Book Riot’s 2018 Read Harder Challenge

1. A book published posthumously.
2. A book of true crime.
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance).
4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person.
   The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries.
6. A book about nature.
7. A western.
   Gunslinger Girl – Lyndsay Ely
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color.
   Black Panther: World of Wakanda 1 – Roxane Gay
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature.
   Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color.
11. A children’s classic published before 1980.
    Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
12. A celebrity memoir.
    If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t)
13. An Oprah Book Club selection.
    An American Marriage – Tayari Jones
14. A book of social science.
    22 Things a Woman with Asperger’s Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know
15. A one-sitting book.
    Alex, Approximately – Jenn Bennett
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series.
    The Cruel Prince – Holly Black
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author.
    Illuminae – Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image.
    March Book One – John Lewis
19. A book of genre fiction in translation.
    The Last Wish – Andrzej Sapkowski
20. A book with a cover you hate.
    Daughter of the Pirate King/Daughter of the Siren Queen – Tricia Levenseller
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author.
    The Cutting Season – Attica Locke
22. An essay anthology.
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60.
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished).

To read more: Book Riot’s 2018 Read Harder Challenge