The Worldly Reader—Self-Paced

Hosted by bookpushers

20 participants, 288 books added

Starts: Sunday, 01 January 2023

Ends: Thursday, 31 December 2026


Diversify your reading habits this year with a challenge equally ambitious and fun!


  • SHAMELESS BOOKSTA PLUG :))

  • BOOK COUNT
        - 200 country/nation/territory prompts
        - 1 book per location
           → 200 books

  • TIME RESTRAINT 
        - Pace yourself!
        - Some suggestions:
                - 2-year plan
                - 4-year plan
                 (plans are subject to change after a 1 year check-in on December 31st 2023.)

  • PACING
        - Up to you! Buuuuut, here’s some math to help you out:
        - 2-year plan with 200 countries to get through is roughly:
           → 2 books/week
        - 4-year plan with 200 countries to get through is roughly:
           → 1 book/week

  • CHOOSING YOUR BOOKS/ADDING THEM TO PROMPTS
        - Native/local authors preferred.
        - Translated texts that are ethically translated (or, even better, translated by a native speaker) preferred.
        - Fiction/prose/poetry/short fiction/anthologies preferred.
        - No biographies/geographical or cultural histories.
        - Offensive/gag recommendations will not be tolerated.


        * * PLEASE feel free to add any and all book recommendations following these guidelines to the challenge prompts! We've got to build our library somehow! * * 

Challenge prompts