JessyHere's "That's too many challenges" 2025

I love book challenges. One might even say I'm obsessed with them. Here are the ones I will attempt this year. I probably won't complete them all, but it is fun to try!

Library Thing Challenges:
ColorCAT
CoverCAT
MysteryKIT
NatureKIT
RandomKIT
ScardyKIT
SF&FKIT
BingoDOG

Other Challenges:
NoveList 2025 Challenge
StoryGraph Reads the World 2025
StoryGraph Genre Challenge 2025
3s

I will try to fit books into multiple challenges where I can. Let's see how many I can do!

Monthly Challenges:

January
ColorCAT: Green
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

CoverCAT: Cover contains something involved in a tea party -
Anything that moves by Dana Goodyear

MysteryKIT: Winter mysteries
Running out of time by Suzanne Trauth

NatureKIT: Sheep and Shepherding
The Wisdom of Sheep by Rosamund Young

RandomKIT: Eat, drink, and be merry -
Anything that moves by Dana Goodyear

ScardyKIT: Diverse Perspectives
Lone women by Victor LaValle

SF&FKIT: Cozy Fantasy
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

NoveList: Mix things up with a genre blend
Lone women by Victor LaValle

February
ColorCAT: Gold
CoverCAT: a tree on the cover
MysteryKIT: vintage mysteries
NatureKIT: Forests, Farms & Grasslands
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Haunted Houses / Haunted Places
SF&FKIT: The Art of SFF
NoveList: Fall in love with an LGBTQIA+ romance

March
ColorCAT: Pink
CoverCAT: farm animals on the cover
MysteryKIT: espionage
NatureKIT: Landscape
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Real-life Monsters
SF&FKIT: Magical Realism
NoveList: Stay up to date with a book about current social issues

April
ColorCAT: Brown
CoverCAT: cover shows a road
MysteryKIT: paranormal
NatureKIT: Flying Creatures
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Arachnids, Insects, and Reptilia
SF&FKIT: Women Authors
NoveList: Read a book with neurodivergent characters.

May
ColorCAT: Red
CoverCAT: more than two elements/objects on the cover
MysteryKIT: mysteries not set in my country
NatureKIT: Plants, Fungi, Etc.
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Out in the Wild
SF&FKIT: Authors of Global South
NoveList: Enjoy a larger-than-life cinematic book

June
ColorCAT: Yellow
CoverCAT: something with wheels on the cover
MysteryKIT: LGBTQ+ detectives
NatureKIT: Oceans and Rivers
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: YA and graphic novels
SF&FKIT: Anthologies and Collections
NoveList: Lighten up with a funny or whimsical graphic novel.

July
ColorCAT: White
CoverCAT: a fruit pictured on the cover
MysteryKIT: series sleuths
NatureKIT: Inner Lives of Animals
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Ghosts
SF&FKIT: Alternative History
NoveList: Enjoy a chilling summer with must-read horror.

August
ColorCAT: Grey
CoverCAT: cover image includes a photograph
MysteryKIT: legal thrillers
NatureKIT: Weather and Climate
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Female authors
SF&FKIT: Space
NoveList: Read a cli-fi, solarpunk, or hopepunk book

September
ColorCAT: Silver
CoverCAT: dogs and/or cats on the cover
MysteryKIT: silver age mysteries
NatureKIT: Urban Nature
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Stephen King and family
SF&FKIT: Back to School SFF
NoveList: Read a book set in the decade you were born.

October
ColorCAT: Black
CoverCAT: something on the cover that will fit in your pocket
MysteryKIT: police procedurals
NatureKIT: Endangered Species
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Gothic
SF&FKIT: Mysterious Artifacts
NoveList: Try an award-winning audiobook or graphic novel.

November
ColorCAT: Blue
CoverCAT: celestial objects on the cover
MysteryKIT: psychological mysteries and thrillers
NatureKIT: The Effects of Nature on Human Beings
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Psychological Thrillers
SF&FKIT: The Day After
NoveList: Tempt your tastebuds with a culinary read.

December
ColorCAT: Purple
CoverCAT: something you would like for a Christmas (or equivalent gift-giving occasion in your tradition) present on the cover
MysteryKIT: cozies
NatureKIT: Wild Card
RandomKIT:
ScardyKIT: Your Favorite Scary Trope
SF&FKIT: disabled main character
NoveList: Go meta with books about books

3s

This is a personal challenge I came up with to combine books of a certain theme in groups of 3.

StoryGraph Reads the World 2025

Australia
Belgium
China
Egypt
Iceland
Kenya
Malaysia
Mexico
The Netherlands
The Philippines

StoryGraph Genre Challenge 2025

Nonfiction about visual art or artist
Historical fiction set outside of the UK, US, or Canada
Essay collection by a disabled author
Children’s book published after 2020 by an author of color
Nonfiction book by or about a sports personality
Graphic novel by a woman or nonbinary person
Poetry collection centered around nature
Literary or contemporary novel in translation
Book about video games
Queer horror

BingoDOG



1. A place you've never been
2. Either "Library" or "Thing" in title
3. Writing about writers
4. Oldest book in your TBR Camouflage
5. A holiday in title
6. A long title (5+ words)
7. Features adoption/foster care/nontraditional family
8. Medical topic
9. The sun on cover/in title
10. Child as a main character
11. Newly in public domain
12. Author has your or relative’s 1st or last name
13. Read a CAT
14. Totally random
15. Features a birth
16. Nonhuman narrator
17. Features winged creature(s)
18. A profession in title
19. Travel
20. Recommended by a friend or LT member
21. Set in your favorite season
22. Originally published in a language not your own
23. Hollywood!
24. A piece of furniture on the cover
25. Features fire

Welcome to my obsession!

I’m impressed! Good luck with all your challenges, and have a good year of reading!

Hi Jessy! Good luck with all those challenges, they are mind-boggling!

Ambitious! Enjoy!

Welcome to the Category Challnge. You have some very interesting books lined up.

Welcome to the category challenge.