My tracker for the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do 3.0 (July 2026 through June 2027). There are 150 title spots total. I am going to use the double-dip method and if I get all the prompts done (unlikely), I’ll go back and try to replace some with one title only.

Cover Styles:

1. The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
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Periodic Table (Element in Title)

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Rainbow of Words (in Title)

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6. Purple:
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8. White:
9. Black:
10. Silver:
11. Gold:

Number in Title

1. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
2. Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
3. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
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Mother Nature (Weather on Cover)

1. The Hollow Ones by TJ Kingfisher (Fog)
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Choose Your Curriculum

1. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson (American History)
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Traipsing Through Regions:

1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen (SE Asia)
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I Must Acquire These Creatures

1. Mordetant’s Peril by RJ Barker (fighter)
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Shiritori

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Food Pyramid

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Second Chances/Hidden Gems

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Anthology of Authors

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Biomes

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Characters to Authors

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Bookception (Books which mention another book)

1. The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
2. Deep Water by James Bradley

Road Trip (States in the US not including NY, CA)

1. Two Old Women by Velma Willis (Alaska)
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Backlist Author

1. The Hollow Places by TJ Kingfisher
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Not So Secret Prompts

1. Read outside
2. Pun in Titles
3. Childhood book you missed out on
4. Joseph’s Rainbow Coat color
5. Doomscrolling read
6. Crafts cover or audiobook + crafts
7. First and last name in title
8. I’ll get around to it later
9. Title is the same as another book
10. Motion cover
11. Most recent acquisition

HRCYED Mashup

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Animal Families

1. Deep Water by James Bradley (Coral)
2. Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser (Bird – Falcon)
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Re-Re-Remix (retelling)

1. Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser (Cinderella)
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Choose Your Party (D&D Roles)

1. Mordetant’s Peril by RJ Barker (Cleric)
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Titular Counting

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Familial Terms

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It’s Your Birthday

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