MA Center for the Book Reading Challenge

MA Center for the Book Reading Challenge

2025 reading challenge grid. reading challenge categories are described below.

How to Participate

  1. Sign up on the Massachusetts Center for the Book website.
  2. Choose and read a book that fits the monthly challenge.
  3. Log in and tell us about the book!

That's it!

Need some reading suggestions? Check out this list! Each title brings you to the book in our catalog.

January: A book published or about the year you were born

February: A book with the name of a city in the title

March: A book about someone with a marginalized identity

April: A book about books, bookstores, or libraries

May: A book with a first sentence of eight words or less

June: A book that spans multiple generations

July: A book you were drawn to by its cover

August: A book with a protagonist who is a teenager or senior citizen

September: A book told in non-chronological order

October: A book published by a Massachusetts press

November: A cookbook or book about food

December: Another book by an author you’ve already read

More information

  • Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
  • If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.

Have questions? View Massachusetts Center for the Book's FAQ.