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2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge

Here is my plan for the reading challenge. Can’t wait!

A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club Lovecraft Country Matt Ruff
A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it The Lucky Ones Mark Edwards
A book that has a book on the cover The Book of Lost Things John Connolly
A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name Little Voices Vanessa Lillie
A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics Leaving Atlanta Tayari Jones
Book published in the month you were born Joyland Stephen King
Book with a map The Regulators Stephen King
A book published in 2020 If It Bleeds Stephen King
A book my a trans or nonbinary author An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers Solomon
A book with a great first line Still Life with Woodpecker Tom Robbins
A book about a book club Mayhem at the Orient Express Kylie Logan
A bildungsroman Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed Doctor Sleep Stephen King
A book with an upside-down image on the cover Topics About Which I Know Nothing Patrick Ness
An anothology Spoon River Anthology Edgar Lee Masters
A book that passes the Bechdel test The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
A book by or about a woman in STEM Cress Marissa Meyer
A book that won an award in 2019 The Testaments Margaret Atwood
A book on a subject you know nothing about Concussion Jeanne Marie Laskas
A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics Doomsday Book Connie Willis
A book with a pun in the title Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn
A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins Misery Stephen King
A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character Winter Marissa Meyer
A book with a bird on the cover Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader A Warning Anonymous
A book with “gold,” “silver,” or “bronze” in the title The Devil in Silver Victor LaValle
A book by a WOC Children of Virtue and Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi
A book with at least a 4-star rating on Goodreads The Talisman Stephen King
A book you meant to read in 2019 Broken Harbour Tana French
A book about or involving social media If We Had Known Elise Juska
A medical thriller The Farm Joanne Ramos
A book with a made-up language The Country of the Ice Cream Star Sandra Newman
A book set in a country beginning with “C” Dreams of Joy Lisa See
A book you picked because the title caught your attention Gnomon Nick Harkaway
A book with a three-word title The Perfect Nanny Leila Slimani
A book with a pink cover Bunny Mona Awad
A western Inland Tea Obreht
A book about or by a journalist The Girl Who Lived Twice David Langercrantz
Read a banned book during Banned Books Week Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
Your favorite prompt from a past PopSugar challenge- book set in a hotel The Shining Stephen King
A book written by an author in their 20s Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
A book with more than 20 letters in its title The Deep Dark Descending Allen Eskens
A book with 20 in the title 20th Century Ghost Joe Hill
A book published in the 20th century Black House Stephen King
A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement Blindness Jose Saramago
A book from a series with more than 20 books The Black Echo Michael Connolly
A book set in Japan Shogun James Clavell
A book with a main character in their 20s The Mothers Brit Bennett
A book by an author who has written more than 20 books The Dark Half Stephen King
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2019 PopSugar Challenge complete

book becoming a movie in 2019 Woman in the Window

book that makes you nostalgic The Run of His Life 

book written by a musician The Dead Zone

book you think should be turned into a movie The Hero of Ages

book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads The Alchemist

a book with a plant in the title or on the cover Killers of the Flower Moon

reread of a favorite book The Goldfinch

book about a hobby A Voyage for Madmen

book you meant to read in 2018 Faithful Place

book with pop, sugar, or challenge in the title Challenger Deep

book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing 

a book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore Circe

book published posthumously I’ll Be Gone in the Dark

book you see someone reading on tv or in a movie A Tale of Two Cities

a retelling of a classic Scarlet

book with a question in the title Who Fears Death

book set on a college campus The Secret History 

book about someone with a superpower Firestarter

book told from multiple character POVs An American Marriage

book set in space Dark age

book by two female authors An Anonymous Girl 

book with a title that contains salty, sweet, bitter, or spicy After Dark, My Sweet

book set in Scandinavia The Bat

book that takes place in a single day 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn

debut novel Children of Blood and Bone

book published in 2019 Parkland

book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature Jurassic Park

book recommended by a celebrity you admire Disappearance at Devil’s Rock

book with love in the title All the Lovely Pieces

book featuring an amateur detective Body in the Library

book about a family The Book of M

book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America Six Four

book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title The Fourth Monkey 

book that includes a wedding Well of Ascension

book by an author first last names same letter Carry On

ghost story Heart-Shaped Box

book with a two-word title The Likeness

a novel based on a true story Invention of Wings

book revolving around a puzzle or game Wildcard

your favorite prompt from past challenge Birdman 

climate fiction book Gold Fame Citrus

choose your own adventure book

own voices book Shanghai Girls

read a book during the season it is set in Rage

LitRPG book Warcross

book with no chapters/usual chapters Survivor

two books that share the same title The Girls

book inspired a common phrase or idiom Fangirl

book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent Redwall

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2018 Popsugar Book Challenge Complete!

Here are the books I read along with a review, if I wrote one.

book made into a movie you’ve already seen: The Circle

true crime: If I Did It

next book in a series you started: The Silkworm

book involving a heist: The Art Forger

nordic noir: Girl in the Spider’s Web

novel based on a real person: Lincoln in the Bardo

book set in a country that fascinates you: Girl Who Takes and Eye for an Eye

book with a time of day in the title: Midnight Assassin

a book about a villain or antihero: Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson

a book about death or grief: The Wild Truth

a book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: Career of Evil

a book with a LGBTQ protagonist: I’ll Give You the Sun

a book that is also a stage play or a musical: A Raisin in the Sun

a book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: The Fifth Season

a book about feminism: The Power

a book about mental health: The Stranger Beside Me

a book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift: The Fifth Child

a book by two authors: The Calling

a book involving a sport: Dream Team

a book by a local author: Whizbang Machine

a book with your favorite color in the title: Red Moon

a book with alliteration in the title: The Haunting of Hill House

a book about time travel: Kindred

a book with a weather element in the title: Girl in Snow

a book set at sea: Woman in Cabin 10

a book with an animal in the title: Tell the Wolves I’m Home

a book set on a different planet: Dawn

a book with song lyrics in the title: The Hate U Give

a book about or set on Halloween: Legend of Sleepy Hollow

a book with characters who are twins: Before You Leap

a book mentioned in another book: Invisible Man

a book from a celebrity book club: Big Little Lies

a childhood classic you’ve never read: A Wrinkle in Time

a book that’s published in 2018: Iron Gold

a past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: The Fireman

a book set in the decade you were born: Everything I Never Told You

a book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to: The Stand

a book with an ugly cover: Pimp: The Story of My Life

a book that involves a bookstore or library: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

Your favorite prompt from previous challenge: Book you can read in a day: Elevation

bestseller from the year you graduated HS: Insomnia

a cyberpunk book: Homeland

a book that was being read by a stranger in a public place: A Tale for the Time Being

a book tied to your ancestry: The Remains of the Day

a book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: Limelight

an allegory: The Little Prince

a book by an author with the same first or last name as you: Menagerie

a microhistory: Seabiscuit

a book about a problem facing society today: Who We Be

a book recommended by someone else taking the challenge: Lamb