2025 Reading Challenge

Share and discuss books for this year’s Challenge during our monthly (hybrid) groups.

When

Meets first Friday of every month
10:00–11:00 am
in the Bowsprit Room on the Library’s Second Level or via Zoom,

How to join

Email ncinnater@clamsnet.org

About

Our 2025 Reading Challenge allows you to read books you choose while expanding your horizons. Discuss your choices, have fun, and win prizes! Participants will be able to discuss their progress on Facebook, by email, and/or via a monthly hybrid meet-up

  • Signing up qualifies you for a prize upon completion at the end of the year

  • Hybrid in-person/Zoom meetings continue on the first Friday of each month throughout the year

Read 12 books in 12 months in the following categories:

  • A book by a debut author (that is, an author who recently published their first book),

  • A book with water on the cover

  • A book that suggests another art form for you to experience (music, visual art, dance, etc.)

  • A non-fiction or history book

  • A radical, shocking, or culture-affecting book from the 20th century (Some examples are: Looking for Mr. Goodbar, I’m Ok, You’re Ok, The Feminine Mystique, Roots, etc.)

  • A book about a disaster

  • A book to atone for reading a really bad book (artistically, politically, racially, etc. E.g., reading a book by Toni Morrison to atone for reading Gone with the Wind.)

  • A book with a theme of hopefulness

  • A locked-room mystery (a sub-genre in which the murder takes place in a room locked from the inside -- seemingly impossible)

  • A book featured at the 2024 or 2025 Provincetown Book Festival (see provincetownbookfestival.org)

  • A spy novel

  • A seasonal book, e.g., a book about winter, spring, summer or fall, especially read at that time

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2024 Reading Challenge Categories

• A Nobel Prize winner.
• An American classic- a book with a great reputation published at least 50 years ago.
• A book set in a time or place you’d like to live your next life (includes time travel).
• A book by a person with a disability. The book does not have to be about a person with a disability.
• A book written by an ancient author, or about an ancient culture.
• A book about Climate Change, fiction or non-fiction.
• A book about animals or a particular species.
• A book you loved & want to re-read, or a book you hated, to see if you feel differently.
• A book you picked up at a little free library or other free book source.
• A book inspired by another book you read.
• A book from the “Staff Picks” section of a library or bookstore.
• A well-reviewed book in your favorite genre.

2023 Challenge Categories:

• A novel or memoir in which the main character is over 60.
• A book with footnotes.
• A book about or set in the place you were born.
• A banned book.
• A book written before 1900.
• A book by an author appearing at the 2022 or 2023 Provincetown Book Festival.
• A book reviewed in the New York Times Book Review.
• An adventure story or family saga.
• A book with supernatural elements, such as vampires, witches, zombies, or ghosts.
• A science book (including nature).
• A book about a pandemic, fiction or nonfiction.
• A graphic novel.