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Want to Read More This Year? Join the 2016 Reading Challenge!
Forget about drinking more water or getting in shape! Our favorite New Year's resolution is definitely this: Read More Books. And we're guessing it's yours, too. Make it easier by creating a reading goal and tracking your progress with the 2016 Reading Challenge on Goodreads!
Will it be one book every other month? Or maybe one book a week? A day? It's up to you! Your goal can be any size. To get started, just choose the number of books you'd like to read this year.
Not sure what to read next? Don't worry! Here are a few ways to build your want-to-read list on Goodreads:
- Recommendations: To get recommendations tailored just for you, rate books you've already read. The more books you rate, the better your recommendations will be!
- Giveaways: Did you know you can enter book giveaways for a chance to win free books?
- Lists: You can also browse the thousands of lists on Listopia—where you'll find categories ranging from classic (Best Books of the 21st Century) to niche (Best Alpha Male Alien Meets Human Heroine Romance).
- Goodreads Choice Award winners: Peruse the results of the recently announced 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards, with winners and runners-up in 20 categories!
And it never hurts to have some social support when working toward a goal, so check out the many Goodreads groups that host reading challenges across every topic, theme, and genre imaginable.
In 2015, Goodreads members pledged to read more than 94 million books! What is your 2016 goal? Tell us in the comments!
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I set the goal for 200 but given that I'm already 8 books in I'm thinking I should have aimed a little higher.
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Susan wrote: "Danielle wrote: "I had a total of 609 last year including my re-reads. Wonder how many I can do this year :)"How is it possible to read more than 1 book a day?"
Depends on how little sleep you can function on and just how good the book is. Almost all the titles I've read so far (8 in 4 days) won't let me put them down, and the majority were NOT quickies. I'm also a quick reader and tend to multitask without bothering to look up from the Kindle.
Going for 50 books! My problem is finding books that I actually wanted to read to fulfill that goal. There were waaaay too many books that I started without finishing.
Shooting for 100. It's a bit high for me, but I read a lot of comics in addition to novels, so I'm factoring that in.
warriorlover wrote: "that dog is so cute ( i clicked on your profile photo)" haha its Jake Gyllenhaal holding it (google it he cant hold a dog right xD)
Not sure what should we chase: reading too many books or too good books. Will try to strike a balance this time with 30.
warriorlover wrote: "LOL. you are very funny, do you want to be my friend on this website?"absolutely :)
Last Year I just set merely 12 Books T-B-R as Target & I achieved it.But This Year, It's gonna be 50 Books.
100 for 2015 (completed), so upping my goal to 105 for 2016 :)
decided on 20 to go easy on myself, but hoping to read a lot more than that.
Beth wrote: "Going for 25 books this year. I realize it is small potatoes compared to what some people read, but I am doing what I can."I decided on 20.
200 books. But I'll probably read more than that. :)
How do you update the number of books that you've completed?
25! I know it is low but my year seems full of work and uni.. so let's stick to something I know I can achieve
Goal for 2016 is 35 books, up from 30 in 2015. Trying to focus on series this year and becoming more familiar with specific authors.
10 for me, I used to be a fanatical reader until I lot interest. i would read 100 books in a few months. So I'm slowly getting back into it by reading 10. If I reach that then I'll add more. I'd rather set myself a small goal that I could achieve easily than add a huge goal that I have no hope of reaching! So here's to a great 2016!
I tried 100 last year. It didn't even go a little bit right. Then again, last years school load was crazy. Even so, this year I'm going with 25.
I usually do 50 but I am going to try to tackle some of the bigger books that have been sitting on my shelves so I am going for 40 for now.
Danielle wrote: "I had a total of 609 last year including my re-reads. Wonder how many I can do this year :)"SERIOUSLY? how did you even manage that?
Martina wrote: "Trying for 200 this year"How many books you will read per month if your goal is 200?
Angelica wrote: "Martina wrote: "Trying for 200 this year"
How many books you will read per month if your goal is 200?"
I hope that it will be 15 or 16 per month
How many books you will read per month if your goal is 200?"
I hope that it will be 15 or 16 per month
Going for 24 books. 2 books per month! :) Goodluck everyone. May the year ahead filled with books and more books!!!!!
30.... I read 31 last year so I'm hoping I can do more than that, and I think I can and will, but I'm keeping the overall goal at 30 so I won't be too hard on myself if I don't read more :)
2015 challenge I aimed for 25 books and end up reading 30. YAY
Danielle wrote: "I had a total of 609 last year including my re-reads. Wonder how many I can do this year :)"609?!?!?
I set my goal as 10 books a month so 120.
Wow, ya'll are making me look like a slacker! I was thinking 20 books this year. HAHAHA!!!
wondering if any of you folks have jobs. I read 12 last year, met my goal. This year 8 is my goal. Not sure where all the time is for reading 50-100+ books a year. Would be nice I guess. More power to you! 2015 results:
Books Pledged 94,582,690
Books Finished 29,114,649
No wonder only 30% of the pledged number are read.
My goal is to read 50 books, but once I've finished with that, I'll read some more! :D
Guy wrote: "wondering if any of you folks have jobs. I read 12 last year, met my goal. This year 8 is my goal. Not sure where all the time is for reading 50-100+ books a year. Would be nice I guess. More power..."I myself don't have a job because I'm too young, but I agree. So many people are pledging about 100-150 when none are read. I hope you reach 8! :)
