Reading Challenges

Miles Franklin Award Challenge

Think you know all the greatest homegrown novels? Tuck into some of the best selections from the Miles Franklin Literary Award past and present.

Great Biographies and Memoirs Challenge

Want to read true stories that inspire and enlighten? These are the biographies and memoirs that belong on everyone's shelf.

Health & Science Challenge

How much do we know about how brains work or what happened at the dawn of the universe? Each of these books offers an enormous insight into ourselves and the world around us.

History Buff Challenge

Fancy yourself a history lover but only ever watch documentries? Go deeper with these 10 easy-to-read and insightful history books that teach you what you need to know.

Bloomsbury Modern Classics Challenge

Desperate to go back to the classics? Dive into this beautifully collected series of Bloomsbury Modern Classics. They'll not only make for a wonderful year of reading but a very handsome bookshelf too.

Pan Macmillan 70th Anniversary Classics Challenge

Celebrate Pan Macmillan's 70th with this collection of their best-loved, best-selling stories , now redesigned in brilliant technicolour.

Female Voices Challenge

Female writers from past and present who've challenged and changed the way we think.

Found in Translation Challenge

Looking for fiction that'll expand your horizons? These international authors will take your reading to a whole new level.

Classics of Crime Challenge

Hooked on contemporary crime thrillers but never read an Agatha Christie? Read the stories that your favourite authors aspired to with this collection of the best classics of crime writing.

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