BookRiot's 2022 READ HARDER Challenge

 

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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
The Thirteenth Tale

3. Read any book from the Women's Prize Shortlist/longlist/winner list
An American Marriage
The Tiger's Wife
Piranesi
A Little Life
The Vanishing Half
Pachinko

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

With the Fire On High
The Firekeeper's Daughter

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices

BlackOut

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic

Drowned City
Run: Book One by John Lewis +

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

The House in the Cerulean Sea
Lore Olympus Vol 1 & 2 (Hades is 2000+ yrs old)

8. Read a classic written by a POC

The Bluest Eye

9. Read a book that's been on your TBR the longest

The Bluest Eye

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+)
Velvet Was the Night

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)
Firestarter
Heartstopper Vol 1 - 4

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

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

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

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabi

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

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
The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

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
Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

24. Pick a prompt from any previous years' challenge to repeat! 

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

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!

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