101 Non-Review Post Ideas for Your Book Blog

[Jae]

Hello fellow book bloggers!  I recently posted an article on my book blog with ideas for non-review posts. I thought I'd re-post it here in case anyone is interested and might find it helpful.  If you have any additional ideas, feel free to share them in the comments below!

1. Cover reveal
2. Book haul (books you purchased or library books)
3. DNF
4. Books on your TBR
5. Books about to be released
6. Links to bookish things you’ve found online that your readers might find interesting
7. Books you’re looking forward to reading in general or during a certain season, holiday, etc.
8. Your response to a bookish topic that’s in the news
9. Books you put on hold at the library
10. Memes and features (e.g. Top Ten Tuesday, Booking Through Thursday, Waiting on Wednesday, Friday Finds, etc.)
11. Pictures of beautiful books or book covers you love
12. A bookshelf tour
13. An author interview
14. Blog tour/hop
15. Reading events (e.g. readalong or readathon)
16. Kindle eBooks that are free on Amazon
17. Book-related pictures: take your own, use Photoshop to modify one, etc.
18. A bookish DIY project (e.g. making bookshelves, organizing your bookcase, repairing an old book, etc.)
19. Make your own bookmark and blog about it
20. Make a Kindle cover using an old book and blog about it
21. A listing (or photo listing) of bookish things from Pinterest or Etsy
22. Recommendations: if you liked this, you might also like…
23. Gather information from your readers (do a survey or poll, find out what they’re reading, ask for feedback on your site, let your readers vote on a book for you to read)
24. A tour of your local library
25. A tour of your local bookstore
26. Your favorite places to read
27. Pictures of actors or actresses you imagine as your favorite characters
28. An open letter to someone: an author, a book character, an actor about to portray a book character, etc.
29. Your favorite quotes from books
30. Your favorite quotes about books and/or reading
31. Information about your local library or bookstore
32. Explain your rating system
33. A list of blogs similar to your that others might like
34. Your favorite books and why you like them
35. Authors you’d like to meet
36. Books you’d like to see written
37. Best and worst sequels
38. Books you wish had a sequel
39. A list of post ideas to help other bloggers
40. Tips for staying organized while blogging
41. Things that inspire you to read
42. Things that remind you of a favorite book
43. Create an imaginary book store of your own and write about it
44. List your favorite book/reading forums
45. Tell about a book you misjudged
46. Tell about a book you couldn’t wait to read but ended up disappointing you
47. List your favorite authors who are on Twitter or other social media
48. Create your own reading challenge
49. Review the film (or TV series) adaptation of a book you’ve read
50. List the literary references from a movie or TV show
51. Share some highlights from a recent book you read
52. Your earliest memories of reading
53. Create a video post
54. Paint your nails using a design inspired by the book you’re currently reading
55. Cook a dish or meal that you read about in a book
56. Name all the books that were mentioned in a book you were reading
57. Share your bookmark collection
58. Link to your reading wishlist
59. Try to dress like your favorite book cover
60. A picture of your favorite actor/actress/singer reading a book
61. Recommend some great bookish gifts for readers, librarians, etc.
62. List some books you want your (future) children to read
63. Explain your definition of a 5 star review
64. Do a reading tag (e.g. The 7 Deadly Sins of Reading, Inside Out, The Sick/Ill Book Tag, Playing with Emotions Tag, Bookmarks Tag, Summer is Over Tag, 20 Books in 20 Words, A Quote Tag, Book Cover Tag, In Your Pants Tag, Crazy Book Buying Obsession, Library Tag)
65. Create a challenge or riddle for your readers
66. Share some bookish gifts you’ve received
67. Suggest certain books for certain moods
68. Literary characters you’d like to date
69. Things to do for a bookish wedding
70. Books you’ve seen people reading on public transit
71. Books about or set in a place you love
72. Ideas for a bookish tattoo if you were going to get one (Or, the story behind your bookish tattoo if you have one)
73. Books you’d read if you started your own book club and any other details about your club (what you’d eat, drink, themes, etc.)
74. A list of several literary characters classified by who you’d date, dump, and marry
75. A link to an interview with some of your favorite authors
76. Your favorite literary characters
77. Your bookish/reading pet peeves
78. Bookish things to do and places to go on a date with someone who loves reading and books
79. Literary characters you’d like to dress up as for Halloween
80. Your advice to book bloggers
81. A giveaway
82. Create your own bookish/reading meme or feature
83. A list of authors you’ve met
84. A review of your eReader and/or a comparison of a few you’ve tried
85. Link to a book trailer or a trailer of an upcoming movie adapted from a book
86. A story about how you learned to read
87. Your favorite character (literary, movie, TV, comic, etc.) who loves reading
88. Your book recommendations for people who don’t like reading
89. Your collection of autographed books
90. Your favorite opening lines of a book
91. Your least favorite opening lines of a book
92. Ask readers which books they previously enjoyed and then give them some more recommendations
93. Create some book art
94. Share a picture of your preferred reading nook
95. Your take on book pirating
96. Film or TV show adaptations of a book (e.g. best/worst, most anticipated, books you never want to adapted, books you wish would be adapted, etc.)
97. An in-depth answer to a bookish question someone asked
98. Things you’ve learned from reading certain books
99. All the reasons you love books and reading
100. Why you think reading is important
101. Cool libraries and/or bookstores you’d love to visit