2020 BookRiot READ HARDER Challenge

Hey there, readers!
I decided to join in on BookRiot's Read Harder challenge this year!

I've grown out of my usual genres quite a bit over the past few years as I've tried to read out of my comfort zone and read more literature with diverse characters, cultures, and settings. I'd like to continue that into the new decade and BookRiot's Read Harder challenge is perfect for that!

You can count one book for many prompts or one book per prompt!

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9/24

1. Read a YA Nonfiction book
TBR: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young PeopleHidden Figures (YA edition)
My recommendation: SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson

2. Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color
TBR:

3. Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman
TBR: Murder on the Orient Express
The Whisper Man

4. Read a graphic memoir
TBR: Persepolis
My rec: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

5. Read a book about a natural disaster
TBR:

6. Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author
TBR:

7. Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII
TBR: Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson or A Gentleman in Moscow
The Deep by Alma Katsu
My Rec: The Familiars by Stacey Halls (1600's Pendle Witch Trials)



8. Read an audiobook of poetry
TBR:

9. Read the LAST book in a series
TBR:

10. Read a book that takes place in a rural setting
TBR: Warleggan by Winston Graham?
My Recs: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

11. Read a debut novel by a queer author
TBR: Gideon the Ninth

12. Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own
TBR: Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

13. Read a food book about a cuisine you've never tried before
TBR: Hippie Food

14. Read a romance starring a single parent
TBR: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall or About A Boy

15. Read a book about climate change
TBR: Greta and the Giants

16. Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman
TBR: The Priory of the Orange by Samantha Shannon

17. Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages)
TBR: The Ballad of Black Tom (HP Lovecraft retelling) or The Metamorphosis by Kafka

18. Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community
TBR: Mario and the Hole in the Sky by Elizabeth Rusch
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o

19. Read a book by or about a refugee
TBR: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (about, not by a refugee, and I'm also looking for something else to put here besides this book.)
Children of the Land?

20. Read a middle-grade book that doesn't take place in the US or the UK
TBR: Kiki's Delivery Service

21. Read a book  with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non)TBR: A Curse So Dark and Lovely or Flowers For Algernon
My Rec: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (adult), Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (YA), The War That Saved My Life by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley (MG)

22. Read a horror book published by an indie press
TBR: The Night Weaver by Monique Snyman  (Vesuvian Books)
or
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King & Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance Publications)

23. Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical)
TBR:

24. Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author
TBR: There, There or An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
My Rec: The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

As you can see, there are quite a few of these that I need to find the right recommendation for me! I've been referencing the Read Harder Goodreads group recommendations but need to see if my library has anything for them. If you have any recs that fit these prompts, I'd love to hear them as well!

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