2025 Mass Center for the Book Reading Challenge

The Peabody Library is proud to partner with Massachusetts Center for the Book for the 2025 Reading Challenge.

Each month, there’s a new themed challenge posted below and at Mass Center for the Book. Choose a book that fits the monthly theme, and fill out this form to submit your name for a prize drawing. (Hint: the prizes are free books.) At the end of the year, if you’ve filled out a form each month, you will be entered into a drawing for the grand prize.

Follow this page, our newsletter, and our social media for book suggestions and other fun activities.

January – book from (or about) the year you were born

1950s

Here are a few suggestions for books published in the 1950s. Click the book title to find it in the catalog, or click the heading above for the full list. 

1960s

Here are a few suggestions for books published in the 1960s. Click the book title to find it in the catalog, or click the heading above for the full list. 

1970s

Here are a few suggestions for books published in the 1970s. Click the book title to find it in the catalog, or click the heading above for the full list. 

1980s

Here are a few suggestions for books published in the 1980s. Click the book title to find it in the catalog, or click the heading above for the full list. 

1990s

Here are a few suggestions for books published in the 1990s. Click the book title to find it in the catalog, or click the heading above for the full list. 

2000s

Here are a few suggestions for books published in the 2000s. Click the book title to find it in the catalog, or click the heading above for the full list.