amazing quests

Reading Quests : Stuck in a reading slump?  Looking for ideas to help you explore new authors, genres and themes? Try out some of these reading prompts that are like a choose-your-own-adventure experience. No matter what type of books you love these quests will help take your reading to the next level!


  • Read a book that has an unreliable narrator
  • Read a book by an author from another continent
  • Read a book with song lyrics in the title
  • Read a book about a topic you’ve never read about before
  • Read a book about climate change
  • Read a picture book
  • Re-read a book you loved when you were younger
  • Read a book of poetry
  • Read a book published the year you were born
  • Read a Staff Pick
  • Read a book about a refugee
  • Read a graphic novel that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
  • Read a middle-grade or YA book
  • Read a fantasy or science fiction book by a person of colour
  • Read a novella
  • Read an LGBTQ+ romance
  • Read a book with a character who is transgender
  • Read a book that was translated from a language other than English or French
  • Read a book about mental health
  • Read a book in which the main character has a disability
  • Read a book by an author with the same first name as you
  • Read a book translated from a different language
  • Read a book with an animal as the main character/narrator
  • Read a book about a topic you disagree with
  • Read a book based on mythology
  • Listen to an audiobook
  • Read a book by a local author
  • Read a book that takes place in several different time periods or has several different settings
  • Read a book that’s been on your TBR pile for more than a year
  • Read a book adapted into a movie or TV show
  • Read a collection of short stories or essays
  • Read a book set in summer