Scroll down for the Aug-Dec Picks & a recap of the Jan-July picks, and how they each fulfill prompts of the challenge!

Ever since I announced the Anti Brain Rot Reading Challenge, I’ve been wanting to make sure that you all have a way of fulfilling the ridiculous amount of prompts in an easy way. Naturally, I decided to make all of the picks for my book club, The Boundless Book Club, fulfill all of the prompts for the Anti Brain Rot Reading Challenge.

If you would like to join the club:

1. head to boundless.binderybooks.com

2. click “Join for Free” in the top right corner, click “sign in” with your preferred method, create an account

3. head to boundless.binderybooks.com/account — connect your discord account

4. navigate back to boundless.binderybooks.com — click the discord icon under my profile pic

5. You should now have access to all the book club channels in the discord to chat about the books in-depth

6. Head to the #roles channel to react to messages to get access to more channels

Grab the full list of picks here: https://bookshop.org/lists/boundless-book-club-picks-2026

Book Club Picks for August-Dec

Since I announced the Jan-July picks before in this post, I’m starting here with the August-December picks, but you can scroll down for the rest of them.

*If you purchase the books through the Bookshop links, I will earn affiliate income at no extra cost to you! I appreciate your support <3

AUGUST

FICTION: One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Thriller, and Black author who is Alive prompts

NONFICTION: Women Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the History/Politics, and Black author who is Alive prompts

SEPTEMBER

FICTION: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen| Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Literary fiction, and East Asian/Southeast Asian prompt

NONFICTION: What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Memoir/Biography prompt

OCTOBER

FICTION: The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Horror, and Latinx prompts

NONFICTION: The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Latinx, and History/Politics prompts

NOVEMBER

FICTION: And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Horror, Literary fiction, and Indigenous prompts

NONFICTION: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Indigenous, and Science prompts

DECEMBER

FICTION: Tall Water by S. J. Sindu | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Queer, South Asian, and Graphic Novel prompts

FICTION: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Classics, and Play prompts

NONFICTION: Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-Reum | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Translated prompt

Book Club Picks for January-July

JANUARY

FICTION: Capitalists Must Starve by Park Seolhyun, translated by Anton Hur | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Literary Fiction, Translated, and Not in America prompts

NONFICTION: Capitalism: A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the History/Politics, and Not in America prompts

FEBRUARY

FICTION: The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the Black author who is ALIVE, Science Fiction, and Historical Fiction prompts

NONFICTION: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills the History/Politics prompt

MARCH

FICTION: Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills Horror, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction prompts

NONFICTION: Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI by Karen Hao | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills Nonfiction Science, and Politics prompts

APRIL

FICTION: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills SWANA, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction prompts

NONFICTION: Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills SWANA, and Essay Collection prompts

MAY

FICTION: Burn the Sea by Mona Tewari | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills Fantasy prompt

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NONFICTION: Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills History/Politics prompt

JUNE

FICTION: The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills SWANA, LGBTQIAP+, and Fantasy prompt

NONFICTION: This Queer Arab Family: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers Edited by Elias Jahshan | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills SWANA, LGBTQIAP+, and Anthology prompt

JULY

FICTION: Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills Translated, Disability Rep, and Not in America prompts

NONFICTION: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Edited by Alice Wong | Goodreads | Storygraph | Bookshop

• Fulfills Anthology, and Disability Rep prompts

So excited to read with all of you in 2026!

love,

jananie ♡