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[x] A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Challenge: A book based entirely on it's cover - The Celebrants
2. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa - 3 Feb3. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty - 10 Feb
[x] A book where the main character is a politician - The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
To Be Read 2024
Non-Fiction 2025
January
1. The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter - 23 Jan
February
2. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa - 3 Feb
3. The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty - 10 Feb
4. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World - 24 Feb
5. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum - 28 Feb
March
6. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey - 19 March
7. Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto - 24 March
April
8. Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro - 17 April
9. The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici - 23 April
10. American Serial Killers: The Epidemic Years 1950-2000 - 27 April
May
11. Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic - 11 May
12. Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs - 24 May
13. Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam - 29 May
June
14. Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night - 3 June
15. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest - 12 June
16. My Family and Other Animals - 16 June
17. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time - 27 June
July
18. Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War - 8 July
19. The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth - 14 July
20. Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel - 17 July
21. The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War - 23 July
22. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - 29 July
August
23. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives - 13 August
24 No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson - 16 August
25. Apollo 11: The Inside Story - 24 August
26. Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir - 27 August
September
27. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection - 8 September
28. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage - 30 September
POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2025
[] A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
[] A book you want to read based on the last sentence
[x] A book about space tourism - The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth - 14 July
[x] A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title - The Book of Life - 29 April
[] A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
[x] A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Challenge: A book based entirely on it's cover - The Celebrants
[x] A book about a cult - Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
[x] A book under 250 pages - Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
[x] A book that features a character going through menopause - Nine Perfect Strangers
[x] A book you got for free - Wild Dark Shore
[] A book mentioned in another book
[] A book about a road trip
[] A book rated less than three stars on GR
[x] A book about a nontraditional education - Somewhere Beyond the Sea - 4 July
[] A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
[x] A book set in or around a body of water - The Great Divide
[x] A book about a run club - The Cancer Ladies' Running Club
[x] A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons - Shadow's Edge
[x] A highly anticipated read of 2025 - Good Dirt
[] A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over
[x] A book where the main character is a politician - The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter
[] A book about soccer
[] A book that is considered healing fiction
[x] A book with a happily single protagonist - Margo's Got Money Troubles
[x] A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee - Behold the Dreamers
[] A book where an adult character changes careers
[x] A book set at a luxury resort - The Retreat
[] A book that features an unlikely friendship
[] A book about a food truck
[] A book that reminds you of your childhood
[x] A book where music plays an integral part of the story line - Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
[x] A book about an overlooked woman in history - The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
[x] A book featuring an activity on your bucket list - What the River Knows
[x] A book written by an author who is neurodivergent - Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
[] A book centering on LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out
[] A book with silver on the cover or in the title
[] Two books with the same title (1)
[] Two books with the same title (2)
[x] A classic you've never read - The Good Earth
[] A book about chosen family
[] A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
[] A book with a left handed character
[x] A book where nature is the antagonist - Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
[x] A book that features a married couple who don't live together - Stay with Me
[x] A book with a title that starts with the letter Y - The Yacoubian Building - 16 July
[x] A book that includes a non-verbal character - State of Wonder
[] A book you’ve always avoided reading
[] A dystopian book with a happy ending
[x] A book that features a character with chronic pain - Iron Flame
[] A book of interconnected short stories
Goal: 75
41. Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do About It - 20 Dec
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. - How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
