Here’s what we challenged you to read in previous Readers Dozen years:
2020
January: Read a mystery with a punny title
February: Read a memoir of a person you admire
March: Read a book published in the 1990s
April: Read a book with a cover you hate
May: Read a book set at sea
June: Read a book translated from another language
July: Read a book that features time travel
August: Read a book with a name in the title
September: Read a book of essays
October: Read a book everyone’s read but you
November: Read a book about a specific event in history
December: Read a book made into a movie
2019
January: Read a true crime book
February: Read a book with a tropical setting
March: Read an Idaho memoir
April: Read a fantasy novel
May: Read a book written by a person of color
June: Read a book with a title beginning with “j”
July: Read a book about the U.S. Space Program
August: Read a popular author you’ve never read before
September: Read a spy novel
October: Read a retelling of another story
November: Read a book about animals
December: Read a travelogue
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2018
January: Read a book with a one-word title
February: Read a book about transportation
March: Read a Children’s classic you never read
April: Read a memoir about someone still alive
May: Read a book about music
June: Read a western novel
July: Read a book published the year you graduated high school
August: Read a guilty pleasure
September: Read a graphic novel
October: Read a Pulitzer Prize winner
November: Read a play or book of poetry
December: Read a book set on a continent whose name starts with “a”
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2017
January: Read the 1st book in a series
February: Read a book about relationships
March: Read a book about sports
April: Read a book of science or science fiction
May: Read a book published the year you were born
June: Read a book made into a movie
July: Read a book that involves travel
August: Read a Young Adult book
September: Read a book that’s won a major award
October: Read a book about a historical figure
November: Read a book that’s under 200 pages in length
December: Read a non-superhero graphic novel
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