There are 24 tasks in the Read Harder Challenge
(or roughly two per month). You can tackle them in any order, make any
changes, do them all in a month or spread them out over the year. Make
the challenge yours!
Here
is my list, and I will update it a bit as the year goes on. If you have
any suggestions for the items are missing, please, don't hesitate to
leave a comment or even to just say hi! (All links from Goodreads for
now, if I write a review I will change them)
A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro DONE
A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)
Almost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (Hoping to get it from the library!)
A Book published by and Indie press
The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky DONE
A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King DONE
A book that takes place in Asia
Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud by Sun Shuyun
A book by an author from Africa
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
A microhistory
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig
A YA novel
Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani DONE
A sci-fi novel
Imago (Xenogenesis #3) by Octavia E. Butler DONE
A romance novel
A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) by Marissa Meyer
An audiobook
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd DONE
A collection of poetry
Wife of the House by Gudrun Mouw DONE
A book that someone else has recommended to you
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A book that was originally published in another language
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada DONE
A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind
Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson In Progress
Rat Queens by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Sex Criminals by Matt Fraction
Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick
A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)
Beautiful Redemption (Caster Chronicles #4) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
A book published before 1850
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (I will admit I am a bit afraid of that one, is huge!!!)
A book published this year
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick DONE
A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen DONE
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