Adult Reading Challenge

Take part in the Adult Reading Challenge and enjoy reading with Glasgow Life Libraries. Explore new authors, genres and ideas: one book at a time.

Complete the monthly reading challenge from April to December 2026.

Collect a card in your local library for a stamp when you finish each month’s task.

Collect all 9 stamps to complete the challenge!

How it works

• Read 9 books from April to December 2026

• Follow monthly reading themes

• Choose from suggested titles on Arena or select your own

• Borrow all books from Glasgow Life Libraries

• Get your Reading Record Card stamped each month

Why take part?

• Try books you might not normally choose

• Discover new authors and genres

• Enjoy reading at your own pace

• Be entered into a prize draw when you complete the challenge

Get started

Pick up a Reading Record Card in your local Glasgow Life library and start reading.

Browse book ideas on Arena or ask library staff for help choosing your next read.

Challenge Categories 

April: Page to Screen - Explore a story that leapt from book to film or TV

May: Whose Life is it Anyway? - Step into someone’s world through memoir or biography

June: By Popular Demand - Read something friends, critics or library staff has recommended

July: Read a book set in another country

August: Fact meets Fiction - A novel inspired by real events and lives

September: Banned and Burned - Books once challenged or censored

October: Rhyme Time - Pick up a book of poems and let the words sing

November: Caledonian Voices - Stories from the rich catalogue of Scottish writing

December: Newly Minted - A fresh story published this year