Vote for a 2026 Prompt: Week Three

What are some of your favourite settings for books? This week, we’ve got ten different places for you to vote on, and one of them will appear on our 2026 challenge. So, let’s hit the polls and vote for a 2026 prompt!

Curious about the results from our previous votes? Check out the results here!

How it works:

1. On Mondays in September, watch for a new poll. (Sign up for e-mails so you don’t miss the results or new polls!) Each week, we’ll be voting on a different prompt.

2. Vote for your favourite option. Pick the option you’d most like to see on the 2026 challenge. Each week, you have up to three chances to vote. Once in the Facebook group, once in the Goodreads group, and once on Instagram. You can vote as strategically as you’d like — voting for the same option three times or voting for a different option on each.

3. Once the poll closes, total votes will be tallied across all three platforms (Facebook, Goodreads, and Instagram.) Each weekly poll will be open from Monday until Sunday, closing at 9 p.m. PT. The TOP TWO picks for each week will be named finalists and entered into the final running for the 2026 challenge.

4. The winning prompts will be randomly drawn from each of our two weekly finalists. Winners will be announced each week, so keep an eye on your e-mails. The four winning prompts will appear on the 2026 challenge.

WEEK THREE VOTE:

Week three voting period:
Monday, September 15, 2025 until Sunday, September 21, 2025

Prompt: Set…

It’s our third vote of the year, and today, we’re looking for a specific setting. Books that fit the winning prompt will either be fully or partially set in this setting. This is a really straightforward prompt, but there are lots of books, of all genres, that will fit each option — so choose the one that inspires you most!

When deciding which word to vote for, feel free to take your time to research books that may fit the different options. You have until Sunday, September 21 to cast your vote! (Remember, each week you can vote up to three times: once on Facebook, once on Goodreads, and once on Instagram.) 

Week Three Options:

1) Set in a castle

2) Set in a small town

3) Set on a farm

4) Set on an island

5) Set in the desert

6) Set in outer space

7) Set in a hotel

8) Set in a park

9) Set on a boat

10) Set in an office

Week Three Voting Links

NOTE: Votes must be cast on Facebook, Goodreads, or Instagram. Each week you can vote up to three times (once on Facebook, once on Instagram, once on Goodreads.) This poll closes on Sunday, September 21st at 9pm PT. Comments left on this blog post will not count toward final count.