Reading Challenge 2021

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1. A book that's published in 2021
Bethany Clift: Last One at the Party

2. An Afrofuturist book
Nnedi Okorafor: Binti

3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
Agathe Christie: The Murder on the Links

4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
Henrik Ibsen: Nora

5. A dark academia book
Joachim Zelter: Schule der Arbeitslosen

6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
Michael Campling: A Study in Stone

7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
Plum Sykes: The Debutante Divorcee

8. A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction
Naomi Alderman: The Power

9. A book with a family tree
Marian Keyes: Grown Ups

10. A bestseller from the 1990s
Kazuo Ishiguro: Was vom Tage übrig blieb

11. A book about forgetting
Margarita Montimore: Oona out of Order

12. A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
Michael Kibler: Fremder Tod

13. A locked-room mystery
Lucy Foley: The Hunting Party

14. A book set in a restaurant
Charity Norman: The Secrets of Strangers

15. A book with a black-and-white cover
George Orwell: Coming up for Air

16. A book by an Indigenous author
Ella Cara Deloria: Speaking of Indians

17. A book that has the same title as a song
Claire North: Sweet Harmony

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
Robert Wringham: The Good Life for Wage Slaves

19. A book that discusses body positivity
Kate Stayman-London: One to Watch

20. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half

21. A genre hybrid
John Williams: Stoner

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
Ellis Peters: Bruder Cadfael und der Hochzeitsmord

23. A book with something broken on the cover
Marian Keyes: The Break

24. A book by a Muslim American author
Soniah Kamal: Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan

25. A book that was published anonymously
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility

26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
Günther Anton Krabbenhöft: Sei einfach du! Zum Jungsein bist du nie zu alt

27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
Josie Silver: One Day in December

28. A magical realism book
Seanan MacGuire: Every Heart a Doorway

29. A book set in multiple countries
Michael Poore: Reincarnation Blues

30. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021
Thomas Herzberg: Ausgerechnet Sylt

31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
Nick Spalding: Dry Hard

32. A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z"
Frauke Bestemann: Zweihalbe Leben

33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
Alexander McCall Smith: A Promise of Ankles

34. A book about a social justice issue
Olivia Monti: Sterbewohl

35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
Ralf König: Lucky Luke, Zarter Schmelz

36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Ken Grimwood: Replay

37. A book you think your best friend would like
Karsten Duse: Achtsam morden

38. A book about art or an artist
Ngaio Marsh: Artists in Crime

39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
Jonas Jonasson: Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand

40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Ngaio Marsh: Clutch of Constables

The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Lucinda Riley: Der Lavendelgarten

The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Nika Lubitsch: Der 7. Tag

The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
Nele Neuhaus: Muttertag

The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
Jodi Taylor: The Long and the Short of it

The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
Edmund Crispin: Holy Disorders

A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't
Emily St. John Mandel: Das Licht der letzten Tage

A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
Marian Keyes: The Brightest Star in the Sky

A book from your TBR list chosen at random
Matt Haig: The Midnight Library

A DNF book from your TBR list
Ngaio Marsh: Scales of Justice

A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
Emilia Bernhard: Tote trinken keinen Rosé