2025 Reading Challenge

12 Months 12 Books

• January: A book published or about the year you were born

• February: A book with the name of a city in the title

• March: A book about someone with a marginalized identity

• April: A book about books, bookstores, or libraries

• May: A book with a first sentence of eight words or less

• June: A book that spans multiple generations

• July: A book you were drawn to by its cover

• August: A book with a protagonist who is a teenager or

• senior citizen

• September: A book told in non-chronological order

• October: A book published by a Massachusetts press

• November: A cookbook or book about food

• December: Another book by an author you’ve already read

How the challenge works:

• Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.

• After you read, fill out this form to tell us about the book.

  • Using our submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.

  • Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.

  • We will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month.

  • If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.