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This is the EIGHTH annual Read Harder Challenge but only my second year participating. I really love how this challenge pushes us to really read outside our comfort zones and genres!
Are you joining in?
HASHTAG:
#READHARDER
THE PROMPTS:
(I may fill these in as I go!)
1. Read a biography of an author you admire
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
An American Marriage
The Tiger's Wife
Piranesi
An American Marriage
The Tiger's Wife
Piranesi
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that's about joy and not trauma
With the Fire On High
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices
BlackOut
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic
Drowned City
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40
The House in the Cerulean Sea
8. Read a classic written by a POC
The Bluest Eye
9. Read a book that's been on your TBR the longest
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+)
11. Read a book with an asexual or aromantic partner
Dread Nation
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 yet
*The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgerton #2)
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 by someone who is trans or nonbinary
18. Read a "Best ____ Writing of the Year" for a topic and year of your choice
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author
Certain Dark Things
Fledgling
Fledgling
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
Lonesome Dove
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic in the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
22. Read a historical novel about a period you know little about
The Children's Blizzard
23. Read a book by a disabled author
Kindred
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Get A Life, Chloe Brown
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Get A Life, Chloe Brown
24. Pick a prompt from any previous years' challenge to repeat!
Want to join in?
You can find out more about the challenge at BookRiot!
You can keep up with what I'm reading at Goodreads & Bookstagram!
