2026 Reading Challenge

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Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina BjörkThe Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle MarkelThe Museum by Susan VerdeYou Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss WeitzmanYou Can't Take a Balloon into the National Gallery by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Picture Books About Museums
74 books — 26 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice HoffmanThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgImpossible Views of the World by Lucy Ives
Best Fiction Featuring Museums
100 books — 24 voters

The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara CooneyCleopatra by Stacy SchiffDaughters of Isis by Joyce A. TyldesleyThe Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby WilkinsonCleopatra by Joyce A. Tyldesley
Egyptian non-fiction
127 books — 22 voters
Awake by Melanie SuraniRelic by Douglas PrestonFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Murder Room by P.D. JamesReliquary by Douglas Preston
Mystery Fiction Set in a Museum
64 books — 20 voters

Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder by Lawrence WeschlerDr Cagliostro's Cabinet of Curiosities - Investigations of th... by Oskar HejllStuffed Animals and Pickled Heads by Stephen T. AsmaTaking Things Seriously by Joshua GlennCabinets of Curiosities by Patrick Mauriès
Cabinets of Curiosities, Wunderkammer and Museums of Marvels - non-fiction
91 books — 13 voters
Museum by Danny DanzigerDinosaurs in the Attic by Douglas PrestonDry Store Room No. 1 by Richard ForteyA History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregorCobwebs and Cream Teas by Mary MacKie
Essential Museum Books
85 books — 13 voters

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph FinkMeddling Kids by Edgar CanteroThistlefoot by GennaRose NethercottLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonSmall Spaces by Katherine Arden
If You Love Gravity Falls...
56 books — 7 voters
Strangest Museums in Britain and the Best Worldwide by Strangest BooksThe Irish Game by Matthew HartThe Curioseum by Adrienne JansenThe Secret Museum by Molly OldfieldAnimal Kingdom by Jack Ashby
Books about Museums
9 books — 6 voters

The Romanization of Britain by Martin MillettPompeii by Alex; Laurence ButterworthFrom Caligula to Constantine by Eric R. VarnerEvil Roman Emperors by Phillip BarlagA Rome of One's Own by Emma Southon
Roman non-fiction
13 books — 5 voters
The Muralist by B.A. ShapiroThe Museum of the Senses by Constance ClassenThe Irish Game by Matthew HartFacture by Daphne S. BarbourWhy Old Places Matter by Thompson M. Mayes
Art Conservator & Museum Employee Reading Fun!
17 books — 5 voters

Art for Spring by Rita StoreyWritten and Drawn by Henrietta by LiniersI Like Art … What Jobs Are There? by Susie HodgeArt and How it Works by D.K. PublishingThe Ultimate Art Museum by Ferren Gipson
March is National Youth Art Month! (USA)
261 books — 5 voters
Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger InstituteArt Scenes by Pablo HelgueraPermission Marketing by Seth Godin33 Artists in 3 Acts by Sarah ThorntonManual of Contemporary Art Style by Pablo Helguera
ARAD Columbia
22 books — 3 voters

Deep Listening by Emily KasrielDefining Memory by Amy K. LevinMastering Community by Christine PorathMuseums and Communities by Ivan KarpThe Art of Community by Charles H. Vogl
Community Reading for Museum Professionals
8 books — 3 voters
Protest Tautohetohe by Stephanie GibsonMy New Zealand 123 Book by Te Papa PressMy New Zealand ABC Book by Te Papa PressMy New Zealand Colours Book by Te Papa PressMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa by Te Papa Press
Te Papa Press
45 books — 2 voters

Stitchin' and Pullin' by Patricia C. McKissackGordon Parks by Carole Boston WeatherfordBrothers of the Knight by Debbie AllenDancing in the Wings by Debbie AllenJazz by Walter Dean Myers
Picture Books About Art by African-Americans
25 books — 2 voters
Why Surrealism Matters by Mark PolizzottiWhy the Museum Matters by Daniel H. WeissWhy Acting Matters by David ThomsonWhy Architecture Matters by Paul GoldbergerWhy Arendt Matters by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Why X Matters (Yale University Press)
19 books — 2 voters

111 Places in New York That You Must Not Miss by Jo-Anne Elikann111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss by Floriana Petersen111 Places in Los Angeles That You Must Not Miss by Laurel Moglen111 Places in Chicago That You Must Not Miss Revised & Updated by Amy Bizzarri111 Places in Washington That You Must Not Miss by Andrea Seiger
Best 111 Places That You Must Not Miss Tour Guides USA
32 books — 1 voter

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