Join the Year's Definitive Book Event: The 2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Starts Now!

The best time of year has arrived. And no, we're not talking about the holidays — the 2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge is here. For nearly a decade now, our annual Reading Challenge has delighted our community of readers across the globe with 50 book prompts, driving loyal fans and new readers alike to discover the magic of the written word.

This year, we have a fun theme you'll see pop up throughout our prompts — indeed, in keeping with embracing the magic of words, you'll find subtle references to dictionaries. Maybe you'll learn the proper definition of a literary genre, or look up a new word in the process. You'll also see several prompts related to '24, given this is our 2024 challenge.

Download our printable list of book prompts here, which allows you to easily check them off as you go. This year, we're also introducing an awesome new element: a tracker that allows you to paste your chosen book covers to each corresponding prompt.

And as you embark on reading, be sure to join the POPSUGAR Book Club on Facebook, a community of POPSUGAR editors and readers from around the world who delight in the challenge each year. You can discuss challenging prompts, swap picks, and more.

Without further ado, keep reading for the 2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge prompts and tracker, along with book suggestions courtesy of our editors.

2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Prompts

A book with the word "leap" in the titleA bildungsroman bookA book about a 24-year-oldA book about a writerA book about K-popA book about piratesA book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete A book by a blind or visually impaired authorA book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing authorA book by a self-published authorA book from a genre you typically avoidA book from an animal's POVA book originally published under a pen nameA book recommended by a booksellerA book recommended by a librarianA book set 24 years before you were bornA book set in a travel destination on your bucket listA book set in spaceA book set in the futureA book set in the snowA book that came out in a year that ends with "24"A book that centers on video gamesA book that features dragons A book that takes place over the course of 24 hoursA book that was published 24 years ago (2000)A book that was turned into a musicalA book where someone dies in the first chapterA book with a main character who's 42 years oldA book with a neurodivergent main characterA book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionaryA book with a title that is a complete sentenceA book with an enemies to lovers plotA book with an unreliable narratorA book with at least 3 POVsA book with magical realismA book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated personA book written during NaNoWriMoA cozy fantasy bookA fiction book by a trans or nonbinary authorA horror book by a BIPOC authorA memoir that explores queernessA nonfiction book about Indigenous peopleA second-chance romanceAn autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' rollAn LGBTQ+ romance novel

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A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hoursA book with 24 letters in the titleA collection of at least 24 poemsThe 24th book of an authorA book that starts with the letter "X" 2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Tracker