The Great Reading Challenge (GRC) is a year-long reading challenge open to adults 18+ who have a Carnegie-Stout Public Library card. To complete the challenge, you need to read at least 18 books by the end of 2023 that fit into one of the many categories in the GRC Book Log. There are also Reading Roulette categories announced each month, and if you read a book from that category, it will count as two books read! (See below for Reading Roulette categories.) SIGN UP NOW!
GRC Materials:
GRC Reading Levels:
- BRONZE LEVEL (18-29 books read)
- SILVER LEVEL (30-49 books read)
- GOLD LEVEL (50-79 books read)
- PLATINUM LEVEL (80-99 books read)
- DIAMOND LEVEL (100+ books read)
2023 Reading Roulette Categories
October: Fall Foliage Colors
🍂🍁Read a book with fall foliage colors on the cover. (Red, Orange, and/or Yellow) This will count as two books read for the challenge. Happy reading!
September: Books on Display
Read book from a face-out display at library. If you only read digital items, choose a book from the online theme displays in Libby or Hoopla. If you read a book in this category this month, it counts as two books read for the GRC in the month of September 2023. Happy Reading!
August: A Book By or About an Athlete
This can be a fiction or non-fiction title and any type of athlete, whether amateur or professional. Reading a book in this category in the month of August 2023 counts as two books read for the GRC. Happy Reading!
July: Book Published in Your Birthday Month
Read a book that was published during your birthday month (of any year). This one may take a little digging to find, but a simple Google search for “books published in [your birthday month]” should bring up a few lists. As always, if you read a book in this category during July, it will count as two books read for the challenge. Good luck and happy reading!
June: Glittery, Bright Covers
✨Read a book that has a glittery or brightly colored cover this month and it will count as two books read for the challenge.
May: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Read a book by an Asian American or Pacific Islander author in May and it will count as two books read for the challenge. Find reading suggestions here.
April: “Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body” by Rebekah Taussig
This book has been selected for the 2023 Dubuque County Reads initiative, which invites Dubuque County residents to read the book and then join in a series of discussion events happening April 15-27. If you read “Sitting Pretty” this month, it will count as two books read for the challenge.
March: Green Cover
Read a book with a green cover this month and you’ll be lucky enough to have it count as two books read for the challenge! Find suggestions here. Happy reading☘️
February: Love
Read a book that has the word “love” (or a version of love, such as loving, lover, lovely, etc.) in the title. Any book that fits this category will count as two books read for the challenge!❤️
January: Read a Novella
Read a book that is less than 200 pages long and it will count as two books read for the challenge!
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- Find reading recommendations from C-SPL Readers of the Month.
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4 thoughts on “2023 Great Reading Challenge”
A Christmas memory by Richard Paul Evans
Any great novella recommendations out there??????
The Death of Ivan Illych by Tolstoy
I think The Old Man and The Sea by Hemingway counts
You can find some great suggestions from our catalog here: https://catalog.carnegiestout.org/?browseCategory=featured_library_catalog&subCategory=featured_library_catalog_january_grc_read_a_novella
I’ll try to do better this year.