As we welcome in the brand-new year of 2024, it is the perfect time to make some resolutions for the year ahead.
Each year I like to make a set of bookish resolutions, alongside my standard new year's resolutions, to set intentions for my reading for the year. These resolutions provide some direction for my reading, supporting the start of new reading habits and encouraging me to try new things with my reading rather than sticking to the same old books.
To inspire you to create your own bookish resolutions for 2024, I wanted to share 100 ideas for new year's resolutions for book lovers.
If you would like a peek at my own bookish resolutions for 2024, click here to read my post about them.
General Bookish Resolutions
1. Read more books
2. Never leave home without a book
3. Read a specific number of pages or chapters each
day
4. Set and reach a realistic reading goal e.g. 25
books, 50 books, 100 books
5. Not compare how many books you’re reading with
how many books other people are reading
6. Allow yourself to DNF a book you’re not enjoying
7. Read a certain number of books from your physical
TBR pile
8. Spend more time reading
9. Read more books by debut authors
10. Read a new 2024 release every month
11. Read a book and then watch the move adaptation
12. Read the whole of a series
13. Reread some of your favourite childhood books
14. Read more e-books
15. Listen to more audiobooks
16. Read more paperbacks
17. Read more hardbacks
18. Read a book you’ve always meant to read
19. Read a book written by an author from your hometown
20. Read a book set in your hometown
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Tracking Your Reading
21. Keep a reading journal
22. Log all of the books you read on Goodreads,
StoryGraph or a similar app
23. Log all of the books you read in a spreadsheet
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Branch Out With Your Reading
24. Try a genre you’ve never read before
25. Vary the genres you are reading more
26. Read more contemporary fiction books
27. Read more classic fiction books
28. Read more literary fiction books
29. Read more romance books
30. Read more historical fiction books
31. Read more fantasy books
32. Read more magical realism books
33. Read more science fiction books
34. Read more dystopian fiction books
35. Read more action and adventure books
36. Read more mystery books
37. Read more new adult books
38. Read more horror books
39. Read more thriller books
40. Read more LGBTQIA+ fiction books
41. Read more graphic novels
42. Read more short stories/novellas
43. Read more YA fiction books
44. Read more middle grade fiction books
45. Read more non-fiction books
46. Read more self-help books
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Diversify Your Reading
47. Read more books by BAME authors
48. Read more books by LGBTQIA+ authors
49. Read more books featuring BAME characters
50. Read more books with LGBTQIA+ representation
51. Read more books with trans and non-binary
representation
52. Read more books with disabled representation
53. Read more books with neurodivergent
representation
54. Read more books with diverse family types
55. Read more translated books
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Taking Reading Inspiration From Other Readers
56. Read something recommended by a family member
57. Read something recommended by a friend
58. Read something recommended by a work colleague
59. Read something recommended by a librarian
60. Read something recommended by a bookshop staff
member
61. Read something recommended by a stranger in a
bookshop
62. Read something recommended by someone on social
media
63. Read something recommended by a celebrity
64. Read something recommended by someone on BookTok
65. Read something recommended by someone on Book
Twitter
66. Read something recommended by someone on
Bookstagram
67. Read something from Goodreads’ Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once list, as voted by the Goodreads community
68. Read something from Goodreads’ Best Books Ever list, as voted by the Goodreads community
69. Read something from Penguin's 100 Must Read Classics list
70. Read something from Pac MacMillan's 50 Best Books Of All Time list
71. Read something from Goodreads' Most Popular Books Published in 2023 list
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Connecting With Other Readers
72. Join a local book club
73. Start
your own book club
74. Buddy
read a book with someone
75. Make
more bookish friends
76. Attend
an event at a local bookshop
77. Attend a book festival
78. Start a BookTok
79. Start
a Bookstagram
80. Start
a book YouTube account
81. Start
a book twitter account
82. Start
a book threads account
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Reviewing Books
83. Start a book blog
84. Start
reviewing books on Goodreads, Amazon etc
85. Start reviewing ARCs through NetGalley
86. Start reviewing books on social media
87. Review every book you read online
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Organising Your Book Collection
88. Create a database of your physical TBR list
89. Donate some of your unwanted books to a charity
shop or community sharing library
90. Reorganise your book collection
91. Create a reading nook in your home
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Getting New Books
92. Support more local independent bookshops
93. Buy a special edition of one of your favourite
books
94. Buy a kindle
95. Buy some new bookmarks themed around your
favourite books
96. Buy more books second-hand
97. Put yourself on a book buying ban
98. Donate one book for every new book you buy
99.Visit your local library more
100. Volunteer at your local library
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Do you have any suggestions for other bookish resolutions you could make?
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