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Over the last few years I stopped quantifying my yearly reading challenges, focusing more on enjoyment than numbers. For 2026, I’m bringing structure back—not to race through books, but to balance library reads, long-neglected TBR shelves, and a few intentional discoveries along the way.
Reading Challenge Book Categories From My Local Library
My 2026 Reading Challenge will be divided into two main groups. First will be books from my local library. I propose to read two books per month from the library from my favorite Mystery/Thriller series. Additionally, I would like to discover new series throughout the year. Maybe one every other month so I added 6 books to that category.
Finally, I would like to keep up with the world around me so I propose to read new non-fiction. Again at the rate of one every other month or 6 non-fiction books. That’s a total of 36 books from the library.
Reading Challenge Categories from My TBR Shelves
Now I really do need to start reading books from my To Be Read (TBR) shelves. I’ve set my target a 30 books from theses shelves, The books include: 6 Sci-Fi books, at least one e-book a month or 12 e-books, and again more non-fiction every other month or 6 books. I have a variety of history and self-improvement books on my shelves that need to be read.
| 2026 Reading Challenge: Library book Categories | ||
| No. to Read | No. Read | |
| Favorite Mystery/Thrillers Series and Standalones | 24 | 2 |
| New Mystery/Thrillers Series and Standalones | 6 | 1 |
| Non-Fiction | 6 | |
| Total | 36 | 3 |
| 2026 Reading Challenge: TBR Shelves Category | ||
| Sci Fi | 6 | |
| E-Books | 12 | 1 |
| Non-Fiction | 6 | |
| Mystery Series/Thrillers Series and Standalones | 6 | |
| Total | 30 | |
| Target Goal | 66 | 1 |