Open Books Challenge 2026: Purple Cover or Purple in the Title or Subject

The Open Books Reading Challenge is a year-long reading challenge for people interested in pushing the boundaries of their reading. For full details of the program, please check-out our page at: https://www.rplmn.org/books-more/discover-more/open-books-reading-challenge

These are some ideas that fit the 2026 category "Purple cover or purple in the title or subject, to mark the 10th anniversary of Prince's death."

Happy Reading!

Updated December 31, 2025
RPL Staff
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Purple hibiscus : a novel
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Paper Book
The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer. When Nigeria is shaken by a military coup, Kambili's father, involved...
The singular life of Aria Patel
Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer)
Paper Book
'Hilarious and heart-wrenching, romantic and searching... a poetic, deeply profound exploration of the multiverses we inhabit' - Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author of the DIVINERS series 'Addictive, inventive, and sometimes chilling......
Djinn patrol on the purple line : a novel
Anappara, Deepa
Paper Book
'Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer 'I love this book...I just fell into it' Tayari Jones We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see.<...
Displeasure island
Bell, Alice (Gaming website editor)
Paper Book
The delightful follow-up to Grave Expectations. Another playful contemporary cosy mystery, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Ben Aaronovitch.
Sunrise on the reaping
Collins, Suzanne
Paper Book
The unforgettable fifth book in the Hunger Games series: Haymitch's story. Feature film scheduled for November 2026. #1 USA Today Bestseller * #1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * #1 Publishers Weekly Bestseller * A New York Times Editors'...
Nightshade
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
THE NEW THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLY LAPD Detective Stilwell has been forced out of the Homicide department to a dead-end post on Santa Catalina Island. It might be an idyllic holiday destination but Stilwell knows it...
The one hundred years of Lenni and Margot : a novel
Cronin, Marianne
Paper Book
The Smeds and the Smoos
Donaldson, Julia
Paper Book
  Soar into space with this glorious love story of alien folk, from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo and Stick Man. 'By a loobular lake on a far-off planet There lived a young Smed, and her name was Janet. Not far...
Riders of the purple sage
Grey, Zane
Paper Book
Jane Withersteen, a Mormon ranch owner fighting her community's disapproval, must defend her rights and her home by forming an unlikely alliance with the Mormon-hating Texan gunman Jim Lassiter.
The purple swamp hen and other stories
Lively, Penelope
Paper Book
In this new and varied collection of short stories, Penelope Lively shows that she remains a master of her craft, and one of our finest English writers. 'You are in the hands of a master' Daily Mail 'Thoughtful, intelligent and light of touch... Lively has...
Secrets of the purple pearl
McKinnon, Kate
Heir of storms
Murray, Lauryn Hamilton
'This is going to be huge' Laura Steven, international bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates HEIR OF STORMS is an epic romantasy in the style of TWIN CROWNS and early Sarah J. Maas with a touch of THE HUNGER GAMES. I am the girl who wove the storm that...
Once upon a crime : delicious mysteries and deadly murders from the Detective Society
Stevens, Robin
Paper Book
Featuring six marvellous mini-mysteries, including four original, brand-new and never-seen-before stories! Discover The Case of the Second Scream, set aboard the ship carrying Daisy and Hazel back from Hong Kong, and The Case of the Uninvited Guest, where Uncle...
The beasts we bury
Taylor, D. L.
Discover your next enemies-to-lovers romantasy obsession with The Beasts We Bury by D. L. Taylor, in a stunning silver-foiled hardback edition. In a world where dark magic hovers on the horizon, two teens must decide how far they will go to break the system that has them...
Hawkeye
Thompson, Kelly
Paper Book
Remember Hawkeye? No, not that Hawkeye - your favorite Hawkeye, the former Young Avenger, the butt-kicking hero who had to save that other Hawkguy all the time and basically keep his life in some semblance of order. Yup, you know her, it's the dazzling Kate Bishop - making her solo comics debut!...
The color purple
Walker, Alice
Paper Book

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