BookRiot's 2023 READ HARDER Challenge

 

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This is the NINTH annual Read Harder challenge but only my third 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 novel about a trans character written by a trans author

Felix Ever After

2. Read one of your favorite author's favorite books

Small World by Laura Zigman (recommended by Alice Hoffman)

3. Read a book about activism

Save the People by Stacy McAnulty
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg

4. Read a book challenged recently in your school district/library 


OR 


read one of the most banned/challenged books of the year by a Queer and/or BIPOC author

All Boys Aren't Blue
All American Boys

5. Read a completed webtoon

Cat Loaf Adventures

6. Finish a book you've DNF'd (did not finish)

House of Leaves
The Immortal Life of Addie Larue

7. Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of color or a book by an author of color  👍

Amari and the Great Game by BB Alston (poc) 
& narrated by Imani Parks (poc)

8. Read a graphic novel / comic / manga if you haven't before (I have)
OR
read one that is a different genre than you usually read  👍

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

9. Read an independently published book by a BIPOC author



10. Read a book you know nothing about based solely on the cover

The Overstory

11. Read a cookbook cover to cover


12. Read a nonfiction book about BIPOC and/or Queer history. 

Beyond the Gender Binary

13. Read an author local to you 

(I've done this in the past and think I'll skip this time around. The choices are really old westerns and romance, modern erotica, and popular science-fiction novels written by a known sex offender. No thanks.)

14. Read a book with under 500 Goodreads ratings


15. Read a historical fiction novel set in an Eastern country

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

16. Read a romance with bisexual representation

A Merry Little Meet Cute

17. Read a YA book by an indigenous author

A Snake Falls To Earth
The Firekeeper's Daughter

18. Read a comic or graphic novel that features disability representation

Sensory: Life on the Spectrum

19. Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism

Hood Feminism

20. Read a book of poetry by a BIPOC or Queer author

Find Her, Keep Her (both POC & Queer!)

21. Read a book of short stories


22. Read any book from the Ignyte awards shortlist/longlist/winner list

Sorrowland by River Solomon

23. Read a social horror, mystery,, or thriller novel

Tell Me I'm Worthless

24. Pick a prompt from any previous year's challenges 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, StoryGraph & Bookstagram!

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