Adult Winter Reading 2025

This winter season challenge yourself to start 2025 right. Curl up with a book and kick off your reading year!

Drop in and grab the materials for our adult winter reading challenges, then grab a book and get started.

You can also view the questions at the end of the page or download the pdf version.

The Keep Cozy reading challenge runs through January and February.

To participate in our leaderboard, join the e-mail list for the program and respond to our point polls!

Books CAN satisfy multiple lines.

The Challenge:

1. Bake cookies from one of our cookbooks.
2. Take out an audiobook.
3. Read a book with snow on the cover.
4. Read a book with “winter” in the name.
5. Read a book with “spring” in the name.
6. Read a book with “summer” in the name.
7. Read a book with “fall” in the name.
8. Read a poetry collection.
9. Read a cozy mystery.
10. Take out a movie.
11. Read a book with “new” in the title.
12. Read a book set in a different country.
13. Read a memoir.
14. Read a book from an author you’ve never read before.
15. Start a new series.
16. Read a graphic novel.
17. Take out a board game and have a game night.
18. Attend a library program.
19. Read a book set in a cold climate.
20. Take out a book from a library display.
21. Read a book about or featuring a winter sport.
22. Read a book about or featuring an outdoor sport.
23. Read a book about outdoor survival – this can be informational or a story about someone surviving an extreme situation.
24. Read about Arctic or Antarctic exploration.
25. Read a book with a white cover.
26. Read a book with a blue cover.
27. Finish a book you started last year.
28. Read a book that starts with someone quitting their job or getting a divorce.
29. Read a book in a genre you don’t read often.
30. Read a short story collection.
31. Read a book under 200 pages long.
32. Read a book over 400 pages long.
33. Read a book with a movie adaptation.
34. Read a book with your favorite hot drink.
35. Swap book recommendations with a friend and read their recommendation.
36. Read a book in translation.
37. Read a book that has won an award.
38. Read a book by an author with your first name.
39. Read a mystery or thriller set in the winter or extreme cold.
40. Read a nonfiction book.
41. Read a book about family.
42. Read a book based only on its cover.
43. Read a historical fiction.
44. Read a book you’ve never heard of.
45. Read an author you’ve never heard of.
46. Try a “classic” you haven’t read before.
47. Try a new craft or hobby.
48. Take out a cookbook and try a new type of food.
49. Read something on the NYT Bestseller list.
50. Read something from a local author.
51. Read a book set on a boat, submarine, or spaceship.
52. Get a book recommendation from the staff.