There aren’t any rules, so you can decide how you tackle the challenge—starting with number one and working through or randomly selecting a prompt. As for the prompts, some are open to interpretation, ‘explores loss‘ doesn’t have to be a death, it could be heartbreak, losing a job, or even a missing character; ‘guilty pleasure‘ could be a genre or a tasty treat mentioned in the title; or ‘questionable cover‘ could be a cover that doesn’t look great or perhaps a bit spicy!

We’ve also created some assets you can use on your socials plus there’s also a reading journal where you can track your books, ratings, and your thoughts. You can find all the download links underneath the challenge image below!

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us!

You can also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram using @thenerdaily or the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2026. Our Reading Challenge can also be found on Storygraph here.

What books will you be reading in 2026? What prompt will you start with? Tell us in the comments below!

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There’s no rules, so you can tackle this challenge however you’d like—you could start with prompt 19, ‘workplace or a holiday setting‘ could be set in a workplace, on holidays, or around a holiday like Christmas, ‘a book that’s hot right now‘ could be a new release or trending, or ‘wish you had or read when you were younger’ could be a book you didn’t read at the time or a new release that would have been perfect for your younger self. 

We’ve also created some assets you can use on your socials plus there’s also a reading journal where you can track your books, ratings, and your thoughts. You can find all the download links underneath the challenge image below!

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us!

You can also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram using @thenerdaily or the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2025.

What books will you be reading this year? What prompt will you start with? Tell us in the comments below!

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There’s no rules, so you can tackle this challenge however you’d like—you could start with prompt 36, ‘Different Culture‘ could be a culture different to your own or a culture you’ve not yet read about in a book, ‘Special Event‘ could be a birthday, wedding, or even relating to history, or ‘Relevant Topics’ could be to the world or yourself—it’s completely up to you!

This year, we have two printable versions—one with small text so you can write in your books or one with larger text so it’s easier to read. We’ve also created some assets you can use on your socials plus there’s also a reading journal where you can track your books, ratings, and your thoughts. You can find all the download links underneath the challenge image below!

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us!

You can also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram using @thenerdaily or the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2024.

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Read What You Enjoy

Stop reading what you aren’t enjoying! This might sound obvious, but so many people pick up a book and once they begin, find they put it down and don’t pick it back up again, or any other book for that matter. Life’s too short to read books that you don’t enjoy. Instead of agonising over finishing it or believing you ‘should’ be enjoying it because everyone else says that it’s great, try another one until you find one that draws you in. If you find yourself in a reading slump, go to an old favourite you know you love. You’ll find you’ll breeze through it and get back in the habit at the same time.

Turn Your Commute Into A Reading Session

Now we’re heading back into the office again, it’s likely the dreaded commute has come back into your life. Pop a book (or your e-reader!) in your bag on your way out the door and use the time spent otherwise doom scrolling on your various devices to do some reading. Even put your phone on do not disturb for the trip for some quality ‘me time’. You’ll be finishing books before you know it, and maybe even find the commute isn’t so bad. Just try and keep an eye out for your stop!

Try Audiobooks

Audiobooks may not be for everyone, but they are a great medium to devour books while completing menial tasks and more streaming services are beginning to include these as part of their offerings. Trying to exercise or cook more as part of a different yearly goal? Pop on some headphones and listen to an audio book while you cook or go for a walk. Back to commuting but don’t take public transport? There’s no reason you can’t use your drive as valuable reading time. No guarantees you won’t find yourself sitting in the carpark waiting for the chapter to end before you go inside though.

Download A Reading App

Yes, physical books are beautiful and having them adorn our bookshelves is one of the best feelings, but they can be cumbersome to lug around (looking at you, War and Peace). Sometimes you might not even think to bring a book with you. Downloading a reading app will allow you to steal short moments like waiting in line to read in a quick, compact way. If you favour e-reading, some will even sync with your e-reader so you don’t need to worry about finding where you left off!

Join A Book Club

If you thrive off deadlines, this is the option for you. Most are free, you just bring your own copy of the book, and have different schedules and genre preferences so you’ll be able to find one that ticks all your requirements. Joining a book club will also help if you’re a bit undecisive about what to read next and provide an outlet to talk about it. A quick google search will likely help you find a whole heap of book clubs in your area that you can join. Alternatively, there are plenty of online book clubs that will still give you that structure, but not the pressure to actually leave your house!

Set A Goal

Most people tend to be motivated by some sort of target or goal to feel that sense of accomplishment when they hit it. You might also find that as you see yourself getting closer to the goal and feel good about your progress, you’ll be inspired to do more. There are plenty of book tracking apps, such as goodreads which allow you to indicate how many books you want to read in the year, and track your progress. At the end of the year, some of them even provide a recap of your past year reading-wise! Of course, try and be realistic. If you read a grand total of 2 books last year, then it probably wont be likely you’ll get to 100 this year. Any goal is a good goal.

Reading Challenges

If you don’t have a TBR (to be read) pile impatiently waiting for you to pick them up, and don’t know what to read next, try looking at reading challenges to spark some inspiration. Even if you’re not struggling with reading more, it might push you outside your normal comfort zone and you might find a new, unexpected favourite! Check out the Nerd Daily’s 2023 reading challenge as a start!

However you choose to kick your reading goals this year, remember to have fun. Reading to learn or enrich yourself is great, but there’s nothing wrong with reading for the fun of it.

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There’s no rules, so you can tackle this challenge however you’d like—you could start with prompt 17, ‘Opposite Side of the World‘ could be a book set opposite to where you live or perhaps a book you picked up whilst travelling, or ‘Silver On Cover‘ could be the colour or the word silver—it’s completely up to you!

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us!

You can also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram using @thenerdaily or the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2023.

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Well, our 2022 Reading Challenge is here to help! Consisting of 52 challenges, you could potentially read a book a week or use this as a guide so when it comes to selecting your next book, you’re not going back and forth or even to those books you’ve read already. There’s no rules so do whichever challenge or whatever order you’d like!

At the bottom of this post, we’ve also included download links for individual social post assets in both square and Instagram story formats if you’d like to keep track of your challenge on your social media.

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us! Also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2022

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Our 2021 Reading Challenge is here to help! Consisting of 52 challenges, you could potentially read a book a week or use this as a guide so when it comes to selecting your next book, you’re not going back and forth or even to those books you’ve read already! There’s no rules so do whichever challenge or whatever order you’d like!

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us! Also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2021

Download a PDF version of The Nerd Daily’s 2021 Reading Challenge

Will you be attempting our 2021 Reading Challenge? Let us know in the comments below!

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Quarantine is no joke—it’s there to keep us safe and healthy. However, it won’t be able to keep us from boredom and anxiety. So how about a little escapism through books? More specifically, through reading challenges?! Reading challenges can be a fun and productive way to spend our quarantine and not to mention that it will help us achieve our Goodreads goal! So, ready to spend your days reading?! Here are 10 reading challenges that can keep you busy this quarantine period!

1. The Nerd Daily 2020 Reading Challenge

Of course we start with our own! Our 2020 Reading Challenge consists of 52 challenges, so you could read a book a week. But of course, since some of you are totally amazing bookworms, you’re probably reading more than one book a week! Check out our challenge to see what books you could read this quarantine!

2. 12 Tropes of 2020 (Link removed due to website no longer active)

Anyone here who loves all kinds of tropes? This is your chance! Ally’s Appraisals made a reading challenge focusing on 11 tropes and one free choice of yours. You pick a trope every month, read a book in that category, and post about that book in the span of 2020. But hey, if you could read all 12 in the span of the quarantine, who’s stopping you?

3. The Audiobook Challenge

Hosted by Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer, The Audiobook Challenge is perfect for those who love audiobooks! The goal is to outdo yourself by listening to more audiobooks in 2020 than you did last year. Or you could definitely use it to find a new love for audiobooks. Plus a giveaway will be posted twice during the year! How awesome is that?

4. 20 LGBTQ+ Books in 2020

This reading challenge is being hosted by yours truly! I wanted to read more queer books, know more different queer stories and celebrate them. Anyone can join in as well! All you need to do is read 20 LGBTQ+ books (or more if you can!) in different genres, with different tropes and LGBTQ+ representations. There’s a bingo card and reading template, too!

5. Year of the Asian Reading Challenge

The Quiet Pond plus three other bloggers are hosting this awesome reading challenge! The goal is to read as many books written by Asian authors as you can. Once you sign up for the Year of the Asian Reading Challenge, you can participate in monthly link-ups, giveaways, Twitter chats, and more! There are fun challenge levels to aim for, too!

6. Out of Your Comfort Zone

Not fond of a particular genre? Seems like the quarantine period is the perfect time to conquer your fears! Out of Your Comfort Zone is hosted by Bookcheshirecat and its aim is to read books that you consider to be outside of your comfort zone. You can simply pick out as many genres or age ranges that you want to read more of!

7. Beat the Backlist 2020

You have the opportunity to tackle your out-of-control TBR this quarantine. And that’s exactly the aim of NovelKnight’s Beat the Backlist 2020! You need to read books that are published in the previous year or earlier. Sign up and share your challenge TBR online! Oh, and to make it more fun, there are different teams and bingo cards, too!

8. Swords & Stars Reading Challenge

Alright, where are my fellow SFF fans?! Seems like the Swords & Stars Reading Challenge is perfect for us. The main purpose of this challenge is to celebrate the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. The host, Ms. Nose in a book, created different categories/challenges and it’s up to us to read a book that fits each one.

9. 2020 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge

Who here is guilty of starting a series, but never finishes it? *raises hand* Welp. Maybe this reading challenge will help us! The 2020 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge by Celebrity Readers is encouraging everyone to finally finish those series that we’ve started but not yet completed.

10.  Poetry Reading Challenge

Time to channel your poetic selves with this challenge! The Poetry Reading Challenge hosted by Savvy Verse and Wit encourages people to read more poetry in creative ways. You can poem-a-day through the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day service, read at least one book of poetry, or just read as many books of poetry as you can in a year!

These reading challenges will definitely keep you busy this quarantine. Now, you can have all the fun while you stay at home! Also, just remember to wash your hands and practice social distancing. Be safe, bookworms!

Do you have any other recommendations? Tell us in the comments below!

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Our 2020 Reading Challenge will help you do just that and it consists of 52 challenges, so you could read a book a week or simply use it as a guide when it comes to making the difficult decision of what to read next. There’s no rules so do whichever challenge or whatever order you’d like!

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us! Also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2020

Download a PDF version of The Nerd Daily’s 2020 Reading Challenge

Will you be attempting our 2020 Reading Challenge? Let us know in the comments below!

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Our 2019 Reading Challenge consists of 52 challenges, so you could read a book a week or simply use it as a guide when it comes to making the difficult decision of what to read next.

We’ve got a great variety of challenges from purchasing and reading a book based on someone’s review, to one that will be adapted into a film this year. Then there’s an audiobook or picking up a book that was originally published another language.

We would love to hear what you will be reading throughout the year and if you discover a book you love or wish to discuss, we’d love to feature your say on our website! Just head to our Contribute page or email us at hello@thenerddaily.com!

Also share them with us on social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the hashtags #thenerddaily and #nerdreading2019

Happy reading!

Will you be giving the 2019 Reading Challenge a go? Let us know in the comments below!

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