2018 PopSugar Reading Challenge – COMPLETED!
An updated version and final version of the books I read for this challenge.
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen – The Devil Wears Prada
2. True Crime – Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
3. The next book in a series you started – Endless Knight
4. A book involving a heist – Heist Society
5. Nordic noir – The Snowman
6. A novel based on a real person – Kaiulani: The People’s Princess
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you – Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
8. A book with a time of day in the title – Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day
9. A book about a villain or antihero – Snow, Glass, Apples
10. A book about death or grief – Vanishing Girls
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym – Flowers in the Attic
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist – If I Was Your Girl
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical – Dear Evan Hansen
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you – Let’s Talk About Love
15. A book about feminism – We Should All Be Feminists
16. A book about mental health – Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift – Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis #1-2)
18. A book by two authors – The Nixie’s Song
19. A book about or involving a sport – Of Fire and Stars
20. A book by a local author – The Search for WondLa
21. A book with your favorite color in the title – The Last Little Blue Envelope
22. A book with alliteration in the title – Black and Blue
23. A book about time travel – Outlander
24. A book with a weather element in the title – The Lightning Thief
25. A book set at sea – The Woman in Cabin 10
26. A book with an animal in the title – The Bird and the Blade
27. A book set on a different planet – A Wrinkle in Time
28. A book with song lyrics in the title – Carry On
29. A book about or set on Halloween – Something Wicked This Way Comes
30. A book with characters who are twins – The Poisonwood Bible
31. A book mentioned in another book – The Language of Thorns
32. A book from a celebrity book club – Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read – Winnie-the-Pooh
34. A book that’s published in 2018 – Batman: Nightwalker
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner – Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
36. A book set in the decade you were born – The Carnival at Bray
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to – Kill You Twice
38. A book with an ugly cover – Hidden Meanings
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library – The Invisible Library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (I turned this prompt into 3)
- 40a (2015) – A book you own but have never read – Fever 1973
- 40b (2016) – A graphic novel – The Prince and the Dressmaker
- 40c (2017) – A book with an unreliable narrator – Gone Girl
2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school – The Scarecrow
2. A cyberpunk book – Ready Player One
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place – The Hazel Wood
4. A book tied to your ancestry – Across a Hundred Mountains
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title – Tangerine
6. An allegory – The Phantom Tollbooth
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you – Marked
8. A micro history – The Ghost Map
9. A book about a problem facing society today – The Hate U Give
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge – The Book Thief
*As a personal rule to this challenge, I didn’t re-read any books. I also did not use one book for more than one prompt.
I had so much fun doing this challenge, I can’t wait to start on next years challenge. I’ve already started planning the books!



