We’re VERY excited to announce the DECADES challenge!
Each month, you’ll read a book SET in a different decade, in chronological order. The book doesn’t have to be written during the decade, just take place during it.
We’re really excited to relive the dramatic changes of day to day life over the last 120 years!
As we go through the year, we’ll be providing suggestions for each decade in advance. You can click over to each decade’s book recommendation list from the index at the bottom of this post.
You’re also welcome to choose your own challenge read each month, it doesn’t have to be one from our list.
If you just found this challenge mid-year, you can decide if you want to start with 1910 or just jump into the current month now!
To keep track of your DECADES challenge progress, we’ve made a cute printable that you’ll get for free when you join our email newsletter in the box below.
Decades Reading Lists
Click each month below to jump to the recommendations for each decade.
NOTE: The lists are only available through the current month. We'll be adding each new month as we go. Join the email list above or Facebook group to be notified as the new lists are released.
January – 1910s
February – 1920s
March – 1930s
April – 1940s
May – 1950s
June – 1960s
July – 1970s
August – 1980s
September – 1990s
October – 2000s
November – 2010s
December – 2020
Over in the Book Girls’ Guide free Facebook group, we’ll have a post each month for everyone to share their monthly book and any thoughts about them.
It’s also a great place to ask for recommendations if you can’t decide on a book. It’s easy to join using the button below. We’ll see you there!
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It appears that only your January list is available how do we look at the rest of the months?
Hi Melissa, The February list is here: https://bookgirlsguide.com/books-set-in-the-1920s/ The future months will each be published mid-month (so March’s list will be up around Feb 15th). You can get notified of the new lists by joining the Facebook group linked at the bottom of the post. Have a great week!
This is SUCH a lovely idea (the Book Challenge), and I’m SO glad to have stumbled upon you ladies! Looking forward to finding and reading many of the books on your list, as well as checking out your Facebook group! Thank you!
Hi.
I just discovered you ladies. Can’t wait to start reading.
Is there anyway I can find the lists for all the months I have missed?
Hi Sue! The lists are all linked in this post, you should see a list of the months with decades next to them. All the ones that are a teal color are clickable and will take you right to the list. As we get to new months, we add the appropriate link. Let us know if you still need help!