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26 in '26 Reading Challenge Categories

Check out our 26 in ​’26 Read­ing Chal­lenge page for more infor­ma­tion about reg­is­tra­tion, instruc­tions, and prizes. Hap­py reading!

1. a book with a child pro­tag­o­nist
2. a book pub­lished in 2026 
3. a book about a con or a heist
4. a micro­his­to­ry
5. a book about lan­guage, let­ters, or words
6. a genre you don’t nor­mal­ly read
7. a book with your favorite col­or on the cov­er
8. one of the 100 most read books from the 100 Years 100 Books Chal­lenge
9. a book with an adjec­tive in the title
10. a book you can fin­ish in a day
11. a book set in a rur­al area
12. a book set in an urban area
13. a book with a cov­er you don’t like
14. a book rec­om­mend­ed in DCPL Staff Picks
15. a book about trans­porta­tion
16. a South­ern Goth­ic
17. a Calde­cott Award win­ner
18. a book about immi­gra­tion or refugees

19. a book set some­where you’d love to vis­it
20. a book by an author who goes by ini­tials 
21. a book about a cul­ture or reli­gion dif­fer­ent from your own
22. a book with a bird on the cov­er
23. a book about a game
24. a title with a dou­ble mean­ing
25. a book about a per­son expe­ri­enc­ing a notable change
26. a tech­nothriller
27. a large book
28. a small book
29. a book that takes place with­in 24 hours
30. a book about an LGBTQ+ char­ac­ter that isn’t about com­ing out
31. a book about a writer
32. a book told from a non­hu­man per­spec­tive
33. a book about an obses­sion
34. a sto­ry with­in a story

35. a trans­lat­ed book
36. an Afro­fu­tur­is­tic title
37. a book about a par­ent
38. a book with food in the title
39. a book with a main char­ac­ter who has an invis­i­ble dis­abil­i­ty
40. a book about roy­al­ty
41. a graph­ic nov­el
42. a book that inspired a movie or tv show you loved
43. a Black author fea­tured in the Jubilee Read­er
44. a book based on mythol­o­gy or folk­lore
45. a book that takes place on/​in water
46. a book about a mon­ster
47. a book about arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence 
48. a mys­tery that does­n’t involve a mur­der
49. a sci-fi book set in the recent past
50. a book rec­om­mend­ed by a celebri­ty book club
51. a book set in a work­place
52. a book you just real­ly want to read