Andrea's 2026 Reading Challenges and Goals

[Andrea]

I'm pretty much participating in the same challenges I did in 2025. I modified my goals for this year since I easily surpassed them last year.

I plan to take part in the following challenges for 2026:
-ATY*
-PopSugar*
-52 Book Club
-Booklist Queen
-Barnes and Noble
-Read Good
-Buzzword
-Travel America
-Goodreads Bookmarks Reading Challenges
-Others

*To avoid redundancy, I won't be tracking these here. I'll just use their respective Spreadsheets

These are my goals for 2026:
-read at least 50 books off my TBR (owned and goodreads TBR)
-read at least 20 books off the 1001 books you must read before you die list
-read at least 45% from BIPOC authors (I read _____ last year)

[Andrea]

52 Book Club

I'll tackle this challenge when I finish ATY and/or PopSugar, so I'm leaving it blank for now

[Andrea]

Booklist Queen

I'll tackle this challenge when I finish ATY and/or PopSugar, so I'm leaving it blank for now

[Andrea]

Barnes & Noble

I'll tackle this challenge when I finish ATY and/or PopSugar, so I'm leaving it blank for now

[Andrea]

Read Good Challenge 2026

TBA

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Buzzword-a-thon 2026

TBA

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Travel America Challenge
Continued from last year

Alabama- Inside Out & Back Again
Alaska- Drop City
Arizona- Everybody Sees the Ants
Arkansas- Come and Get It
California- Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Colorado
Connecticut- The Unexpected Everything
Delaware- The Most
Florida- Running
Georgia- Ring Shout
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois- Same As It Ever Was
Indiana- Soundtrack of Silence: Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky- In Country
Louisiana- First Lie Wins
Maine- Burn
Maryland- In the Weeds
Massachusetts- Eileen
Michigan- Funny Story
Minnesota- Just for the Summer
Mississippi
Missouri- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Montana
Nebraska- Slow Dance
Nevada- Headshot
New Hampshire
New Jersey- I Leave It Up to You
New Mexico
New York- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
North Carolina- The Unmaking of June Farrow
North Dakota- Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land
Ohio
Oklahoma- The Dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil Rights, Censorship, and the American Library
Oregon- Madwoman
Pennsylvania- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Rhode Island- Anita de Monte Laughs Last
South Carolina- Winner Take All
South Dakota
Tennessee- March: Book Two
Texas- Not in Love
Utah
Vermont
Virginia- All the Sinners Bleed
Washington- Middletide
West Virginia- The Listeners
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Bonus:
Puerto Rico
Samoa
Virgin Islands
Washington DC- Vox

Landmarks:
Ellis Island
Grand Canyon- A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Mount Rushmore
Pearl Harbor
Route 66
White House- War

Events (annual or historic):
Mardi Gras
Kentucky Derby
World Series
Chicago Fire (1871)
San Francisco Earthquake (1906)
Woodstock (1969)

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Goodreads Bookmarks Reading Challenges

TBA

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Other Reading Challenges

Any challenges I decide to join in the middle of the year will go here

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Author Stats

White:
BIPOC:
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