Summer Reading Challenge 2023

The 2023 Adult Summer Reading Challenge is here!!! Like our annual reading challenge, Summer Reading Bingo has become something of a tradition around here. We knew we needed to bring it back once again.

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2023 Adult Summer Reading Challenge

Just like in previous years, we will be playing on Instagram! Don’t want to play along? You can skip over to the beach hub to see all our past summer and beach reading lists!

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you know that each quarter we release a free magazine with reading challenge picks and new release highlights. Now, you’ll get a downloadable version of Summer Reading Bingo too!

Are you already participating in the 2024 reading challenge? For more reading challenges, check out the complete list of reading challenges here.

Summer Reading Bingo Rules

In order to play along with the Adult Summer Reading Challenge, you will need to screenshot the template over on Instagram!

When you upload the post to stories, simply add in text or an image of the book you read over the prompt. Be sure to tag us to enter the drawing for the prizes!

What are the prizes you might be asking? Well if you get a standard bingo (1 line, any direction), you will be entered to win $25 to Bookshop.org. If you fill the entire board, you are eligible to win the jackpot prize – $100 to Bookshop.org.

We realize that reading 24 books between Memorial Day and Labor Day is a little bit of a stretch, which is why Summer Reading Bingo starts on May 1! If you are crafty, your book choices might be able to fill more than one box.

Be sure to follow us, tag, and enter before September 4. But you can feel free to tag us as your fill-in the books along the way. We are looking forward to sharing everyone’s Bingo boards all summer long!

The contest is open to USA participants only. The contest ends at 11:59 pm on September 4th. The winner will be chosen by getcombot.com and notified via direct message. Giveaway not affiliated with Instagram or Bookshop.org

What Makes the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge Special?

This year we are pleased to be partnering with Tree House Books, a literacy organization in Philadelphia. The mission of Tree House Books is to grow and sustain a community of readers, writers, and thinkers in North Philadelphia. Through multi-programs such as a traveling bookmobile, a neighborhood book delivery program, and on-site literacy services this organization gets books into the hands of children who need them the most.

Our summer reading challenge included a prompt to read a book about poverty and its impact. During the challenge, we hope to inspire a feeling of gratitude and giving. Since the prompt is also part of our year-long Reading Challenge, we will be hosting multiple in-person and virtual events and giving opportunities to raise funds and collect books for this incredible organization all summer long.