Alli's 2026 100

I'd already set my goal of reading 100 books this year when I came across this book, and while I may currently be a bit behind, I'm hopeful that I'll read at least 100 books this year!
To help motivate myself and also help choose a book when I feel stuck, I've created a list of 100 various "descriptions" including some free spaces, and I'll have to read one book per description. While most, if not all, books will qualify for multiple categories, I'll be using scrabble's rules and only allow myself to cross off one line per book. I'll put my 100 below, including those I've already read or started for the year, so feel free to leave a recommendation (and a sentence or two to describe and/or summarize it) for any unfilled prompts!

-Less than 100 pages... Recitatif by Toni Morrison
-More than 32 chapters
-More than 400 pages
-Length free space... The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
-Current 5 star
-1926 award winner
-2025 award winner
-Pulitzer winner
-NYT Bestseller
-Less than 60 days old
-Age free space
-Award free space
-Originally published in Africa
-Originally published in Asia
-Has two authors
-Author has 6+ books
-Author has Nobel prize
-Author has Pulitzer prize
-I follow the author (pre book)
-Author is/was 65+
-Author is/was 40’s
-Author free space
-Cover is red
-Cover is orange
-Cover is yellow
-Cover is green
-Cover is blue
-Cover is purple
-Cover is pink
-Cover is brown
-Cover is gray
-Cover is white
-Cover is black
-Cover has a flower
-Cover has fire
-Cover has water
-Cover has sports
-Cover has clothing
-Cover free space
-Eco-related genre
-Historical genre
-Non-Fiction genre
-Romance genre
-Biography of a stranger
-“Deep Dive” on an event
-“Deep Dive” on a thing
-“Deep Dive” on a "phenomena"... On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
-Genre free space
-Protagonist is an animal
-Set in 1926
-Set in 1976
-Set in the future
-Set in the mountains
-Includes a wedding
-Includes menopause
-Setting free space
-Title is one word... Dawn by Elie Wiesel
-Title has three words
-Title has more than 5 words
-Title has a number
-Title starts with A
-Title starts with B
-Title starts with C
-Title starts with D
-Title starts with E
-Title starts with F
-Title starts with G
-Title starts with H
-Title starts with I
-Title starts with J
-Title starts with K
-Title starts with L
-Title starts with M
-Title starts with N
-Title starts with O
-Title starts with P
-Title starts with Q
-Title starts with R
-Title starts with S... Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
-Title starts with T
-Title starts with U
-Title starts with V
-Title starts with W
-Title starts with X
-Title starts with Y
-Title starts with Z
-Title starts with a number
-Two similar titles (book 1)
-Two similar titles (book 2)
-Title free space
-A book mentioned in another
-Audiobook read by the author
-Pop-Culture free space
-A standalone book
-A non-white translation
-Collection of non-white poetry
-Collection of essays
-A commonly translated story... Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson
-A recommended read
-Free Space (100th)

Thanks for giving me a space to have some accountability and best of luck to anyone else taking on the challenge!!

Welcome, and good luck with your challenge.

Good luck with your 2026 reading!