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Adult Reading Challenge (ARC)

Spring 2026

Spring 2026: Adult Reading Challenge: Diamond Dash


Are You Up for the Challenge?

Join us for the spring season of the Adult Reading Challenge! Bookmarks with 10 reading prompts will be available at all KPL locations, or print one here (PDF).

Read a book, or listen to an audiobook, of your choice for 3 of the 10 prompts listed below to earn a prize. If you need inspiration, check out the collections hyperlinked in the reading prompts below. After you’ve read three or more books from the challenge, claim your prize by either:

  • Filling out your bookmark and bring it to any branch to trade it in for your prize, or
  • Fill out the online form below then come into any branch to claim your prize.

Prizes

Each quarter (winter, spring, summer, and fall) will feature a custom seasonal pin design. Collect all four and show them off for bragging rights!

Prizes can be claimed at any KPL location at branch circulation desks or the reference desk on the 1st floor of Central Library beginning March 1.

Spring 2026: Adult Reading Challenge: Diamond Dash

Reading Prompts

  1. A book with “wild” in the title
  2. A book set in the 1980s
  3. An essay collection
  4. A book with a road trip in it
  5. An ebook or audiobook from Libby or Hoopla
  6. A book that has a book on the cover
  7. A book set in spring
  8. A book written from the villan’s point of view
  9. A book featuring a main character over the age of 70
  10. A book by a Caribbean author

Online ARC Log

  • Which book(s) did you read?