IPL is participating in the Massachusetts Center of the Book’s 2025 Reading Challenge!
How does the challenge work?
Each month you’ll choose a book that fits that month’s challenge! The challenges are listed below.
- January: A book published in or about the year you were born
- February: A book with the name of a city in the title
- March: A book about someone with a marginalized identity
- April: A book about books, bookstores, or libraries
- May: A book with a first sentence of eight words or less
- June: A book that spans multiple generations
- July: A book you were drawn to by its cover
- August: A book with a protagonist who is a teenager or
- senior citizen
- September: A book told in non-chronological order
- October: A book published by a Massachusetts press
- November: A cookbook or book about food
- December: Another book by an author you’ve already read
After you’ve read your book enter it into the reading challenge form.
What can you win?
Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.
The Mass Center for the Book will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book!
To learn more and get reading suggestions, head to the Mass Center for the Book’s 2025 Reading Challenge webpage.
We would love to hear about what you are reading! Each month we will post at the beginning and the end of the month about that month’s challenge. We encourage you to comment what book you read for the challenge!
