chunksterchallenge

Me: I overdosed on Challenges last year

Also me: signs up for 10 challenges/events…

#LitsyAtoZ @Texreader
#ChunksterChallenge @Amiable
#FictionalTraveler #MonthlyNonFiction @julieclair
#FurrowedMiddleBrowClub #PersephoneClub @LeahBergen @Ruthiella
#Pantone2026 @Lauredhel
#SeriesLove2026 @Susanita
#192030 @Librarybelle
#Read2026 @DieAReader

BarkingMadRead Same 🤣 3d

Susanita They‘re hard to resist! 3d

Librarybelle 😂 3d

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Lauredhel Hey, I resemble that remark 3d

TheEllieMo @Lauredhel 🤣 3d

Amiable New year, new chunkster! 👍🏼👍🏼 3d

lil1inblue Ditto. 😂 3d

AkashaVampie If u need another one, but low key.... #BookishMonopoly. U can make ur board to help with the other challenges. 3d

Texreader Right there with you!! 😁 3d

Cuilin Same, is there a cure? 3d

TheEllieMo @AkashaVampie thank you, I didn‘t know about this one 3d

Ruthiella Good luck! I understand the appeal! 😊 3d

LeahBergen Oops! 😆 3d

AkashaVampie @TheEllieMo ur welcome sweetie. 3d

Suet624 I‘m so impressed. I‘m horrible at challenges. 21h

DieAReader Looks fantastic♥️😏 19h

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Amiable

Mark Twain | Ron Chernow

Also diving into this one today for #chunksterchallenge2026. It‘s the 15th year in a row I‘ve committed to reading a book of approximately 1,000+ pages and starting it on Jan. 1. It‘s been my own personal #chunksterchallenge all these years. I‘m thrilled that so many of you have embraced the chunkster love and come along for the journey! Remember: Don‘t be afraid of a chunkster. It‘s just one page at a time until the end. You can do it ! 👊🏼

GinaKButler @Kelly326 and I are reading this one, too! 7d

Amiable @GinaKButler Yay!! 7d

Meshell1313 🎉can‘t wait for your review! 😍 6d

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BarbaraJean

Washington: A Life | Ron Chernow

I‘ve considered doing a US presidents reading project for a while, but it felt like too much of an undertaking… however, I can‘t resist a Litsy challenge! I put the Chernow bio on hold and it came in just in time for all county libraries to close due to the current heavy rainstorm. 😆 It‘ll wait for me till NYE, which is perfect. (Although I may later regret my over-zealousness in choosing the 900-page Chernow bio…) #USPresidents

Amiable, TEArificbooks

dabbe You can use it for the #chunksterchallenge by @Amiable and #AllergicToChunkster by @julieclair! 💚🤍♥️ 2w

Amiable Yes, it will cover multiple challenges with one book! 🙌🏼 Plus it‘s really good, IMO. I‘d read it again but I lent my copy to a friend and she never gave it back. 😖I‘m going to have to buy it again. 2w

BarbaraJean @dabbe @Amiable If I keep picking some of the chunkster presidential bios I have on my list, I'll be able to complete these chunkster challenges several times over 😬 😂 2w

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dabbe @BarbaraJean Go for it!!! 🤣😍😀 2w

rubyslippersreads I‘m trying to decide between the Chernow and

George Washington: A Life in Books

BarbaraJean @rubyslippersreads Oh, that sounds so good! 2w

julieclair Double dipping on challenges is always so satisfying! 1w

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julieclair

Spunky Chunks | Mary Ann Callan

I‘m “allergic” to chunksters, so I tend to avoid them. But there are SO many great books that are chunksters! So, #AllergicToChunksters is back for another year! If you would like to tackle a few chunksters yourself this year, do join me!

My definition of a chunkster is any book over 500 pages long, but feel free to use whatever definition makes sense to you. If it scares you, it counts!

Everyone welcome! Tagging those who participated in 2025.

mcctrish, tpixie, JenlovesJT47, Lizpixie, Gissy, Born.A.Reader, mrp27, BookBelle84, MatchlessMarie, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Andrew65, Sace, TheBookgeekFrau, CSeydel, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, PuddleJumper, Meshell1313, willaful

julieclair The rules are simple. Choose a chunkster. Begin to read it. Eventually, you will finish it. Post about it, so we can all congratulate, praise and admire you! Then, choose another chunkster and repeat the process! (edited) 2w

julieclair There is a StoryGraph challenge, for those who like to track their reading: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/d5eef854-0b0a-4007-a8d4-86ffacc... 2w

mcctrish I‘m in again - The Weight of Ink and The Winners are on my 2026 chunksters list 2w

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CSeydel I‘m definitely in 2w

Ruthiella I‘m definitely up for the challenge in 2026! For sure this monster will qualify!

The Count of Monte Cristo

IriDas I would like to try. I‘ve been wanting to read

Don Quixote

TheBookgeekFrau I have to see if I have any scary Chunksters. If I do I'll let you know 2w

JenlovesJT47 Me! 🙋🏻‍♀️ 2w

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘m in again ⚔️ I want to read more fantasy/romantasy and it feels like they‘re all over 500 pages… lol 2w

willaful I don't know if I still have any chunksters on my list but I definitely have some plenty that scare me... 2w

AnnCrystal I'm with #ChunksterChallenge! Can I also join your #AllergicToChunksters??? ☺️📚💝. (edited) 2w

Enchanted_Bibliophile I'm definitely in again! 2w

AnishaInkspill I'd like to join this, I'm with the other chunkster challenge that you're setup, but these include ones that the length is intimidating and I have been putting off to that elusive 'next year'. And thanks for the storygraph link, I'll join that too. 2w

AnishaInkspill I've now joined the storygraph challenge and I also like how this will complement the Long Reads Workout 2026 I created on storygraph, a workout i came up with as I really wanted to read my longer books but struggled to know to get to them, so it's nice that we're thinking along the same lines. 2w

JessClark78 I‘m in. I have plenty of chunksters I need to get done. 2w

tpixie I plan on finishing Les MIs- which I failed to finish last year… plugging along! 2w

Roary47 I‘m in! 🥰 2w

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau The chunksters don‘t have to be scary books… you just have to be scared (intimidated) to read them! 😬 2w

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair 😊 Oops, that's what I meant by scary, intimidating, not eerie 😊 I did the most intimadating ones this year, but there might be others lurking 2w

dabbe Yay! If we get through Proust, that will certainly count--even if we don't get through all seven books! Thanks for hosting again! 🤣😍🤣 2w

Suet624 Yes please! 2w

melissajayne Yes please 2w

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair Ok - I did still have a few intimidating Chunksters on my shelves, so I'm in for 2026! 😊 2w

julieclair @mcctrish Glad you‘re back! I‘d like to read The Weight of Ink at some point, too. 1w

julieclair @CSeydel Yay! Glad you‘re joining us. 1w

julieclair @Ruthiella Indeed it will! I‘m planning to read that too, and I‘m definitely scared. But I know it will be fun because it‘s with the #HashtagBrigade ! We‘re in this together! 1w

julieclair @IriDas Yay! Glad you‘re joining us! 1w

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau Glad you‘re with us. You‘ll conquer those lurkers this year! 1w

julieclair @JenlovesJT47 Hooray! Glad you‘re in! 1w

julieclair @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘ve noticed the same thing about that genre. And I‘ve shied away from as a result. But I, too, would like to read more of them. 1w

julieclair @willaful If they scare you, they count! 😂 1w

julieclair @AnnCrystal You can definitely join us! I do both challenges, too. 😀💙 1w

julieclair @Enchanted_Bibliophile Yay! Glad you‘re in for another year! 1w

julieclair @AnishaInkspill I‘m so glad you‘re joining us! And thanks for the heads up about your Long Reads Workout 2026 challenge on StoryGraph. I have joined it! I like how you included shorter chunksters as well as longer ones. 😀 1w

TheBookgeekFrau @julieclair 🤞🏼😊 1w

julieclair @JessClark78 Hooray! Glad you‘re in! 1w

julieclair @tpixie I‘m glad you‘re still plugging along. I was a Les Mis dropout and I regret it. I‘m hoping to do better with Proust this year. 🤞 1w

julieclair @Roary47 Yay! Glad you‘re joining! 1w

julieclair @dabbe Proust alone could count for at least 3 prompts! 😂 1w

julieclair @Suet624 Yay! So glad you‘re with us! 1w

julieclair @melissajayne Hooray! Glad you‘re joining us! 1w

dabbe @julieclair Boy, you said it! 🤣 1w

AnnCrystal @julieclair 🤩👌🏼📚💝 perfect, Thank You 🥳👍🏼📚💝💝💝. 1w

AnishaInkspill @julieclair I'm about to post the books I've lined up for both challenges. It's really good we're doing both together as I'm nervous of some of the books I am planning to read in 2026, so included shorter chunkters to tackle this and to warmup to and make the longer ones less intimidating (well, that's what I'm hoping) 😂, so your #AllergicToChunksters is perfectly timed as this resonates with exactly how I am feeling. 1w

kspenmoll I just finished a book that is 496 pages…just few short of 500. 😄chunky enough?! 2d

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Amiable

American Presidents | David Levine

As we head into the final weeks of the year, here‘s a look at the exciting things to come in 2026 as we gear up for the #USPresidents challenge! This is a gentle reminder to get your library holds in soon. 🙂

Cuilin, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, OutsmartYourShelf, Larkken, Librarybelle, CoverToCoverGirl, AshleyHoss820, JenReadsAlot, Bookwormjillk, bookandbedandtea, TEArificbooks, MonicaLoves2Read, Kerrbearlib, dabbe, ImperfectCJ, Roary47, fredthemoose, Rome753

dabbe Very excited! ♥️💙💚 3w

rubyslippersreads Is this pick your own book on each President, or are we all reading the same book? 3w

Librarybelle Yay!! I‘ve been researching which Washington book to choose… 3w

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TheBookHippie I‘m so excited!!! Nerdily so 🤣💙 3w

Bookwormjillk Huge nerd moment here too 3w

Amiable @rubyslippersreads Pick your own book, and we‘ll share interesting facts we learn! 3w

Amiable @Librarybelle I‘m going with this one. There is an entire series called “American Presidents” —all are written by historians:

George Washington: The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797

Larkken Ooo that reminds me *goes off to happily rabbithole* 3w

bookandbedandtea Oh yes! I have researching and planning to do! 3w

CoverToCoverGirl Do you have specific books in mind? Or do we pick any accredited book of our choice? (edited) 3w

BarbaraJean Oooh, I've thought about doing a presidential biography reading project. Maybe this is a sign. 😄 Are you planning to do one president a month, all the way through the list? 3w

Amiable @CoverToCoverGirl Any book that you choose. I‘ve tagged the one I‘m reading a few comments above yours. (edited) 3w

Amiable @BarbaraJean Yes, that‘s the plan! One a month until the end. (I can‘t say yet what “end” — hopefully the end of the list of presidents and not the end of democracy as we know it. Because I wouldn‘t take any bets on which one of those things will come first. 😖) 3w

CSeydel Well I‘ve had David McCullough‘s John Adams biography on my shelf for, oh, a decade at least! Every year I say “This is the year I read that one” but I think this will really get me to do it! 3w

Amiable @CSeydel That is an excellent book! 3w

Meshell1313 I‘m reading this now and it‘s amazing! And not a huge chunky bio!

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

Amiable @Meshell1313 ugh, I hated that book. 😬😖 I‘m glad that you‘re enjoying it, though! 3w

Suet624 Can you add me to your list? I can‘t guarantee I‘ll read one each month but I‘d like to try. 3w

Meshell1313 @Amiable 🤣 really??!!! It‘s def quite biased but I love this unique perspective. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 3w

Amiable @Meshell1313 I wrote a rather lengthy review detailing my dislike a few years ago if you want to scroll back on the book page to read it. 😀 3w

Amiable @Suet624 Of course! 3w

Meshell1313 @Amiable ooh yes I do agree with you there. This is def not academic and you can tell she‘s just trying to get shock value. I love everything Ron Chernow does- I just finished his new one about Mark Twain that was amazing. I‘m thinking I have to read his Washington one next! 3w

Amiable @Meshell1313 Ooh, that Mark Twain book is my #chunksterchallenge read for 2026! I‘m starting it on Jan. 1. And Chernow‘s bio on Washington was quite literally one of the best (if not the best) presidential bios I‘ve read. I loved the details about his difficult relationship with his mother. So fascinating! 3w

Kerrbearlib Very exciting! I'm browsing Hoopla now for some Washington reads! 3w

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LitsyEvents

Big Book of Happy | Little Bee Books

repost for @Amiable

Back again for the 6th annual #ChunksterChallenge! Is there a giant book you‘ve always wanted to read but have been intimidated by its size? Tackle it in 2026 and enjoy the bragging rights! Start gradually with stepped-up categories— or join me in diving right into a Colossal Chunkster! (Tagged is the book I‘ll be starting on Jan.1.)

#ChunksterChallenge2026 #ReadingChallenge

Amiable Thank you! 🤓 1mo

aa_guer2021 Oooh! I have to think about this! 1mo

Born.A.Reader I had such good intentions with this challenge last year (this year). Hoping to do better this year as I certainly have enough options on my own TBR shelves! 1mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳👍🏼📚💝. 1mo

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Amiable

Mark Twain | Ron Chernow

Back again for the 6th annual #ChunksterChallenge! Is there a giant book you‘ve always wanted to read but have been intimidated by its size? Tackle it in 2026 and enjoy the bragging rights! Start gradually with stepped-up categories— or join me in diving right into a Colossal Chunkster! (Tagged is the book I‘ll be starting on Jan.1.)

#ChunksterChallenge2026

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AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳🪄📚💝...I managed to read two for 2025, so glad this challenge is continuing into 2026 🥳📚. 1mo

Deblovestoread Yay! I‘ll be tackling this one with the #HashtagBrigade to start

The Count Of Monte Cristo

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Ruthiella Fantastic! I will hopefully 🤞 finish my Junior Chunkster this month for a total of eight this year and I am stoked to continue with this challenge next year.

The Quincunx

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Jess861 I'm trying to get through my Junior Chunkster this year - but it is a slow go of it!

The Well of Ascension: Book Two of Mistborn

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dabbe I have yet to figure out what my big chunkster will be for 2026, but I know what my one in 2025 will be by the end of the month: LES MIS. Finally. Thanks for hosting us again, m'dear! 💚♥️💙 1mo

Amiable @dabbe Isn‘t it the best feeling to finally take down one of the biggies? 🙌🏼 Great job! 🎉 1mo

Amiable @AnnCrystal I‘m always thrilled to share the chunkster love! ❤️ ❤️ 1mo

Amiable @Deblovestoread That‘s a great read —you‘re going to love it ! 1mo

Amiable @Ruthiella 8!! Fantastic work! 🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1mo

Amiable @Jess861 One page at a time gets you to the end! You can do it. 🫶🏼 1mo

dabbe @Amiable “Take down“ for sure! 💚♥️💙 1mo

zezeki My goal is to read

Jonathan Strange et Mr Norrell: roman

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Amiable @zezeki Yay! You can do it ! 🫶🏼 1mo

Cuilin @amiable @dabbe I‘m also trying to figure out my next year‘s chunkster. I have a few on the list. What‘s on yours? (edited) 1mo

Amiable @Cuilin Definitely “Mark Twain” as my Colossal Chunkster. I‘m thinking some of the books I have for the #USPresidents challenge may meet the page counts for the Mini and/or Junior categories. 1mo

Cuilin @Amiable I‘m joining in for the #USPresidents challenge too but may read smaller books for those or mini chunksters. On my list I have A Suitable Boy, The Decameron, and Moby Dick among others. 🤨 1mo

Amiable @Cuilin Oh, I really liked “A Suitable Boy”! If my opinion sways you in any way. 😀 1mo

julieclair I‘m in! Thanks to the #HashtagBrigade, I‘m finally going to tackle

The Count of Monte Cristo

Amiable @julieclair Oh, yay! I enjoyed that book, and I hope you will too! 3w

julieclair @Amiable 💙💙💙 3w

TheEllieMo I overdosed on Challenges this year, so I wasn‘t going to do any in 2026, but I‘ve already got it in my head that there will be a few Ken Follet, SJ Parris and CJ Sansom books in my reading list next year, so I guess I‘m up for a #ChunskterChallenge2026! 3w

Amiable @TheEllieMo yay! I love it when the books I‘m already reading/planning to read fit neatly into a challenge, too. 😀 3w

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julieclair

Untitled | Untitled

As we approach the end of the year, I‘d love to hear how everyone fared in the #AllergicToChunksters challenge. Personally, I have amazed myself by completing 6 chunksters this year! Seeing everyone‘s posts throughout the year has really been motivating for me. Thanks to each of you for your participation. We‘re all in this together!

I‘ll definitely continue this challenge for 2026. I‘ll post more about that once I‘ve got the StoryGraph ready. ⬇️

julieclair All are welcome to join! Tagging all those who participated this year. Please let me know if you‘d like to continue for 2026, or be removed from the list. 1mo

mcctrish Yes please!!! I never got to Covenant of Water so that‘s a 2026 problem now 😆😆 1mo

Ruthiella I‘ve done ok! I have one more that I will hopefully 🤞 read in December which will make seven for the year. I definitely want to keep on the list for next year, please, 🙏 (edited) 1mo

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dabbe I know we once had a legend with page numbers, but I can't find it. Does anyone have one? I'll have to my math and figure it out. I definitely know that by 12/31, I will have finished the chunkster, LES MISERABLES, right @TheBookHippie? 🤩 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe I emailed it to you 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie Did you ever know that you're my hero? 🩵❄️🤍 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe will see if it opens may have to send another way 🤣 1mo

dabbe @julieclair @TheBookHippie Now, the next question. Is there a legend out there regarding what pages denote a chunkster? I know I saw one of those once, too. I promise to keep them and name them this time! 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe I say 500 and over BUT some say over 450 I say no. 🤣🤣🤣 1mo

Born.A.Reader Oh goodness. I'd have to go back and check. But off hand I know not as many as I'd like! Lol 1mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie I'm glad either ends in a “0“ or “5“. I'd go berserk if it was like 492. In fact, I always had to have EVERY single assignment/test I ever gave end in either of those numbers. If I only had 9 questions, I'd make it 10 points by giving 1 pt. for writing their name on the paper. And I'm sure you wouldn't be surprised by how many would lose 🤣 that simple point. 1mo

CSeydel I‘d like to continue next year please! 1mo

TheBookHippie @dabbe 💯💯💯💯 1mo

CSeydel @dabbe This post breaks it into categories by page count: https://litsy.com/p/a3didnU3bVdo 1mo

dabbe @CSeydel Thank you! 🩵❄️🤍 1mo

JenlovesJT47 I‘ve finished 3 and am still reading 3 others 😬😬😬 1mo

tpixie @julieclair please keep me. Thanks 😊 1mo

AnnCrystal I read two To Shape a Dragon's Breath
Moniquill Blackgoose and Murtagh: The World of Eragon Christopher Paolini 🥳📚💝. 1mo

TheBookgeekFrau I finished 2 and DNF'ed 1. All 3 had been my shelves for years, so thank you for helping me finally read them!! You can remove me for 2026 because Mission Accomplished 😊 1mo

julieclair @dabbe For this challenge, since most of us are chunkster-averse, the definition of a chunkster is up to personal interpretation. If you look at a book and say, “Nope, too long, I‘m not reading that”, it counts as a chunkster for you. 1mo

PuddleJumper I'd be interested! I haven't been great at tagging them. I read 14 this year, many of them were Rick Riordan books so not intimidating because of size more because they've been on my shelf for ages 1mo

Amiable @dabbe The page count totals are in the #ChunksterChallenge —there are stepped-up categories to encourage people to read the longer books. 1mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile I've completed 13 books over 500 pages to date and am planning on one more for December.

This challenge has been really encouraging for me, and I'd love to continue next year. 1mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I feel like this challenge is super motivating. Next year I‘m going to tackle some Cassandra Clare books and

The Wise Man's Fear

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dabbe @julieclair I L🤩VE that! 🩵❄️🩶 1mo

dabbe @Amiable TY! 🩵❄️🩶 1mo

Austen_meets_Annie @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage ever since I found out release date for Last King of Faerie has been pushed to Fall of 2026, my #AllTheStoriesAreTrue all things Shadowhunters has fallen by wayside. Need to pick it back up. 1mo

Austen_meets_Annie Add me please! 🙋🏻‍♀️ 1mo

willaful I think I'll stay in. I haven't made enough effort this year to read my bigguns and I want to. 1mo

Cuilin I‘m also reading Les Mis this year. I can see the finish line. Thanks to @TheBookHippie 1mo

TheBookHippie @Cuilin 💙💙💙💙💙🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 1mo

AnishaInkspill hi, I'd liked to be tagged, I have several chunksters lined up for next year, this includes Hilary Mantel's fiction on the French Revolution.

A Place of Greater Safety: A Novel

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