The Nerd Daily Reading Challenge 2025

As a new year begins, as do all the new reading challenges. One of the ones I will be attempting again is the Nerd Daily Reading Challenge. What I often like about this one is that a lot of the prompts are open to your own interpretation, so I think I am going to do fairly well this year. And due to some literary judging I am doing, there is a chance that several of the books will fulfil these prompts, as will many review books. My goal is to use the books I have as much as possible, as I have found this has worked in the past and I have only had to track down a couple of things. I am looking forward to filling in as many of these prompts as I can over the next twelve months.

1. 2025 release:
2. Judge a book by its cover:
3. Recommended by The Nerd Daily:
4. Debut Author:
5. Green on Cover:
6. An audiobook:
7. Set in the decade you were born (1980s):
8. A new author to you:
9. Author starting with J:
10. Title is red:
11. Released in July 2025:
12. A sequel:
13. Award-winning:
14. Picked by a loved one:
15. 350-499 pages:
16. Author with an X, Y or Z in their name:
17. Animal on cover:
18. A 2024 release you neglected:
19. Workplace or holiday setting:
20. Illustrations or images within:
21. Features siblings:
22. Protagonist starting with P:
23. Book with orange spine:
24. Bookstore or library recommendation:
25. A book you’ve been putting off:
26. Spooky or cosy:
27. A genre you don’t usually read (rural romance):
28. Gifted to you:
29. Illustrated cover:
30. An author you love:
31. A book that’s hot right now:
32. 2025 adaptation:
33. A book you know nothing about:
34. Title starts with A or L:
35. Multiple perspectives:
36. Standalone:
37. Set in winter:
38. A different nationality:
39. Three-word title:
40. A queer main character:
41. Thriller or romance:
42. Wish you had or read when you were younger:
43. Part of a duology:
44. Quoted by an author you like:
45. Recommended by a friend:
46. Bought on holiday:
47. #OwnVoices:
48. Under 250 pages:
49. Murder or a wedding:
50. Five-syllable title:
51. Two or more authors:
52. Reader’s choice: