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: