Each month, we take the ratings you submit on the reading challenge book logs and gather them into highlights of the highest-rated books. It’s always fun to see which books rise to the top, and we always end up bumping books up our own TBR lists after seeing the results.

The Lifetime of Reading Challenge is self-paced for 2023. Since you can read books for the Lifetime prompts in any order throughout the year, there are no book logs for the Lifetime Challenge this year, and therefore no book log highlights.
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Readers’ Favorites From Our Monthly Challenges
OCTOBER 2023 HIGHLIGHT

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN AK, ID, MT, ND, SA

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1990s
SEPTEMBER 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT TRAVELING ACROSS AMERICA

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET ON A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1980s
AUGUST 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE AR, LA, MS, OK, TX

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN NORTHERN ASIA

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1970s
JULY 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN AR, LA, MS, OK, TX

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN SOUTHERN ASIA

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1960s
JUNE 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1960s

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN AUSTRALIA & NZ

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1950s
MAY 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE IA, KS, KY, MO, NE

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN EASTERN EUROPE

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1940s
APRIL 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE US TERRITORIES

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET ON ISLANDS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1930s
MARCH 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE STATES OF AL, FL, GA, SC, TN

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN AFRICA

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1920s
FEBRUARY 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE STATES OF AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN WESTERN EUROPE

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1900s & 1910s
JANUARY 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE STATES OF MA, ME, NH, RI, and VT

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE ARCTIC & ANTARCTICA

SEE THE FULL LIST OF BOOKS SET IN THE 1880s and 1890s