2021 Reading Women Challenge

Hosted by thereadingwomen

892 participants, 3659 books added

Starts: Friday, 01 January 2021

Ends: Friday, 31 December 2021

It’s time for the 2021 Reading Women Challenge! Reading challenges are a great way to read outside your comfort zone—and you get to do it with other bookish friends! The 2021 challenge officially begins January 1, 2021 and ends December 31, 2021.

Here’s the rundown: complete as many challenges as you can from the list below. If you have one book that covers two categories (or more!), feel free to count it for both. It's not a contest. Our goal is to encourage you to read widely (and fight the patriarchy, but that was probably a given), so just have fun with it!

This year, we’re focusing on reading international authors (authors from countries other than your own). We’re also encouraging participants to read books by trans women and people of other marginalized genders who are comfortable being included in feminine-coded initiatives.

Be sure to share your progress by using the hashtag #ReadingWomenChallenge.

Need some recommendations? Scroll to the bottom of this page for a list of resources and a link to our Goodreads group.

Happy Reading!

[Note: Please be aware the Reading Women cannot moderate the books that are added for each challenge.]

Challenge Prompts