I want to thank everyone who took the time to fill out my poll soliciting theme suggestions for the 2026 TBR Challenge. All of these themes came from your suggestions and some of these are going to require me to put my thinking cap on. That said, they're all relatively expansive and for those of you who like to stay "on theme" - I think these will provide plenty of options with a little creativity.
For those of you stumbling across my blog for the first time, you're probably wondering - what is the #TBRChallenge?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: once a month pull a dormant book out of your TBR pile and read it. On the 3rd Wednesday of the month, talk about that book.
Participation is as easy as being on social media!
If you're on social media all you need to do is use the #TBRChallenge hashtag - there's no need to sign-up and your participation can vary throughout the year.
You can use this hashtag on any day, at any time - but we're still going to concentrate on the 3rd Wednesday of every month to kick our commentary into high gear.
The idea is to have at least one day a month where we can always count on there being book chatter.
Want to let your blogging freak flag fly? If you have a blog and want to post TBR commentary there, drop me a comment on this post with a link to your blog or hit me up on Bluesky, Mastodon or Threads. I like to post links to the various blogs on my TBR Challenge page so those who follow along can start following you.
Sound good? Of course it does! So what are the themes for 2026? So glad you asked!
January 21 - Still Here (a series you've been neglecting, a book by a favorite author you've been saving for a rainy day, unrequited love, second chance or reunion romance etc.)
February 18 - Vintage (Old School, genre classic, etc.)
March 18 - Tropetastic! (Let your trope freak flag fly!)
April 15 - Fool's Errand (some sort of harebrained/desperate/Hail Mary kind of motivation for one of the main characters, fake relationship/engagement etc.)
May 20 - New Beginnings (Starting over, first book in a series, characters coming off divorce / bad relationship etc.)
June 17 - Pride (LGBTQ+, prideful main character etc.)
July 15 - Freedom! (main character escaping "something," books set during period of political change - pick a war, suffrage, Civil Rights Movement etc.)
August 19 - Backlist Banger (book that's been in your TBR a long time, backlist title by favorite and/or prolific author etc.)
September 16 - Lush Life (some definitions of lush = luxuriant, thriving, prosperous, savory, drunkard, curvaceous. Run with it folks!)
October 21 - The Hunt (thriller, romantic suspense, Gothic, paranormal, fantasy etc.)
November 18 - Wrath (revenge, vengeance, a struggle of some sort, angry characters)
December 16 - Wild Card (unpredictable characters, random "free pick" from your TBR etc.)
I know some of these are going to require a bit of planning on my part, but remember - if it all seems like too much bother - the themes are always optional. The goal of this challenge isn't so much what you read, so long as you're reading something (anything!) out of your TBR.
My hope is always for this Challenge to be low-key, stress-free and fun! So I hope you'll consider joining this year. Be like me - use this Challenge to delude yourself into thinking you're actually making some progress on your book hoarding 😉.
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