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10.1 Square Peg

Read a book that does not qualify for any other RwS task. This task may not be used for combos. You may only use this task once in the season.

10.2 Christmas

In honor of A Christmas Carol, read one of the top 300 from the list I Only Watched the Movie. (If the book has fewer than 100 pages, you may read any collection which contains the list title.)

10.3 Winter

In honor of December, January, and February, read any book by an author whose first name begins with a D, J, or F.

10.4 Valentine's

In honor of Valentine's Day, read any book whose title begins with the letters in CHERUBS. Leading articles may be ignored.

10.5 Author

Read a novel where a main character is an author/writer. The author/writer can be either a real or a fictitious person.

10.6 Notable

Read a book from the NYT Notable Books from 2010-2019.

10.7 La Nina (Valerie's Task)

It is a 'La Nina' year, and predictions are for lots of wintery weather here in Eastern Canada.
Read a book where weather plays a major role. (examples: The Dry, Mother of Storms, Winter Study, The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet, etc)

10.8 Lunar (Tien's Task)

The New Year, 2021 will be The Year of the Ox.

Read a book first published in a year of the Ox: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021.

10.9 The Fifth Season (Ann's Task)

In honor of my favorite book read in 2020 -
The Fifth Season - Read one of the top 100 books from ReadPOC Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color.

***Please note this is a change from the original list***

10.10 Group Reads

Read a book recommended by another RwS member:

Elizabeth (Alaska): A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence
Kate S: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Kathleen (itpdx): The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom by Helen Thorpe
Rebekah: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Rosemary: Cost by Roxana Robinson
Kaja: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Joanna: Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Anika: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein
Rachel: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Owlette: Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life by Queen Noor
Mary: All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
Karen Michele: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Katy: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

20.1 Black History Month

Read any of the top 125 on the list Black History Month.

20.2 Jazz

In honor of Toni Morrison's book Jazz, read any book set in the 1920s and 1930s. Your selected book could be written during the period about contemporary times or a work of historical fiction/nonfiction.

20.3 Post Modern

In honor of James Baldwin, read any book by one of the authors on this list of . (Use only the alpha list on the linked page and the next, not any of the click-through pages.)

20.4 Science

In honor of Neil deGrasse Tyson, read any book where science or a scientist is the focus. Your selected book could be either fiction or nonfiction. The time period is not as important as is the focus on science.

20.5 Africa

In honor of Chinua Achebe, read one of the top 225 books from the list Africa (fiction and nonfiction).

20.6 Caribbean

In honor of Austin Clarke, read a book set at least 75% in one of

20.7 Lifetime

In honor of Harriet E. Wilson, who wrote the first novel by an African American, read any book published during her lifetime (1825-1900).

20.8 Travel (Ed's Task)

I'm looking forward to traveling the world again when the pandemic is controlled. Read a book with a MPG of "Travel".

20.9 Nieces (Kate S's Task)

My nieces (ages 6 and almost 10) are in love with a couple of series. Both of them are about books (color me in love!) In honor of their reading preferences (aka the books I read aloud every day):

Read a book shelved as "books about books" at least 60 times.

20.10 Grand Master (Elizabeth (Alaska)'s Task)

Read any book authored by a recipient of the