REGULAR PROMPTS
A book that is published in 2021
– A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
An afrofuturist book
– An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon or The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna or The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
A book that has a heart, diamond, club or spade on the cover
– Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell or Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
– Year One by Nora Roberts
A dark academia book
– The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A book with a gem, mineral or rock in the title
– Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
– Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Library by Robin Sloan
A book that has won the Women’s Prize for fiction
– The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
A book with a family tree
– The Cousins by Karen M. McManus or The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel
A bestseller from the 1990s
✓ Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
A book about forgetting✓ The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
A book you have seen on someone else’s bookshelf
– Stalker by Lars Kepler
A locked-room mystery
– The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware or The Guest List by Lucy Foley
A book set in a restaurant✓ With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
A book with a black-and-white cover✓ Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
A book by an indigenous author
– Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
A book that has the same title as a song
– Uprooted by Naomi Novik
A book about a subject you are passionate about
– The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
A book that discusses body positivity
– Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
– Slay by Brittney Morris
A genre hybrid
– Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
– Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
A book with something broken on the cover
– The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
A book by a Muslim American / Muslim British author✓ Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
A book that was published anonymously
– The Silver Cage by Anonymous
A book with an oxymoron in the title
– Recommendations appreciated!
A book about do-overs or fresh starts✓ Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
A magical realism book
– The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A book set in multiple countries
– A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021✓ The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
A book by a blogger, vlogger, youtuber or other online personality✓ Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
A book whose title starts with “Q” or “X” or “Z”
– The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
A book featuring three generations
– The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
A book about a social justice issue
– To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A book in a different format than what you normally read✓ All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga
A book with fewer than 1000 reviews✓ The Secret Detectives by Ella Risbridger
A book you think your best friend would like (i don’t have friends so i’ll just go with my sister) ✓ The Bat by Jo Nesbo
A book about art or an artist ✓ An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
A book everyone seems to have read but you
– The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Your favorite prompt from a past popsugar reading challenge ✓ The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
ADVANCED PROMPTS
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
– The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (1258 pages!!!)
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
– You’re Only Old Once by Dr. Seuss (42 pages)
The book on your TBR with the prettiest cover
– Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
The book on your TBR with the ugliest cover
– Wither by Lauren DeStefano
The book that’s been on your TBR the longest
– I just cleared my TBR of one of the old old adds xD
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
A book from your TBR that you meant to read in 2020
– Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
A book from your TBR that you associate with a favorite person/place/thing
– Any Harry Potter book
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
– Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout
A DNF’ed book from your TBR list
– Renegades by Marissa Meyer
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed or from the library)
– Lazarus by Lars Kepler