The Nerd Daily 2021 Reading Challenge

Welcome to the detail and progress page for The Nerd Daily's 2021 Reading Challenge that I'm participating in this year! 

I will list each prompt, and then the book I read that fulfilled that prompt. I will also leave links to the reviews I write for each book. Click on the image above if you would like to participate in this reading challenge yourself!


  1. An audiobook:
  2. 2020 Goodreads choice nominee:
  3. Gold on cover: Hamnet & Judith - Maggie O'Farrell | 5★
  4. Two-word title: White Smoke - Tiffany D. Jackson | 4★
  5. Author starting with 'E': 
  6. 2021 adaptation:
  7. Part of a trilogy:
  8. NYT bestseller: The Push - Ashley Audrain | 4.5★
  9. An anthology:
10. Debut author: 
11. Released in April: When the Stars Go Dark - Paula Mclain | 4★
12. Protagonist starting with 'L': Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng | 4.5★
13. Title starts with 'G' or 'K':
14. Multiple perspectives: Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica | 4★
15. Features traveling:
16. Standalone: Standalone - Riley Sager | 3★
17. Written by a queer author:
18. Recommended on social media:
19. Set in winter: Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik | 3★
20. A quest:
21. Bought based on cover:
22. SFF or mystery:
23. A new author to you: The Wife Upstairs - Rachel Hawkins | 4★
24. Between 460-495 pages: 
25. Food on the cover:
26. Bookstore recommendation:
27. Same first initial as you: Home Body - Rupi Kaur | 5★
28. Reviewed by us in 2021: 
29. Romance or YA: Turtles All the Way Down - John Green | 2★
30. Recommended by family: 
31. A book you never finished: 
32. A dash of royalty:
33. Holiday-event themed:
34. Author starting with an 'N':
35. An emotion in title:
36. Released between 1991-2012:
37. BIPOC author: Blackout - Various Authors | 5★
38. Set in the future: The Past is Red - Catherynne M. Valente | 4★
39. Flora or fauna on cover:
40. Released in 2020: 
41. Body part in title: 
42. Written by two authors:
43. A retelling: Mermaid - Carolyn Turgeon | 3★
44. Indie author: 
45. Purchased years ago: Dreamland - Sarah Dessen | 4★
46. Pink cover: The Island of the Sequined Love Nun | 4★
47. Released in July: For Your Own Good - Samantha Downing | 2★
48. Five-word title: The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson | 3.5★
49. Start a new series:
50. Protagonist starting with 'G': The Bromance Book Club - Lissa Kay Adams | 3★
51. A book gifted to you: 
52. Recommended by a friend: