Book Riot's: Read Harder Challenge



There are 24 tasks in the Read Harder Challenge (or roughly two per month). You can tackle them in any order, make any changes, do them all in a month or spread them out over the year. Make the challenge yours!

Here is my list, and I will update it a bit as the year goes on. If you have any suggestions for the items are missing, please, don't hesitate to leave a comment or even to just say hi! (All links from Goodreads for now, if I write a review I will change them)

A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
  St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell

A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
The View from Castle Rock by DONE

A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)   
Almost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (Hoping to get it from the library!)

A Book published by and Indie press
The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison 

A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by DONE



A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by DONE

A book that takes place in Asia
Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud by

A book by an author from Africa
Purple Hibiscus by

A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)   
The Round House by

A microhistory
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig
 
A YA novel
Lovetorn by DONE

A sci-fi novel
Imago (Xenogenesis #3) by DONE

A romance novel
A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
This Is How You Lose Her by

A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer

An audiobook
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd   DONE 

A collection of poetry
Wife of the House by Gudrun Mouw       DONE

A book that someone else has recommended to you
Brave New World by

A book that was originally published in another language
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada   DONE

A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson   In Progress
Rat Queens by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction
Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick
 
A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)
Beautiful Redemption (Caster Chronicles #4) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

A book published before 1850
Vanity Fair by

A book published this year
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by DONE

A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by DONE

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