• a book becoming a movie in 2019: little women by louisa may alcott
• ✔ a book that makes you nostalgic: northern lights by philip pullman
• a book written by a musician (fiction or non-fiction): just kids by patti smith
• ✔ a book you think should be turned into a movie: the boy on the bridge by m.r. carey
• a book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads: life of pi by yann martel
• a book with a plant in the title or cover: how to stop time by matt haig
• ✔ a reread of a favourite book: the subtle knife by philip pullman
• ✔ a book about a hobby: how to read a film by james monaco
• a book with 'pop' 'sugar' or 'challenge' in the title: bedsit disco queen: how i grew up and tried to be a pop star
• a book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover: the devil wears prada by lauren weisberger
• a book inspired by mythology, legend or folklore: the song of achilles by madeline miller
• a book published posthumously: the diary of a young girl by anne frank
• a book you see someone reading on tv or in a movie: anna karenina by tolstoy
• ✔ a retelling of a classic: hag-seed by margaret atwood
• a book with a question in the title: is everyone hanging out without me? by mindy kaling
• a book set on a college or university campus: the secret history by donna tartt
• a book about someone with superpowers: carrie by stephen king
• a book told from multiple povs: wonder by r.j. palacio
• a book set in space: the martian by andy weir
• a book by two female authors: the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society by mary ann shaffer and annie barrows
• a book with a title that contains 'salty' 'sweet' 'bitter' or 'spicy': hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet by jamie ford
• a book set in scandinavia: let the right one in by john ajvide lindqvist
• a book that takes place in a single day: the lost symbol by dan brown
• a debut novel: eleanor oliphant is completely fine by gail honeyman
• a book that's published in 2019: the testament by margaret atwood
• a book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: the shepherd's crown by terry pratchett
• a book recommended by a celebrity you admire: the power by naomi alderman (recommended by barack obama)
• a book with 'love' in the title: women in love by dh lawrence
• a book featuring an amateur detective: the trouble with goats and sheep by joanna cannon
• a book about a family: behind the scenes at the museum by kate atkinson
• a book written by an author from Asia, Africa or South America: the remains of the day by kazuo ishiguro
• a book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title: the sun also rises by ernest hemingway
• a book that includes a wedding: the wedding girl by sophie kinsella
• ✔ a book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter: the amber spyglass by philip pullman
• a ghost story: a christmas carol by charles dickens
• a book with a two-word title: guards! guards! by terry pratchett
• a novel based on a true story: alias grace by margaret atwood
• a book revolving around a puzzle or board game: alice's adventures in wonderland by lewis carroll
• your favourite prompt from a past popsugar reading challenge: we need to talk about kevin by lionel shriver (a book made into a movie you've already seen)

ADVANCED

• a 'cli-fi' (climate fiction) book: annihilation by jeff vandermeer
• a 'choose your own adventure' book: lost in austen by emma campbell webster
• an 'own voices' book: native son by richard wright
• read a book during the season it is set in: the girls by emma cline (set in summer)
• a LitRPG book: ready player one by ernest cline
• a book with no chapters/unusual chapter headings/unconventionally numbered chapters: eric by terry pratchett (no chapters)
• two books that share the same title: inferno by dan brown/ inferno by dante
• a book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom: hamlet by william shakespeare
• a book set in an abbey/cloister/vicarage/convent: the monk by matthew lewis