Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

Here are my results:
1. Read a horror book Carrie by Stephen King
2. Read a non-fiction book about science Lab Girl by Hope Jahrens
3. Read a collection of essays Crime Beat by Michael Connolly
4. Read a book out loud to someone else Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (to the dog)
5. Read a middle grade novel Nine Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) The Last of the President's Men (Alexander Butterfield) by Bob Woodward
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin
10. Read a book over 500 pages long A Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
11. Read a book under 100 pages Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J.K. Rowling
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender George by Alex Gino
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael Oren
14. Read a book by an author who is from Southeast Asia China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
15. Read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900 Bluegate Fields by Anne Perry
16. Read the first book in a series that is by an author of color Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie The Martian by Andy Weir
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe by Elaine Showalter
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) Standing Against the Whirlwind: Evangelical Episcopalians in Nineteenth Century America by Diana Butler Bass
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction/nonfiction) Then Comes Marriage: US v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA by Roberta Kaplan
22. Read a food memoir - Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
23. Read a play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness Columbine by Dave Cullen

I did it! Just finished my last one (read a book set in the Middle East)! Sadly, I forgot my form at work, and won't be back there until 1/3, so won't be able to officially submit it (no computer at home, only my phone), but I feel like a winner anyhow! Phew!

1. Read a horror book - Slade House by David Mitchell
2. Read a nonfiction book about science - Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande & When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
3. Read a collection of essays - Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman & Old Age, A Beginners Guide by Michael Kinsley
4. Read a book out loud to someone else - Here is NY by E.B. White
5. Read a middle grade novel - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography) The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder and Insanity and the making of the Oxford dictionary by Simon Winchester
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel - Jennifer Government by Max Barry
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born -Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award - Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (2016 winner for humor)
10. Read a book over 500 pages long - We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
11. Read a book under 100 pages - And every morning the way home gets longer and longer : a novella by Fredrik Backman (75 pages)
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender - The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East - Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
14. Read a book by an author from Southeast Asia - The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 - Gates of fire : an epic novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color - Inspector Singh investigates : a most peculiar Malaysian murder by Shamini Flint
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years - Lumberjanes Vol. 1 Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Grace Ellis and Noelle Stevenson
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better - Carol / Price of Salt Book was better – more detail, and you get more of the sense of the taboo of homosexuality in that era. But the movie was very well done.
Also Brooklyn by Colm Toibin - the book and the movie were both excellent, book is always better of course.other book/movie combos this year Howards End by E.M. Forrester and Lady Susan by Jane Austen/Love and Friendship (movie)
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes - Nine Parts Desire by Geraldine Brooks
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) - Silence by Shūsaku Endō, William Johnston (Translator)
21. Read a book about politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) - This Human Season by Louise Dean
22. Read a food memoir - The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand by Jim Harrison
23. Read a play - A Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness - An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jemison

I just finished!!! Whoop!

I finished a couple days ago, finishing by reading Lab Girl by Hope Jahren which I highly recommend to anyone with a science bent.