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.

May the fourth be with you! In honor of this day, let’s read a book set on another world or in space.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler
• Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

May is Mental Health Awareness month. Read a book that focuses on someone dealing with mental health struggles.

Here are a few other suggestions:

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah
• And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova

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!