IPL is participating in the Massachusetts Center for the Book’s 2026 Reading Challenge!
How does the challenge work?
Each month you read a book that fits that month’s challenge! The challenges are listed below.
- January: A book about or set in winter
- February: A book outside your usual genres
- March: A book featuring an unlikely friendship
- April: A short story or essay collection
- May: A book set in Massachusetts
- June: A book with a sympathetic villain
- July: A book found at a Little Free Library, tag sale, or used bookstore
- August: A book that could be considered taboo
- September: A book about a journey
- October: A mystery, thriller, or ghost story
- November: An adult classic you’ve never read
- December: A book that connects to your heritage or cultural identity
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 2026 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!
