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Read Great Things Challenge

The official landing site for the Durham Tech Library's annual category-based recreational reading challenge-- the Read Great Things Challenge!

2022 Reading Challenge

Durham Tech Library Read Great Things Challenge 2022: 5 Years of Reading Great Things Together

  • A happy or hopeful book
  • A book about the environment
  • A book set in the place you were born or where your family is from
  • A book about travel
  • A book about the brain
  • A book about community OR a community read [including any book from our 2022-23 Wynn Reading Circle list]
  • A book with a number in the title
  • An artsy book
  • Blast from the past! Pick your favorite category from one of our past reading challenges-- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • A book about a monster
  • Genre fiction grab bag—pick one!: romance, horror, historical fiction, thriller, or mystery
  • A book recommended by a Durham Tech Library staff member or on the Library blog

Winner, Winner!

Each year, winners of the Read Great Things Challenge can opt into getting a prize to celebrate their accomplishment. Normally, the prize is announced in October or November. When we're able, we like to do a snack party and book swap to celebrate. 

read great things 2022 prize fanny pack

The 2022 prize is a fanny pack (or belt bag or bum bag if you're used to British English).

Not your favorite but still want a prize? We have some prizes from previous years available that you can request on a first-come-first-served basis. Get to reading!