1. A book that's published in 2021
Bethany Clift: Last One at the Party
2. An Afrofuturist book
Nnedi Okorafor: Binti
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
Agathe Christie: The Murder on the Links
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
Henrik Ibsen: Nora
5. A dark academia book
Joachim Zelter: Schule der Arbeitslosen
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
Michael Campling: A Study in Stone
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
Plum Sykes: The Debutante Divorcee
8. A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction
Naomi Alderman: The Power
9. A book with a family tree
Marian Keyes: Grown Ups
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
Kazuo Ishiguro: Was vom Tage übrig blieb
11. A book about forgetting
Margarita Montimore: Oona out of Order
12. A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
Michael Kibler: Fremder Tod
13. A locked-room mystery
Lucy Foley: The Hunting Party
14. A book set in a restaurant
Charity Norman: The Secrets of Strangers
15. A book with a black-and-white cover
George Orwell: Coming up for Air
16. A book by an Indigenous author
Ella Cara Deloria: Speaking of Indians
17. A book that has the same title as a song
Claire North: Sweet Harmony
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
Robert Wringham: The Good Life for Wage Slaves
19. A book that discusses body positivity
Kate Stayman-London: One to Watch
20. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list
Brit Bennett: The Vanishing Half
21. A genre hybrid
John Williams: Stoner
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
Ellis Peters: Bruder Cadfael und der Hochzeitsmord
23. A book with something broken on the cover
Marian Keyes: The Break
24. A book by a Muslim American author
Soniah Kamal: Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan
25. A book that was published anonymously
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
Günther Anton Krabbenhöft: Sei einfach du! Zum Jungsein bist du nie zu alt
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
Josie Silver: One Day in December
28. A magical realism book
Seanan MacGuire: Every Heart a Doorway
29. A book set in multiple countries
Michael Poore: Reincarnation Blues
30. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021
Thomas Herzberg: Ausgerechnet Sylt
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
Nick Spalding: Dry Hard
32. A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z"
Frauke Bestemann: Zweihalbe Leben
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
Alexander McCall Smith: A Promise of Ankles
34. A book about a social justice issue
Olivia Monti: Sterbewohl
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
Ralf König: Lucky Luke, Zarter Schmelz
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Ken Grimwood: Replay
37. A book you think your best friend would like
Karsten Duse: Achtsam morden
38. A book about art or an artist
Ngaio Marsh: Artists in Crime
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
Jonas Jonasson: Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Ngaio Marsh: Clutch of Constables
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Lucinda Riley: Der Lavendelgarten
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Nika Lubitsch: Der 7. Tag
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
Nele Neuhaus: Muttertag
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
Jodi Taylor: The Long and the Short of it
The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
Edmund Crispin: Holy Disorders
A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't
Emily St. John Mandel: Das Licht der letzten Tage
A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
Marian Keyes: The Brightest Star in the Sky
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
Matt Haig: The Midnight Library
A DNF book from your TBR list
Ngaio Marsh: Scales of Justice
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
Emilia Bernhard: Tote trinken keinen Rosé