May's Reading Challenge

Massachusetts Center for the Book

January: A book about or set in winter
February: A book outside your usual genres or spin the genre wheel on our site: massbook.org/genre-wheel
March: A book featuring an unlikely friendship
April: A short story or essay collection
May: A book set in Massachusetts
June: A book with a sympathetic villain
July: A book found at a Little Free Library, tag sale, or used bookstore
August: A book that could be considered taboo
September: A book about a journey
October: A mystery, thriller, or ghost story
November: An adult classic you’ve never read
December: A book that connects to your heritage or cultural identity

Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.
After you read, fill out this form to tell us about the book.
- Using our submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.
- Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
- We will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month.
- If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.