The Best Bookish Versions of the Dolly Parton Challenge

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  • January 30, 2020
Books, Arts, and Culture

Maybe you’ve been seeing this Dolly Parton Challenge all over your social this weekend. It’s a gloriously simple collage of the photos one might use for their professional LinkedIn profile, casually social Facebook profile, glamorous Instagram profile, and thirsty Tinder profile.

Our favorite bookish celebrity, Dolly Parton, started the meme with her own post:

And with all great memes, the Bookternet came in full force to play along. Please enjoy the book nerdery from publishers and readers alike doing the Dolly Parton Challenge.

First up, we have Random House with the perfectly staged photos:

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Dolly loves books, and we love Dolly 📚 #DollyPartonChallenge

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And Drunk Austen with the potatoes:

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I almost made the last one “Tater” but I’ll spare you all – Bianca

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The Strand nails it with their decor:

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There’s no better place for the #DollyPartonChallenge than The Strand Underground, which has the most sections of any floor. It’s also covered in art by @steveespopowers and our design team. Which one do you relate to most?

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The one with the books with “girl” in the title:

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#thedollypartonchallenge @hellosunshine

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The National Library of Scotland’s is basically perfect:

Simon and Schuster promotes their books that best fit each platform:

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Happy Friday book people! 😂 #dollypartonchallenge

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Baby-Sitters Club, anyone?

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Kristy. #dollypartonchallenge #thebabysittersclub #retroreads #vintagepaperbacks #kristythomas

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Powell’s gets a little bit literal:

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Get you a store that has it all ✨ #DollyPartonChallenge

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If the Bard had social media:

A lovely addition by Abrams:

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@dollyparton, this is genius. We just couldn’t resist! 😂

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I just:

Barnes & Noble with the most perfect meme:

I read YA with the prettiest hardcover:

Out of Print rocking their best tees:

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Get yourself a book tee that can do it all ❤️📚 … enjoy $21 tees through Mon, 1/27 😎 #bookswornwell #fridayreads #dollypartonchallenge #booknerds #welovebooks #readingismagic #readersofinstagram #readersofig #fortheloveofreading #bookishlove #readabook #bookgram #whatimreading #unitedbookstagram #igreads #bookaddicted #booksonshirts #bookshirts #shirts #tshirts #tees #shirtdesign #graphictees #tshirtlife #tshirtdesign #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookswag

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Gallery Books gets it:

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Gallery Books—a book for every platform. 💼 🤓 🤳 🛏️

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City Books of Pittsburgh nails these classics:

Get you a sparkly vampire, or whatever:

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Welcome to our podcast, Dolly is a Vampire. #dollypartonchallenge 🤠🧛🏻🧛🏻‍♀️

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Book of the Month with the realest of real:

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Get you a book subscription that can do it all 😉 (tag yourself, we’re tinder tbh) #dollypartonchallenge

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And I just love this one of Bruce Springsteen’s Rolling Stone covers:

Happy meme-ing, everyone.

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