Popsugar is a lifestyle magazine and their reading challenge has been around since 2015.On their website they list 40 book promps and additional 10 advanced prompts.
Here they are:
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1 A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot: Garth Nix? Agatha Christie? Paul Harding?
2 A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman: Leigh Bardugo - Das Lied der Krähen
3 A book you meant to read in 2025
4 A book that starts with the letter "Z"
5 A book about women astronauts: Taylor Jenkins Reid - Atmosphere
6 A book with an overweight main character whose story isn't about losing weight: E. Strout - Die langen Abende? Baldacci - Memory Man
7 A book about a granny hobby: Samuel Burr - Das größte Rätsel aller Zeiten
8 A book about a sexless marriage: Salman Rushdie - Mitternachtskinder
9 A book with a "type C" character: Martha Wells - Murderbot
10 A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover: Marco Sonnleitner - Schlucht der Dämonen
11 A book with a dad as the primary caregiver
12 A book with "pop" or "sugar" in the title
13 A book featuring a character with a hidden past: Liz Moore - Der Gott des Waldes
14 A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan: Emily Henry - Book Lovers
15 A book about new beginnings: Alison Espach - Wedding People
16 A book less than 260 pages
17 A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics: Frederic Backman - Die Gewinner
18 A love story that defies social boundaries
19 A book about teen angst: Jay Asher - Tote Mädchen lügen nicht
20 A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree: Harlan Coben - Ich schweige für dich (StaBi CD)
21 A book about a bachelorette trip: Ruth Ware - Im dunklen, dunklen Wald
22 A book about a book club: Lyssa Kay Adams - The Secret Book Club? Tess Gerritsen - Die Sommergäste? Sarah Turner - Hinter den Wolken wartet die Sonne?
23 A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn't
24 A book about postpartum: Ashley Audrain - Der Verdacht
25 A book that explores influencer culture: Lisa Jewell - Kein Hauch von Wahrheit
26 A book with a character who navigates infertility
27 A book with a character who has curly hair: Percival Everett - James
28 A book about debt: Clare Leslie Hall - Wie Risse in der Erde?
29 A book that takes place during harvesting season: Riley Sager - Lake. Das Haus am dunklen Ufer
30 A travel ghost story: Yangsze Choo - Schattenbraut
31 A book that makes you feel FOMO (fear of missing out)
32 A book with an underwater civilization
33 A book about college: ? Reread Die geheime Geschichte?
34 A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist: Ryka Aoki - Das Licht ungewöhnlicher Sterne
35 A book that makes you want to travel to Italy: E.M. Forster - A Room with a View
36 A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction): Terry Pratchett - Moving Pictures
37 A book about a pop star: Jennifer Egan - Der größere Teil der Welt
38 A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title: Ewald Arenz - Alte Sorten
39 A book with a character who runs a marathon: Stephen King - Erhebung
40 A book outside your comfort zone
Advanced
41 A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
42 A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist: Brian J. Jones - Jim Henson: A Biography
43 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1): Lars Kepler - Playground - Leben oder Sterben
44 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2): Lars Kepler - Der Nachtgänger
45 A book that features birding: Charlotte McConaghy - Zugvögel
46 A sapphic comic
47 A book told entirely through letters: Janice Hallett - Der Twyford-Code
48 A book with a shadow daddy: Sarah J. Maas - Dornen und Rosen
49 A book with a mention of your zodiac sign: Monika Helfer - Die Jungfrau
50 A book about Afrofuturism: Nnedi Okorafor - Heimat (Binti #2)

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