Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

What books are you reading for the 2022 Read Harder Challenge?
I'm going to leave a blank copy for people to use as a template and put my books in a list below. :)


1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
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✔️1. Read a biography of an author you admire. James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner: A Graphic Biography by Alfonso Zapico
✔️2. Read a book set in a bookstore. Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. No One Is Talking About This or Hamnet or Piranesi
✔️4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. (Trust) Falling For You by Charish Reid
✔️5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
✔️7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. You & Me by Tal Bauer
8. Read a classic written by a POC. Beloved by Toni Morrison
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. Beloved by Toni Morrison
✔️10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
✔️11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. His Quiet Agent
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. The Black Veins by Ashia Monet
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Kiki's Delivery Service
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Issue 17: Winter 2021
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. The Witch Elm by Tana French
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
✔️18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022
✔️19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin (Hugo and Nebula) or Turtle Island by Gary Snyder (Pulitzer for poetry)
✔️21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
✔️22. Read a history about a period you know little about. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf
23. Read a book by a disabled author. Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! From 2020, prompt #4: Read a graphic memoir: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2022
I will permit myself to count a book towards more than one prompt but I will try to avoid that.

Read a biography of an author you admire - Dangerous Water: A Biography Of The Boy Who Became Mark Twain
Read a book set in a bookstore - Pride, Prejudice and Poison - Plaid and Plagiarism - Littered with Trouble
Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+) - While Justice Sleeps - American Spy
Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author - From Here to Timbuktu - Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker
Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book) - Under the Tuscan Sun - Bridget Jones's Diary - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - News of the World - The Flight Attendant - Who Goes There?
Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital) - Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 56, May 2022
Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary - Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place
Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice - The Best American Mystery Stories 1998
Read an award-winning book from the year you were born - Ringworld


1. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Read a debut novel by a queer author (2020) - The Near Witch
5. Read a book by a disabled author - The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

14. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40 - The House in the Cerulean Sea

24. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest - Her Last Flight
29. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author - Confessions
31. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes - Winter in Sokcho
35. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list - How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

43. Read a history about a period you know little about - The Early Middle Ages
45. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices - Fresh Ink: An Anthology
50. Read a classic written by a POC - Kindred

59. Read a nonfiction YA comic - Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band

70. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character - The Wrong Stars

86. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth - Hide
91. Read an entire poetry collection - Haunt

112. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma - Yesterday Is History

3/24

1. Read a biography of an author you admire: Orwell's Roses
2. Read a book set in a bookstore:
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: Dominicana or reread Half of a Yellow Sun
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold✔ 2/13/2022 *****
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices: The Good Immigrant; Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves; The Hero Next Door; Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America; Flying Lessons & Other Stories
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic: Waiting for recommendations.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40: Royal Holiday
8. Read a classic written by a POC: The Bluest Eye
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest: Olive Kitteridge
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+): Velvet Was the Night ;American SpyAll Her Little Secrets
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character: Elatsoe
12. Read an entire poetry collection: Call Us What We Carry✔ ***
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: Queen Sugar
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book): The Queen's Gambit
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital): https://www.khoreomag.com/ or Words Without Borders.
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice: The Best American Magazine Writing 2018 (though I'd prefer 2020-2021).
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author: The Changeling
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born: The Adventures of Augie March
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth: Orpheus Girl; The One Hundred Nights of Hero; Burning Roses
22. Read a history about a period you know little about: I'm waiting for suggestions, but tentative possibilities include Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice; A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II; The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia; The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
23. Read a book by a disabled author: Good Kings Bad Kings; Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat (2021 #12): The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease✔ 2/8/2022 ****

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography 5-star

2. Read a book set in a bookstore
Book Lovers 5-stars
The Sentence 4-stars
By the Book 4-stars

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
The Sentence 4-star
Great Circle 5-star
Hamnet 2-stars

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Xeni 3-star
The Idea of You 5-stars
Seven Days in June 3-star
Flow 5-stars
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance 5-stars

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America 4-stars

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns - 4-stars
Gender Queer 4-stars

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40
Studfinder 4-stars
The Idea of You 5-stars
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty2-stars

That Kind of Guy
After Care

8. Read a classic written by a POC
Giovanni's Room 4-stars

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest
I have a lot of TBR piles so these picks are semi-random
Reasons to Live 3-star

The Instructions
Does Not Love
Light Years

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+)

Counterfeit 2-stars,/b>
Our Missing Hearts 5-stars

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character
Under One Roof 3-stars
20/20 3-stars
Gender Queer 4-stars
Notes on an Execution 4-stars
Every Heart a Doorway 3-stars

12. Read an entire poetry collection
Homie 5-stars
Citizen: An American Lyric
Time Is a Mother 3-stars

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
The Verifiers 5 stars

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book)
The Feast of Love 2-stars

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
The Adirondack Review Fall 22
http://theadirondackreview.com/

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes
20/20 3-stars
The Murder Rule 1-star

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West 3-stars
Gender Queer 4-stars

Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice<\b>
The Best American Short Stories 2020 3-stars

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author
The Trees 5-stars
Night of the Living Rez

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
The Reivers 2-stars

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
Down Among the Sticks and Bones 4-stars

22. Read a history about a period you know little about
On Juneteenth 5-star
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets 5-stars
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up 4-stars

23. Read a book by a disabled author
Poster Child: A Memoir 4-stars
Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir 4-stars

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! (So many! Here are a few of them)

2015 Challenge Read a Romance How to Be a Wallflower-5-Stars; The Viscount Who Loved Me 3-stars; On Location 4-stars; Devil in Winter 4-star; By the Book4-stars; Book Lovers 5-stars; Studfinder 4-stars; Hook, Line, and Sinker; On Location 3-stars; Block Shot 4-stars

2016 Challenge Read a horror novel: Down Among the Sticks and Bones 4-stars: Read a Collection of Essays Girlhood 3-Stars; People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present 4-star: 24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness: Notes on an Execution 4-star; Weather Girl 4-star

2017 Challenge Read a Debut Novel Her Here; Vladimir: Read a book about politics in your country or another. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4-stars; Groundskeeping 4-stars

2018 Challenge A book of social science The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4-stars

✔️1. Read a biography of an author you admire. The Footsteps of Anne Frank + Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family (****)
✔️2. Read a book set in a bookstore. The Sentence (****)
✔️3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Circe (****)
✔️4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. Instructions for Dancing (****)
✔️5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (***)
✔️6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio (****)
✔️7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Our Souls at Night (****)
✔️8. Read a classic written by a POC. Kindred (*****)
✔️9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (*****)
✔️10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). The Coyotes of Carthage (***)
✔️11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. Gender Queer (***)
✔️12. Read an entire poetry collection. Rumi's Little Book of Life: The Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit (****)
✔️13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. Parable of the Sower (***)
✔️14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (****)
✔️15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). Oh Reader Issue 006 (****)
✔️16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. Gideon the Ninth (****)
✔️17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States (***)
✔️18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story (****)
✔️19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. The Other Black Girl (****)
✔️20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Bridge to Terabithia (****)
✔️21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. The Song of Achilles (****)
✔️22. Read a history about a period you know little about. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (*****)
✔️23. Read a book by a disabled author. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (****)
✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing [2021: investigative nonfiction by an author of color] (****)

Goal: 80%, or 19/24, books are 4 stars (or above)
Progress: 19/24!!

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
The Power by Naomi Alderman
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Bet on It by Jodie Slaughter
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
Nylon Road: A Graphic Memoir of Coming of Age in Iran by Parsua Bashi
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2022

2/24 as of January 7

**1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
*Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

**2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
*The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George, Simon Pare (translator)

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
*We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Property by Valerie Martin
*Paradise by Toni Mor[author:Hilary Mantelrison|3534]
*Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
*The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
*The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
*Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
*The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
*Great House by Nicole Krauss
*Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

**4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
*Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.

8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Zora Neale Huston

**9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
*Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.

**12. Read an entire poetry collection.
*Quicksand by Nella Larsen

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.

**14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
*The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
Granta 148: Summer Fiction

🐧16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
Violets Are Blue (Alex Cross #7) by James Patterson
January 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year" book for a topic and year of your choice.

**19. Read a horror mystery/suspense novel by a BIPOC author.
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
*Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59 #1) by Attica Locke

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
American in Italy by Herbert Kubly
National Book Award for Nonfiction
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
National Book Award for Nonfiction Nominee
Land They Fought For by Clifford Dowdey
National Book Award for Nonfiction Nominee
Inside Africa by John Gunther
National Book Award for Nonfiction Nominee
The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson BWB
National Book Award for Nonfiction Nominee
Ten North Frederick by John O'Hara
National Book Award for Fiction Winner
Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction BWB
The Age of Reform by Richard Hofstadter BWB
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

23. Read a book by a disabled author.

🐧**24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
From 2016:
Read a historical fiction novel set before 1900
*Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane #1) by Andrea Penrose
January 7 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
*Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane #2) by Andrea Penrose
January 7 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
From 2016:
Read a nonfiction book about science.
*The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

24/24 (finished 11/10/22)

✔️ 1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks? by Lawrence Weschler

✔️ 2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

✔️ 3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

✔️ 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

✔️ 5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love

✔️ 6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown

✔️ 7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Beautiful Monster by Sara Cate

✔️ 8. Read a classic written by a POC.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu

✔️ 9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

✔️ 10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

✔️ 11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

✔️ 12. Read an entire poetry collection.
Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein

✔️ 13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

✔️ 14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States by Sister Helen Prejean

✔️ 15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
Bound Off (monthly literary audio magazine, archived 2015 - listened to the last issue)

✔️ 16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

✔️ 17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She is Today by Kate Bornstein

✔️18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
The Best American Food Writing 2022

✔️ 19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

✔️ 20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan (Pulitzer, 1978)

✔️ 21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate

✔️ 22. Read a history about a period you know little about
The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis

✔️ 23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks

✔️ 24. Previous: 2015 - A book someone recommended to you
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

23/24
17/24

1. Read a biography of an author you admire :
✔ With Borges by Alberto Manguel ★★★
✔ The Magician by Colm Tóibín ★★★★★

2. Read a book set in a bookstore :
✔ Nos richesses (A Bookshop in Algiers) by Kaouther Adimi ★★★★ 1/2
✔ Camino Island by John Grisham ★★

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list :
✔ Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell ★★★★★
✔ Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson ★★★

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma :
✔ Seven Days in June by Tia Williams ★★★
✔ Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala ★★

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices :
✔ Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali, Aisha Saeed, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow... ★★★
✔ Lettres aux jeunes poétesses by Aurélie Olivier, Chloé Delaume, Sonia Chiambretto, Rebecca Chaillon, Adel Tincelin, Rim Battal, Ryoko Sekiguchi, etc. ★★★★1/2

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic :
✔ Manabé Shima (Manabeshima Island Japan: One Island, Two Months, One Minicar, Sixty Crabs, Eighty Bites and Fifty Shots of Shochu) by Florent Chavouet ★★★★★
✔ Les grands cerfs by Gaétan Nocq and Claudie Hunzinger ★★★

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40 :
Katherine by Anya Seton
✔ L'obsolescence programmée de nos sentiments by Zidrou and Aimée de Jongh ★★★

8. Read a classic written by a POC :
✔ Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter) by Mariama Bâ ★★★★
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Chike and the River by Chinua Achebe
Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Four generations in the same hall by Lao She

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest :
✔ Lettres persanes (Persian Letters) by Montesquieu ★★★
Caligula by Albert Camus

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+) :
✔ The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan ★★★★ 1/2
✔ Les Sauvages tome 1 (Savages: The Wedding) by Sabri Louatah ★★★★

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character :
✔ Le tigre des neiges #4 by Akiko Higashimura ★★★★
✔ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ★★★★ 1/2

12. Read an entire poetry collection :
✔ Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light by Nikita Gill ★★★
✔ La Postérité du soleil by Albert Camus, René Char and Henriette Grindat ★★★

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author :
✔ Le Tigre des Neiges 5 by Akiko Higashimura ★★★
✔ L'Africain du Groenland (An African in Greenland) by Tété-Michel Kpomassie ★★★★ 1/2

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book) :
✔ Der Fall Collini (The Collini Case) by Ferdinand von Schirach ★★★
✔ Le Quai de Ouistreham (The Night Cleaner) by Florence Aubenas ★★★★ 1/2

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital) : TBD

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes :
✔ Lorraine Connection by Dominique Manotti ★★★★★
✔ The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow ★★★★

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary :
✔ Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi ★★★★★
✔ Madame le Maire by Marie Cau ★★★★

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice :

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author :
✔ The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun ★★★
✔ Pet by Akwaeke Emezi ★★★★
(None of those books are really horrific but I can't read real horror books)

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born :
✔ Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (National Book Award 1970) ★★★★★
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth :
✔ The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg ★★★ 1/2
✔ The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley ★★★★1/2

22. Read a history about a period you know little about :
✔ Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser ★★★★★
✔ Atlas of the European Reformations by Tim Dowley ★★★★★

23. Read a book by a disabled author :
✔ Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert ★★★★
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
Schattenspringer: Wie es ist, anders zu sein (The World beyond my Shadow) by Daniela Schreiter
A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: A Memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind by Rebecca Schiller

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
✔ Der Fall Hildegard von Bingen by Edgar Noske : Historical fiction set before 1900 ★★★★
✔ Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker : by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse ★★★★ 1/2

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BOOKS READ :

BOOK RIOT’S 2022 READ HARDER CHALLENGE

9/24

1. Read a biography of an author you admire. - Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? - Marion Meade
√2. Read a book set in a bookstore. - Death by Bubble Tea (LA Night Market, #1) - Jennifer J. Chow
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. - Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters
√4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. - Kamila Knows Best - Farah Heron
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. - The New Voices of Science Fiction - Hannu Rajaniemi
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. - Banned Book Club - Kim Hyun Sook
√7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
8. Read a classic written by a POC. - Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) - Octavia E. Butler
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. - Sucker Bet (Vegas Vampires, #4) - Erin McCarthy
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). - The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen
√11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. - It Looks Like Us - Alison Ames
√12. Read an entire poetry collection. - The Poems of Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
√14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). - Emma - Jane Austen
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). - The Bitter Southerner Reader - Various
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. - Manhattans and Murder (Murder She Wrote, #2) - Jessica Fletcher
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. - Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen - Jazz Jennings
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. - The Best American Travel Writing 2010 - Bill Buford
√19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. - The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas
√20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. - The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. - Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron
22. Read a history about a period you know little about. - MiG Alley: The US Air Force in Korea, 1950–53 - Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
23. Read a book by a disabled author. - The Life I Didn't Expect: Facing Adversity and Winning - Ray Cerda Jr.
√24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! From the 2021 Challenge: Read a non-European novel in translation - Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

What books are you reading for the 2022 Read Harder Challenge?
24/24 Finished 8/13/2022
1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke
2. Read a book set in a bookstore. The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. The Best American Travel Writing of 2021, Jason Wilson (Editor), Padma Lakshmi (Editor)
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. - Borders by Thomas King
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Someone to Care (Westcott, #4) by Mary Balogh.
8. Read a classic written by a POC. Passing By Nella Larsen
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1) by Terry Pratchett (6/11/2016 on TBR)
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). The Trees by Percival Everett
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
12. Read an entire poetry collection. Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). - The Virginia Quarterly Review
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music by John Fogerty.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. - This Body I Wore: A Memoir by Diana Goetsch
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. The Best American Travel Writing of the year 2021 by Jason Wilson (Editor), Padma Lakshmi
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. The Trees by Percival Everett
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Double Star by Robert E. Heinlein
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. Kaikeyi, Vaishnavi Patel
22. Read a history about a period you know little about. Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke
23. Read a book by a disabled author. Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenge - 2016 A book with a main character that has a mental illness. Goup: How One Therapist and A Circle of Strangers Saved My Life , Christie Tate

0/24
5th Year!

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

0/24

1. Read a biography of an author you admire: Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley
2. Read a book set in a bookstore: The Sentence
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: A Thousand Ships
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: Honey Girl
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic: TBD
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40: Royal Holiday OR The Fall
8. Read a classic written by a POC: Juneteenth
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest: First Drop of Crimson
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+): While Justice Sleeps
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character: TBD
12. Read an entire poetry collection: Call Us What We Carry
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: A Snake Falls to Earth
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book): Crazy Rich Asians
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital): TBD
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes: TBD
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary: All Boys Aren't Blue
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice: TBD
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author: TBD
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born: Sophie's Choice
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth: TBD
22. Read a history about a period you know little about: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story OR 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
23. Read a book by a disabled author: The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat (Read the first book in a series by a person of color): TBD

Completed December 28!

✓ 1. A biography of an author you admire: Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi (4 stars)
✓ 2. A book set in a bookstore: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (4 stars)
✓ 3. Any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak (4 stars)
✓ 4. A book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory (3 stars)
✓ 5. An anthology featuring diverse voices: All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell (4 stars)

✓ 6. A nonfiction YA comic: March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (4 stars)
✓ 7. A romance in which at least one of the protagonists is over 40: In Step by Jay Hogan (4 stars)
✓ 8. A classic written by a POC: Native Son by Richard Wright (4 stars)
✓ 9. The book that’s been on your TBR the longest: Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (4 stars)
✓ 10. A political thriller by a marginalized author: A Spy in the Struggle by Aya de León (3 stars)

✓ 11. A book with an asexual or aromantic character: The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann (4 stars)
✓ 12. A poetry collection: Goldenrod: Poems by Maggie Smith (5 stars)
✓ 13. An adventure story by a BIPOC author: Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis C. Chen (3 stars)
✓ 14. A book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen: Snowpiercer, Vol. 1: The Escape by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette (4 stars)
✓ 15. A new-to-you literary magazine: Conjunctions: 65, Sleights of Hand: The Deception Issue edited by Bradford Morrow (3 stars)

✓ 16. A book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (3 stars)
✓ 17. A memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (4 stars)
✓ 18. A “Best _ Writing of the Year” book for a topic and year of your choice: The Best American Essays 2022 edited by Alexander Chee (4 stars)
✓ 19. A horror novel by a BIPOC author: When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (3 stars)
✓ 20. An award-winning book from the year you were born [1980]: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (4 stars)

✓ 21. A queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairy tale, folklore, or myth: Peter Darling by Austin Chant (4 stars)
✓ 22. A history about a period you know little about: The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price (4 stars)
✓ 23. A book by a disabled author: True Biz by Sara Nović (4 stars)
✓ 24. A challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges [2020: 7. A historical fiction novel not set in World War II]: Matrix by Lauren Groff (4 stars)

12/24

1. Read a biography of an author you admire: I'm Glad My Mom Died finished 8/24
2. Read a book set in a bookstore: Mooncakes finished 10/27
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: No One Is Talking About This finished 1/7
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: When Dimple Met Rishi finished 8/6
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices: I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet finished 6/30
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic: Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir finished 1/3
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40: Second Wind
8. Read a classic written by a POC: The Bluest Eye or One Hundred Years of Solitude or The Blacker the Berry... or Black No More or Native Son or Invisible Man
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest: Room or Twilight
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+): While Justice Sleeps
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character: Loveless finished 11/8
12. Read an entire poetry collection: Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency finished 10/3
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: A Snake Falls to Earth or Firekeeper's Daughter or Elatsoe (?)
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book): To All the Boys I've Loved Before finished 1/9
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital):
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes: The Indian in the Cupboard or A Little Life
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary: Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition finished 1/12
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice: The Best American Short Stories 2018
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author: The Only Good Indians
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born: Holes finished 1/5
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth: His Hideous Heart or Take Her Down or As I Descended
22. Read a history about a period you know little about: Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment or Controlling Desires: Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome
23. Read a book by a disabled author: The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2019, #2 An alternate history novel: River of Teeth finished 1/16

Progress: 12/26

1. Read a biography of an author you admire (Ideas: Jane Austen, the Secret Radical, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, Zelda, Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley)

✔ 2. Read a book set in a bookstore - Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (July 31/22)

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list (Ideas: My Sister, the Serial Killer, Half of a Yellow Sun, The Power, Piranesi, Circe, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Americanah, Fingersmith)

✔ 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma - Big Bad Wolf by Suleikha Snyder (Jan 16/22)

✔ 5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices - The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories, Volume 1 (Jul 3/22)

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic (Ideas: They Called Us Enemy, Run: Book One, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir, The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures, This Place: 150 Years Retold)

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40

8. Read a classic written by a POC (Ideas: The Palm-Wine Drinkard, The Remains of the Day, The Bluest Eye)

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest (it is: The Captain of All Pleasures)

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+) (Ideas: While Justice Sleeps, American Spy)

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character (Ideas: Elatsoe, The Sound of Stars, Every Heart a Doorway, Sawkill Girls)

✔ 12. Read an entire poetry collection - Oil Slick Dreams by Jennifer L Collins (Aug 11/22)

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author (Ideas: Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China, Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure, Dizzy in Karachi: A Journey to Pakistan, Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, The Palm-Wine Drinkard, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, The Conductors, The Water Dancer)

✔ 14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book) - Stories of Your Life and Others [Arrival] by Ted Chiang (Mar 19/22)

✔ 15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital) - The Dark Magazine, issue 79: December 2021 (Jan 8/22)

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary (Ideas: Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story, Fairest: A Memoir)

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice (Ideas: The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021, The Best American Travel Writing 2021, The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen, Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition)

✔ 19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author - When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (Feb 9/22)

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born (1985 Options: Nebula/Hugo: Neuromancer, Edgar: Briarpatch, Newbery: The Hero and the Crown, Governor General's Award: The Handmaid's Tale, Booker: The Bone People)

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth (Ideas: The Last True Poets of the Sea [Twelfth Night], This Poison Heart [The Secret Garden], Dark and Deepest Red [The Red Shoes], The Chosen and the Beautiful [ The Great Gatsby])

✔ 22. Read a history about a period you know little about - Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz (Dec 14/22)

23. Read a book by a disabled author (Ideas: The Centaur's Wife, Act Your Age, Eve Brown, The Heart Principle)

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat
✔ a. 2016: Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist theme - Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez (Feb 18/22)

✔ b. 2017: Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location - Red X by David Demchuk (Nov 12/22)

✔ c. 2019: A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez (Jan 28/22)

Read:

23/24
1. Read a biography of an author you admire Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
2. book set in a bookstore. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Dominicana
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.While We Were Dating
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. A Measure of Belonging: Writers of Color on the New American South
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. March: Book One
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. The Secret of Snow
8. Read a classic written by a POC. Their Eyes Were Watching God
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. The Book Thief
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).When Justice Sleeps
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. Elatsoe
12. Read an entire poetry collection. Call Us What We Carry
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). A Beautiful Mind
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. Redeeming Love
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. Gender Queer
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.The Best American Food Writing 2021
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.Ring Shout
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. The Complete Stories
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.The Song of Achilles
22. Read a history about a period you know little about. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
23. Read a book by a disabled author.Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! 2019 Read a business book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

This year, I'm going to try to not leave all the genres that I find difficult to the last two months of the year and struggle to finish!

1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler ✓
2. Read a book set in a bookstore. Crime and Poetry✓
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Piranesi✓
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. Arsenic and Adobo✓
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales✓
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue✓
8. Read a classic written by a POC. One Hundred Years of Solitude
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. The Difference Engine
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). American Spy✓
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. The Reckless Kind✓
12. Read an entire poetry collection. Anybody: Poems
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. Firekeeper's Daughter✓
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). The Tenant of Wildfell Hall✓
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). 3Cents Issue 5: Slipping ✓
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. House of Leaves
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. Conundrum
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. The Best American Food Writing 2021
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. Victor LaValle's Destroyer✓
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Love Medicine
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. The Chosen and the Beautiful✓
22. Read a history about a period you know little about. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
23. Read a book by a disabled author. Crime and Punishment
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! 2020: #7: Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII Cinnamon and Gunpowder✓

14/24

2/24

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
TBD

2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
Murders and Metaphors

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
My Sister, the Serial Killer

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
The Proposal
The Wedding Party
When Dimple Met Rishi
If It Makes You Happy

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
Not sure what exactly qualifies under this but possibly They Called Us Enemy

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows
Voyager

8. Read a classic written by a POC.
The Count of Monte Cristo

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Mr. Churchill's Secretary

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
While Justice Sleeps
Sufferance: A Novel
Velvet Was the Night

✔️11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
In My Dreams

12. Read an entire poetry collection.
The Honey Month

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
TBD

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
Déjà Dead

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
Lightspeed Magazine: Issue 139, December 2021

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
A Gentleman in Moscow
Mary B: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice
City of Stairs

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
The Only Good Indians

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Lioness Rampant

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
Scavenge the Stars
Cinderella Is Dead
Malice
Briar Girls
Once & Future

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
TBD

23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism

✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
2018 #12: A celebrity memoir. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Date updated: 12.18.22
COMPLETED - √ Regular: 13/24 books read

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
The Bookshop of Second Chances

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

√ 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Just as I Am

√ 5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Beloved]

√6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

√ 7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
The Sixth Wedding

8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Invisible Man or The Color Purple

√ 9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Pop Goes the Weasel

√10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
All Her Little Secrets

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
The Love Hypothesis

√ 12. Read an entire poetry collection.
I Am the Rage

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
Firekeeper's Daughter or My Year Abroad

√ 14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
The Devil Wears Prada or Forrest Gump

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). - TBD

√16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
The Tenth Circle

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
Gender Queer

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
The Best American Essays 2020

√ 19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
My Heart Is a Chainsaw

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
1975 - All the President's Men

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
The Bennet Women

√ 22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
On Juneteenth

√ 23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Postcards from the Edge

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
#23 - Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness.
Still Alice

22/24
1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
2. Read a book set in a bookstore. Parnassus on Wheels
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize The Power
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. I'll Be the One
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. Gender Queer
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Olga Dies Dreaming
8. Read a classic written by a POC. The Bluest Eye
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. More Than Human
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). American Spy
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
12. Read an entire poetry collection. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. The Lost Dreamer
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). The Worst Witch
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.Conversations with Friends
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. This One Looks Like a Boy: My Gender Journey to Life as a Man
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. Kirkus Review - Bet SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY 2011 The Hum and the Shiver
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. Ring Shout
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore or The Lasko Tangent
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. The Witch's Heart
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
Angel of Greenwood
Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's Most Notorious Woman Bandit
23. Read a book by a disabled author. Get a Life, Chloe Brown
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Read a book that intimidates you The Grace of Kings

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24/24

✓ 1. Read a biography of an author you admire: Bourdain: the Definitive Oral Biography - 18 Jan

✓ 2. Read a book set in a bookstore: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - 1 Dec

✓ 3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: The Book of Form and Happiness - 12 Dec

✓ 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: By the Book - 20 May

✓ 5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices: New Poets of Native Nations - 29 Sep

✓ 6. Read a nonfiction YA comic: Dragon Hoops - 11 Sep

✓ 7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40: Teach Me - 16 Nov

✓ 8. Read a classic written by a POC: The Tale of Genji - 19 May

✓ 9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest: The Qur'an - 30 Apr

✓ 10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+): The Sniper - 22 Nov

✓ 11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character: Radio Silence- 8 Oct

✓ 12. Read an entire poetry collection: Call Us What We Carry: Poems - 9 Feb

✓ 13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: Light from Uncommon Stars - 15 May

✓ 14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book): Promised Land ("Spenser for Hire") - 21 Sep

✓ 15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital): Ploughshares - 19 May

✓ 16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes: The Promise - 10 May

✓ 17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary: This Body I Wore - 19 Jun

✓ 18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice: The Best American Food Writing 2018 - 19 Nov

✓ 19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author: Memorial Ride - 18 Feb

✓ 20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born: Sounder - 27 Nov

✓ 21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth: His Hideous Heart - 26 Oct

✓ 22. Read a history about a period you know little about: The Ground Breaking - 20 Feb

✓ 23. Read a book by a disabled author: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century - 16 Oct

✓ 24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! 2020: Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII: Miss Benson's Beetle - 4 Jan

2022 READ HARDER CHALLENGE!!!!

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author Iron Widow byXiran Jay Zhao
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about The Forest of Stolen Girls
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

I saw a couple people mention planning to combine Read Harder with another reading challenge, and was curious what your approaches are. I've been wanting to complete both the Read Harder and Popsugar Reading Challenges for a couple years now, but haven't been able to. Now that I'm out of school, and have more free time, I'm ready to hit the ground running! I've already thought of ideas for the Popsugar prompts, and am trying to see where I can find overlap, but only see a couple overlaps so far (otherwise, within Read Harder, I don't plan to fulfill multiple prompts with the same work).

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Weather, Burnt Sugar, Luster, No One Is Talking About This
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Weekend is an idea, but I don't typically read romance so looking for other examples I might like!
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
These books have all been tagged as asexual, but may need to confirm. Convenience Store Woman, A Little Life
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land, The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). I may have to watch something new before I'm able to complete this one!
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. What About the Rest of Your Life, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. My Heart Is a Chainsaw
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Into the Forest
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. Autobiography of Red
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author. Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation, Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

24/24

√1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
√2. Read a book set in a bookstore. The Sentence
√3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Piranesi
√4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. The Book of Delights
√5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
√6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. The Mushroom Fan Club
√7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Strange Weather in Tokyo
√8. Read a classic written by a POC. Beloved
√9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest The Glass Castle
√10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). While Justice Sleeps
√11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. Loveless
√12. Read an entire poetry collection. A Year in the New Life
√13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. The Poppy War
√14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). The Duke and I
√15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). Astra Magazine
√16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. Run Rose Run
√17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. Release the Beast: A Drag Queen's Guide to Life
√18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. The Best American Magazine Writing 2022
√19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. The Other Black Girl
√20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Offshore
√21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. Cinderella Is Dead
√22. Read a history about a period you know little about. Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
√23. Read a book by a disabled author. Get a Life, Chloe Brown
√24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Read a book you've read before from 2017 Jade City and the next two in the trilogy also :)

2022

24/24

✔️1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck
✔️2. Read a book set in a bookstore. The Sentence
✔️3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Luster
✔️ 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. Real Men Knit
✔️5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
✔️6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights
✔️7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Gray Hair Don't Care
✔️8. Read a classic written by a POC. Narrative of Sojourner Truth
✔️9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. The Diary of a Young Girl
✔️10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+). While Justice Sleeps
✔️11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. Radio Silence
✔️12. Read an entire poetry collection. Postcolonial Love Poem
✔️13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. Africaville
✔️14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Bridget Jones's Diary
✔️15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). The American Poetry Review (Vol. 50 No.6) Nov/Dec 2021
✔️16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. World as Laboratory: Experiments with Mice, Mazes, and Men
✔️17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. I'm Afraid of Men
✔️ 18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021
✔️19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. Little Secrets
✔️20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Slaughterhouse-Five
✔️ 21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. The Grimrose Girls
✔️ 22. Read a history about a period you know little about. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
✔️ 23. Read a book by a disabled author. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
✔️ 24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! A List of Cages

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
The Little Paris Bookshop
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
MaddAddam - 2014 longlist
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Xeni
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. COMPLETED 2/1/22
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Voyager
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Dawn
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Fire and Hemlock
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
American Spy
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
Loveless
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
Bite Me!: Musings on Monsters and Mayhem
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
A Spy in the House
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
Babylon Babies - Movie: Babylon A.D.
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
Apex Magazine Issue 126: Indigenous Futurists
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
Shōgun - Recommended by my mum
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
Vengeful - Best Science Fiction of 2018 GoodReads Choice
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
Undead Girl Gang - Zombies & Witches
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Nazis In Skokie: Freedom, Community, and the First Amendment - 1986 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
The Tyrant’s Tomb
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Parable of the Talents
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
a) 2021 - Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author
The Disappearance of Ember Crow
b) 2020 - Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
Furia
c) 2019 - A cozy mystery
Murder with Cinnamon Scones
d) 2018 - A one-sitting book
Carmilla
e) 2017 - Read a book about sports
Lucky Loser
f) 2016 - Read the first book in a series by a POC author
The Fifth Season
g)2015 - A book by or about someone who identifies as LGBTQ
Playing in the Dark

ACE/ARO REC: “Loveless” by Alice Oseman. I’m Ace and this is the first fiction book I have ever had the pleasure of reading about our community (Angela Chen’s “ACE” nonfiction book is fantastic) and it made me so incredibly happy.

Don’t know if it’s too early for recs or if this is the wrong place for it (first time on the challenge and in any group!) but figured I’d mention my recommendation as I saw a lot of empty #11s in the above comments. 💜🖤🤍

2022 Challenge Plan

24/24 -- Completed December 31, 2022

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
The Zolas by Méliane Marcaggi
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Home by Marilynne Robinson
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
A Bride's Story, Vol. 13 by Kaoru Mori
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
American Cult edited by Robyn Chapman
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Always Never by Jordi Lafebre
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Silenceby Shūsaku Endō
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
The Good Asian, Vols. 1 and 2 by Pornsak Pichetshote
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
Renaming Ecstasy: Latino Writings on the Sacred by Orlando Ricardo Menes
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
3 Cents Magazine, Issue 1: Beginnings
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began by Jack Repcheck
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
The Best American Comics 2019 edited by Jillian Tamaki
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
Tomie by Junji Ito
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans -- 1954 Caldecott Medal
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American by Laura Gao
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
The Colonial Overlords, AD 1850-1900 by Time-Life Books
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
The Enigma of Arrival: A Novel in Five Sections by V.S. Naipaul
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Read an audiobook (2015) -- The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy

Of course, I could change any of these at any time. 😅

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
A Writer's Diary (does autobiography count?)
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
84, Charing Cross Road
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Kindred
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Kushiel's Dart
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
While Justice Sleeps
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Vera

2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
The Sentence

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Piranesi

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
Dragon Hoops

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Anyone But You

8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Bless Me, Ultima

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Everything, Everything

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
Native Speaker

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
Beyond the Black Door

12. Read an entire poetry collection.
The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
Clean Getaway

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
Howl’s Moving Castle

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
ang(st) Issue IV, May 2021

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
House of Leaves

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
What About the Rest of Your Life

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
The Best American Travel Writing 2021

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
Little Eyes

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Dragon's Gate

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
A Spindle Splintered

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
The Woman's Hour: Our Fight for the Right to Vote

23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Show Me a Sign

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! (Read a book that's told from the perspective of an animal or inanimate object - 2019)
Braver: A Wombat's Tale

I'm an elementary librarian so that's why some of my books skew towards younger audiences.

Some edits will almost certainly happen!

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Solitude & Company: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez Told with Help from His Friends, Family, Fans, Arguers, Fellow Pranksters, Drunks, and a Few Respectable Souls
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
My Year Abroad

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
We Wear the Mask: 15 Stories of Passing in America
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
The President

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
Forty Acres
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
Every Heart a Doorway
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
Call Us What We Carry

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
What About the Rest of Your Life
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born (1988).
Paris Trout

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat (a microhistory - 2015)
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Her Daughter Mary Shelley *****
2. Read a book set in a bookstore. The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls *****
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. An American Marriage *****
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. The Wedding Date ***
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology ****
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. Almost American Girl
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. Beloved by Toni Morrison
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire. I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick or Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
2. Read a book set in a bookstore. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. Home , Half of a Yellow Sun or On Beauty
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. How Stella Got Her Groove Back
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. Burnt Tongues Anthology
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. Dragon Hoops
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC. Twelve Years a Slave
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Room
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. The Nightingale
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. Ironweed
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

Committing early after not doing this for a few years. Will have to fill in further as I decide what to read.
✔️1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Who Was Dr. Seuss?
✔️2. Read a book set in a bookstore. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book
✔️3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. The Sentence
✔️4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
✔️5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices. #Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women
✔️6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.Huda F Are You?
✔️ 7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure
✔️8. Read a classic written by a POC.American Indian Stories
✔️9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Matterhorn
✔️10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).Her Name Is Knight
✔️11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.Loveless
✔️12. Read an entire poetry collection.An American Sunrise
✔️13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. Firekeeper's Daughter
✔️14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
✔️15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). Four Winds
✔️16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. Verity
✔️17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. Gender Queer: A Memoir
✔️18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 1
✔️19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.The Only Good Indians
✔️20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book may still read Ragtime if I have time
✔️21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.The Never King
✔️22. Read a history about a period you know little about. People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibway of Michigan
✔️23. Read a book by a disabled author. The Kiss Quotient
✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat - 2021 challenge #19, read historical fiction with POC or LGBTQ Main character The Devil Comes Courting

12 / 12 - Completed Sep 2022

[X] 2.Read a book set in a bookstore: The Sentence
[X] 3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize Shortlist /longlist/ winner list: Elizabeth Is Missing
[X] 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: Instructions for Dancing
[X] 6. Read a nonfiction YA comic: Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
[X] 8. Read a classic written by a POC: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
[X] 10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+): American Spy
[X] 13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: Washington Black
[X] 16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes: Ronda: Dial A for Aunties
[X] 21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth: The Gap of Time. In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in an individual universe of that story by its fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction.
[X] 22. Read a history about a period you know little about: Texas and freed blacks and Indigenous Indians after the Civil War: The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles
[X] 23. Read a book by a disabled author: deafness: Sara Nović: Girl at War
[X] 24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!: 2018: A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Nine Lessons by Nicola Upson

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.

2. Read a book set in a bookstore.

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.

8. Read a classic written by a POC.
- Their Eyes Were Watching God

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (oldest on my Goodreads to-read shelf)

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.

12. Read an entire poetry collection.

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
- Dune

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
- Lightspeed (or something similar)

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
-Mexican Gothic

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
- The Chosen and the Beautiful

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.

23. Read a book by a disabled author.

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire. Dust Tracks on a Road
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
✔3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: Wolf Hall

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
✔5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
✔7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40: It's Not All Downhill from Here

✔8. Read a classic written by a POC: The Souls of Black Folk (The Temple of My FamiliarCane, Mumbo Jumbo)

✔9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest: The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

✔10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+): Razorblade Tears

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
✔12. Read an entire poetry collection: The Fat Black Woman's Poems Life on Mars

✔13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: Pym

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). Someone Knows My Name, Wonderboys, The Great Santini, The Great Gatsby
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). Lightspeed Magazine, June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. Cutting for Stone
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
✔18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018

✔19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author: The Lesson

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. The Waystation
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
✔22. Read a history about a period you know little about: Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow

23. Read a book by a disabled author.
✔24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Read a book that intimidates you: Wolf Hall

10-Dec - Oooh I'm loving seeing everyone's book plans here!!!! I have added a few so far that have come to mind immediately! The rest I'll be planning throughout the year

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

✔️2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

✔️3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
No One Is Talking About This

✔️4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown

✔️5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Once Upon an Eid

✔️6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
The Complete Maus

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
Strange Weather in Tokyo or Flying Solo

✔️8. Read a classic written by a POC.
A Pale View of Hills

✔️ 9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Special Topics in Calamity Physics

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
When Justice Sleeps

✔️ 11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
Loveless

✔️12. Read an entire poetry collection.
You Better Be Lightning

✔️13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
My Year Abroad

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
My Neighbor Totoro I am going to try and find and read the Japanese version. Wish me luck as my reading level is approx year 3 (third grade).

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).

✔️ 16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
Assassin's Apprentice

✔️ 17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
The Best American Short Stories 2019

✔️19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
This Thing Between Us

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
Beloved

✔️21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
The Magic Fish

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
✔️Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Cull or True Biz

✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
I did challenge 16 from 2020: a doorstopper written by a woman after 1950!
The Book of Form and Emptiness

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2022 - 30/30 complete

1. Read a biography of an author you admire - Jane Austen: A Life - 5/30/22√
2. Read a book set in a bookstore - With Love from London - 2/11/22√
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list - The Dutch House- 10/3/22 √
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma - Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau - 2/14/22√
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices - Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder - 7/5/22√
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic Gender Queer- 3/4/22√
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40 - The Way We Weren't - 1/11/22 √
8. Read a classic written by a POC - Beloved by Toni Morrison - 6/18/22√
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest - Act One, Wish One - 5/1/22√
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+) - Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González - 7/2/22√
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character - The Love Hypothesis- 2/22/22√
12. Read an entire poetry collection - Call Us What We Carry - 4/25/22√
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author - The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo - 7/8/22√
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book) -The Lovely Bones-7/17/22√
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital) - https://suspensemagazine.com/blog2/ DONE√
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes - Secret Identity - 3/30/22√
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe - 3/4/22√
18. Read a “Best Writing of the Year” book for a topic and year of your choice -The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021: 2021 - 8/9/22 √
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author - Beloved- 6/18/22 √
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born - The Big Time - 2/6/22√
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth - Written in the Stars - 5/18/22 √
22. Read a history about a period you know little about - After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul - 5/15/22 √
23. Read a book by a disabled author - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig - 1/8/22 √
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
2021- #24 - Featuring a beloved pet who doesn't die - Lessons in Chemistry - 4/13/22√
2020- #7 - Read a hist. fiction novel not set in WWII - The Magnolia Palace- 2/17/22√
2019-#10- Read a translated book written or translated by a woman - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo - 1/20/22 √
2018- #23 - Read a book with a female protagonist over 60 - An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed - 1/14/22√
2017-#3- Read a book about books - The Reading List - 1/27/22√
2016-#1 - Read a horror book - Little Bird - 3/25/22√
2015 - #13- Read a romance novel - People We Meet on Vacation - 1/9/22√

Well, this sounds like fun.

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1. Read a biography of an author you admire. ✓
2. Read a book set in a bookstore. ✓
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list. ✓
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma. ✓
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic. ✓
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. ✓
8. Read a classic written by a POC. (modern classic) ✓
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest. ✓
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character. ✓
12. Read an entire poetry collection. ✓
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author. ✓
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book). ✓
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital). ✓
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. ✓
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary. ✓
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. (best historical fiction of 2005) ✓
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. ✓
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born. (Boston Globe-Horn Book Award) ✓
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth. ✓
22. Read a history about a period you know little about. (this specific point of time and this specific POV) ✓
23. Read a book by a disabled author. ✓
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! (2015 A book that someone else has recommended to you) ✓

To try the 2022 Read Harder Challenge, is it part of the rules to list which books I hope to read to meet each of the criteria?

Pamela wrote: "To try the 2022 Read Harder Challenge, is it part of the rules to list which books I hope to read to meet each of the criteria?"
No, it's just something you can do if you want to share with others what you plan on reading. It's a great way to see what everyone's reading, especially if you can't decide which book to read for a prompt.

Thank you, Bekah!

5/24 tasks

1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
✔️9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Single White Vampire 1/6/22 On my TBR since 8/29/2010
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
12. Read an entire poetry collection.
✔️13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
Light from Uncommon Stars 1/14/22
✔️14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
Blood Trail 1/26/22 - TV show was on about 2007
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
23. Read a book by a disabled author.
✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
✔️2021 - Read a Fan-Fict- All the Relatives by escargoat 1/25/22

Here's my list for 2022. Six of the books are already on my Kindle, so I'll probably start with those. The rest will come from the library.

1. Read a biography of an author you admire. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

8. Read a classic written by a POC.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

12. Read an entire poetry collection.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
https://www.afterdinnerconversation.com/

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
(Searched for Best Indigenous Writing 2021) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

23. Read a book by a disabled author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
Repeating #8 from 2020
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

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[ ] 1. Read a biography of an author you admire.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

[ ] 2. Read a book set in a bookstore.
You

[X] 3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
A Visit from the Goon Squad

[ ] 4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma.
The Kiss Quotient

[ ] 5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
Blackout All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

[ ] 6. Read a nonfiction YA comic.
Dragon Hoops

[ ] 7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.

[ ] 8. Read a classic written by a POC.
Song of Solomon

[ ] 9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

[ ] 10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).

[ ] 11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.
Loveless

[ ] 12. Read an entire poetry collection.

[ ] 13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
The Fifth Season

[ ] 14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book).
Tony and Susan

[ ] 15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).

[ ] 16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad

[ ] 17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

[ ] 18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.

[X] 19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
This Thing Between Us

[ ] 20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
The Witching Hour

[ ] 21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
The Mirror Season

[ ] 22. Read a history about a period you know little about.

[ ] 23. Read a book by a disabled author.
Sorrowland

[ ] 24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!

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