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A book made into a movie you’ve already seen
True crime In Cold Blood, Truman Capote or Helter Skelter
The next book in a series you started
A book involving a heist The Hunter, Richard Stark
Nordic noir
A novel based on a real personThe Perfect King, The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation, Ian Mortimer
A book set in a country that fascinates you
A book with a time of day in the title Dawn, Elie Wiesel
A book about a villain or antihero Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay or Juliette, Marquis de Sade
A book about death or grief The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
A book that is also a stage play or musical Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K.Rowling
A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
A book about feminism
A book about mental health The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness or Depression and Other Magic Tricks, Sabrina Benaim
A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Three Dark Crowns, Kendare Blake
A book by two authors Sleeping Beauties, Stephen and Owen King
A book about or involving a sport The Crossover, Alexander Kwame or Survivor, Tabitha King
A book by a local author The Goat: Building the Perfect Victim, Bill Kieffer
A book with your favorite color in the title
A book with alliteration in the title The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield
A book about time travel Dragonfly in Amber, Diana Gabaldon
A book with a weather element in the title Stealing Snow, Danielle Paige
A book set at sea Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas, Morgan Llwelyn
A book with an animal in the title The Tiger's Wife, Tea Obreht
A book set on a different planet Cress, Marissa Meyer
A book with song lyrics in the title Heart-shaped Box, Joe Hill
A book about or set on Halloween Dead Leaves: 9 Tales from the Witching Season, Kealon Patrick Burke
A book with characters who are twins The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
A book mentioned in another book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith or The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe
A book from a celebrity bookclub The Rules of Magic, Alice Hoffman
A childhood classic you’ve never read The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Expuery or The Secret Garden, Francis Hodgson Burnett
A book that’s published in 2018
A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner End of Watch, Stephen King or Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate
A book set in the decade you were born White Teeth, Zadie Smith or The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to Sophie's Choice, William Styron
A book with an ugly cover Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand or The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan
A book that involves a bookstore or library Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine or The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long) Haunted, Chuck Palahnuik
And for the more hardcore readers- The Advanced List add on's:
A bestseller from the year you graduated high school The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, Douglas Adams
A cyberpunk book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
A book tied to your ancestry Dubliners, James Joyce
A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer
An allegory The Giver, Lois Lowry
A book by an author with the same first or last name as you The Women in the Castle, Jessica Shattuck
A microhistory The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
A book about a problem facing society today
A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
*my picks are subject to change based on availability and my moods. =)
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