Massachusetts Center for the Book: 2026 Reading Challenge
12 Months, 12 Books
Created by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, the 2026 Reading Challenge will push you out of your reading comfort zone!
How the Challenge Works:
- 2026 challenge homepage: https://www.massbook.org/readingchallenge-2
- Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge. If you're stuck, consider asking a TPL staff member for a recommendation!
- After you read, fill out this form to tell the Mass Center for the Book about what you read
- Mass Center for the Book will draw two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month
- If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.
- Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book
2026 Monthly Challenges:
- January: A book about or set in winter
- February: A book outside your usual genres or spin the genre wheel on our site: massbook.org/genre-wheel
- March: A book featuring an unlikely friendship
- April: A short story or essay collection
- May: A book set in Massachusetts
- June: A book with a sympathetic villain
- July: A book found at a Little Free Library, tag sale, or used bookstore
- August: A book that could be considered taboo
- September: A book about a journey
- October: A mystery, thriller, or ghost story
- November: An adult classic you’ve never read
- December: A book that connects to your heritage or cultural identity