2023 Reading Challenge: Romance Books

If you are asking yourself how you can read more books this year, then doing a reading challenge is a great way to start.

It’s also a great way to explore different romance books sub-genres and tropes that you wouldn’t pick up in first place.

Another benefit of starting this 2023 reading challenge is that you can plan ahead the books you want to read. That can ease the issue of not knowing what book to read next.

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This 2023 Reading Challenge: Romance Books Edition is very simple to follow, and all the prompts are easy enough that you can follow each of then with no problem.

I will also be adding some book recommendations for some of the prompts, that way you can have some ideas right away.

Now, even though this romance book challenge features 50 different prompts, you set the amount of books you want to read.

So don’t stress yourself trying to reading 50 books a year. That’s basically a book per week and not everyone has the same time to read.

How Does This Romance Book Reading Challenge Work?

For this challenge you can download the printable list so you can check off prompts as you go.

You can also use the Goodreads Challenge feature on the app, that works great as a tracker.

Another thing you can do is to add all the prompts as comment under your 2023 reading challenge on Goodreads, and from there you can check off the prompt you complete. Just like I did on 2019.

Another way to track this challenge is by adding it on Notion. This is great if you are already Notion user.

If you aren’t, I still recommend the app to organize everything in your life, which is definitely a topic for a different post (that will come up soon!).

Also you don’t have to do this challenge in any particular order.

2023 Reading Challenge: Romance Books Edition

A book that you meant to read on 2022.
A book that was published on your birthday month, any year.
TIP: to find this out google “your birthday month + most anticipated romance releases”
A book that has the word ‘love’ in the title.
Goodreads Best Romance Winner of 2022
A book with a Black female lead or author.
TIP: you can check this and this post with recommendations.
A book with a kiss on the cover.
A book that starts with your initial.
A book published in your year of birth.
A second-chance romance book.
A book made into a movie.
A book about highlanders.
A book with a famous person as the main character.
A book with the word ‘Christmas’ in the title.
TIP: click here for Christmas romance book recommendations.
A sci-fi romance book.
Re-read your favorite romance book.
A paranormal romance book.
A book with more than 400 pages.
A book with an Asian female lead or author.
An Elf romance book.
The next book in a series you started.
A 2023 new release.
A romance book recommendation from any social media.
A sports romance book.
A mafia romance book.
TIP: click here to read a post full of recommendation in this sub-genre.
A book that stars with the letter M.
A book that has less than 500 reviews.
A book with your favorite color on the cover.
A book with a non sexy cover.
A book with a character in the military.
A MC (motorcycle club) romance book.
A romance book with a ‘good girl, bad guy’ story.
A book with baby/secret baby involved.
A romcom book.
A book set in winter.
A book with a Latina female lead or author.
A book with an animal on the cover.
A friends to lovers book.
A book about fake dating.
A marriage of convenience book.
A small town romance book.
A book with a bodyguard as the main character.
A book with one-word title.
A fantasy romance book.
A book from this list.
A book set in summer.
A book under 150 pages.
A book that includes the name of a place in the title.
A book with a cover you love.
An amnesia romance book.
A classic romance novel.