Q1 - Build Your Own Hall of Fame: Literary Legacy

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BUILD YOUR OWN HALL OF FAME: LITERARY LEGACY
Duration: January 1 – March 31, 2026

“From laurels to legends—honor the books that earned their shine.”

This year, we’re building an ever-growing literary museum—one quarter at a time.
Every three months, new “rooms” will open in our Hall of Fame, each one celebrating a different kind of award-winning book. Your goal is to explore the rooms for the current quarter and fill them with as many winners as you choose.

These wings represent the foundation of our museum—classics, major prize winners, recent standouts, and works that shaped literary history. You choose which rooms to visit and how many books to read as you build your personal Hall of Fame.

Only winners count (no shortlisted or nominated books).
Readers may complete one room or all of them—your museum is yours to design.

To join, simply post how many books you plan to read this quarter.

If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, please visit the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges – Start Here thread for more details on how our challenges work.

Q1 Exhibit Rooms — January–March 2026

⭐ The Foundation Stones
Award-winning classics or early titles that shaped literary tradition.

⭐ The Crown Jewels
Books that won major prizes such as the Pulitzer, Booker, National Book Award, Women’s Prize, or any award-winning work by a Nobel laureate.

⭐ The Fresh Paint Exhibit
Recent award winners from the last ten years.

⭐ The Legacy Shelf
Books by authors who have received a lifetime achievement or career-recognition award.

⭐ The Time Capsule Rooms
Choose one or more decades and read books that won an award during that decade.


✨ Need help finding an award winner? Award Names Resource

Thank you Janine for agreeing to lead this challenge!

[Janine]

How to participate:

To sign up, comment below with how many books you plan to read.

When posting updates, please include your original (sign-up) message number, plus your current progress. (E.g. Update to message #15, 2/6)

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know.

If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to ask me or check out the FAQ thread.

Thanks everyone, happy reading!

[Janine]

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