Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2018
I have posted my challenge list for 2018 so that I can
keep track of it and share it with you, too.
And, all links below are for your informational
purposes only, they are not affiliate links.

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
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All the President’s Men or
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
2. True Crime
I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
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Illegal by Bettina Restrepo
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Notes from a Small Island or
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The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
15. A book about feminism
All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
16. Book dealing with mental health
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The Silver Linings Playbook or
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Man’s Search for Meaning
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Grace, Not Perfection by Emily Ley
18. A book by two authors
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America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie or
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Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I
19. A book about or involving a sport
Lucky Bastard by Joe Buck
20. A book by a local author
American Beat or something else, I'm still thinking about this.
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
22. A book with alliteration in the title
Rescue Road: One Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs, and a Million Miles on the Last Hope Highway 😊
23. A book about time travel
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The Map of Time or
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The Next Together by Lauren James
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or something else, I'm still thinking about this.
24. A book with a weather element in the title
Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
25. A book set at sea
A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
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A New World or
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Underground Railroad or
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Wild by Cheryl Strayed
33. A childhood classic you've never read
Complete Beatrix Potter or maybe another
34. A book that's published in 2018
Tiny Life Changes 😊 written by two of my Instagram friends
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
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Columbine or
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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
36. A book set in the decade you were born (60s)
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His Own Where or
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Three Day Summer
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
La Linea by Ann Jaramillo
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 - a book you picked up at a used book sale
Save Karyn by Karyn Bosnak
Advanced Reading Challenge List
1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
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The Color Purple or
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The Umpire Strikes Back by Ron Luciano or
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North and South by John Jakes or
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The Tao of Pooh
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place –
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Fred Factor or
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I’ll Have What She’s Having or
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Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor
4. A book tied to your ancestry
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People’s History of the United States or
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American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post by Nancy Rubin
5. Book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story
6. An allegory
The Life of Pi
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
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The House on Willow Street by Cathy Kelly
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Crush: Writers reflect on love, longing, and the lasting power of their first celebrity crush by Cathy Alter
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My granddaughter has fleas by Cathy Guisewite
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Heart of a Dolphin by Cathy Hapka
8. A microhistory
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur 😊
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TH Watkins’ The Great Depression
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Survivors Club by Michael Bornstein
9. A book about a problem facing society today
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Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge