Summer Reading Challenge 2026

We're taking a break from writing to do some... well.. reading!

So we've partnered with 10ofthose.com to encourage you to read along with us! There'll be some old favourites and some new tales to dive into this summer.

Each week we will recommend one book for each of our age groups (0-5's, 5-10's & 10-14's) and we'd love you to get hold of a copy and give it a read, or to buy it for someone you know in that age range and gift it to them.

All of our recommendations will be for Christian fiction books, some of which you may have heard of, some of which are hot off the press!

Everyone who signs up will be in with a chance to win one of three BOOK BUNDLES, containing some of the books from our list this year, AND everyone automatically gets a £5 10ofthose.com voucher!

Most of our picks are the first in a series of books (look out for the stars on the covers to know if it belongs in a series!) So you can keep adventuring long into the winter months. If you've already read one of our books for that week, then grab the sequel or another great read entirely - we'd love to know what you picked instead - or just use it to catch up if you've fallen behind!

We'd love to hear how you get on, what you thought and maybe even some snaps of them being read!

Drop us an email, jump on our Insta, find us on Facebook or contact us on our website or via email (bookshelftheology@gmail.com)

Don't forget good reads come second hand as well as freshly pressed so check out our Fantastic Reads and Where to Find Them page for great ways to keep the cost of book buying down.

They also make GREAT audiobooks - a life saver on a long car journey - so check out places like Audible and Spotify (the free trials are brilliant!) or see if your smart speaker subscription comes with access to a free book of your choice?

And make sure you have your adventure pants on... you never know where it may take you!

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