The 2018 KWL Reading Challenge

Happy New Year from your KWL Team! We are all very excited about the year ahead and looking forward to working with you on your wonderful books!

To kick off the New Year, we here at KWL have decided to push ourselves to expand our reading horizons and set ourselves a challenge for the year ahead! If you would like to participate, join our Goodreads group, or tag us on social media and use the hashtag #KWLReads. Let us know in the comments if you have any recommendations for books, and happy reading!

The KWL Reading Challenge

1. An audiobook read by the author
2. A book set in a country that fascinates you
3. A book that has been translated
4. A book that looks frightening/a horror story
5. A cast recording audiobook
6. A book with an unreliable narrator
7. An audiobook narrated by a celebrity
8. A book set in your hometown
9. A book written by somebody born in the 1800s
10. A book written by a man writing as a woman
11. A book set in a European city
12. A book written by a woman writing as a man
13. A book published in the year you were born
14. Something from Barack Obama’s reading list
15. A New York Times bestseller
16. A book written for young adults
17. A book from a genre you don’t usually read
18. A book recommended by a friend or family member
19. A book you loved as a child
20. A novel that incorporates recipes or food
21. A book made into a movie/television show that you enjoyed
22. A book you were made to read in high school
23. A book by an indie author
24. A book that has been/is banned somewhere
25. A book with a cover you love
26. A Booker Prize winner
27. A book that inspired a successful television show
28. A book you have always meant to read but never have
29. A biography of someone you admire
30. A book set in the 1920s
31. A cozy mystery
32. The first book in a series
33. A book marketed at the opposite gender
34. A book set in Edinburgh
35. A biography of someone you dislike
36. A book featuring magic
37. A play
38. A book you would like to pass on to a child/young person
39. A lesser-known book by a well-known author
40. A dystopia
41. A book featuring a religion you’d like to know more about
42. Something from Richard and Judy’s book club
43. A travelogue
44. A book by a woman of colour
45. A book that began as a blog
46. A book with a famous first line
47. A book by an Australian author
48. A book on a subject you’ve always wanted to learn more about
49. A book about enduring friendships
50. A book based on a historical event