The Helmet Reading Challenge 2024
1. A book with a proper noun in the title
Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber (audiobook)
2. A book in which someone uses magic
Leigjh Bardugo: Hell bent
3. A book that has won the Booker or Pulitzer prize
Esi Edugyan: Washington Black ( the man booker prize 2018)
4. A book that features a president
Suzanne Collins: the ballad of songbirds and snakes (president Snow)
5. A book whose author’s initials are not part of your name
Mina Hansson: My little pony
6. A book set in the 1920s
ML Stedman: the light between oceans
7. A book in which someone falls in love
Louisa May Alcott: Little women
8. A book with a family member in the title
Lucinda Riley: the seven sisters
9. A book in which someone runs away
Stephenie Meyer: Midnight sun
10. The tenth book that you read this year
Christopher Paolini: Eragon
11. A book with one of the four elements (air, water, earth or fire) on the cover or in the title
Garth Risk Hallberg: City on fire
12. A children's poetry book
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13. A book set in a closed or enclosed space
Emma Donoghue: Room
14. A book in which someone engages in a hobby
Massimiliano Capella: Barbie the icon
15. A book with at least three authors or illustrators
several: Nouse luontoni
16. A book with photographs
Ransom Riggs: Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children
17. A book with an annoying character
Stephenie Meyer: Midnight sun
18. A book with jewellery on the cover or in the title
Meg Cabot: The princess diaries
19. A book in which Finland is mentioned
John Boyne: The house of special purpose
20. A book published by a small publishing company
Taru Luojola: Myöhempien aikojen liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia
21. A book that has been adapted into a TV series
Robert Jordan: The eye of the world
22. A book recommended by an author
Jane Austen: Persuasion
23. A Finnish detective novel or thriller
Anni Polva: Tiina
24. A book set in a capital city
Roslund och Hellström: Flickan under gatan (Stockholm)
25. A book involving the celebration of a holiday (such as Christmas or Midsummer)
John Grisham: Skipping Christmas
26. A book with the word ‘book’ in the title
Joseph Smith JR. : The book of mormon
27. A book about rebuilding
Wilhelm Moberg: Utvandrarna
28. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country
Orhan Pamuk: Den vita borgen (translated by Kemal Yamanlar and Anne-MarieÖzkök
29. A book in which someone tells lies
Scott Lynch: the lies of Locke Lamora
30. A book without named or numbered chapters
Ken Kesey: One flew over the cuckoo's nest
31. A book that features a disabled person
Jojo Moyes: Me before you
32. A book originally written in a language that has no more than 10 million speakers
Selma Lagerlöf: Jerusalem
33. A book in which someone moves to the countryside
CS Lewis: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
34. A book with an order or suggestion in the title
come follow me -handbook (Sunday school, the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints)
35. A book in which someone spends time in nature
LM Montgomery: Anne på Grönkulla
36. A book written by an immigrant
Nicola Yoon: The sun is also a star
37. A book that elicits strong emotions
Kim Östman: Mormonit
38. A book with a hand or hands on the cover or in the title
Stephenie Meyer: Twilight
39. A book that features a bisexual or pansexual person
Samantha Shannon: the priory of the orange tree & a day of fallen night
40. A book in which the weather is very cold or hot
Annie Proulx: The shipping news
41. A book in which a child is born
Kim Edwards: The memory keeper's daughter
42. A book with a subtitle
Johanna Huhtamäki ja Vappu Pimiä: Valon antajat: Kiitä unelmasi todeksi
43. A book that does not have a main character
Johanna Huhtamäki ja Vappu Pimiä: Valon antajat: tehtäväkirja
44. A non-fiction book written by a woman
Johanna Huhtamäki: Pakkopositiivisuudesta tasapainoon
45. A book in which people play games
Ernest Cline: Ready player one
46. A book with a predominantly black cover or a title with the word ‘black’ in it
Stephenie Meyer: New Moon
47.-48. Two books translated by the same translator
Christopher Paolini: Den äldste; Brisingr översatta av Lottie Eriksson
49. A book published in 2024
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50. A book recommended by a library employee
Jane Austen: Emma