Join the 2023 LPPL Reading Challenge!

Discover new titles, explore big ideas, and read outside your comfort zone with the 2023 LPPL Reading Challenge!

What is a reading challenge? It’s a fun way to challenge yourself to read (or listen) outside your comfort zone. Try a new author, a new genre, or a new format. Read in whatever format you choose: print, eBooks, audiobooks, YA, graphic novels, short story collections, you name it! (Magazines and children’s books do not count.) Read and log one book from each category (12 total). You do not have to go in order but are encouraged to do so. Turn in your list at the end of the year for a chance to win the grand prize.

To participate, sign up online on Beanstack or request a paper tracking sheet at the library (printer-friendly version available here).

You can join anytime during the year.

For January, read a book set in the North. Here are a few recommendations to get started:

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Print | eBook

Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
Print

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Print | eBook

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Print | eBook | audiobook

Secrets of the Sprakkar by Eliza Reid
Print

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Print | eBook | audiobook

North of Normal by Cea Sunrise Person
Print | eBook | audiobook

The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Print | eBook

2023 LPPL Reading Challenge: