Don't just read...Read Harder!
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New decade, same old challenge. 2020!
- Read a YA nonfiction book - Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA by Bridget Heos
- Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color - Polite Society by Mahesh Rao
- Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman - Reputation by Sara Shepard
- Read a graphic memoir - Belonging by Nora Krug
- Read a book about a natural disaster - Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown
- Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author - The White Card by Claudia Rankine
- Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII - Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood
- Read an audiobook of poetry: At Blackwater Pond by Mary Oliver
- Read the LAST book in a series - Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron
- Read a book that takes place in a rural setting - Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens
- Read a debut novel by a queer author - Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
- Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own - Initiated: Memoir of a Witch by Amanda Yates Garcia
- Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before - A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
- Read a romance starring a single parent - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
- Read a book about climate change - We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer
- Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman - The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages) - Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link
- Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community - The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali, Hatem Aly
- Read a book by or about a refugee - Vanishing Colors by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen and Akin Duzakin
- Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK - Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
- Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non) - Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- Read a horror book published by an indie press -This House of Wounds by Georgina Bruce
- Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical) - Oxford American
- Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author - An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo
2019!
An epistolary novel or collection of letters
Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
An alternate history novel
Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey
A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
A humor book
Calypso by David Sedaris
A book by a journalist or about journalism
Travels With Myself and Another by Martha Gellhorn
A book by an AOC set in or about space
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions, & Criticisms by Michelle Tea
A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke; translated by Anthea Bell
A book of manga
My Brother's Husband, Vol. 1 by Gengoroh Tagame
A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
The Not-a-Pig by Polly Faber
A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
A cozy mystery
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood
A book of mythology or folklore
Hermes: Tales of the Trickster by George O'Connor
An historical romance by an AOC
Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan
A business book
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise by Chris Taylor
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A novel by a trans or nonbinary author
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
A book of nonviolent true crime
The Library Book by Susan Orleans
A book written in prison
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
A comic by an LGBTQIA creator
The Backstagers by James Tynion IV
A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
A self-published book
Diary of a Tokyo Teen by Christine Mari Inzer
A collection of poetry published since 2014
Ordinary Beast by Nicole Sealey
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Well, as you can see below, that didn't work out so well in 2017. Here are the 2018 tasks! (Books in bold are the ones I have completed.)
- A book published posthumously The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
- A book of true crime Jane: A Murder by Maggie Nelson
- A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- A comic written and illustrated by the same person Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey by Ozge Samanci
- A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
- A book about nature The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
- A western River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
- A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Dragon’s Breath by MariNaomi
- A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- A romance novel by or about a person of color When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- A children’s classic published before 1980 Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- A celebrity memoir Bedsit Disco Queen by Tracey Thorn
- An Oprah Book Club selection Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
- A book of social science The Misfit's Manifesto by Lidia Yuknavitch
- A one-sitting book Thornhill by Pam Smy
- The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
- A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
- A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (First Second)
- A book of genre fiction in translation Protected By the Shadows by Helene Tursten
- A book with a cover you hate Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney (I think this book has had several questionable covers, but this might be the worst. I like my childhood copy's cover the best.)
- A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
- An essay anthology Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle an Obsession edited by Elizabeth Benedict
- A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream To the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
- An assigned book you never finished Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
I'm doing Book Riot's Read Harder challenge for 2017. Here's my progress so far (books in bold are the ones I have completed):
I Think Therefore I Play by Andrea Pirlo
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Read a book about books.
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author.
Cellophane by Marie Arana
Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read an all-ages comic.
Razzle Dazzle Unicorn by Dana Simpson
Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
Read a travel memoir.
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop
Read a book you’ve read before.
The Family Vault by Charlotte MacLeod
Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob
Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
Birdbrain by Johanna Sinisalo
Read a fantasy novel.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Read a nonfiction book about technology.
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
Read a book about war.
The Face of War by Martha Gellhorn
Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Read a classic by an author of color.
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
Mockingbird Vol 1 by Chelsea Cain
Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey (From Daniel José Older, author of Salsa Nocturna, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, and YA novel Shadowshaper)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel (From Sarah MacLean, author of ten bestselling historical romance novels)
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Read a book published by a micropress. (From Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Marvel’s World of Wakanda, and the forthcoming Hunger and Difficult Women)
A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride [published in UK by Galley Beggar Press]
Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere)
Honeydew by Edith Pearlman
Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (From Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series, including The Unquiet Dead, The Language of Secrets, and the forthcoming Among the Ruins)
Poet in New York by Federico García Lorca
Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. (From Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of sci-fi novel Ascension)
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
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