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2022 Book Challenges as Passive Programming/Readers Advisory

 There are so, so many possible book challenges that you can suggest to patrons looking to find some great new reads in 2022. I found one comprehensive list here . Adapt them for your library and create a year-long passive program with some sort of swag to be gained by completing it.  Add links to your catalog and/or ebook collection when you post a link to the reading challenge or a PDF of your own challenge. You can use it as a weekly post to your social media or library blog. It's a good way to remind patrons of the older titles in your collection.  What I'm going to do is take a look at a few of the lists and make some suggestions for horror titles that can be used for the challenge. As a passive programming idea, you could solicit suggestions from the library staff who run any of your book clubs whether genre-based (mystery, romance, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, historical, etc.) or age based (youth, YA). Don't forget to include large print and audiobooks. Add them to a so