2026 Challenges to Feed Your Reading Habit

UPDATE: My husband is still in recovery, but doing very well. I'm playing nurse, dietitian, chauffeur and general assistant. :-) Should be able to update the page a little more regularly, though.

I'm  not sure how it happened. Just yesterday, it was the beginning of September and I was thinking that it would soon be time to set up the new challenge page. And--now, it's November and I want to know where October went. So...I guess it's past time to start thinking about our Challenge Addict game plans for next year.  I will keep adding challenges as I find them to help you discover challenges that meet your interests.

If you find a challenge not listed here or are sponsoring a challenge yourself and would like it added, please email me at phryne1969 AT gmail DOT com and I will update the page as soon as possible.

 

2026 Challenges (one year only)

11 Books to Buddy Read Together (@ Book Mama on Youtube)

12 Book Recs From 12 Strangers ( @lkloosbooks on Instagram)

12 in 12 Reading Challenge (@ thebookfawx on Instagram)

12 Months 12 Books (@ Massachusetts Center for the Book)

13 Moons Reading Challenge (@ Read N Buried)

#19Nonfiction Reading Challenge (@ bookitqueen on Instagram)

26 Books for 2026 (@ afemmesarchive on Instagram)

26 British Books in 2026 (@ Lauren Ducommun)

26 in 2026 Reading Challenge (@ lifethrubooks on Instagram)

40 Books in 2028 (on Facebook)

The 52 Book Club (@ The 52 Book Club & on Facebook--private group, must sign up) 

52 Titles in 52 Weeks (@ BOOKSNS)

75 Booked Challenge ( @inthequietpages on Instagram)

100 Books in 2026 (@ The Art of Reading)

1000 Books Project--Charles Darwin (@Gather Together & Read)

2026 Annual Reading Challenge (@ Malstrom AFB)

2026 Bingo Quest (@ 52 Books in 52 Weeks)

2026 Book Bingo ( @feelingbookish.to on Instagram)

2026 Cosy Reading Challenge (on Youtube--must join channel to view)

2026 Reading Challenge (Morgan Derby on Facebook) 

2026 Reading Challenge (@ Owl Book World)

2026 Reading Challenge (@ Book List Queen)

2026 Reading Challenge (@ Reader Haven)

2026 Reading Challenge (@ Brenda Novak's Book Group)

2026 Reading Challenge (Julie Milo Mcgee on Facebook)

2026 Reading Challenge (@ Linz the Bookworm)

2026 Reading Challenge (@uppercaserecs on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@martinkollouch on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@petals_and_thorns17 on Instagram) [bingo-style]

2026 Reading Challenge (@

alice_loves_books_

 and 

bookwormbeales

 on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@adoracrooksbooks on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@author a.r.lee on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@epicureanreads on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@sanmarcobooks on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenge (@ Blyden Square Books)

2026 Reading Challenge (@becca_the_bibliophile on Instagram)

2026 Reading Challenges that aren't based on numbers (@bookinfluencerscom on Instagram)

2026 No Pressure Reading Challenge (@thatjanetboyer on Instagram)

2026 TBR Challenge (@ The Misadventures of Super Librarian)

A-Z Reading Challenge ( @kelly_tanner on Instagram) [a bit different spin on the A-Z prompts]

A-Z Reading Challenge (@rumi.nations on Instagram) [another different spin on the A-Z prompts]

Academic Reading Challenge (@ reading & listening)

All the Books Jan '26 (@thereaderbee on Instagram) [Will have different prompts each month]

Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge (@ Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)

Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge Author Edition (@ Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)

American Lit Reading Challenge (@ Adventures in Polishland on Youtube)

Apaco Book Challenge (@ Alma's Book Journey on Youtube) [Graphic on Instagram]

Around the Year in 52 Books (@ Goodreads) 

Art Book Reading Challenge (@ A Humble Place)

Audiobook Challenge (@ Caffeinated Reviewer)

Audiobook Challenge (@Lovely Audiobooks)

Aussies Rule Reading Challenge ( @doddyaboutbooks on Instagram) 

Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Challenge (on Goodreads)

Be Intentional Reading Challenge (@ foreverinastory on Instagram)

Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge (@ Beat the Backlist)

Beyond the Bookends Reading Challenge (@ Beyond the Bookends) 

Bible Reading Challenge (@ Growing4Life)

Bingo (@backlistreader_90 on Instagram)

Bingo Board from Hell (@ meagreads on Youtube)

Bite-Sized Book Challenge (@jac_in_a_book on Instagram)

Black Horror Reading Challenge ( @booktribewithty on Instagram)

Bob on Books Reading Challenge (@ Bob on Books)

Book Bingo (@dragonflybookbar on Instagram)

Book Bingo 2026 (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

Book Blogger Challenge (@ 24hryabookblog)

Book Club 2026 Reading Challenge (@bookclubfp on Instagram)

Book Lovers Reading Challenge (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

Book to Movie Reading Challenge (@ Gather Together & Read)

Bookish Bingo (@cas.booklover on Instagram)

Bookish Bingo (@megsb.ookshelf on Instagram)

Bookish Bingo Card (@ bree_reads_books on Instagram)

Bookish Books Reading Challenge (@ Bloggin' 'bout Books)

Bookish Drummer Discord Reading Challenge (@ The Chapter Conundrum & Bookish Drummer on Youtube)

Bookopoly Reading Challenge (@ wandererongilchrist on Instagram)

Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge (@booksinthefreezer on Instagram)

Books in Translation Reading Challenge (@ Introverted Reader)

Build Your Library Reading Challenge (@ Build Your Library)

Buzzword 2026 Reading Challenge (@ booksandlala) [both title and cover challenges]

Cafe Crawl Reading Challenge (@ Genie in a Novel)

Calendar of Crime Reading Challenge (@ My Reader's Block)

Calendar Reads (@samw1984 on Instagram)

Candy Reading Challenge [for kids & adults] (@ Shelf Reflection)

Cassie & Coralie's Reading Challenge (@gracebought on Instagram)

Christian Fiction Reading Challenge ( @deniseahunter on Instagram)

Classics Reading Challenge (@ Tea & Ink Society)

Clear My Backlist Challenge (@ buildingourbookshelves AND crystalclearchapters on Instagram)

Clearing Our Shelves Challenge (@nikimavsbooks on Instagram)

Climathon 2026 (@tasminhansmann and margaretpinard on Instagram)

Cloak & Dagger Reading Challenge (@ Carol's Notebook)

The Clock Reading Challenge (@ Jo Linsdell)

Closed-Door Romance Reading Challenge (@ Bookmarks 'n Blankets)

Color Coded Reading Challenge (@ My Reader's Block)

Comet Readings' 2026 Young Adult Reading Challenge (@ Comet Readings) 

Cover Challenge (@ chels.life.and.lit on Instagram)

Cover Challenge (@kyras_all.booked on Instagram)

Cover Lovers Reading Challenge (@Bloggin' 'bout Books)

COYER Out to Lunch (@ Because Reading)

Cozy Fantasy Reading Challenge ( @sarah.wallace.writer on Instagram)

Cozy Frolic 2026 Reading Challenge (@ Book Frolic)

Cozy Reading Challenge (@ Sleuth Hero Alien)

Craving for Cozies Reading Challenge (@ Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)

Creativity Reading Challenge (@ Whatever I Think Of!)

Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge (@ Socrates' Book Reviews)

Cup of Tea's Reading Challenge (@ Cup of Tea With That Book, Please)

Death by TBR Books Spooky Bingo (@ ash.reads.horror and deathbytbrbooks on Instagram)

Decades Reading Challenge (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

Destiel Reading Challenge (@lavendarblack131 on Blue Sky)

DHR Reading Challenge (@ Divination Hollow Reviews)

Disney Reading Challenge (@ halyleyqreads on Instagram)

Diverse Reading Challenge (@bookasaurusbex on Instagram)

Diverse Baseline Reading Challenge ( @bookish.millenial on Instagram)

Diverse Trope Challenge (@ wereadsmut on Instagram)

Diversity Book Bingo (@Ellenmade Book Club on Youtube)

Diversity Reading Challenge (@ thereading_scientist and katscreations614 on Instagram)

Epistolary Reading Challenge (@ Whatever I Think Of!) 

European Reading Challenge (@ Rose City Reader)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi Reading Challenge (@ Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reading Fanatics)

Fairy Tale Reading Challenge (@ Charity Rau)

Feminist Reading Challenge (@livs.literary.nook on Instagram)

The Fold Reading Challenge 2026 (@ The Fold)

For Reading Addicts Reading Challenge (@ For Reading Addicts)

For the Love of Boy Bands Challenge [also includes the Mary Kate & Ashley Universe Challenge](@ i_was_enchanted_to_read_you on Instagram)

Friends & Fiction Reading Challenge (@ friendsandfictionbookclub on Instagram)

Go With the Flow (@ Sarah's Nightstand on Youtube)

Great Canadian Reading Challenge (@ The Happy Reader)

The Great TBR Tackle of 2026 (@

thereadyreaders

 and 

raindropsinreverie

 on Instagram)

Hard Times Book Club 52 Books ( @hardtimesbookclub on Instagram)

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (@ The Intrepid Reader & Baker)

History & Mythology Reading Bingo (@ the.moonflower.reader on Instagram)

Hoemance Romance Bingo (@ allysonthornraxx)

Homegrown Book Picks Reading Challenge (@ Homegrown Learners)

Hoopla Reading Challenge (@northbrunswicklibrary on Instagram)

Horror Bingo (@ Wicked Reading on Youtube)

Humor Reading Challenge (@ Whatever I Think Of!)

Hundred Years Hence Reading Challenge (@ A Hot Cup of Pleasure)

I Read Horror Year-Round Challenge (@ Castle Macabre)

Immigration Reading Challenge (@ Introverted Reader)

In Case You Missed It Backlist Reading Challenge (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

In My Reading Era: Swiftie Challenge (@ jesszyl87 on Instagram)

In the Void Yearly Bingo (@inthevoidbookclub on Instagram)

The Jellyfish Reading Challenge (@The Jellyfish Journals on Youtube)

Journey Through Discworld Reading Challenge (@ Turtle Recall)

Jurassic Reading Challenge (@ Candlewick Library on Youtube)

Key Word Reading Challenge (@ Chapter Adventure)

Language on the Move Reading Challenge (@ Language on the Move)

Let's 'Ear It ( @hook.me.a.book on Instagram) [audiobook challenge]

Library Love Challenges (@ Books of My Heart)

Lifetime of Reading Challenge (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

literALLy BOOKiSh Book Club Challenges (on Facebook; private group, must join)

Literary Escapes Reading Challenge (@ Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book)

Literary Exploration Society to Expand Reading (@ [and formerly] 52 Books in 52 Weeks]

Literary Loners Reading Challenges (@ Readeropolis)

Massachusetts Center for the Book Reading Challenge

Medical Examiner's Mystery Reading Challenge (@ The Mystillery)

Meli's 2026 Reading Challenge (@bookish.mels on Instagram)

Memoir Reading Challenge (@ Whatever I Think Of!)

Mental Health Reading Challenge (@ Whatever I Think Of!)

Monthly Reading Challenge (@cm.reads316 on Instagram)

Monthly Reading Challenge (@ Tomorrow Is a Mother Day)

Monthly Reading Challenge (@ashleybooklover on Instagram)

Motif Reading Challenge (@ Chapter Adventure)

Mount TBR Reading Challenge (@ My Reader's Block)

My Journey Through Time Historical Fiction Reading Challenge (@ Alma's Book Journey on Youtube)

Mystery Marathon (@ The Mystillery)

Mystery Thriller Bingo (@ Alexis Fully Booked on Youtube)

The Nerd Daily's 2026 Reading Challenge (@ The Nerd Daily)

Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge (@ Socrates' Book Reviews)

New Release Challenge (@ The Chocolate Lady's Book Review Blog)

Non-Fiction Reading Challenge (@ elementarymydear on Instagram)

Nonfiction Pick 'n' Mix (@ hook.me.a.book on Instagram)

Nonfiction Reader Challenge (@ Book'd Out)

NoveList Reading Challenge (@ NoveList)

Odd Holiday Reading Challenge ( @mothreadsbookssometimes on Instagram)

Out-Of-Comfort-Zone Reading Challenge (@ Book Cheshire Cat)

Pages with Sage Reading Challenge (@ Bookish Bitch)

Picture Prompt Book Bingo (@ Bookforager)

Playing Card Reading Challenge (@ laceyinthelibrary on Instagram)

Popsugar Reading Challenge (@ Popsugar) 

The Purrfect Reading Challenge (@ Socrates' Book Reviews)

The Queer Collective 2026 Reading Challenge (@authorjoellelynn on Instagram)

Queer Your Year Reading Challenge (@openbookopen on Instagram)

RAD Reading Challenge (@ RAD: Rachel A. Dawson)

Read Around the USA (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

Read Around the World (@ The Book Girls' Guide)

Read Classics in 2026 (@ lucythereader on Youtube)

Read Diversely 2026 (@ Kat's Booknerds on Facebook--private group, must join to participate)

Read Good Challenge (@ Ben Reads Good on Youtube)

Read Harder Challenge (@ Book Riot)

Read Hotter Challenge (@ thebookishhottie on Instagram)

Read It Again, Sam Challenge (@ My Reader's Block)

Read It Or Unhaul It (@ Alli the Book Giraffe)

Read It Your Way (@ Beanstack)

Read the Rainbow (@melati.reads on Instagram)

Read What You Own (@ The Paper Traveler on Youtube)

Read With Allison Reading Challenge (@Read with Allison)

Read With Lindsey Reading Challenge (@ Read With Lindsey) 

Read With the Snail Reading Challenge (@ Snail on the Wall)

Read Your Bookshelf Challenge (@ Chantel Reads All Day on Youtube)

Read Your Shelf Challenge (@ Gather Together & Read)

Reading Across Canada (@ Bookworm Adventure Girl on Youtube)

Reading Books Challenge (@ alteregouniversus on Instagram; on Instagram)

Reading by the Numbers Challenge (@ My Reader's Block)

Reading Challenge (@somerville_books on Instagram)

Reading Challenge 2026 ( @read_with_kavee on Instagram)

Reading Challenge 2026 ( @life.byt on Instagram)

Reading Challenge 2026 ( @viaggiacongiulia on Instagram; in Italian)

Reading Glasses Challenge ( @readingglassespodcast on Instagram)

Reading in Bloom (hosted by @katscreations614 and @thereading_scientist)

Reading Queerly Book Bingo & Reading Challenge (@ Enthralled Bookworm)

Reading the Classics Challenge (@ In Search of Wonder on Youtube)

Reading Through Time Historical Fiction Challenge (arblinn on Instagram)

Reading With Muffy ( @readingwithmuffy on Instagram)

Reading With Wrigs (on Facebook--private group, must join)

Reporter's Challenge (by Ellie @ The Challenge Factory)

Roll & Read Reading Challenge ( @hook.me.a.book on Instagram)

Romance Book Reading Challenge (@ She Reads Romance Books)

Romance Reading Bingo Challenge (@ That's What I'm Talking About)

Romance Reading Project (@

aastha__anand

 and 

book_gobbler

 on Instagram)

Romanceopoly 2026 (@ Under the Covers)

Romantasy Bingo (@ Covers With Cassidy on Youtube)

Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge (@ Friday Night Readers)

Seagoe Park Reading Challenge ( @karla_bookishlife on Instagram)

Series Reading Challenge (@ Coffee, Cookies & Books on Youtube)

She Reads Everything Reading Challenge (@ She Reads Everything)

Shelf Reflection Reading Challenge (@ Shelf Reflection)

#ShelfLove Challenge 2026 (@ Fortified by Books)

Six Shooter Mystery Reading Challenge (@ The Mystillery)

So They Read 26 in 26 Reading Challenge (@ sotheyread on Instagram)

Something Bookish Reading Challenge (@ lipglossmaffia on Instagram)

Southern Literature Reading Challenge (@ Introverted Reader)

Speccy Fiction Reading Challenge (@Book'd Out)

Spread the Feast Challenge (@ delightfullyfeastingpress on Instagram)

Sugardusted Bingo (@ sugardustedbooks on Instagram)

Sweet Southern Reading Challenge (@ Readeropolis)

Tackle the TBR Pile ( @crystalcaudillauthor on Instagram)

TBR 26 in 26 (@ Rose City Reader)

TBR Knockout (@ Completely Melanie on Youtube)

TBR Pile Challenge (@jtbrooksbooksandreviews on Instagram)

TBR Reading Challenge (@ 

emily.the.story.seeker

 and 

bookish_redpanda

 on Instagram)

TBR Remix Bingo Cards (@peoplewemeetatbookclubpodcast on Instagram)

TBR Spin 2026 (@ Freshly Read Books on Youtube)

The TellTale Book Club Reading Challenge (@the.telltale.book.club on Instagram)

This Challenge Killed the Bookworm (@ Curiosity Killed the Bookworm)

Thoughtful Reading Challenge (@ Book Thoughts from Bed)

Travel Reading List Challenge (@ Libro/Maniacs)

The Trope Trials Fantasy Reading Challenge (@ booasaurusbex on Instagram)

Unabridged Podcast 2026 Reading Challenge (@ Unabridged Podcast) 

Uncorked Reading Challenge (@The Uncorked Librarian) 

Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt (@ My Reader's Block)

Virtual Mount TBR Challenge (@ My Reader's Block)

Wanderlust Reading Challenge (@thewell.read.collective on Instagram)

What an Animal Reading Challenge (@ Socrates' Book Reviews)

The Wheel of the Year Reading Challenge (@ The Art of Reading)

The Writers Write Book Reading Challenge 3 (@ Writers Write)

Xennial Movie Challenge (@elle.mn.ope on Instagram)

Xepherus Studies 2026 Reading Challenge (@ Xepherus Reads)

The Year of Wonder Reading Challenge (@ 2125books on Instagram)

 

 

Storygraph has a ton of challenges. I won't list them individually, but see the sidebar for a link to search for challenges.

 

Perpetual Challenges (No limit or none indicated)

Century Club Mystery Reading Challenge (@ The Mystillery)

 

Reading Events/Short-Term Challenges/Group Reads/Read-Alongs/Etc.

75 Booked Challenge (Dec 1 2025 - March 15 2026)

Beyond the Bookends Winter 2026 Reading Challenge (Dec 1 2025 - Feb 28 2026)

Bible Reading Challenge [90 days] (@ Knowable Word)

Book Girls' Guide Winter Reading Challenge (2025 -2026) 

Bibliolifestyle's Winter Reading Challenge (Dec 1 2025 - Feb 28 2026)

Fantasy with Friends Discussion Meme

Foodies Read (monthly links for Foodie book reviews--January linked here)

Leo Tolstoy Chapter-a-Day Read-Along (@ Nick's Chapter-A-Day Read-Along)

Potatoes & Paperbacks (book club; @potatoesandpaperbacks on Instagram)

Winter Reading Challenge (Jan 1 - Feb 28 2026)