TBR Challenge 2026 is a fun way to actually read all those books I’ve been accumulating over the years. “Your mission, should you choose to accept it: once a month pull a dormant book out of your TBR pile and read it. On the 3rd Wednesday of the month, talk about that book. If you’re on social media all you need to do is use the #TBRChallenge hashtag – there’s no need to sign-up and your participation can vary throughout the year. You can use this hashtag on any day, at any time – but we’re still going to concentrate on the 3rd Wednesday of every month to kick our commentary into high gear. The idea is to have at least one day a month where we can always count on there being book chatter.”
January 21 – Still Here (a series you’ve been neglecting, a book by a favorite author you’ve been saving for a rainy day, unrequited love, second chance or reunion romance, etc.)
February 18 – Vintage (Old School, genre classic, etc.)
March 18 – Tropetastic! (Let your trope freak flag fly!)
April 15 – Fool’s Errand (some sort of harebrained/desperate/Hail Mary kind of motivation for one of the main characters, fake relationship/engagement, etc.)
May 20 – New Beginnings (Starting over, first book in a series, characters coming off divorce / bad relationship etc.)
June 17 – Pride (LGBTQ+, prideful main character, etc.)
July 15 – Freedom! (main character escaping “something,” books set during period of political change – pick a war, suffrage, Civil Rights Movement, etc.)
August 19 – Backlist Banger (book that’s been in your TBR a long time, backlist title by favorite and/or prolific author, etc.)
September 16 – Lush Life (some definitions of lush = luxuriant, thriving, prosperous, savory, drunkard, curvaceous. Run with it folks!)
October 21 – The Hunt (thriller, romantic suspense, Gothic, paranormal, fantasy, etc.)
November 18 – Wrath (revenge, vengeance, a struggle of some sort, angry characters)
December 16 – Wild Card (unpredictable characters, random “free pick” from your TBR)
