2023 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge hosted by Kim @Chapter_Adventure (10th Annual) - hosted by chapter_adventure

MAY "In It to Win It"
Read a book that involves a game or contest of some sort.

ie. Virtual reality, video games, war games, psychological mess-with-your-mind games, characters who participate in a contest, or a story in which the character takes on a personal challenge. 
All books added
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

480 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf by Mark Frost

The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf

Mark Frost

488 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history sports emotional informative slow-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One

Ready Player One #1

Ernest Cline

384 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Tahereh Mafi

297 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

The True Love Experiment

Christina Lauren

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp

A Good Day to Pie

Pies Before Guys Mystery #2

Misha Popp

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction magical realism mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

The Rose Code

Kate Quinn

15 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Elite by Kiera Cass

The Elite

The Selection #2

Kiera Cass

323 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction dystopian romance young adult emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing

The Empyrean #1

Rebecca Yarros

20 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced