Oppressive government: China Mieville - "The City and the City"
Blue on the cover: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
Standalone: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
One word title: Siri Pettersen - "Odinsbarn"
2021 release: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
More than 10 years old: Paul Auster - "In the country of last things"
500++ pages: Philip Pullman - «The book of dust volume two: The secret commonwealth»
Takes place outside of the US: Marlen Haushofer - «The Wall»
Radioactive/nuclear catastrophe:
Young adult: Tasmyn Muir - «Gideon the Ninth»
Zombies: Justina Ireland - «Dread Nation»
Colour in the title:
Free space:
Aliens: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti"
Short story:
Ebook/audiobook: Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Made things"
Set in space: Becky Chambers - «The long way to a small, angry planet»
Adult:
Post-apocalyptic: Emily St. John Mandel - «Station Eleven»
Gold on the cover: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
Sci-fi/naturalistic:
Movie/TV/video game adaptation:
Cyberpunk:
Number in the title: Stephen King - «Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte»
Part of a series: Brandon Sanderson - «The Well of Ascension»

Uthevet tekst

A book that's published in 2021: Jonas Sundquist - "Jeg tror du hadde likt Ulrik"
An Afrofuturist book: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti"
A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: Jostein Gaarder - "Kabalmysteriet"
A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: Peter S. Beagle - "The last unicorn" (Beagle var Vær, i det minste fram til siste datojustering. Født 20. april)
A dark academia book:
A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Colson Whitehead - «Nickelguttene»
A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: Taylor Jenkins Reid - "The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo" (hvem har ikke drømt om å være skuespiller på et eller annet tidspunkt?)
A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction: Tayari Jones - «An American marriage» (2019)
A book with a family tree
A bestseller from the 1990s: Robin Hobb - "Assasin's quest"
A book about forgetting: Stephen King - "Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte" (Detta og Odetta glemmer hverandre osv.)
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): Astrid Lindgren og Sara Scwhardt - "Brevene dine legger jeg under madrassen" (fant den i mammas og pappas bokhylle)
A locked-room mystery: Fredrik Backman - «Folk med angst»
A book set in a restaurant: Linda Chapman - «Sugar & Spice»
A book with a black-and-white cover: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
A book by an Indigenous author: Nnedi Okorafor - "Binti: Home" (Okorafor er av igbo-folket fra Nigeria)
A book that has the same title as a song: Tsetsi Dangarembga - «Nervous Conditions»
A book about a subject you are passionate about: Rebecca Solnit - «Men explain things to me»
A book that discusses body positivity: C S. Cooney - «Desdemona and the Deep»
A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list: Justina Ireland - «Dread Nation»
A genre hybrid: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The Hound of the Baskervilles» (horror / mystery (krim) hybrid)
A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: Marlen Haushofer - "The Wall"
A book with something broken on the cover: Brandon Sanderson - "The Well of Ascension" (min versjon har coveret med en ødelagt "skive" på: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51c8b8Bn7wL.jpg)
A book by a Muslim American author: S. A. Chakraborty - "City of Brass"
A book that was published anonymously: Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein"
A book with an oxymoron in the title
A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Becky Chambers - "The long way to a small, angry planet"
A magical realism book: Charles Dickens - «A Christmas Carol»
A book set in multiple countries: Geraldine Brooks - «People of the book»
A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: Jonathan van Ness - "Over the top"
A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z": Walter Tevis - "The queen's gambit"
A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): Kristen Hannah - "The nightingale"
A book about a social justice issue: Terry Pratchett - "Equal Rites"
A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): Elisabeth Acevedo - "The poet X" (slampoesi, lydbok)
A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: Tore Renberg - «Tollak til Ingeborg»
A book you think your best friend would like: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
A book about art or an artist: Emily St. John Mandel - "Station Eleven"
A book everyone seems to have read but you: Colleen Hoover - «Verity»
Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A story within a story: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»

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The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Brandon Sanderson - "The way of kings"
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Adrian Tchaikovsky - "Made things"
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover: China Mieville - "The city and the city"
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover: T. Kingfisher - "Clockwork Boys"
The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time: Margaret Atwood - «Oryx and Crake»
A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't: Philip Pullman - "Book of dust volume 2: The secret commonwealth"
A book from your TBR list you associate with a favourite person, place, or thing: J. K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (illustrert av Jim Kay)
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
A DNF book from your TBR list
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library): Paul Auster - "In the country of last things"

Set in a school: Jessica Townsend - "Hollowpox: The hunt for Morrigan Crow"
Featuring the legal profession: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - «The Hound of the Baskervilles» (Sherlock må da gjelde?)
A dual timeline: Margaret Atwood - "Oryx and Crake"
An author that is deceased: Terry Pratchett - "Equal Rites"
Published by Penguin: Philip Pullman - "The book of dust volume 2: The secret commonwealth"
A character with the same name as a male family member:
An author with only 1 published book: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
A book in the 900’s of the Dewey Decimal System:
Set in a Mediterranean country: Jostein Gaarder - «Kabalmysteriet»
Related to the word “fire”: S. A. Chakraborty - "City of Brass" (daeva-folket og deres religion)
Book with discussion questions inside: Tayari Jones - "An american marriage"
Title starting with the letter “D”: C. S. Cooney - «Desdemona and the Deep»
Includes an exotic animal: Peter S. Beagle - "The last unicorn" (enhjørningen)
Written by an author over 65 (when published): Kathy Reichs - "A conspiracy of bones"
A book mentioned in another book: Geraldine Brooks - «People of the Book» (nevnt i «The end of your life book Club»)
Set before the 17th Century: Terry Jones - «Terry Jones’ Medieval Lives»
A character “on the run”: Mary Shelley - "Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus"
Author with a 9-letter last name: Siri Pettersen - "Odinsbarn"
Book with a deckled edge:
Made into a TV series: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - "The memoirs of Sherlock Holmes""
Book by Kristin Hannah: "The Nightingale"
A family saga:
An ending that surprises you: Brandon Sanderson - "The well of ascension"
A book you think they should read in schools
A book with multiple character POV: Brandon Sanderson - "The hero of ages"
An author of color: Elizabeth Acevedo - "Clap when you land"
First chapter ends on an odd page number: Walter Tevis - "The queen's gambit"
Includes a historical event you know little about: Colson Whitehead - «Nickel-guttene»
Featuring the environment: Kim Stanley Robinson - «New York 2140»
Watch out for dragons! Robin Hobb - «Assassin’s Quest»
Shares a similar title to another book: China Mieville - "The City And the City" (minner om f eks "A tale of two cities")
A selfish character: Tore Renberg - "Tollak til Ingeborg"
Featuring adoption: Tasmyn Muir - "Gideon the Ninth"
A book you’d rate 5 stars: Seanan McGuire - "Middlegame"
Set in a country that starts with the letter “S”: Fredrik Backman - «Folk med angst» (satt til Sverige)
A nameless narrator: "The Wall" - Marlen Haushofer
An educational read: Rebecca Solnit - "Men explain things to me"
Recommended on BookBub: Taylor Jenkins Reid - "The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo"
An alternate history novel: Justina Ireland - "Dread Nation"
Found via #bookstagram: Emily St. John Mandel - "Station Eleven"
An endorsement by a famous author on the cover: Colleen Hoover - «Verity»
An epistolary: Astrid Lindgren og Sara Scwhardt - "Brevene dine gjemmer jeg under madrassen"
A character with a pet cat: Kathy Reichs - "Speaking in bones"
Includes a garden: Becky Chambers - «The long way to a small, angry planet»
A coming of age novel: Tsitsi Dangarembga - «Nervous Conditions»
Winner of the National Book Award – any year: Elisabeth Acevedo - "The poet X"
A character with a disability: Stephen King - "Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte" (Detta/Odetta/Susannah)
A cover with a woman who is facing away: Paul Aster - "In the country of last things"
A flavour in the title: Linda Chapman - «Sugar & Spice»
A shoe on the cover: Jonathan van Ness - "Over the top"
Published in 2021: Jonas Sundquist - «Jeg tror du ville likt Ulrik»
Re-do one of the previous 51 categories from this 2021 challenge: C. S. E. Cooney - "Desdemona and the deep": a selfish character (flere, bl a. faren)

A – «An American Marriage», Tayari Jones
B – "The book of dust", Philip Pullman
C – «Clap when you land», Elisabeth Acevedo
D – «Det mørke tårn 2: De utvalgte», Stephen King
E – «Equal rites», Terry Pratchett
F – «Folk med angst», Fredrik Backman
G – «Gideon the Ninth»
H – "Hollowpox: the hunt for Morrigan Crow", Jessica Townsend
I – «In the country of last things», Paul Auster
J – "Jeg tror du ville likt Ulrik", Jonas Sundquist
K – "Kabalmysteriet", Jostein Gaarder
L –
M – "Made things", Adrian Tchaikovsky
N – "The Nightingale", Kristin Hannah
O – «Over the top», Jonathan Van Ness
P – "People of the book", Geraldine Brooks
Q – "The queen's gambit", Walter Tevis
R –
S – «Speaking in Bones», Kathy Reichs
T – "Tollak til Ingeborg", Tore Renberg
U –
V – «Verity», Colleen Hoover
W – "The Wall", Marlen Haushofer
X –
Y –
Z –

Mini-utfordringer:
JANUAR – A book you purchased in 2020 but didn’t read: «Station Eleven», Emily St. John Mandel
FEBRUAR – A book with non-romantic love (siblings, parent-child, friendships): «The poet X», Elisabeth Acevedo
MARS – A book written by a person of a different race than you
APRIL – A book with an Autistic main character (April is Autism Awareness)
MAI – A book about a nurse
JUNI – A co-written book (2 authors): "Brevene dine legger jeg under madrassen", Astrid Lindgren og Sara Schwart Ikke lest i juni
JULI – A Christmas book (Jul i juli!)
AUGUST – A book by an Indie author (self-published or independent): Nnedi Okarafor - «Binti»
SEPTEMBER – A memoir/biography
OKTOBER – A book written by a new-to-you author: Joshua Philip Johnson - «The Forever Sea»
NOVEMBER – A book outside your normal genre: Rebecca Solnit - "Men Explain Things To Me"
DESEMBER – A backlist title (published BEFORE Jan 1, 2021): J. K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"