Another Chapter Reading Challenge 2025

Sometimes a reading challenge can feel a bit daunting because, let's face it, it can be difficult to think of books to match the prompts!

For anyone who would like to read more and wants a helping hand with our 2025 reading challenge then this is the post for you! In this post we give you books for the prompts based on our own recommendations! 

We will also be doing our best to link our Readalong books to the prompts too and we will mention what prompt each book could match in the caption of the post where we announce the book! So keep an eye on our Instagram page for more inspiration!

1. A book you saw someone reading in public:

This one really will depend on you we're afraid! 

2. A book with a number in the title:

Rebecca: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Claire: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

       
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3. A book with a cat on the cover: 

Rebecca: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Claire: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

4. A book with a colour in the title: 

Rebecca: All Boys aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Claire: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

5. A book published in the year you were born: 

Again, this one is dependent on you and your DOB! 

6. A book inspired by true events: 

Rebecca: The Rose Code by Kate Quinn 
Claire: Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies
From the woman who helped to hide the Frank family. An amazing story with a great screen adaptation too (A Small Light).

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7. A banned/challenged book:

Rebecca: Persepolis by Marianne Satrapi
Claire: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

8. A book set at sea or involving water: 

Rebecca: The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Claire: The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor
One of my favourite books of the past few years. Incredible. Have tissues at the ready.

9. A book where someone goes on a journey: 

Rebecca: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Claire: You Are Here by David Nicholls 

10. A book by an author who shares your first name:

Another one that we can't really help you with, sorry! 

11. A book that made you laugh out loud: 

Rebecca: Spirit Level by Richie Craven
Claire: Parenting Hell by Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe 

12. A book featuring a bookshop, library, or writer:

Rebecca: The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Claire: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams 

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13. A book with food or drink in the title:

Rebecca: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Claire: Mad Honey by Jodi Picot and Jennifer Finney Boylan

14. A book by an author who was born in or lives in your county:

Another one that is dependent on your own circumstances!

15. A book set in the future:

Rebecca: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Claire: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer

16.  A book with a main character who shares your profession:

We're both teachers but we've got a short list here with some professions and suggestions! 

If you're working in:

The Financial Industry: The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 
Science: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Engineering: The Martian by Andy Weir
ICT: The Circle by Dave Eggers 
Healthcare: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Sales/Marketing/Advertising: In Case of Emergency by Poorna Bell
Construction: The Match Maker by Catherine Walsh
Education: Pet by Catherine Chidgey

17. A book told entirely through letters, or texts, or emails: 

Rebecca: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer 
Claire: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver 

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18. A book you received as a gift: 

Another one that we can't really help you out with but we hope that you might have been gifted some nice books over Christmas to help you choose one!

19. A book with a three-word-title:

Rebecca: The Drink Shrink by Zoe McCann
Claire: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

20. A book with a map in it: 

Rebecca: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Claire: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 
A brilliant fantasy novel that will keep you hooked! I adored this and cannot wait for the third instalment in the series. 

We hope you enjoy taking part in this years reading challenge! If you'd like to add any recommendations of your own feel free! The template for the reading challenge is saved in our "2025 challenge" highlight on our Instagram page, and you can of course join in with us on The StoryGraph too! 

Happy Reading!