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A book a week for all of 2027. Fifty-two prompts in four seasons, each loose enough that a book you already want to read will fit one. Join now and it starts on 1 January.
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Twenty-six books, one for every letter of the alphabet, by the first letter of the title. 'The', 'A' and 'An' do not count. Every letter comes with a suggestion, and X allows an X anywhere in the title.
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Ten prompts, every one answered by a book that has been challenged or pulled from school and library shelves. Read them for Banned Books Week in October, or across the year. Any book that fits counts.
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Read every Booker Prize winner since 2000, from The Blind Assassin to Flesh. One book a year, newest first, grouped by decade. Only the winning book counts, and each new winner is added after the ceremony.
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A 5x5 bingo card of classic novels. Fill a line, or fill the board. Every square comes with a suggestion, and any classic that fits the square counts.
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Every Hercule Poirot novel Agatha Christie wrote, in the order they were published, from The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 to Curtain in 1975. Grouped by decade, with the American title where it differs. Short-story collections and the continuation novels by other writers are not included.
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Every Hugo Award for Best Novel since 2000, the science fiction and fantasy prize voted for by readers. From A Deepness in the Sky to The Everlasting, newest first. 2010 was a tie.
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Read Jane Austen's six finished novels in the order they were published, from Sense and Sensibility in 1811 to Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which came out together in December 1817, months after her death. Only the novel itself counts.
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A 5x5 reading bingo card for young readers, made for a grown-up and a child to fill in together. Twenty-four squares and a free one in the middle: fill a line, or the whole board. Every square comes with a suggestion, and any book that fits counts. Good for summer reading, a school term or the holidays.
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One book by every Nobel laureate in Literature since 2000, from Gao Xingjian to Anne Carson. Any book by the laureate counts; each one comes with a suggested place to start.
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A month of true stories. Eight prompts across memoir, history, science and essays, for anyone who reads mostly fiction the other eleven months. Any book that fits counts.
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Every Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner since 2000, from Interpreter of Maladies to Angel Down. One book a year, newest first. There was no award in 2012, and 2023 was shared.
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Fifty books that turn up in Gilmore Girls, season by season, from Moby-Dick in the pilot to A Year in the Life. The full fan list runs past three hundred titles; these are the novels, poems and memoirs read, carried or argued over on screen. A fan challenge - not affiliated with Gilmore Girls, Warner Bros. or the show's makers.
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The 21 best-loved novels from the BBC's Big Read, the 2003 poll in which the UK voted for its favourite book. From The Lord of the Rings at number one to Gone with the Wind at twenty-one, in the order they finished.
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Every winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction since the first in 1996, from A Spell of Winter to The Correspondent. Thirty-one novels, newest first, including the years it was the Orange and the Baileys Prize.
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One book from each country. Take a suggestion or bring your own, and mark it read when you finish. The last square is yours to fill in.
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Four drawers, opened in order. Each one stays shut until the drawer above it is empty, which is the only honest way to run a course.
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Twelve entries and a clock. Ten points a book, five more to whoever reaches an entry first, and the meter will tell you whether you are behind the calendar or the calendar is behind you.
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Lorlin is the only son in a witch convent, and as such, he has been rejected and exiled by his family. Alone and lost, he wanders through the magic city desperately searching for a place to call home, and people to call family. Read books and help him find comfort.
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Twenty-five squares. Any book that fits a square counts.
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