2025 Linz The Bookworm and Logophile Reading Challenge

 

Hello readers! The 2025 Reading Challenge is finally here! I know some of you asked for it earlier in the month, so I apologize for the delay. Things have been hectic, but I'll explain that in the end-of-year wrap-up. I also didn't realize I hadn't posted since September. Like I said, it's been hectic.

For those of you who are new to the challenge, this is something that one of my dear friends and I put together every year for our respective blogs. Tress and I have been doing this together since 2017. We created the challenge to get us both out of our reading comfort zones in a fun way. Neither of us expected so many to join us, but watching this grow has been excellent. I truly love seeing all of the comments from those of you joining in, the requests for specific topics, and the feedback you've provided over the years. 

There are five tiers to the challenge for a total of 60 books. This challenge is a choose-your-own-adventure. You can go tier by tier; you can choose what you complete. However you want to do this, it is up to you. If a prompt doesn't work for you, switch something out so that it does. It's just meant to be fun. Tress is methodical and plans what she will read for the year. I approach it like I do everything in my life - chaos and hoping for the best. The most important part is that you have fun!

Reader feedback request: I'd like to do a reader's favorites challenge. So, if you have a prompt from any previous challenges you absolutely loved, please let us know! I'll collect them as I see them, and hopefully, we'll have enough to do something cool with it. The previous challenges are in my blog's Discussion, Hauls, and Misc tab. 

If you'd like a PDF version of the challenge, 2025 Reading Challenge PDF

If you'd like to follow Tress's blog, The Logophile

If you want to complete the challenge on Storygraph, StoryGraph Challenge

Level 1: Book of the Month Club

1 Read a book you got for free

2 Read a book that is under 350 pages

3 Read or reread a book you consider an 'easy read.'

4 Read a book with a green cover

5 Read a cozy mystery

6 Read a book that was recommended to you on social media/by a friend

7 Read a book with a person's name in the title

8 Read a book that takes place in the future

9 Read a book published in 2020 (5 years ago)

10 A book suggested by https://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

11 Read a book by Jules Verne

12 Free Space! Pick any book

Level 2: Casual Reader Club

13 Read a book listed on The Greatest Books of All Time List https://thegreatestbooks.org

14 Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest

15 Read a Young Adult novel

16 Read a book with a three-word title

17 Read a book with a cantankerous main character

18 Read a book that has books on the cover

19 Read a book by an author who shares your initials

20 Read a Standalone Novel

21 Read a book involving a detective or police officer

22 Read a self-published book

23 Read a book that takes place somewhere warm

24 Free Space! Pick any book

Level 3: Dedicated Reader Club

25 Read book 1 in a trilogy

26 Read book 2 in the same trilogy

27 Read book 3 in the same trilogy

28 Read a book you meant to read on last year's challenge

29 Read a book by an author named Joe/Joseph/Josephine or a variant

30 Read a romance novel

31 A book that you judged by its cover (either positively or negatively)

32 Read a book set in a country you've been to

33 Read a book with a title that starts with the letter "N."

34 Read a book that has a war or battle in it

35 A book from Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of 2024 https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2024

36 Free Space! Pick any book

Level 4: Speed Reader Club

37 A book with the word "song" in the title

38 The Great Taylor Swift Category - read a book about Taylor Swift *or* a book with the same title as one of her songs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_by_Taylor_Swift

39 Read a book by an author you've met or spoken to online

40 Read a book with an animal in the title

41 Read a book written from the villain/antagonist's perspective

42 Read a reluctant hero story

43 Read a book by an author using a pseudonym

44 Read a book that references a TV show or movie

45 Read a book that involves a game (board, card, video game)

46 Read a Fantasy novel

47 Read a book with a secret society trope

48 Free Space! Pick any book

Level 5: Overachiever Club

49 Read a book that is over 500 pages long

50 Read a book published in 1985 (40 years ago)

51 Read a book that has the word "begin" or the word "end" in the title

52 Read a book with a mask on the cover

53 Read a book by Lawrence Block (or one of his pseudonyms) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Block_bibliography

54 Read a book with a title that contains the letter "X."

55 Read a book that involves amnesia or memory manipulation

56 Read a cursed object story

57 Read a book by an author named Pat/Patrick/Patricia or a variant

58 A book that takes place in a school setting

59 Read a book with a bear on the cover

60 Free Space! Pick any book