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The Arrival by Shaun TanMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarExit West by Mohsin HamidMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book Riot 2025 #5 - Immigration / Refugees
38 books — 17 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami
Book Riot 2022 #7: Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40
77 books — 15 voters

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaRing Shout by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Vegetarian by Han KangDread Nation by Justina IrelandHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Book Riot 2022 #19: Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author
63 books — 15 voters
Gender Queer by Maia KobabeDear Senthuran by Akwaeke EmeziAll Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. JohnsonTomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBrideOver the Top by Jonathan Van Ness
Book Riot 2022 #17: Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary
60 books — 11 voters

Loveless by Alice OsemanEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireA Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little BadgerElatsoe by Darcie Little BadgerAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
Book Riot 2022 #11: Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character
42 books — 10 voters
The Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenThe Lost City of Z by David GrannRebecca by Daphne du MaurierRouge by Mona AwadMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Book Riot 2025 #4 - About Obsession
23 books — 10 voters

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherCirce by Madeline MillerNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabThe Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Book Riot 2025 #6 - Standalone Fantasy
32 books — 10 voters
Peter Darling by Austin ChantThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerGreat or Nothing by Joy McCulloughWrath Goddess Sing by Maya DeaneThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
Book Riot 2022 #21: Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
35 books — 9 voters

James by Percival EverettHomegoing by Yaa GyasiButter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca EkwuyasiThe Queen of Jasmine Country by Sharanya ManivannanYellowface by R.F. Kuang
Book Riot 2025 #8 - Literary Fiction by an Author who is BIPOC, Queer, and/or Disabled
9 books — 9 voters
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey AbramsAmerican Spy by Lauren WilkinsonWho Is Vera Kelly? by Rosalie KnechtAll Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. MorrisThe Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
Book Riot 2022 #10: Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+)
34 books — 7 voters

Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneShadow and Bone by Leigh BardugoThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerAlong Came a Spider by James PattersonThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Book Riot 2022 #14: Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book)
193 books — 7 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Book Riot 2025 #2 - Childhood Favorite
12 books — 7 voters

Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William BlakeThe Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeIdylls of the King by Alfred TennysonCall Us What We Carry by Amanda GormanThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Book Riot 2022 #12: Read an entire poetry collection
138 books — 6 voters
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaOutlander by Diana GabaldonBridge to Teribithia by Katherine PatersonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
Book Riot 2022 #20: Read an award-winning book from the year you were born
110 books — 6 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertEndurance by Alfred LansingIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella S. HaasseThe Tea Lords by Hella S. Haasse
Book Riot 2022 #22: Read a history about a period you know little about
171 books — 6 voters
The Story of My Life by Helen KellerParadise Lost by John MiltonDisability Visibility by Alice WongDisfigured by Amanda LeducFearlessly Different by Mickey Rowe
Book Riot 2022 #23: Read a book by a disabled author
45 books — 6 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLong Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Book Riot 2022 #8: Read a classic written by a POC
41 books — 5 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyA Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little BadgerChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Book Riot 2022 #13: Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author
50 books — 5 voters

Words Without Borders by Words Without Bordersmidnight & indigo by Ianna A. SmallTranscendent by K.M. SzparaHarper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper's MagazineThe Philadelphia Magazines and Their Contributors 1741-1850 by Albert Henry Smyth
Book Riot 2022 #15: Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
10 books — 2 voters
The Known World by Edward P. JonesHouse of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. MaasAlways Room for One More by Sorche Nic LeodhasLife Among the Qallunaat by Mini Aodla FreemanDiary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
Book Riot 2022 #18: Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice
5 books — 2 voters

Zombie by Joyce Carol OatesThe Tunnel by Ernesto SabatoMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleRouge by Mona AwadThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Task 4 #ReadHarder 2025
12 books — 2 voters
The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosMy Ántonia by Willa CatherThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixThe Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon
Task 5 #ReadHarder 2025
33 books — 2 voters

The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord DunsanyGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-GarciaA Voyage to Arcturus by David LindsayJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeGloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock
Task 6 #ReadHarder 2025
20 books — 2 voters
Rats by Robert SullivanCat Tales by Jerry D. MooreThe Ubiquitous Pig - 1992 publication by Marlyn NssnsonFuzz by Mary RoachThe Lost German Slave Girl by John Bailey
Book Riot #ReadHarder 2026 Task #1
5 books — 1 voter

Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep TufekciQueer Newark by Whitney StrubNo Ashes in the Fire by Darnell L. MooreNever Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
Book Riot 2026 #ReadHarder Challenge Task #5
4 books — 1 voter
Breadcrumbs by Kasia BabisThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiThey Called Us Enemy by George TakeiIt Rhymes With Takei by George TakeiMarch by John Lewis
Book Riot's 2026 #ReadHarder Challenge Task #13
8 books — 1 voter

That Librarian by Amanda JonesGrabbing Tea by Shawn(ta) Smith-CruzThe Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre LordeYour Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre LordeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Book Riot's 2026 #ReadHarder Challenge Task #15
10 books — 1 voter
Forager by Michelle DowdCult Girls by Natalie GrandCounting the Cost by Jill DuggarThe Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie OakesKeep Sweet by Michele Domínguez Greene
Book Read #ReadHarder 2026 Task #17
11 books — 1 voter

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