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21 Sep 2022—21 Nov 2022
Overview
Dear Reader,
Welcome to my 2022 Witchtober Reading Challenge! Spooky season is finally here (let’s be real, it’s been Halloween season since mid-July) and I created a truly wicked reading challenge for you! Okay so I know this list seems a bit scary since there’s 23 prompts, but don’t panic, only 13 are compulsory. That being said, this is probably a challenge that will be a little hard for some readers. It means you’d have to read a book and a half per week (two and a half per week for all 23 prompts). But honestly, this is a fun challenge to get you into the spirit of autumn and Halloween. Whether you love witches, ghosts, ghouls, or just a good ol’ fashioned slasher, there’s something for every reader.
I've added many books to each prompt to give you some options, but you're more than welcome to read whatever book you want to fulfill the prompt requirements! I tried to steer clear of the more popular authors and books that are found on BookTok/Bookstagram or just big name books (but there’s still a bunch there!). I also tried to be as inclusive as I could and collected books that represented (and were written by) LGBTQIA+, plus-sized, BIPOC, and disabled characters, but feel free to add your own recommendations to make the challenge as inclusive as possible. A lot of these books are ones I'd read if I could, but for the most part, they're books I haven't read, so they're not recommendations from me, but ones I found to fit the criteria for the prompts. That being said, some of these books could be terrible, and some of them could be problematic (which I tried really hard to sus out but I went through over 500 books). I tried to only include books that had a rating of 3.30 or higher just to be sure, but that's no guarantee. They’re mostly there to give you an idea of what the prompt is looking for and to help you if you’re having trouble choosing something.
Keep in mind that there's A LOT of crossovers with the books I've added, therefore there may be witchy elements in some of the books not in the Something Wicca This Way Comes prompt, and there may be some books scattered throughout that handle difficult topics. But if you see a book in one prompt that could satisfy another prompt, feel free to use it for both! Unlike my other challenges, there is not a prompt specific to YA, but there’s plenty of YA for each prompt if you’re not a fan (or are too young) of NA or Adult books. ALWAYS check a book and its trigger warnings before reading!! There’s a lot of messed up and graphic books scattered throughout these suggestions as I tried to provide a variety for each prompt.
Happy Reading! Happy Halloween! And enjoy the spooky vibes!
Love,
Rose
These are the prompts:
- All Hallows' Eve
- Beam Me Up*
- Cause This is Thriller Night
- Enter the Upside-Down
- Gothic Nights*
- Here for the Cult Stuff*
- Howl at the Moon
- I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost
- I Know What You Are...Vampire
- I. Really. Hate…Zombies?*
- It’s Your Turn to Scream, A**hole!
- Lovecraftian Nightmares*
- Making Magic
- Possess My Soul*
- Sick & Twisted*
- Slasher Flick
- Something Wicca This Way Comes
- Things that Go Bump in the Night
- We Take Them With Us
- We’re All Villains Here*
- Wicked Little Stories*
- WTF is Happening?
- You Think You Can Scare Me?*
*These are the bonus prompts!
Also check out the other challenges I've been working on:
- 2022 Ultimate Reading Challenge (1 January - 31 December 2022)
- Smutober (1 October - 31 October 2022)
- Twelve Reads of Christmas (21 November 2022 - 15 January 2023)
- Love is in the Air (21 January - 4 March 2023)
*Please note that some of these books have recent release dates (though I tried to only add books that were released before the start of the challenge!)
**As a younger millennial, a lot of these books are written for the 20-30 year old demographic, but I made sure to add some books for our younger and more mature witchy babes!
Witchtober Reading Challenge
36 participants (679 books)
STARTS: 21 Sep 2022ENDS: 21 Nov 2022
Overview
Dear Reader,
Welcome to my 2022 Witchtober Reading Challenge! Spooky season is finally here (let’s be real, it’s been Halloween season since mid-July) and I created a truly wicked reading challenge for you! Okay so I know this list seems a bit scary since there’s 23 prompts, but don’t panic, only 13 are compulsory. That being said, this is probably a challenge that will be a little hard for some readers. It means you’d have to read a book and a half per week (two and a half per week for all 23 prompts). But honestly, this is a fun challenge to get you into the spirit of autumn and Halloween. Whether you love witches, ghosts, ghouls, or just a good ol’ fashioned slasher, there’s something for every reader.
I've added many books to each prompt to give you some options, but you're more than welcome to read whatever book you want to fulfill the prompt requirements! I tried to steer clear of the more popular authors and books that are found on BookTok/Bookstagram or just big name books (but there’s still a bunch there!). I also tried to be as inclusive as I could and collected books that represented (and were written by) LGBTQIA+, plus-sized, BIPOC, and disabled characters, but feel free to add your own recommendations to make the challenge as inclusive as possible. A lot of these books are ones I'd read if I could, but for the most part, they're books I haven't read, so they're not recommendations from me, but ones I found to fit the criteria for the prompts. That being said, some of these books could be terrible, and some of them could be problematic (which I tried really hard to sus out but I went through over 500 books). I tried to only include books that had a rating of 3.30 or higher just to be sure, but that's no guarantee. They’re mostly there to give you an idea of what the prompt is looking for and to help you if you’re having trouble choosing something.
Keep in mind that there's A LOT of crossovers with the books I've added, therefore there may be witchy elements in some of the books not in the Something Wicca This Way Comes prompt, and there may be some books scattered throughout that handle difficult topics. But if you see a book in one prompt that could satisfy another prompt, feel free to use it for both! Unlike my other challenges, there is not a prompt specific to YA, but there’s plenty of YA for each prompt if you’re not a fan (or are too young) of NA or Adult books. ALWAYS check a book and its trigger warnings before reading!! There’s a lot of messed up and graphic books scattered throughout these suggestions as I tried to provide a variety for each prompt.
Happy Reading! Happy Halloween! And enjoy the spooky vibes!
Love,
Rose
These are the prompts:
- All Hallows' Eve
- Beam Me Up*
- Cause This is Thriller Night
- Enter the Upside-Down
- Gothic Nights*
- Here for the Cult Stuff*
- Howl at the Moon
- I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost
- I Know What You Are...Vampire
- I. Really. Hate…Zombies?*
- It’s Your Turn to Scream, A**hole!
- Lovecraftian Nightmares*
- Making Magic
- Possess My Soul*
- Sick & Twisted*
- Slasher Flick
- Something Wicca This Way Comes
- Things that Go Bump in the Night
- We Take Them With Us
- We’re All Villains Here*
- Wicked Little Stories*
- WTF is Happening?
- You Think You Can Scare Me?*
*These are the bonus prompts!
Also check out the other challenges I've been working on:
- 2022 Ultimate Reading Challenge (1 January - 31 December 2022)
- Smutober (1 October - 31 October 2022)
- Twelve Reads of Christmas (21 November 2022 - 15 January 2023)
- Love is in the Air (21 January - 4 March 2023)
*Please note that some of these books have recent release dates (though I tried to only add books that were released before the start of the challenge!)
**As a younger millennial, a lot of these books are written for the 20-30 year old demographic, but I made sure to add some books for our younger and more mature witchy babes!
