Expand Your Horizons 2026

Podcasting from the Nappanee Public Library, Pat & Maggie are in conversation about the books we may read for the 2026 Expand Your Horizons Reading Challenge. Included in this episode are:

About The United States

- How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein (P)

-We The People: A History Of The U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore (M)

About Soccer Or A Soccer Player

-Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrick Backman (P)

-Abby Offsides by Anna McCallie (M)

-All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (M)

Set In A Country That Has Hosted The Winter Olympics

-Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (P)

-Akin by Emma Donoghue (M)

Featuring A Rainbow (title, cover, character, etc)

-Black Rocks and Rainbows by Susan Riford (P)

-Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell (M)

A Michael L. Prince Winner or Honor Book

-Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith (P)

-Monster by Walter Dean Myers (M)

By An Established Author, Who Is New To You

-Barbara Cartland (M)

Whose Main Character Is In Their Teens

-The Newcomers by Helen Thorpe (P)

-The People We Keep by Allison Larkin (M)

Set In The 1940s

-Bessie by Linda Kass (P)

-When The Flames Ravaged by Rhonda Dragomir (M)

From Any Best Seller List

-Theo of Golden by Allen Levi (P)

-One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (M)

Where Characters Interact With The Author

-In Waiting by Rainbow Rowell (M)

With A Feminist Or Women Empowerment Theme

-The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (P)

-Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman (M)

Featuring Classical Music

-The Ballroom by Anna Hope (P)

-The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable (M)

With A Candy Related Term In The Title

-Sweet Nothings: Confessions of a Candy Lover, Essays by Sarah Perry (M)

That Takes Place Near Or Over Water

-Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone (M)

That Features 2 Or More Genres

Featuring Your Favorite Animal

-Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell (P)

-The Mystery of the Vanishing Forest (Boxcar Children) by Gertrude Chandler Warner (M)

Set In The Season You Were Born

-A Love Finds You Christmas book (M)