What other challenges are you doing?

I'm trying to pick another challenge, now that I've finished this one. I've heard about the 1001 books to read before you die and the Dewey Decimal challenge. That last one sounds like more than I can handle right now. Any suggestions for other challenges I might enjoy?

Well, the LC Classification Challenge has fewer categories than the Dewey Decimal Challenge, so it might be less overwhelming. You can also adapt any of the challenges to make them work for you, like reading only 100 Dewey books rather than 1000, one from every 10-grouping.

I think some people are also doing some sort of global reading challenge, but I don't know the details of that.

Also, there's the TBR Challenge.

Or you could just pick any list of books, like the Modern Library's Top 100 Novels, and make it a goal to read those. You could even make a group for any challenge you created and I'm sure you'd find people who wanted to do it with you :)

I'm also attempting the Book Awards Challenge (which overlaps a bit with 888 as I picked Prizes as one of my categories) - the details can be found here http://bookawardschallenge.blogspot.com/ There is also a Pulitzer Prize and Booker Prize challenge which is to read all the winners and nominees, which I may tackle next year.

I'm also doing the Decades challenge which is to read books in eight consecutive decades http://1morechapter.com/decades/

Not an "official" challenge, but I'm reading a long (>500 pages) book each month. I was going to start it in 2009 and try to organize a group here, but the comfort of settling in with characters for an extended period was too appealing to put off. The books are fitting into my 888 Challenge and most are from my TBRs.

I'm doing the 50 book challenge which isn't a challenge anymore because I am over 70 books now. I also have been keeping track of my LC Classification and Dewey Decimal challenges as well but those are not a large focus.

I also am trying to read the 1,001 Books and incorporating it as much into other challenges, like my 888, as well.

Maybe I'll reconsider the Dewey challenge, with a few modifications. I don't usually like things like 1001 books or other book lists, because I want to read what I want to read, not what someone else says is good. My taste in books seems to be pretty different from the books that make the 'lists.'

Thanks for all the ideas!

The global reading challenge is to read at least 1 book from every country in the world. It makes for a mixed and interesting reading list, and is a great idea to make you get outside your comfort zone and find something a bit different.

Different people use different criteria to determine if a book qualifies for a particular country. Some people base it on author's nationality/residence, others on the setting of the book, some base it on the language the book was written in, some use a combination of factors.

It can be difficult to track down English translations of books from certain countries, but that only adds to the challenge!

I don't usually like things like 1001 books or other book lists, because I want to read what I want to read, not what someone else says is good.

That's actually why I like the Dewey challenge more than the others: I don't have to read any particular book.