I don't really have a goal to finish this whole list, but instead want to use it more as inspiration when deciding what to read next.

  • A book that's published in 2021
    • Survive the Night by Riley Sager
  • An Afrofuturist book
  • A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
  • A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
    • George Eliot, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Ruta Sepetys, Maggie Stiefvater, Bram Stoker, John Keats, Evelyn Waugh, Emma Donoghue
  • A dark academia book
  • A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
  • A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
  • A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction
  • A book with a family tree
  • A bestseller from the 1990s
  • A book about forgetting
  • A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
  • A locked-room mystery
  • A book set in a restaurant
  • A book with a black-and-white cover
    • The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
  • A book by an Indigenous author
    • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • A book that has the same title as a song
    • Vicious by V.E. Schwab (song, Vicious by Lou Reed)
  • A book about a subject you are passionate about
  • A book that discusses body positivity
  • A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list
  • A genre hybrid
  • A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
  • A book with something broken on the cover
  • A book by a Muslim American author
  • A book that was published anonymously
  • A book with an oxymoron in the title
  • A book about do-overs or fresh starts
  • A magical realism book
  • A book set in multiple countries
  • A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021
  • A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
  • A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z"
  • A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
    • Odd Adventures with Your Other Father by Norman Prentiss
  • A book about a social justice issue
  • A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
  • A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
    • Knock Knock by S.P. Miskowski
  • A book you think your best friend would like
  • A book about art or an artist
  • A book everyone seems to have read but you
  • Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
    • A bildungsroman (2020)
      • I Capture the Castle, The House on Mango Street, or Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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