Book Log 2019 Extra: Popsugar Reading Challenge

In past years I've kind of done the Popsugar Reading Challenge, but rather than make an actual attempt (or use it to pick books whenever I remember), I decided to take the 2019 list and see how well what I actually read fit the challenge topics. As I've done in the past, I will count a book more than once if it meets more than one (which seems fair as I'm doing this after the fact).


A book becoming a movie in 2019
A book that makes you nostalgic
A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
A book you think should be turned into a movie - We That are Young by Preti Taneja
A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads

A book with a plant in the title or on the cover - A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

A reread of a favorite book - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (not really a favorite, but it's the only re-read I have in 2019)

A book about a hobby

A book you meant to read in 2018 - The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (which I'd been meaning to read in 2018, 2017, 2016...)

A book with "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title

A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover - Slaying the Badger by Richard Moore

A book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

A book published posthumously

A book set in space - The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi

A book by two female authors - Seeing Further, edited by Bill Bryson (probably not what was intended, but there are several essays written by women in this collection)

A book with a title that contains "salty," "sweet," "bitter," or "spicy"

A book set in Scandinavia - The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz

A book that takes place in a single day

A debut novel - Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel

A book that's published in 2019 - Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

A book recommended by a celebrity you admire

A book with "love" in the title

A book featuring an amateur detective - Holy Orders by Benjamin Black

A book about a family - Faithful Place by Tana French (book 3 in the Dublin Murder Squad series)

A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America - Death's End by Liu Cixin

A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title
A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie

A retelling of a classic - We That Are Young by Preti Taneja (based on King Lear)

A book with a question in the title

A book set on a college or university campus - The Incendiaries by R. O. Kwan

A book about someone with a superpower - Fall, or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

A book told from multiple character POVs - Slaying the Badger by Richard Moore (which looks at the 1986 Tour de France from the viewpoints of several of the people involved, including legendary cyclists Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond).

A book that includes a wedding

A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter - The Quiet American by Graham Greene

A ghost story - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

A book with a two-word title - Unnatural Causes by P. D. James

A novel based on a true story - The Throne of Caesar by Steven Saylor

A book revolving around a puzzle or game

Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Advanced:

A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book - The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemesin (this is a bit of a stretch, I suppose, but there's a climate angle in there)

A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
An "own voices" book
Read a book during the season it is set in - Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel (based on the part of the book set in the present)
A LitRPG book
A book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters
Two books wit the same title
A book that inspired a common phrase or idiom (e.g. Big Brother from 1984)

A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent - The Cloister by James Carroll