For the fourth year in a row, I’m undertaking the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.
Below are the twenty-four tasks for 2018.
- A book published posthumously
- A book of true crime
- A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
- A comic written and drawn by the same person
- A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
- A book about nature
- A western
- A comic written or drawn by a person of color
- A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
- A romance novel by or about a person of color
- A children’s classic published before 1980
- A celebrity memoir
- An Oprah Book Club selection
- A book of social science
- A one-sitting book
- The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
- A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
- A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
- A book of genre fiction in translation
- A book with a cover you hate
- A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
- An essay anthology
- A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
- An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
I’ve already completed seven tasks and have three more in progress.
One of the reasons I enjoy this challenge is that I discover new books I might not otherwise based on the recommendations from Book Riot as well as the suggestions from the Goodreads group. I find that I may have already completed a task but another book that fits a category sounds too good to pass up. Unlike last year, I plan on completing every task with at least one book.
If you have any suggestions, please share them in the comments. Better yet, if you love to read, join the challenge with me!
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If you read about or from South Africa: Nadine Gordimer. Habibi is a good graphic novel written and illustrated by the same person (strong content, though…). New-to-you YA? Maybe Heaphouse from The Iremonger Trilogy? Have you read that one? Edward Carey is the author.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I haven’t read any of these.
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All the best with your reading challenge. This would be a very tough challenge for me as I am a spontaeous kind of person and could not be so specific.
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I’m not sure I have it in me to take on another project this year, but I do like the idea! Good luck. I hope you find some wonderful books, and that you’ll blog about them too! (Or at least know which ones are your favourites.)
I have some suggestions. One of my favourite books, but quite a big one, is Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Girl. Or any of Rohinton Mistry’s books. Either of those would work for #5. I have to laugh at #20 – A book with a cover you hate. My bookclub used to have annual awards, and one of those was Best Cover. We used to have lively debates/arguments over which book should be the winner. We rarely unanimously agreed, and someone’s favourite would be someone else’s most hated.
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