Goal
To read 8 books in 2022, one for each of the colours listed below. The colour should be the main colour or a prominent colour on the book’s cover. Extra bragging rights if you read a book that also has the colour in the title.
Use #NeedsMoreRainbow on social media when you finish a book!
The Colours
The official colour list, plus some suggestions (note: suggestions are based on North American covers)
Red
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
- The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
- Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien
Orange
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (this one could also work for yellow, though no bragging rights then!)
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Yellow
- Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed
- Chemistry by Weike Wang
- Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
Green
- Relish by Lucy Knisley
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Blue
- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Sourdough by Robin Sloan
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- How the Girl Guides Won the War by Janie Hampton
- Or just walk into your local library/bookstore, they’ll be able to list twenty books that have a blue cover
Purple
- That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
- Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
- Prudence by Gail Carriger
- The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean
Pink
- One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
- The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Finish a colour/the challenge? Leave a comment and let us know!
