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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Task 19 #ReadHarder 2021
62 books — 22 voters
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineTaking on the Billionaire by Robin Covington
Task 5 #ReadHarder 2021
43 books — 14 voters

Felix Ever After by Kacen CallenderCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasPeter Darling by Austin ChantI Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverSomething to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner
Task 8 #ReadHarder 2021
33 books — 14 voters
Vampires Never Get Old by Zoraida CórdovaA Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen OhA Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice CaldwellNew Suns by Nisi ShawlLez Talk by Stephanie Andrea Allen
Task 10 #ReadHarder 2021
33 books — 12 voters

The Cooking Gene by Michael W. TwittyFinding My Voice by Nadiya HussainNotes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame OnwuachiBe My Guest by Priya BasilLove, Loss, and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Task 11 #ReadHarder 2021
38 books — 11 voters
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoChildren of the Land by Marcelo Hernández CastilloThe Distance Between Us by Reyna GrandeA Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy HernándezWhen I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Task 15 #ReadHarder 2021
32 books — 11 voters

Holes by Louis SacharFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Great Pet Heist by Emily EctonThe Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Task 9 #ReadHarder 2021
27 books — 11 voters
The Clergyman's Wife by Molly GreeleyPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithDeath Comes to Pemberley by P.D. JamesWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysSpinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Task 6 #ReadHarder 2021
16 books — 9 voters

El Deafo by Cece BellDisfigured by Amanda LeducSitting Pretty by Rebekah TaussigThe Pretty One by Keah BrownBodymap by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samara...
Task 16 #ReadHarder 2021
26 books — 9 voters
Black Klansman by Ron StallworthWhat the Eyes Don't See by Mona Hanna-AttishaThe Golden Thread by Ravi SomaiyaThe Spy Who Couldn't Spell by Yudhijit BhattacharjeeSeven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
Task 12 #ReadHarder 2021
32 books — 7 voters

Amal Unbound by Aisha SaeedDarius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramDear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika MouliteIf You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanDiamond Boy by Michael Williams
Task 14 #ReadHarder 2021
22 books — 7 voters
After Zero by Christina CollinsHands & Hearts by Donna Jo NapoliThe Storm Runner by J.C. CervantesMeow or Never by Jazz TaylorSpeechless by Adam P. Schmitt
Task 21 #ReadHarder 2021
14 books — 6 voters

The Library Book by Susan OrleanA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Elin's Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2019
24 books — 2 voters
Rött, vitt och kungligt blått by Casey McQuistonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradAin't I a Woman by bell hooksDavid Bowie Made Me Gay by Darryl W. BullockThis Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples
Elin's Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2021
16 books — 2 voters

Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. LaveryNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick NessRat Queens, Vol. 1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe
HK YA Reading List!
5 books — 1 voter
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
2017 Reading Challenge - Read Harder
1 book — 1 voter

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiThe Red Parts by Maggie NelsonTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonPrincess Princess Ever After by K. O'NeillBerättelsen om Pi by Yann Martel
Elin's Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2018
24 books — 1 voter
Brave Face by Shaun David HutchinsonBeloved by Toni MorrisonGoldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope LarsonPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Elin's Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2020
20 books — 1 voter

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

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