50+ Ideas for Fun Reading Goals
Do you set reading goals?
I generally do – usually it is just a straight number goal (mine is 175 books this year!), but sometimes I include other reading goals like reading every book by a specific author or reading a certain number of graphic novels.
There are so many reading goals you can choose from to make your reading life feel more dynamic and interesting.
(And if setting a reading goal of any kind feels like it takes the fun out of it for you, by all means skip it! One person said “I don’t set a goal, don’t want to make reading a chore or be sad I didn’t reach an arbitrary #.” Another said “I find that I read more when I don’t have a number goal- this year so far I’ve read 140 books!”).
I asked on Instagram a few weeks ago for ideas for reading goals and there were so many fun ideas!
Here are some of my favorites:
50+ Ideas for Fun Reading Goals
- Read one classic a month
- Read all 12 books for Everyday Reading book Club 2024! (The 2024 book club list is here!)
- Read at least one non-fiction book per month, in addition to my fiction reads.
- Probably 52 books… aiming for one a week.
- I want to vary the variety of books I read! (Classics, nonfiction, etc.)
- 2 books a week, 104 books total
- Read daily
- To read less. But seriously, I hope to add in some new creative endeavors
- Start on my classics list. Will probably use your trick of watching movie adaptation first to get me interested
- Read first and scroll/watch shows after
- Get my husband to read ONE book
- Get caught up on your first 4 book club lists. I was a little late to the party!
- Read my shelves
- To finally use my kindle e-reader and stock up on libby
- Clear my shelves of all books I have purchased and pushed aside
- Read more than I watch TV
- Expand my bookstagram following
- Write a short review for each book. I forget so much or what I read.
- My friends are going to read your list & we will go to lunch each month for book club
- Adding specific classics or backlist setting goals to stretch myself rather than #s
- Read one book a month, listen to 2 a month
- I’m trying to read less– to be more present – probably won’t succeed.
- Read aloud more to my kids and read more non fiction
- My cousin gifted me all the Nancy Drew books. My goal is to read them all. They were my fav as a child.
- No pay for books. I’m trying to use Libby more. Better book choices not just to reach goal
- Read all of Kate Quinn’s books
- Seasonal vibes in my reading life!
- Read more books that I already own! My pile of purchased but never read pile is tall!
- 50 books + friends and I picking classics read my favorite actors from Audible to read
- I want to read/listen to some classics to see if I actually don’t like them (like I assume I don’t.)
- I’d love to hit 100 books this year, but setting my goal for 80. (Did 50 this year)
- Read at least 2 books a month
- Reading more titles that have been on my TBR for a long time
- To keep up with you in number of books read! Didn’t make it this year (116)
- To try to top this year’s accomplishment of 120 (20 more than 2023 goal)
- Read literally any book that isn’t to my children. It’s been a while and struggling to get back in
- Sharon McMahon’s book club list
- Be more consistent. Don’t read 6 books in one week and then zero the next month.
- Try and physically read more, mostly audiobook this year which works great but want to expand
- Read a biography on each US president (start in 24, see how far I get)
- Read good fiction that isn’t thriller and isn’t smut. Fantasy ok!
- To read 15 books that I own
- To enjoy my reading life!
- I tent to re-read a lot… I love the comfort of a story I love, but I want to find more authors!
- Read The Count of Monte Cristo
- Try reading something other than romance
- Read one parenting or church book per month- I have quite a few on my TBR list!
- I do the Idaho Falls public library challenge (you should check it out!)
- Read 4 times a week.
- Read around the world– books set in various countries. I’m thinking 1 book/country/month
- I chose 24 specific books that I want to read in the year.
- Read one book set in each Canadian province
- Read every day.
- Read at least half of the unread books I own
- Working on reading all the Newbery winners
- Chantel’s Unread Shelf and Brighter winter challenges
- Quality over quantity this year.
I’d love to hear your reading goals! Please share in the comments – it makes this post more helpful for everyone!
Last year I read one novel set in each of the 50 states of the United States; it was SO interesting! Also, my college-age daughter was taking a Jane Austen class in college so I reread all the Austen novels with her. ☺️
I always set a very loose goal of reading one non-fiction or personal development type book a month. It rarely ever happens and I usually one clock in one a year but I certainly don’t get worked up about it.
Read a book for each year since you were born. As much fun picking the book for each year as reading.
I usually set a numbers goal but I’m not going to do that this year. I’m going to pick some of these!
Adding this one somehow: I have two girls 16 and 20. We have spent entire DAYS reading together on the couch this week (Christmas Break!) So much better than watching tv the whole time. Gets my 16yo out of her room and gets us all talking about what we’re reading!
These are all fantastic! Thanks so much for the ideas!