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Certain Redemption: The Assurance of God's Perfect Plan For All Truly Surrendered Christian
Certain Redemption: The Assurance of God's Perfect Plan For All Truly Surrendered Christian
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The Final Triumph of God: Jesus, the Eyewitnesses, and the Resurrection of the Body in 1 Corinthians 15
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+ 2026 Read Harder Challenge
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By Book Riot · 1 post · 833 views
last updated Dec 08, 2025 07:48AM
Task 10: Read a book recently adapted for film, TV, or musical
By McKenna · 23 posts · 280 views
last updated 1 minute ago
Task 8: Read a classic from the Zero to Well-Read Podcast
By McKenna · 15 posts · 334 views
last updated 4 minutes ago
Task 20: Read a book set in space
By McKenna · 18 posts · 219 views
last updated 6 minutes ago
Task 22: Read a nonviolent true crime book
By McKenna · 23 posts · 332 views
last updated 9 minutes ago
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+ 2025 Read Harder Challenge
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By Book Riot · 1 post · 1237 views
last updated Dec 18, 2024 09:12AM
2025 Read Harder Challenge Plans
By Krista · 57 posts · 791 views
last updated Dec 31, 2025 10:43AM
Task 19: Read a queernorm book.
By Krista · 33 posts · 598 views
last updated Dec 22, 2025 09:14PM
Task 22: Read a holiday romance that isn’t Christmas.
By Krista · 37 posts · 593 views
last updated Dec 22, 2025 06:12PM
Task 20: Read the first book in a completed young adult or middle grade duology.
By Krista · 20 posts · 421 views
last updated Dec 14, 2025 07:52AM
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+ 2024 Read Harder Challenge
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By Book Riot · 1 post · 1685 views
last updated Dec 13, 2023 11:24AM
Completed the Challenge?
By Mary Beth · 21 posts · 304 views
last updated Dec 30, 2024 05:20PM
Task 18: Read a book about drag or queer artistry
By Mary Beth · 34 posts · 773 views
last updated Dec 26, 2024 04:27PM
2025 Challenge?
By Laura · 27 posts · 531 views
last updated Dec 22, 2024 04:23PM
Task 2: Read a YA book by a trans author
By Mary Beth · 39 posts · 790 views
last updated Dec 19, 2024 11:45PM
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+ 2023 Read Harder Challenge
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By Book Riot · 1 post · 2470 views
last updated Dec 07, 2022 08:47AM
Completed the Challenge
By Carole · 33 posts · 455 views
last updated Jan 01, 2024 01:11AM
Read Harder Log
By Pamrev · 11 posts · 517 views
last updated Dec 17, 2023 03:26PM
Task #24: Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!
By Book Riot · 35 posts · 525 views
last updated Nov 21, 2023 12:51PM
Task #19: Read a nonfiction book about intersectional feminism.
By Book Riot · 40 posts · 934 views
last updated Nov 21, 2023 09:02AM
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+ 2022 Read Harder Challenge
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last updated Dec 01, 2021 11:03AM
2022 RHC Completed List
By Daniel · 9 posts · 299 views
last updated Dec 18, 2022 12:40PM
#12: Read an entire poetry collection.
By Book Riot · 54 posts · 986 views
last updated Dec 02, 2022 11:15AM
#18: Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
By Book Riot · 62 posts · 1463 views
last updated Dec 01, 2022 11:11AM
#15: Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
By Book Riot · 35 posts · 1094 views
last updated Nov 28, 2022 01:40PM
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+ 2021 Read Harder Challenge
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By Book Riot · 1 post · 4157 views
last updated Dec 04, 2020 12:08PM
Task 21: Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability
By Book Riot · 79 posts · 1593 views
last updated Sep 25, 2022 09:27AM
Task 12: Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
By Book Riot · 99 posts · 1883 views
last updated Dec 23, 2021 12:19PM
Task 18: Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader
By Book Riot · 28 posts · 1048 views
last updated Dec 14, 2021 07:57PM
Readathon
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last updated Dec 12, 2021 01:19PM
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last updated Dec 06, 2019 03:56PM
Task #20: Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK
By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1682 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:39PM
Task #4: Read a graphic memoir
By Book Riot · 98 posts · 1316 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:37PM
Task #6: Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author
By Book Riot · 82 posts · 1502 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:37PM
Task #5: Read a book about a natural disaster
By Book Riot · 91 posts · 1492 views
last updated Dec 31, 2020 02:36PM
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+ 2019 Read Harder Challenge
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last updated Dec 17, 2018 09:24AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Complete 2019 RHC Task List
By Book Riot · 1 post · 2908 views
last updated Dec 17, 2018 09:28AM
Submitted Read Harder List?
By Lyndsie · 16 posts · 376 views
last updated Jan 07, 2020 02:29PM
Completed List
By Daniel · 20 posts · 358 views
last updated Dec 31, 2019 07:00PM
Task #16: An historical romance by an AOC
By Book Riot · 225 posts · 2319 views
last updated Dec 26, 2019 10:55AM
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+ 2018 Read Harder Challenge
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last updated Dec 16, 2017 01:31PM
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Complete 2018 RHC Task List
By Book Riot · 7 posts · 3931 views
last updated Dec 17, 2017 01:09PM
Task #10: A romance novel by or about a person of color
By Book Riot · 223 posts · 2214 views
last updated Apr 09, 2019 09:17AM
Task #23: A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
By Book Riot · 243 posts · 2822 views
last updated Apr 06, 2019 03:43PM
Task #6: A book about nature
By Book Riot · 200 posts · 2008 views
last updated Feb 12, 2019 07:06AM
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+ 2017 Read Harder Challenge
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last updated Dec 15, 2016 05:50AM
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By Book Riot · 1 post · 3511 views
last updated Dec 15, 2016 05:44AM
Task #24: Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color
By Book Riot · 257 posts · 2343 views
last updated Jul 23, 2018 09:32AM
I Finished the 2017 Challenge
By Book Riot · 80 posts · 671 views
last updated Apr 09, 2018 08:47AM
Task #8: Read a travel memoir
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last updated Jan 22, 2018 01:40PM
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+ 2016 Read Harder Challenge
* Read Harder Challenge Plans: 2016
By Book Riot · 280 posts · 3126 views
last updated Dec 19, 2017 10:57AM
This topic has been closed to new comments. * Challenge Tasks: The Complete List
By Book Riot · 9 posts · 3401 views
last updated Jan 19, 2016 06:00AM
* 2016 Read Harder Challenge Editable Form
By Michelle · 38 posts · 2468 views
last updated Feb 21, 2016 10:39AM
Task 24: Read a Book with a Main Character Who Has a Mental Illness
By Book Riot · 254 posts · 1678 views
last updated May 13, 2017 10:45AM
I finished the 2016 challenge
By Susan · 5 posts · 151 views
last updated Dec 31, 2016 06:02PM
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Free copy of Proximity Factor this July, no reviews required. Just enjoy.
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last updated Jul 18, 2024 06:08AM
Listopias
By Kira · 2 posts · 62 views
last updated Jan 05, 2024 02:57PM
2024 challenge?
By Ketutar · 56 posts · 536 views
last updated Dec 16, 2023 07:53AM
The Chai House - free for Kindle readers
By Priti · 1 post · 58 views
last updated Sep 23, 2023 02:31PM
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This screenshot shows how to quickly use the desktop browser version of Goodreads to see how many ratings a book has. This picture was posted with the 2019 ReadHarder Challenge in mind. This picture was not posted by admin and can be taken down at any time. At just eighteen years old, author Michael Caprio was diagnosed with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, a rare genetic condition that requires the entire large intestine to be removed! A Bump In The My Medical Journey over Potholes, Detours and the Bridge to Gratitude is a story that brings us from fear and depression to empowerment and strength. With the love and support of family, and a positive attitude buried deep within, Caprio embarks on a heroic transformation of mind, body, and spirit, right before our eyes.In this book you’ll read Caprio’s eleven days in hospital following a nine-hour operation, and his battle to deal with the raw emotions that came with his drastically different reality.Depression that affected both himself and his loved ones.The positive attitude that changes the lives of everyone around him.A Bump in the Road is for anyone who is struggling to overcome adversity of any kind. It provides insight into the challenges of the human condition, and highlights ways to rise above it all and live your best life. She has accepted a life shaped by loss. But when the sea delivers the unexpected, everything begins to change. Scituate, Massachusetts. 1956. Irish American widow Cathe Flanagan is no stranger to fierce nor’easters or quiet sorrow. Raising her young son alone, she has resigned herself to a modest, guarded life on the rugged New England coast. But when a violent storm drives the battered freighter Etrusco toward the rocky shore, thirty desperate souls fight for survival. Among the rescued Italian seamen sheltered in her small town, one stranger quietly alters the rhythm of Cathe’s world. As friendship deepens into something neither of them anticipated, Cathe must confront wounds she has long buried, including her struggle to reconcile her Catholic faith with the suffering that shaped her life. When a shocking act of violence threatens everything, she is forced to choose between fear and faith, isolation and love. With salvage operations underway and time slipping away, Cathe knows her second chance may be as fleeting as the tide. Inspired by true events, Rebecca Road is a sweeping work of historical women’s fiction that explores grief, resilience, faith, and the transformative power of love along the perilous shores of the North Atlantic. Perfect for readers who Strong, resilient heroinesEmotional historical fictionFaith-centered themesSlow-burn romanceStories inspired by true eventsBuy Rebecca Road today and discover a story of courage, redemption, and second chances. Presenting the Messiah by Brandon Carpenter invites readers on a captivating journey into the first-century world of Yeshua—Jesus—unveiling the vibrancy, depth, and richness of the Gospels as they were originally experienced. Drawing from years of pastoral teaching and in-depth study, Carpenter bridges the gap between ancient Jewish tradition and modern Christian faith, revealing how the Messiah's identity is rooted in the soil of Second Temple Judaism. With each chapter styled as an engaging "act" in an unfolding drama, this book challenges common assumptions and brings familiar stories to life through Jewish eyes. Discover how parables, miracles, and teachings resonate with new power when understood against their authentic backdrop. Explore the traditions, debates, and expectations that shaped the daily lives of Jesus' earliest followers and see how the Scriptures, Old and New Testaments—form a unified, high-definition portrait of the Messiah. Through accessible explanations, practical reflections, and thoughtful group discussion prompts, Presenting the Messiah inspires readers to see Yeshua not as a distant religious figure but as the fulfillment of God's promise to Israel and the world. Whether for personal study, group discussion, or anyone longing to encounter the Scriptures anew, this book invites all to step onto the grand stage of faith, discovering not only the Jewishness of Jesus but a deeper, more transformative understanding of discipleship and hope.
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