It’s time for a new set of pop-up prompts. These are for anyone who needs a little nudge when deciding what to read each month, or for readers who want an extra challenge throughout the year.

Sure it’s the month of love, but let’s tip it on its head. Read a book featuring a relationship that is doomed from the start.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Read a book about a person finding independence, making bad love decisions, or who’s decided that love can eff all the way off.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
• All Fours by Miranda July
• Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

For more reading prompts and to see my progress on these and other challenges check out this page.

If you’re playing along, don’t forget to tag your posts on Instagram or Threads using the #JRIA26 hashtag.

Happy reading!