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Read Harder 20241) Read a cozy fantasy book
2) Read a YA book by a trans author.
3) Read a middle grade horror novel.
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5) Read a sci-fi novella: System Collapse
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian.
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13) Read a comic that has been banned.
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book.
16) Read a book based solely on the title.
17) Read a book about media literacy.
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22) Read a manga or manhwa.
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges.
Completed May 27!✓ 1. Read a cozy fantasy book: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (4 stars)
✓ 2. Read a YA book by a trans author: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (4 stars)
✓ 3. Read a middle grade horror novel: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (3 stars)
✓ 4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (5 stars)
✓ 5. Read a sci-fi novella: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (4 stars)
✓ 6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character: Drama by Raina Telgemeier (4 stars)
✓ 7. Read an indie-published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author: Alive At The End Of The World by Saeed Jones (4 stars)
✓ 8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited [Japan]: Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami (4 stars)
✓ 9. Read a book recommended by a librarian: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi (4 stars)
✓ 10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (5 stars)
✓ 11. Read a picture book published in the last five years: Knight Owl by Christopher Denise (5 stars)
✓ 12. Read a genre book by a disabled author: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey (3 stars)
✓ 13. Read a comic that has been banned: Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon (4 stars)
✓ 14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event: Babel by R. F. Kuang (5 stars)
✓ 15. Read a YA nonfiction book: All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat (4 stars)
✓ 16. Read a book based solely on the title: How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann (3 stars)
✓ 17. Read a book about media literacy: Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West (4 stars)
✓ 18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry: Legendary Children: The First Decade of RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Last Century of Queer Life by Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez (4 stars)
✓ 19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters: Always Only You by Chloe Liese (3 stars)
✓ 20. Read a book about books: How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo (4 stars)
✓ 21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023: Here in the Dark by Alexis Soloski (3 stars)
✓ 22. Read a manga or manhwa: The Apothecary Diaries Manga, Vol. 1 by Natsu Hyuuga and Nekokurage (3 stars)
✓ 23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery: A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine (4 stars)
✓ 24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat [2018: 6. Read a book about nature]: What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman (4 stars)
24/24✔ Read a cozy fantasy book :
Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki
✔ Read a YA book by a trans author :
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
✔ Read a middle grade horror novel :
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
✔ Read a history book by a BIPOC author :
The Great White Bard: Shakespeare, Race and the Future by Farah Karim-Cooper
✔ Read a sci-fi novella :
The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
✔ Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character :
Mehdi met du rouge à lèvres by David Dumortier
✔✔ Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author :
Le lit de l'étrangère by Mahmoud Darwish
Ruby Moonlight by Ali Cobby Eckermann
✔✔✔✔✔ Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited :
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
Juste avant l'arrivée du bateau by Hans Anthon Lynge
This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
✔ Read a book recommended by a librarian :
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
✔ Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author :
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
✔ Read a picture book published in the last five years :
Houses with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Yoshida Seiji
✔ Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author :
Harper and the Circus of Dreams by Cerrie Burnell and Laura Ellen Anderson
✔ Read a comic that has been banned :
Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman
✔ Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event :
Trust by Hernan Diaz (Event: Festival America, Vincennes, France)
✔✔ Read a YA nonfiction book:
Le conflit israélo-palestinien by Vladimir Grigorieff and Abdel de Bruxelles
Au pied des étoiles by Edmond Baudoin and Emmanuel Lepage
✔ Read a book based solely on the title :
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
✔ Read a book about media literacy :
Fake news, l'info qui ne tourne pas rond by Doan Bui and Leslie Plée
✔ Read a book about drag or queer artistry :
GuRu by RuPaul
✔ Read a romance with neurodivergent characters :
One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris
✔✔✔✔✔ Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction) :
Un Afghan à Paris by Mahmud Nasimi
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
Lettres à un jeune romancier sénégalais by Alain Mabanckou
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi
✔ Read a book that went under the radar in 2023 :
Les Délices d'Edo: Histoire illustrée de la gastronomie japonaise by Brigitte Koyama-Richard
✔✔ Read a manga or manhwa :
Le tigre des neiges 7 by Akiko Higashimura
Le tigre des neiges 8 by Akiko Higashimura
✔ Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery :
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
✔✔ Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
Deux fois dans le même fleuve: La guerre de Poutine contre les femmes by Sofi Oksanen
To the End of the Land by David Grossman
(a book about war)
Progress: 24/24√
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Chronological Order:
1) Read a cozy fantasy bookEmily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
2) Read a YA book by a trans author.
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
3) Read a middle grade horror novel.
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
5) Read a sci-fi novella.
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Breakpoint by Betsy Aoki
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
Just a Girl: A True Story of World war II by Lia Levi
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian.
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
Celia’s Song by Lee Maracle
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
13) Read a comic that has been banned.
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book.
The Far Away Brothers (Adapted for Young Adults) by Lauren Markham
16) Read a book based solely on the title.
Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, And 3 RVs On Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt
17) Read a book about media literacy.
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Cool. Awkward. Black. by Karen Strong
22) Read a manga or manhwa.
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
24. Previous Challenge - Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey
A Tale of the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Read Harder 2024 challenge33/33 completed!!!
1) Read a cozy fantasy book - Somewhere Beyond the Sea- 9/15/24 √
2) Read a YA book by a trans author - Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa -7/3/24 √
3) Read a middle grade horror novel - Ophie's Ghosts - 8/25/24√
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author - Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford - 1/15/24√
5) Read a sci-fi novella - Orbital - 3/3/24 √
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character -Bea Mullins Takes a Shot - 11/6/24√
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author - Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong - 11/2/24√
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto - 6/10/24 √
9) Read a book recommended by a librarian - Anita de Monte Laughs Last- 3/15/24√
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author - The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters - 9/25/24 √
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years - Something, Someday - 1/1/24 √
12) Read a genre book by a disabled author - The Life Impossible by Matt Haig - 8/21/24√
13) Read a comic that has been banned - Heartstopper: Volume Two - 2/15/24√
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual - Poisoned Pen's YouTube channel) and then attend the event - The Fiction Writer - 1/9/24 √
15) Read a YA nonfiction book - Jane Austen: A Life Revealed - 5/14/24√
16) Read a book based solely on the title - You'd Look Better as a Ghost - 3/27/24√
17) Read a book about media literacy - Off the Air - 3/31/24√
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry - The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir - 3/11/24√
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters -Last Call at the Local - 3/18/24 √
20) Read a book about books (fiction) - Mockingbird Summer - 1/29/24 √
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023 -Open Throat - 1/4/24 √
22) Read a manga or manhwa -Cat + Gamer, Vol. 1 - 11/10/24√
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery - The Fury - 1/20/24√
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges:
2023: #13 - Local Author - A House Like an Accordion by Audrey Burges - 5/28/24 √
2022: #12: Read an entire poetry collection - Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - 5/26/24√
2021: #24 - A pet who doesn't Die -Recipe for a Charmed Life - 2/3/24√
2020: #7 - Historical Fiction not set in WWII - The Women- 2/15/24 √
2019: #14 - A cozy mystery - The Mystery Guest - 1/3/24√
2018: #23 - Female protagonist over 60 -The Excitements- 2/6/24√
2017: #7 - Published between 1900 & 1950 : Lord Edgware Dies - 1/24/24√
2016: #1 - A horror novel - Black Sheep - - 2/7/24√
2015: #13 - A Romance novel - It's Complicated - 2/22/24√
Progress: 0/241) Read a cozy fantasy book
2) Read a YA book by a trans author.
3) Read a middle grade horror novel.
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5) Read a sci-fi novella: System Collapse
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian.
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13) Read a comic that has been banned.
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book.
16) Read a book based solely on the title.
17) Read a book about media literacy.
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22) Read a manga or manhwa.
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges.
✔️1. Read a cozy fantasy book. A Psalm for the Wild-Built ⭐⭐⭐⭐✔️2. Read a YA book by a trans author. Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure ⭐⭐⭐
✔️3. Read a middle grade horror novel. Ophie's Ghosts ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation ⭐⭐
✔️5. Read a sci-fi novella. Chocky ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. King and the Dragonflies ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. Call Me By My True Names: The Collected Poems of Thich Nhat Hanh ⭐⭐⭐
✔️8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. Our Share of Night ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. Wandering Stars ⭐⭐⭐
✔️11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. Sweet Fire ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. Sorrowland ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️13. Read a comic that has been banned. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️15. Read a YA nonfiction book. Getting Things Done for Teens: Take Control of Your Life in a Distracting World ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️16. Read a book based solely on the title. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️17. Read a book about media literacy. The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary ⭐⭐
✔️19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). What You Are Looking For Is in the Library ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Stone Blind ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️22. Read a manga or manhwa. Uzumaki ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat Chain-Gang All-Stars (2023 -- social horror)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Goal: 80% of tasks merit 4 stars!
Progress: 19/24 :)
1. Read a cozy fantasy book. Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods, Vol. 12. Read a YA book by a trans author. Paper Planes
3. Read a middle grade horror novel. Deephaven
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. Black History In Its Own Words
5. Read a sci-fi novella. Artificial Condition
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. The Golden Frog Games
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. Mel the Chosen
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. Squire & Knight
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. Hippos Remain Calm
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. Nayra and the Djinn
13. Read a comic that has been banned. The Color of Earth
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. Blank
15. Read a YA nonfiction book. Occulted
16. Read a book based solely on the title. The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
17. Read a book about media literacy. Danse Macabre by Stephen King
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. Odd Blood
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Confidence
22. Read a manga or manhwa. The Fox & Little Tanuki, Volume 4
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. The Shamshine Blind
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! The New Girl (Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover.)
I'll be updating this post throughout the year. I will try to avoid double-dipping, but I will allow it if necessary.Read a history book by a BIPOC author - Freedom!: The Story of the Black Panther Party - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Read a romance with neurodivergent characters - Check & Mate
1. Read a book recommended by a librarian. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
(1, 105) Read a book about drag or queer artistry
2. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2023 - Read an entire poetry collection - the sun and her flowers
3. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2020 - Read a book that takes place in a rural setting - Patience and Not-Forsaken
4. (1, 3) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2015 - An audiobook - Notes on an Execution
6. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2022 - Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes - I'm Just a Person
10. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
15. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2017 - Read a fantasy novel - Red Hood
16. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2018 - A classic of genre fiction - The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat
17. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2016 - Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 - Miss Eliza's English Kitchen
21. Read a picture book published in the last five years - A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Perfect Valentine
23. Read a sci-fi novella - The Mimicking of Known Successes
24. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction) - The Cat Who Saved Books
25. (24) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited - Vita Nostra
28. (23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery - The Murders in the Rue Morgue
29. Read a middle grade horror novel - Bridge of Souls
30. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author - Daughters of the Deer
33. (24) Read a cozy fantasy book - To Shape a Dragon's Breath
51. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2019 - A self-published book - Witchy Whiskers
52. Read a book about media literacy - Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes
64. (1, 3, 30, 33) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat: 2021 - Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist - Lavender House
98. Read a YA book by a trans author - Out of the Blue
105. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character - Martin McLean, Middle School Queen
118. Read a book based solely on the title - What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
137. Read a YA nonfiction book - Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
167. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event - In the Event of Murder
190. Read a comic that has been banned. Gender Queer
192. Read a manga or manhwa - Dead Company, Volume 1
201. (29) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author - Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
235. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author - XoeteoX
17/241. Read a cozy fantasy book.
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
Pet
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
The Empty Grave<
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
James
5. Read a sci-fi novella.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
Way of the Argosi
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Don't Call Us Dead
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
Solito
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
In the Lives of Puppets
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer
16. Read a book based solely on the title.
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
17. Read a book about media literacy.
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
The House of Hidden Meanings
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
The Wishing Game
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
The Clarion
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
The Devotion of Suspect X
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! : Read a book of short stories.Table for Two
Looking forward to another year!1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5. Read a sci-fi novella.
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
16. Read a book based solely on the title.
17. Read a book about media literacy.
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
1. Read a cozy fantasy book. The House in the Cerulean Sea✅2. Read a YA book by a trans author. Cemetery Boys
✅3. Read a middle grade horror novel. The Graveyard Book
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration or Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
✅5. Read a sci-fi novella. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. Melissa or The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. Don't Call Us Dead
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. Chilean Poet or Our Share of Night
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. Demon Copperhead
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. Indian Horse or The Seed Keeper
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. Dim Sum Palace or There Was a Party for Langston
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. Sorrowland or Adulthood Rites
13. Read a comic that has been banned. The Complete Maus
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. Chain-Gang All-Stars
15. Read a YA nonfiction book. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia or The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
16. Read a book based solely on the title. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
17. Read a book about media literacy. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business or Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen or Diary of a Drag Queen
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. The Rosie Project or The Heart Principle
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). The Midnight Library or Ink Blood Sister Scribe
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Liliana's Invincible Summer or Ghost Girl, Banana
22. Read a manga or manhwa. A Bride's Story, Vol. 1
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. The Secret History or The Devotion of Suspect X or Deacon King Kong
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World - 2020 Read a book about a natural disaster
Progress: 18/24
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✓7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
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(2023) ✓12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
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(Leipziger Buchmesse) ✓15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
✓17. Read a book about media literacy.
✓19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
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Last year I could not have done it without you guys. ❤️❤️❤️
At the rate I'm going it will be June before I start this list, but I can't NOT do the Read Harder challenge.Well, at least I've done well over HALF of the 2024 challenges in the correct year.
Progress: 19/24 as of 7 Jan 2025
✔ 1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
Completed 15 Jun 2024 -- Cupid in a Bottle
✔ 2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
Completed 8 Sep 2024 --Birthday
✔ 3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
Completed 18 Oct 2024 -- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
IN PROGRESS -- The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
✔ 5. Read a sci-fi novella.
Completed 21 Jun 2024 -- Home
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
PLANNED -- Hurricane Child
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
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✔ 8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
Completed 7 Oct 2024 -- The Disaster Tourist
✔ 9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
Completed 16 Oct 2024 - The Kaiju Preservation Society
✔ 10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
Completed 4 Sep 2024 -- The White Girl
✔ 11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
Completed 27 Aug 2024 -- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
✔ 12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
Completed 4 Jul 2024 -- The Night Masquerade
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
PLANNED -- The Complete Maus
✔ 14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
Completed 30 Nov 2024 -- Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas!
✔ 15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
Completed 26 Jul 2024 -- Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918
✔ 16. Read a book based solely on the title.
Completed 10 Jul 2024 -- Role Playing
✔ 17. Read a book about media literacy.
Completed 4 Sep 2024 --Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
PLANNED -- Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between
✔ 19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Completed 29 Aug 2024 -- The Kiss Quotient
✔ 20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
Completed 27 Aug 2024 -- The Cat Who Saved Books
✔ 21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Completed 18 Dec 2025 -- Plan A
✔ 22. Read a manga or manhwa.
Completed 15 Dec 2024 -- All You Need Is Kill
✔ 23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
Completed 31 Dec 2024 -- Six Wakes
✔ 24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
Completed 11 May 2024 -- The Silence Between Us
2021 #16: An own voices book about disability
Completed 24/24!!!
READ HARDER 202421/24
WIP 2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
WIP 18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
Dreaming towards liberation : queer futurist manifestations : 2023 community anthology (not in system)
WIP 23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
√1. Read a cozy fantasy book. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
√4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape by Sam Nakahira
5. Read a sci-fi novella.
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
√11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. Rewilding: Bringing Wildlife Back Where It Belongs by David Steen and Chiara Fedele.
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
√15. Read a YA nonfiction book. Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape by Sam Nakahira
√]16. Read a book based solely on the title. The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
√17. Read a book about media literacy. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
√20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Liar City by Allie Therin
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
I am still trying to figure out what I want to do for each category. Thanks to everyone else for sharing their titles! It has given me some inspiration. I am hoping this will clean out a chunk of my to read shelf. 1) Read a cozy fantasy book Legends & Lattes
2) Read a YA book by a trans author The Witch King or Cemetery Boys
3) Read a middle grade horror novel The Grey King (This is the best excuse to re-read this series)
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City or Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals or The Buddha in the Attic
5) Read a sci-fi novella To Be Taught, If Fortunate or This is How You Lose the Time War
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character Drum Roll, Please or The Insiders
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author (I don't even know where to start with this one...)
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited Amatka or Osebol or The Membranes
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian All Systems Red
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author Becoming a Matriarch
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years Crumbs
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author Every Heart a Doorway
13) Read a comic that has been banned Gender Queer or Saga, Volume 1
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality or The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures or Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers or Don't Call Me Crazy
16) Read a book based solely on the title Godkiller
17) Read a book about media literacy On Censorship: A Public Librarian Examines Cancel Culture in the US or Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters Ninefox Gambit
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction) The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023 Under the Ice Skies
22) Read a manga or manhwa Solo Leveling, vol. 1 or Tower of God Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery How to Be Eaten or Plain Bad Heroines or Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges. I don't know what challenge to pick but it will be one that allows me to reread these guys: Gideon the Ninth Harrow the Ninth and Nona the Ninth
Completed July 14. 2024!READ HARDER 2024
❎1. Read a cozy fantasy book. - Dear Satan... 1/4/24
❎2. Read a YA book by a trans author. -Alice Austen Lived Here 7/14/24
❎3. Read a middle grade horror novel. - Skeleton Man 4/27/24
❎4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. - Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre 1/8/24
❎5. Read a sci-fi novella. - An Alien Berserker for Christmas 1/26/24
❎6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. - . Drama3/25/24
❎7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. - it was never going to be okay 1/22/24
❎8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. - The Castle of Crossed Destinies 1/8/24
❎9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. The Rabbit Factor 1/15/24
❎10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author - Skraelings 5/17/24
❎11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. - Catside Up, Catside Down: A Book of Prepositions 1/26/24
❎12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. - Veronika Decides to Die 1/17/24
❎13. Read a comic that has been banned. - My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 1/8/24
❎14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. - Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide 7/13/24
❎15. Read a YA nonfiction book. - Lily Renee, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer 4/27/24
❎16. Read a book based solely on the title. - The Breast 1/2/23
❎17. Read a book about media literacy. - Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads 1/20/24
❎18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. A History of Milwaukee Drag: Seven Generations of Glamour 5/20/24
❎19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. - In Want of a Viscount 1/24/24
❎20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). - My Ideal Bookshelf 1/29/24
❎21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. - Theirs to Forever 2/5/24
❎22. Read a manga or manhwa. - Cat + Gamer, Volume 2 1/8/24
❎23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
❎24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! - from 2018: Read a one-sitting book: Silk 1/1/23
READ HARDER 2024 PlanProgress: 9/24
1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
√3. Read a middle grade horror novel. - Lonely Places - Kate Anderson
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
√5. Read a sci-fi novella. - Unexpected Stories - Octavia E. Butler
√6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. - The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee - Ellen Oh
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
√8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. - The Nine Lives of Tito d'Amelia - Ettore Farrattini Pojani
√9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. - A Few Right Thinking Men (Rowland Sinclair Mystery, #1) - Sulari Gentill
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
√11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. - Hot Dog - Doug Salati
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
√15. Read a YA nonfiction book. - Pintsized Pioneers: Taming the Frontier, One Chore at a Time - Preston Lewis
√16. Read a book based solely on the title. - A Bean to Die For (Coffee Lover's Mystery, #4) - Tara Lush
17. Read a book about media literacy.
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
√20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). - Sprites and Scuttlebutt (Magical Mystery Book Club, #6) - Elizabeth Pantley
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
READ HARDER 2024: 24/24 remaining1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5. Read a sci-fi novella.
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited: The Woman in the Purple Skirt, Lucky Per - PLANNED
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author: Perma Red - PLANNED
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
16. Read a book based solely on the title.
17. Read a book about media literacy.
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
READ HARDER 2024Read a cozy fantasy book. - Bookshops & Bonedust
Read a YA book by a trans author. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Read a middle grade horror novel. The Screaming Staircase
Read a history book by a BIPOC author.The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
Read a sci-fi novella. - Fugitive Telemetry
Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women
Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. Heart Berries
Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. The Housekeeper and the Professor
Read a book recommended by a librarian. The Covenant of Water
Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
Read a picture book published in the last five years. Love in the Library
Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.- In the Lives of Puppets
Read a comic that has been banned. - The Complete Maus
Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. The Winged Tiara
Read a YA nonfiction book - The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Read a book based solely on the title. Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim
Read a book about media literacy. - Yellowface
Read a book about drag or queer artistry. The House of Hidden Meanings
Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. - A Tempest at Sea
Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). The Cat Who Saved Books
Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. - To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
Read a manga or manhwa. Lost In Translatiln from Web Toons
Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. The Consequences of Fear
Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! - 2015 Listen to an audio book The Sixth Man
1) Read a cozy fantasy bookA Psalm for the Wild Built √ COMPLETED
2) Read a YA book by a trans author.
Birthday √ COMPLETED
3) Read a middle-grade horror novel.
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls √ COMPLETED
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5) Read a sci-fi novella: System Collapse
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Don't Call Us Dead √ COMPLETED
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian.
Demon Copperhead √ COMPLETED
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
The Berry Pickers √ COMPLETED
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years.
Julian is a Mermaid √ COMPLETED
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13) Read a comic that has been banned.
The Complete Maus √ COMPLETED
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book.
16) Read a book based solely on the title.
17) Read a book about media literacy.
Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation √ COMPLETED
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
The Speed of Dark √ COMPLETED
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
The Midnight Library √ COMPLETED
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Close to Home √ COMPLETED
22) Read a manga or manhwa.
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges.
2024 Read Harder Challenge Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2024
24/24
1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling 02/25/2024
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 06/17/2025
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange 12/08/2024
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama 04/21/2024
5. Read a sci-fi novella.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 02/14/2025
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee 02/15/2025
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
the sun and her flowers by Rupi Kaur 01/17/2024
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen 01/02/2024
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery 01/11/2024
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich 03/27/2025
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom 02/06/2025
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 04/08/2025
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
Blankets by Craig Thompson 02/25/2025
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand 01/18/2024
15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater 08/28/2025
16. Read a book based solely on the title.
Behind the Shoulder Pads by Joan Collins 01/03/2024
17. Read a book about media literacy.
Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories by Elise Gravel 02/15/2025
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul 06/06/2025
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 04/11/2024
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore 02/20/2024
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Throwback by Maurene Goo 01/05/2025
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono 06/24/2025
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 05/07/2024
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
(2023 - Read one of your favorite author’s favorite books.)
Soul Mining: A Musical Life by Daniel Lanois 11/17/2024
Progress (9/24)1) Read a cozy fantasy book - Legends and Lattes
2) Read a YA book by a trans author. - something by Aidan Thomas
3) Read a middle grade horror novel. - Ghost Squad
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5) Read a sci-fi novella: Finna (4/1/24)
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. - Lemon, South Korea (3/1/24)
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian. - How to Sell a Haunted House (13/1/24)
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years. The Prickly Problem (11/1/24)
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. - Skybriar by Talia Hibbert
13) Read a comic that has been banned. - Gender Queer (13/1/24)
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book. - Queer, There and Everywhere (5/1/24)
16) Read a book based solely on the title. - Convenience Store Woman (13/1/24)
17) Read a book about media literacy.
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry. - Drag Queen of Scots
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters - The Heart Principle
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). What you are looking for is in the library
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22) Read a manga or manhwa. - Attack on Titan, Vol. 8 (5/1/24)
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery - The Maid
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges. social horror, thriller or romance - Final Girls Support Group - (3/3/24)
24/24✔️1) Read a cozy fantasy book. Legends & Lattes
ideas: The Empress of Salt and Fortune or The House in the Cerulean Sea
✔️2) Read a YA book by a trans author. Felix Ever AfterCemetery Boys or The Disasters or Pet
✔️3) Read a middle grade horror novel. City of Ghosts Spirit Hunters
✔️4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power or Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
idea A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance
✔️5) Read a sci-fi novella. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century
✔️6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. Too Bright to See
idea: Hurricane Child
✔️7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. Salt
idea: Don't Call Us Dead
✔️8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. The Cost of Sugar (Suriname, translated from Dutch)
ideas: Minor Detail or The Impatient
✔️9) Read a book recommended by a librarian. The Rabbit Factor
ideas: Sea of Tranquility
✔️10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.Kiss of the Fur Queen
ideas: Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner or Maud's Line or The Seed Keeper
✔️11) Read a picture book published in the last five years. We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
✔️12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. Sorrowland
ideas: The Girl Who Wasn't There3464]
✔️13) Read a comic that has been banned. reread: Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
✔️14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. Mickey7 for the upcoming adaptation. However, I'll also lean further into this challenge's intention and write personally to a less famous/buzzed author this year to tell them that I really enjoyed their book. (I don't do well with "events")
✔️15) Read a YA nonfiction book. Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
idea: The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives
✔️16) Read a book based solely on the title. The Route of Ice and Salt, Signs Preceding the End of the World
ideas: Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
✔️17) Read a book about media literacy. Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
ideas: You Are What You Watch or Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
✔️18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry. Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
✔️19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. The Heart Principle
✔️20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). The Book Eaters (idea: How to Read Now)
✔️21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. read: Liliana's Invincible Summer
idea: Enter Ghost
✔️22) Read a manga or manhwa. Uzumaki
idea: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
✔️23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. Under Lock & Skeleton Key
ideas: The Secret History or Station Eternity
✔️24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! 2017's Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative: Where the Heart Is (from Zimbabwe to UK)
Chronological Reads As Result of the Challenge (read multiple for several prompts, some didn't actually fit the prompt)
My initial list - we'll see how it goes. I have a separate goal to make some head way on my TBR so things might change.1) Read a cozy fantasy book -
2) Read a YA book by a trans author. -
3) Read a middle grade horror novel. -
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
5) Read a sci-fi novella:
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. -
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.-
9)Read a book recommended by a librarian. - I will pick one off a shelf.
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
11)Read a picture book published in the last five years. -
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13) Read a comic that has been banned.
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book.
16) Read a book based solely on the title.
17) Read a book about media literacy.
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
22) Read a manga or manhwa.
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges.
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JP's Read Harder Challenge 2024Completed: 24/24
✔️1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
Klune: The House in the Cerulean Sea (2022)
✔️2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
Thomas: Cemetery Boys (2020)
✔️3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
Gaiman: Coraline (2002)
✔️4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
Takei: They Called Us Enemy
✔️5. Read a sci-fi novella.
Robinson: The Blind Geometer
✔️6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
Hutchinson: The School for Invisible Boys (2024)
✔️7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Mohring: The Boy Who Reads in the Trees
✔️8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days (-701) - Greece
✔️9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
Akbar: Martyr!
✔️10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
Orange: Wandering Stars (Well, the first part is historical...)
✔️11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
Sedaris: Pretty Ugly
✔️12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
Burnell: Harper and the Scarlet Umbrella (2017)
✔️13. Read a comic that has been banned.
Bechdel: Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
✔️14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
McMillan: Pity (2024)
Litfest 2024 3/17/24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJoN...
✔️15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
Vaid-Menon: Beyond the Gender Binary
✔️16. Read a book based solely on the title.
Jones: Howl’s Moving Castle
✔️17. Read a book about media literacy.
McQuade: Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America (2024)
✔️18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
RuPaul: The House of Hidden Meanings
✔️19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Yu: Human Enough
✔️20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
Oyeyemi: Parasol Against the Axe
✔️21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Mohring: Relative Hearts
✔️22. Read a manga or manhwa.
Arakawa: Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Vol. 1 (2023)
✔️23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
Tartt: The Secret History
✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
From 2021: Read a non-European novel in translation.
Vieira Junior, tr. Lorenz (Brazil): Crooked Plow
Book Riot Read Harder 2024Progress: 2/24
1. Read a cozy fantasy book. (Ideas: Legends & Lattes)
2. Read a YA book by a trans author. (Ideas: When We Were Magic, Felix Ever After, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth)
3. Read a middle grade horror novel. (Ideas: Scritch Scratch, Small Spaces, The Clackity, Daybreak on Raven Island)
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. (Ideas: Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo", The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History, The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years, The Gene: An Intimate History, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer) [I clearly like medical history]
5. Read a sci-fi novella. (Ideas: Sisters of the Vast Black, Home, The Scourge Between Stars, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Tentacle, The Time Machine)
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
✔ 7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author - This Wound Is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt (Jan 2/24)
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. (Ideas: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Malice, Penance, Frankenstein in Baghdad, Where the Wild Ladies Are, Murder in the Crooked House, The Decagon House Murders)
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian. (I'll choose something from the front rack at my library!)
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. (Ideas: Murder on the Red River, Monkey Beach, The Night Watchman)
11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. (Ideas: Tripping the Tale Fantastic: Weird Fiction by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute, Experimental Film, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Home, Lagoon, Noor)
13. Read a comic that has been banned. (Ideas: Gender Queer, Watchmen, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World)
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. (I'll look into it! Whether locally or when I go to StokerCon in June)
✔ 15. Read a YA nonfiction book. - Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics (10) (Jan 13/24)
16. Read a book based solely on the title.
17. Read a book about media literacy.
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. (Ideas: The Art of Drag, The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag)
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. (Ideas: The Heart Principle, Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute)
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). (Ideas: Danse Macabre, Horror: A Literary History, Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany, Small Spaces, The Library Book, The Midnight Library, Beach Read, The Sentence,The Neighbor Favor, The Fiction Writer, Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, Canadian Gothic: Literature, History, and the Spectre of Self-Invention, Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction)
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. (Ideas [from sorting my TBR by year and then booking books with under 200 ratings]: Les Petites Morts: An Anthology of Dark Fairy Tales and Folklore, The Stradivarius, Neverest, Darke Passion, AHH! That's What I Call Horror: An Anthology of '90s Horror, Dangerous Waters: Deadly Women of the Sea, Skin Thief: Stories, The First Five Minutes of the Apocalypse, An Ordinary Violence)
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. (Ideas: Malice, Murder in the Crooked House, The Maid, Under Lock & Skeleton Key, The Mystery of the Yellow Room)
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! I'm going to do one I wanted to finish but missed in 2023: Read a YA book by an Indigenous author. (Ideas: The Firekeeper’s Daughter, The Marrow Thieves, Funeral Songs for Dying Girls)
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READ HARDER 2024Read a cozy fantasy book.
Read a YA book by a trans author.
Read a middle grade horror novel.
Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
Read a sci-fi novella.
Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
Read a book recommended by a librarian.
Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
Read a picture book published in the last five years.
Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
Read a comic that has been banned.
Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
Read a YA nonfiction book.
Read a book based solely on the title.
Read a book about media literacy.
Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Read a manga or manhwa.
Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
READ HARDER 2024Completed: 3/24
✔️1. Read a cozy fantasy book.
In the Lives of Puppets
2. Read a YA book by a trans author.
3. Read a middle grade horror novel.
Ghost Squad
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History or The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
5. Read a sci-fi novella.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune or This is How You Lose the Time War
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
The Girl from the Sea or The Prince and the Dressmaker
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Burning In This Midnight Dream or There Are Trans People Here
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
Cockroaches (Rwanda) or Convenience Store Woman (Japan)
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune or La última noche en el Club del Telégrafo or The Book of Lost Things
10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
There There or The White Girl
✔️ 11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.
This Book Is Not for You! or I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us or Dim Sum Palace
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13. Read a comic that has been banned.
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
15. Read a YA nonfiction book.
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America or Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 or Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
16. Read a book based solely on the title.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
Death Comes to Pemberley
17. Read a book about media literacy.
Developing Digital Detectives: Essential Lessons for Discerning Fact from Fiction in the ‘Fake News’ Era or You Are What You Watch
18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
And the Category Is.: Inside New York's Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community or It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Yes & I Love You or The Kiss Quotient or Set the Record Straight or Last Call at the Local
20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
The Wishing Game or The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary or Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops or The Eyre Affair
✔️ 21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
The Stradivarius or What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez or El invencible verano de Liliana
22. Read a manga or manhwa.
Okinawa or Cats of the Louvre
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
Death on the Nile
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
2023 - 7. Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color of a book written by an author of color.
Pride by Ibi Zoboi, read by Elizabeth Acevedo or Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon, read by Karen Chilton
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Read Harder Challenge -- 2024 Completed on December 28, 2024
1) Read a cozy fantasy book.
Taproot, by Keezy Young
2) Read a YA book by a trans author.
Gumballs, by Erin Nations
3) Read a middle grade horror novel.
Wait Till Helen Comes, by Mary Downing Hahn
4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
Nat Turner, by Kyle Baker
5) Read a sci-fi novella.
Sparks and the Fallen Star, by Lyndon White
6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang
7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Life on Mars: Poems, by Tracy K. Smith
8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
The House of Ulloa, by Emilia Pardo Bazán (Spain)
9) Read a book recommended by a librarian.
The Snow Spider, by Jenny Nimmo
10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
Arrow of God, by Chinua Achebe
11) Read a picture book published in the last five years.
Cats Don't Like That!: A Hilarious Children's Book For Kids Ages 3-7, by Andy Wortlock
12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
Binti, by Nnedi Okorafor
13) Read a comic that has been banned.
Drama, by Raina Telgemeier
14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.
Robert Frost: Sixteen Poems to Learn by Heart, by Robert Frost, Jay Parini (Ed.) -- Webinar by Library of America which also included Tracy K. Smith author of Life on Mars: Poems from Task 7.
15) Read a YA nonfiction book.
Tolkien: Lighting Up The Darkness, by Willy Duraffourg
16) Read a book based solely on the title.
Nights at the Circus, by Angela Carter
17) Read a book about media literacy.
Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories, by Elise Gravel
18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
RuPaul (Volume 61), by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara
19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World: An Introvert's Story, by Debbie Tung
20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
The Bookshop of Secrets, by Mollie Rushmeyer
21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Gretel and Hansel, byBee Waeland (54 ratings)
22) Read a manga or manhwa.
Dragon Ball, Vol. 15: The Titanic Tournament, by Akira Toriyama
23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
Goldie Vance: Larceny in La La Land, by Hope Larson
24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Audiobook -- The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
24/24✔️1) Read a cozy fantasy book. Legends & Lattes
✔️2) Read a YA book by a trans author. Pet
✔️3) Read a middle grade horror novel. Ghost Squad
✔️4) Read a history book by a BIPOC author. As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
✔️5) Read a sci-fi novella. The Tea Master and the Detective
✔️6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. The Tea Dragon Festival
✔️7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. Night Sky with Exit Wounds
✔️8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
✔️9) Read a book recommended by a librarian. The Violin Conspiracy
✔️10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. The Berry Pickers
✔️11) Read a picture book published in the last five years. My Powerful Hair
✔️12) Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. Mind of My Mind
✔️13) Read a comic that has been banned. Gender Queer
✔️14) Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. A Grave Robbery
✔️15) Read a YA nonfiction book. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
✔️16) Read a book based solely on the title. A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder
✔️17) Read a book about media literacy. Everybody Knows
✔️18) Read a book about drag or queer artistry. Death Prefers Blondes
✔️19) Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. An Unseen Attraction
✔️20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). Yellowface
✔️21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. Loot
✔️22) Read a manga or manhwa. Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1
✔️23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. Deacon King Kong
✔️24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! Lessons in Chemistry
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I'm reading a bunch of other challenges that came out well before the RH challenge, so a bunch of these books are slated for later in the year. Also, this can change, because libraries don't always have books ready when I'm ready for them.√1. Cozy fantasy
Brian Jacques – Redwall
2. YA by trans author
Kacen Callender – King and the Dragonflies
3. Middle grade horror novel
RL Stine – Night of the Living Dummy
4. History by BIPOC author
Winfred Rembert & Erin Kelly – Chasing Me to the Grave
5. Sci-fi novella
HG Wells – The Invisible Man
6. Middle grade book with LGBTQIA main character
Kyle Lukoff – Too Bright to See
√7. Indie published poetry by BIPOC author
Vidyan Ravinthiran – The Million-Petalled Flower of Being Here
8. Translation from unseen country
Alejandro Zambra – Multiple Choice
9. Librarian recommendation
Charlaine Harris – Dead Until Dark
10. Indigenous author historical fiction
Leslie Silko – Ceremony
√11. Picture book after 2018
María Manrique – The Caiman
12 Disabled author genre
Octavia Butler – Dawn
13. Banned comic
Brian Vaughan – Saga
√14. Author having upcoming event read + attend
Stephen Spotswood – Murder Crossed Her Mind
15. YA nonfiction
George Johnson – All Boys Aren’t Blue
16. Based solely on title
Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal – I’m Not Dying with You Tonight
17. Media literacy
Jia Tolentino – Trick Mirror
18. Drag or queer artistry
Rebeccca Makkai – The Great Believers
√19. Neurodivergent romance
Helen Hoang – The Kiss Quotient
√20. About books
Matt Haig – The Midnight Library
21. 2023 under the radar
Jim Popkin – Code Name Blue Wren
22. Manga
Fujiwara Kiyo – Wild Ones Vol 1
√23. ‘Howdunit’/’Whydunit’ mystery
Dorothy Sayers – Have His Carcase
24. Repeat previous challenge - By disabled author (2022)
Sara Nović – Girl at War
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I had to post in a different post since for some weird reason I couldn't edit my original post.READ HARDER 2024
Read a cozy fantasy book.
Read a YA book by a trans author.
Read a middle grade horror novel.
Read a history book by a BIPOC author.
Read a sci-fi novella.
Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.
Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.
Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, 3/5*, 1/21/24
Read a book recommended by a librarian.
The Project by Courtney Summers, 3/5*, 1/16/24
Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich by Kevin Kwan, 4/5*, 1/26/24
Read a book about media literacy.
Read a book about drag or queer artistry.
Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).
Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.
Read a manga or manhwa.
Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.
Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat
READ HARDER 2024✅Read a cozy fantasy book. - Bookshops & Bonedust
Read a YA book by a trans author. - The Sunbearer Trials
Read a middle grade horror novel. - The Halloween Moon
Read a history book by a BIPOC author. - When We Ruled: The Ancient and Medieval History of Black Civilisations
✅Read a sci-fi novella. - All Systems Red
Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. - The Insiders
✅Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. - Postcolonial Love Poem
Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. - Vita Nostra
Read a book recommended by a librarian. - The Ninth Metal
Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. - Black Sun
✅Read a picture book published in the last five years. - Bathe the Cat
✅Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. - Across the Green Grass Fields
✅Read a comic that has been banned. - Pride of Baghdad
✅Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. - So Let Them Burn
✅Read a YA nonfiction book. - Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
✅Read a book based solely on the title. - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
✅Read a book about media literacy. - True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News
✅Read a book about drag or queer artistry. - Pig: Poems
✅Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. - It Takes Two to Tumble
Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). - Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. - Uranians: Stories
✅Read a manga or manhwa. - Spy x Family, Vol. 1
✅Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. - The Majesties
✅Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! (Finish a book you've DNFed; 2023) - Lady Oracle
1. Read a cozy fantasy book. Legends & Lattes; Trader ; The Cat Who Saved Books;2. Read a YA book by a trans author. When We Were Magic; Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution;
3. Read a middle grade horror novel. Ghost Squad; City of Ghosts;
4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents ;The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story;
5. Read a sci-fi novella. The Scourge Between Stars; The Tusks of Extinction
6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character. Hurricane Child;
7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. There Are Trans People Here;
8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. The Cat Who Saved Books;
9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.
✅10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. The Berry Pickers 5 stars; Wandering Stars; Five Little Indians; Pemmican Wars; Sheine Lende
✅11. Read a picture book published in the last five years. Books Make Good Friends;
12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author.
13. Read a comic that has been banned.Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation; Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History; The Color of Earth; Pride of Baghdad
14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event. The Cave Electrician's Widow by Dana Cudmore
✅15. Read a YA nonfiction book. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre; Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon.An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
✅16. Read a book based solely on the title. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present;
✅17. Read a book about media literacy. You Are What You Watch
✅18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals; The Art of Drag;
✅19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters. Yes & I Love You
✅20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction). The Cat Who Saved Books; This Book Won't Burn; Ink Blood Sister Scribe; Reading the Room: A Bookseller's Tale; How to Read a Book
21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023. 83 Days in Mariupol
✅22. Read a manga or manhwa. The Color of Earth;
23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery. Deacon King Kong
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat.
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Read Harder Challenge 2024 (24/24)
🥳challenge completed 6 September
✔️1. Read a cozy fantasy book.: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches*
✔️2. Read a YA book by a trans author.: Lost in the Never Woods* by Aiden Thomas
✔️3. Read a middle grade horror novel.: Small Spaces
✔️4. Read a history book by a BIPOC author.: On Juneteenth
✔️5. Read a sci-fi novella.: All Systems Red*
✔️6. Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character.: Hurricane Child
✔️7. Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author.: I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection
✔️8. Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited. [Italy]: The Periodic Table*
✔️9. Read a book recommended by a librarian.: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers*
✔️10. Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author.: The Night Watchman* by Louise Erdrich
✔️11. Read a picture book published in the last five years.: The Best Diwali Ever*
✔️12. Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. [science fiction/Afrofuturism]: Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
✔️13. Read a comic that has been banned.: Flamer
✔️14. Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event.: Daughter of Mine (I virtually attended an event with Megan Miranda at Poison Pen Bookstore on 20 April.)
✔️15. Read a YA nonfiction book.: #Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women*
✔️16. Read a book based solely on the title.: The Eyes Are the Best Part*
✔️17. Read a book about media literacy.: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
✔️18. Read a book about drag or queer artistry.: Diary of a Drag Queen
✔️19. Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.: Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute*
✔️20. Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction).: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books*
✔️21. Read a book that went under the radar in 2023.: Wild Poppies (only 168 ratings as of 28 February 2024)
✔️22. Read a manga or manhwa.: Bloom into You, Vol. 1
✔️23. Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery.: The Driver's Seat*
✔️24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat! [Read a novel about a trans character written by a trans author]: Coffee Boy*
✔️: read
*: fulfills multiple challenges/goals I’m completing this year
I've been doing this challenge, but just realized there was a Goodreads page for it! My goal is to complete 18 prompts (75%)READ HARDER 2024
✔️Read a cozy fantasy book: THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS BY SOSUKE NATSUKAWA
✔️Read a YA book by a trans author.THE LESBIANA’S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL BY SONORA REYES
Read a middle grade horror novel: Coraline (?)
Read a history book by a BIPOC author: Emperor of maladies ?
✔️Read a sci-fi novella: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON BY DANIEL KEYES
✔️Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character MEG, JO, BETH AND AMY: A GRAPHIC RETELLING BY REY TERCIERO
✔️Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author. UNDERTONES (VARIOUS AUTHORS)
✔️Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited.AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS BY JULES VERNE
✔️Read a book recommended by a librarian. THE NICKEL BOYS BY COLSON WHITEHEAD
✔️Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author. THERE THERE BY TOMMY ORANGE
✔️Read a picture book published in the last five years. NO CATS IN THE LIBRARY BY LAUREN EMMONS
✔️Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author. EL DEAFO BY CECE BELL (GENRE: MEMOIR)
✔️Read a comic that has been banned: PERSEPOLIS BY MARJANE SATRAPI
✔️Read a book by an author with an upcoming event (virtual or in person) and then attend the event: LESSER KNOWN MONSTERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY BY KIM FU
✔️Read a YA nonfiction book: GRACE, GOLD, AND GLORY: MY LEAP OF FAITH BY GABRIELLE DOUGLAS
✔️Read a book based solely on the title: THE GIRL WHO READS ON THE METRO BY CHRISTINE FERET FLEURY
✔️Read a book about media literacy; THE CHAOS MACHINE BY MAX FISHER
✔️Read a book about drag or queer artistry: JUST KIDS BY PATTI SMITH
Read a romance with neurodivergent characters.
✔️Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction): WHY WE READ: ON LIBRARIES...BEFORE LIGHTS OUT BY SHANNON REED
✔️Read a book that went under the radar in 2023: THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND BY MANSI SHAH
Read a manga or manhwa.
Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
✔️Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN (SHORT STORIES)
☀ Completed 16 / 15 on 11/17/2024☀ 1) Read a cozy fantasy book: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
☀ 3) Read a middle grade horror novel: The International House of Dereliction
☀ 5) Read a sci-fi novella: The Women Men Don't See
☀ 6) Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character: Pet
☀ 7) Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author: Rupi Kaur: milk and honey
☀ 8) Read a book in translation from a country you’ve never visited: Hungary: Abigail
☀ 9) Read a book recommended by a librarian: The Excitements
☀ 10) Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author: A Council of Dolls
☀ 13) Read a comic that has been banned: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
☀ 16) Read a book based solely on the title: Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories
☀ 17) Read a book about media literacy: Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories
☀ 20) Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction): The Plot
☀ 21) Read a book that went under the radar in 2023: Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
☀ 22) Read a manga or manhwa: The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1
☀ 23) Read a “howdunit” or “whydunit” mystery: The Fury
☀ 24) Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges: Read a non-European novel in translation: Armenia (Western Asia): Three Apples Fell from the Sky
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