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ADULT YEAR-LONG READING CHALLENGE

Let’s have some fun and read together! Fairfield Public Library is excited to introduce a year-long adult reading challenge for 2025. Join in to explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes! To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2025.

Register now and start logging!

Complete one book per month in that month’s genre. The format will be the same for every month with a new genre each month to help expand your reading. These are the genres for each month:

January 2025 – Baby It’s Cold Outside – Books set in winter, cookbooks, Nordic Noir
February 2025 – Short But Sweet – Short Stories or books under 250 pages

March 2025 – Time Flies – Books that have any kind of dates (week, month , year, date, time)
April 2025 – Sprinkle a Little Magic – magical realism, fantasy, fairy tale retelling
May 2025 – Eurovision – read a book from one of the 37 participating countries
June 2025– Games People Play – Sports books, books to do with puzzles and games, psychological thrillers
July 2025 – Road Trip – Travel, travel memoirs, any book you would want to read on a road trip
August 2025 – Staff Picks – Podcast picks
September 2025 – Bildungsroman – Fancy name for coming of age stories.
October 2025 – Monster Mash – horror, crime, true crime.
November 2025 – Home Sweet Home in New England – any books that take place in New England or New England history
December 2025 – Love & War – Jane Austen 250th birthday and the 250th Anniversary of the Revolutionary War. Reader’s choice read a book by Jane Austen or a Jane Austen retelling OR read a book about the Revolutionary War or a book that takes place in that time period.

Challenges and Prizes

Up for a challenge? For every month that you participate and log in an activity, you will be entered into a monthly raffle for a $50 gift card to a local Fairfield business. Read 4 more books in the genre to get an additional raffle ticket for the monthly drawing! Decide which level you wish to achieve, read the required number of books each month and redeem your prize after December 31! Prizes are not cumulative. One prize, per person.

There are several ways to win a prize:

  1. Read the genre book for each month and log it as an activity in Beanstack. You will be entered into the monthly raffle.
  2. If you read a book in each genre every month from January to December 2025 for a total of 12 books, this will fulfill the pop socket requirement.
  3. Read the genre book along with 4 other genre titles and log them in as an activity in Beanstack. You will earn an additional entry into the monthly raffle.
  4. If you read 5 books in each genre every month from January to December 2025 for a total of 60 books, this will fulfill the customized cooling towel requirement.

When all 12 months are completed you will earn bragging rights and a digital finisher’s badge. Let’s have some fun!!!

FAQs:

  • Do both fiction and non-fiction titles count towards the challenge?
    • Yes! Either fiction or non-fiction titles can be read for any genre unless it isn’t possible to fit the category.
  • Do audiobooks and graphic novels count in this challenge?
    • Yes! Both audiobooks and graphic novels are perfectly acceptable.
  • If I sign up for the challenge later in the year, can books I’ve already read be applied to the challenge or can I only count books that are read after I’ve officially registered?
    • Any books read between the program start and end date can be counted towards the challenge, regardless of when you register, as long as they fulfill each genre.
  • Can I read one book and apply it to multiple categories?
    • Each title you read can only fulfill a single requirement.
  • If I read a book for the challenge that I’ve already read before, does it still count?
    • Yes! If you read through a book during the challenge, it can be used, regardless of how many times you’ve read it in the past.
  • Where can I pick-up year-end prizes?
    • Prizes can be picked up at the Main Library or Woods Library information desks in January. For customized/personalized prizes, you will be contacted when they are ready for pickup.