HOW IT WORKS
Complete 24 challenges in 52 weeks and earn prizes. Log your challenges online or pick up a bingo card at any SLPL location.
CHALLENGES
The 21 booklists and 3 activities featured below make up the 24 Challenges in this year's competition.
The Challenges can be completed in any order.
You can choose to read a title from the booklist below or a similar title of your choosing.
PRIZES
Between January 2 and December 31, 2025,
complete 12 challenges and win a totebag.*
Complete all 24 for a bonus keychain.*
- While supplies last.
ACTIVITIES
Try out a SLPL sponsored book club or have your own book club meet at the library.
Go to a program at any St. Louis Public Library location.
Visit a SLPL location you've never been to and browse the newspapers and magazines.
BOOKLISTS
Challenge 1
Y2K was Lit
Adult Reading Challenge #1: Read a book published 25 years ago in the year 2000. Annotations courtesy of SLPL catalog.
Something with Sizzle
Adult Reading Challenge # 3! Checkout a cookbook and attempt a new recipe, or just drool over the pictures.
Challenge 4
SHABLAM! Queer Comics
Adult Reading Challenge #4: Read a graphic novel by or about LGBTQIA folks. Annotations courtesy of the SLPL catalog.
African Americans and Labor
Read a biography or autobiography about an important figure in Black History
Challenge 6
Hooray for Hollywood
Adult Reading Challenge #7: Read a book that has been made into a film. Annotations courtesy of SLPL catalog.
What's Your Sign?
Read a book that features your sign, astrology, the sun or the moon
Fusion Fiction
Read a book that is a blend of more than one genre i.e. Romantasy, Urban Mystery, Historical Horror! Adult Reading Challenge #10
New Year, New Hobby
Looking to try out something new? Check out these helpful guides!
Sit Back and Relax
Snuggle up and escape into a world of heartwarming and heart-wrenching stories with these cozy...
Spark Notes, Is That You?
Adult Reading Challenge #17: Read a book you were supposed to read but didn't.
First Peoples Fiction
Adult Reading Challenge #19: read a fiction book by an Indigenous author!
Happily Ever Hispanic
Fall in love with stories that celebrate passion, culture, and corazón—this book list highlights ...
Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Hovercrafts
Adult Reading Challenge #21: Read a science fiction story by a BIPOC author.
