book with the name of a plant in the title
  23. a non­fic­tion book
  24. a book based on a fairy tale
  25. a Nation­al Book Award win­ner
  26. a book with a neu­ro­di­ver­gent main char­ac­ter
  27. a book with one of the four sea­sons in the title
  28. a book with mag­i­cal crea­tures
  29. a book con­tain­ing a map
  30. a roman­ta­sy
  31. a book with an unre­li­able nar­ra­tor
  32. a book you’ve pre­vi­ous­ly tried to read, but didn’t finish 
  33. a book about sports
  1. a book rec­om­mend­ed by a friend or fam­i­ly member
  2. a book cho­sen sole­ly by its cover 
  3. a book with a col­or in the title
  4. a book set out­side of North Amer­i­ca
  5. an author’s debut nov­el
  6. a book about books
  7. a book rec­om­mend­ed by a librar­i­an
  8. a book relat­ed to the word ​“grow”
  9. a graph­ic nov­el
  10. a book set in at least two time peri­ods
  11. a book you loved as a child 
  12. a poet­ry com­pi­la­tion
  13. a book that takes place in a library or book­store
  14. a book that is part of a series 
  15. a book about a road trip
  16. a book by an Indige­nous author
  17. a hor­ror, sci-fi, or fan­ta­sy book by a Black author
  18. a his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book
  19. a book with a day of the week or month in the title
  20. a book with a pro­logue and/​or an epi­logue
  21. a book about a spy
  22. a book you haven’t read since high school 
  23. a book about fam­i­ly
  24. a book pub­lished by a DeKalb Coun­ty author
  25. a book with a great first sentence
  26. a book set some­where very cold
  27. a book set some­where very hot
  28. a locked room mys­tery
  29. a book by or about a per­son with a dis­abil­i­ty
  30. a book you’ve want­ed to read for a long time, but nev­er have 
  31. a book by an Asian author
  32. a book fea­tured on a Books All Geor­gians Should Read list 
  33. a book about food
  1. a book writ­ten by mul­ti­ple authors
  2. a book that was turned into a film
  3. a book you’ve nev­er read by an author you love 
  4. a book with a senior main char­ac­ter
  5. a book with a title start­ing with the let­ter ​“D”
  6. a book pub­lished the year you were born 
  7. a book from a library or book­store display 
  8. a book about art or an artist
  9. a short sto­ry com­pi­la­tion
  10. a mys­tery fea­tur­ing a woman detec­tive
  11. a book by an author who has writ­ten over 25 books
  12. a book about or set in space
  13. a book with a main char­ac­ter who works in your dream occupation 
  14. a dark acad­e­mia book
  15. a nov­el based on a real per­son or event
  16. a book with a sub­ti­tle
  17. a book with a real or imag­ined ghost
  18. a book with an allit­er­a­tive title
  19. a trans­lat­ed book
  20. a book about music
  21. a cli­mate fic­tion book
  22. a book relat­ed to fash­ion
  23. a book pub­lished over 100 years ago
  24. a book pub­lished in the 1920s
  25. a book pub­lished in the 1930s
  26. a book pub­lished in the 1940s
  27. a book pub­lished in the 1950s
  28. a book pub­lished in the 1960s
  29. a book pub­lished in the 1970s
  30. a book pub­lished in the 1980s
  31. a book pub­lished in the 1990s
  32. a book pub­lished in the 2000s
  33. a book pub­lished in the 2010s
  34. a book pub­lished in the 2020s