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2018 Read Harder Challenge
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2018 Read Harder Challenge plans
I did 20 out of 24 in 2017; hope I can do better next year! 1) A book published posthumously
2) A book of true crime
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6) A book about nature
7) A western
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
12) A celebrity memoir
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
14) A book of social science
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
20) A book with a cover you hate
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22) An essay anthology
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
FINISHED!Trying to tend to my ever-growing to-read list while also hitting some literature I feel like I should have already read.
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18/24 (with one quadruple-dip)13) An Oprah Book Club selection -
14) A book of social science -
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author -
19) A book of genre fiction in translation -
Finished 1-10-1822) An essay anthology -
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - Light in August
24/241) A book published posthumously
Northanger Abbey
2) A book of true crime
The Map Thief
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
The Sword in the Stone
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
The Bear and the Nightingale
6) A book about nature
Lab Girl
7) A western
The Sisters Brothers
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
Supergirl: Being Super
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
When Dimple Met Rishi
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
Winnie-the-Pooh
12) A celebrity memoir
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
The Underground Railroad
14) A book of social science
How the World Works
15) A one-sitting book
Bone Gap
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
Over Sea, Under Stone
Akata Witch
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
The Three-Body Problem
20) A book with a cover you hate
The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
Land of Shadows
22) An essay anthology
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Sadie
A suggestion for: A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - Autonomous by Annalee Newitz. One of the best SF books I've read in a decade. My review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
1) A book published posthumously -- The Cross of Love2) A book of true crime -- In Cold Blood
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6) A book about nature -- A Walk in the Woods
7) A western --
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature --
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color -- Destiny's Surrender
11) A children’s classic published before 1980 -- Little House in the Big Woods
12) A celebrity memoir -- Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
13) An Oprah Book Club selection -- Open House
14) A book of social science -- Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series -- The Clique
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
20) A book with a cover you hate
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author -- Mama Stalks the Past
22) An essay anthology --
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - Beowulf
24/24Completed 12/1/2018
1) A book published posthumously: Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
2) A book of true crime: What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): The Ivy Tree
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person: The Best We Could Do
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): The Widows of Malabar Hill
6) A book about nature: The Overstory
7) A western: No Country for Old Men
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: Stay with Me
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color: Indigo
11) A children’s classic published before 1980: The Pushcart War
12) A celebrity memoir: Becoming
13) An Oprah Book Club selection: An American Marriage
14) A book of social science: Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
15) A one-sitting book: Exit West
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Aru Shah and the End of Time
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: The Stone Sky
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: The Best We Could Do (Also used for task #4)
19) A book of genre fiction in translation: The Master Key
20) A book with a cover you hate: Grief Is the Thing with Feathers
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: The Unquiet Dead
22) An essay anthology: Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: The Snow Child
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished): The Grapes of Wrath
24 / 24 - Completed 9/7/18 Whoot whoot![X] 1. A book published posthumously- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole ***
[X] 2. A book of true crime - Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal by Harold Schecter ****
[X] 3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - Dune by Frank Herbert ****
[X] 4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person - I Hate Fairyland #1 by Scottie Young ***
[X] 5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) - War and Peace: the Inner Sanctum Edition by Leo Tolstoy *****
[X] 6. A book about nature - Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey *****
[X] 7. A western- True Grit by Charles Portis ****
[X] 8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color - Concrete Park Volume 1 by Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander ***
[X] 9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad *****
[X] 10. A romance novel by or about a person of color - Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins ***
[X] 11. A children’s classic published before 1980 - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham ****
[X] 12. A celebrity memoir - Life by Keith Richards ****
[X] 13. An Oprah Book Club selection Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed *****
[X] 14. A book of social science Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande ****
[X] 15. A one-sitting book Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas *****
[X] 16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige **
[X] 17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor ***
[X] 18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Volume 1 ***
[X] 19. A book of genre fiction in translation - Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angelica Gorodischer (translated by Ursula K. Le Guin) ****
[X] 20. A book with a cover you hate - Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold (Kindle edition)
****[X] 21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart ***
[X] 22. An essay anthology - But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman ***
[X] 23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 - The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington *****
[X] 24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 0 stars (still hate it)
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Planned:1) A book published posthumously Ariel
2) A book of true crime Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith or Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI or At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power or Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) Stand on Zanzibar or A Canticle for Leibowitz or The Man in the High Castle or Native Tongue
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 or M.F.K.: Book One
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) Agaat or The Prey of Gods
6) A book about nature: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World or Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness or Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
7) A western Vengeance Road or Topaz or Six-Gun Snow White or River of Teeth or The Gunslinger
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 3 or Aya
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Allah is Not Obliged or Wizard of the Crow
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color Hate to Want You or Radio Silence/Signal Boost/Mixed Signals or Topaz
11) A children’s classic published before 1980 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or A Wizard of Earthsea
12) A celebrity memoir We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories or Scrappy Little Nobody or Dear Mr. You
13) An Oprah Book Club selection Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail or Behold the Dreamers or The Poisonwood Bible
14) A book of social science Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas about Race
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series Love in the Time of Global Warming or Starglass or Ashfall or The Reader or Children of Blood and Bone
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Provenance or Dawn
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Aya or La Boriqueña (which seems not to be on goodreads yet) or Mine! : a comics collection to benefit Planned Parenthood
19) A book of genre fiction in translation Amatka or Ball Lightning or The Queue
20) A book with a cover you hate The Mexican Flyboy or Redemption in Indigo
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author The Lazarus Effect or The Interpreter or The Unquiet Dead or The Intuitionist
22) An essay anthology The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race or Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America or The Word: Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing or Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids or Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 Witches Abroad or The Lady Astronaut of Mars
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies or Physics for Poets
Read (books in parentheses are doubled up books that could also count for the task):
1) A book published posthumously Ariel
2) A book of true crime Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story (At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power)
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) Native Tongue
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person M.F.K.: Book One
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) The Prey of Gods
6) A book about nature Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
7) A western River of Teeth (Taste of Marrow, Topaz)
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 3 (In Real Life, Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch, Aya)
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Foreign Gods, Inc.
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color Mixed Signals (The Sun Is Also a Star, Topaz)
11) A children’s classic published before 1980 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
12) A celebrity memoir We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories
13) An Oprah Book Club selection Behold the Dreamers
14) A book of social science Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School: Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas (At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power)
15) A one-sitting book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (River of Teeth, Taste of Marrow, The Lady Astronaut of Mars)
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series Children of Blood and Bone (An Ember in the Ashes)
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Provenance (The Lady Astronaut of Mars, Native Tongue)
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Aya (M.F.K.: Book One)
19) A book of genre fiction in translation The Queue
20) A book with a cover you hate The Mexican Flyboy
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author The Unquiet Dead
22) An essay anthology The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 The Lady Astronaut of Mars
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Chronological order:
Completed: 17/241. A book published posthumously Meditations
✔2. A book of true crime Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
✔3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) The Grand Sophy
✔4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person Your Black Friend
✔5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) Doctor Zhivago
6. A book about nature Last Chance to See
✔7. A western All the Pretty Horses
✔8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Your Black Friend
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature No Longer at Ease
✔10. A romance novel by or about a person of color Radio Silence
✔11. A children’s classic published before 1980 A Wrinkle in Time
✔12. A celebrity memoir Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
13. An Oprah Book Club selection The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
✔14. A book of social science Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
✔15. A one-sitting book The Turn of the Screw
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series A Wizard of Earthsea
✔17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Parable of the Sower
✔18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Your Black Friend
✔19. A book of genre fiction in translation The Three-Body Problem
✔20. A book with a cover you hate Doctor Zhivago
✔21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author The Little Stranger
22. An essay anthology Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 The Secret Scripture, Murder at the Vicarage
✔24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished) The Call of the Wild
4/24[ ] 1. A book published posthumously
A Death in the Family
[ ] 2. A book of true crime
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI or In Cold Blood
[DONE] 3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, scifi/fantasy, romance)
Murder on the Orient Express
[ ] 4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person
[ DONE] 5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
The Man from Moscow
[ ] 6. A book about nature
[ ] 7. A western- True Grit
[ ] 8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
[ ] 9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
[ ] 10. A romance novel by or about a person of color
[ ] 11. A children’s classic published before 1980
[ ] 12. A celebrity memoir
[ ] 13. An Oprah Book Club selection
[ ] 14. A book of social science
[ ] 15. A one-sitting book
[ ] 16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
[ ] 17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
[ ] 18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
[ ] 19. A book of genre fiction in translation
[DONE ] 20. A book with a cover you hateThe Hate U Give
[ ] 21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
[ ] 22. An essay anthology
[ ] 23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
[DONE ] 24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished).The Road
Progress: 24/24 = Finished!
Read: 6/241. A book published posthumously
The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain
✔2. A book of true crime - Apr 22
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
✔4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person - Apr 22
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
6. A book about nature
The Triumph of Seeds by Thor Hanson
✔7. A western - Mar 24
True Grit by Charles Portis
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
Black Panther #1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
✔10. A romance novel by or about a person of color - May 6
Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai
11. A children’s classic published before 1980
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
12. A celebrity memoir
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
13. An Oprah Book Club selection
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
14. A book of social science
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
✔15. A one-sitting book - Feb 12
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
✔16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Mar 15
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales
19. A book of genre fiction in translation
The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
20. A book with a cover you hate
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
22. An essay anthology
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
24/24!!!
This will be my first Read Harder Challenge in 2018, so I'm excited!0/24
"???" = To Be Determined
1) A book published posthumously: Either
or
2) A book of true crime: ???
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): ???
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person: ???
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): ???
6) A book about nature: ???
7) A western: ???
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: ???
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: ???
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color: ???
11) A children’s classic published before 1980: A Wrinkle in Time
12) A celebrity memoir: ???
13) An Oprah Book Club selection: ???
14) A book of social science: ???
15) A one-sitting book: ???
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Either
or
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: ???
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: ???
19) A book of genre fiction in translation: ???
20) A book with a cover you hate:
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: I don't which book just yet, but it'll be one by Josh Lanyon.
22) An essay anthology: ???
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: A Pocket Full of Rye
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished): Jane Eyre
A few people are reading In Cold Blood. It should be interesting to talk about.
Read 18/24✔️A book published posthumously: The Girl Who Played with Fire
✔️A book of,true crime: The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
3. A classic of genre fiction (I.e. mystery, sci-if/fantasy, romance): Emma
✔️A comic written and illustrated by the same person: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
✔️A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China or South Africa): The God of Small Things
✔️A book about nature: Lab Girl
✔️A western: News of the World
9. A comic written or illustrated by a person of colorPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood
✔️A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color: An Extraordinary Union
✔️A children's classic published before 1980: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
✔️A celebrity memoir: Bossypants
✔️An Oprah Book Club selection: Behold the Dreamers
✔️ A book of social science: American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land
✔️A one sitting book: Convenience Store Woman
16. A first book in a new to,you YA or middle grade series: Cinder
✔️ A sci if novel with a female protagonist by a female author: Kindred
18. A comic that isn't published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19. A book of genre fiction in translation: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
✔️ A book with a cover you hate: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
✔️A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: The Cutting Season
✔️ An essay anthology: The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories about Facing the Unknown
✔️A book with a female protagonist over 60: Britt-Marie Was Here
✔️An assigned book you hated (or never finished): Lord of the Flies
Read 0/241) A book published posthumously
When Breath Becomes Air
2) A book of true crime
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy or Columbine
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
Devil in a Blue Dress
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
Nimona
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
The Bear and the Nightingale
6) A book about nature
Lab Girl
7) A western
My Ántonia
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
Bitch Planet #6
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
A little unclear on this one. I’ve seen Who Fears Death and Shōgun on listopia so probably one of those.
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
An Extraordinary Union
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
A Wrinkle in Time
12) A celebrity memoir
Why Not Me?
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
14) A book of social science
Haven't made up my mind possibly
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation or Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
15) A one-sitting book
The Hate U Give (I assume)
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
Caraval
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
Would The Fifth Season count or is that too fantasy?
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
Lumberjanes #1
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
Maybe I'll finally finish The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
20) A book with a cover you hate
Son of the Shadows21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
Devil in a Blue Dress
22) An essay anthology
Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession or Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
The Joy Luck Club
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
A Prayer for Owen Meany - I really didn't like this in high school, but so many people I know love it so I'll give it another chance.
So excited! Again this year, I'm attempting to fill most prompts with female authors. Here we go:24/24 Completed 11/23, at 22:32!
(X)1) A book published posthumously: Northanger Abbey Commendable
(X)2) A book of true crime: The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story. Why I'd pick a book about Bundy, especially when I was within months of his days in Tallahassee... yikes. Excellent account, regardless.
(X)3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): The Left Hand of Darkness What a novel! Another six 🌟 book!
(X) 4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person: Through the Woods. This was just ok. Great illustrations, stories were so so.
(X)5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): The Passion According to G.H. (Brazil) . Actually, I worked my way through PORTUGUESE in 10 minutes a day with CD-ROM for our upcoming trip. Is that cheating? Well, it's my challenge. Anyway, I'll read the book I initially posted eventually later in the year.
(X)6) A book about nature: Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year. Totally loving
(X)7) A western: O Pioneers!
(X)8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: This One Summer. Enjoyed.
(X)9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: Something by Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight I adored this novel.
(X)10) A romance novel by or about a person of color: Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line, which is a romance, in true life.
(X)11) A children’s classic published before 1980: Pippi Longstocking. Fun read!
(X)12) A celebrity memoir: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas A truly admirable art-filled life!
(X)13) An Oprah Book Club selection: Ellen Foster. Tenderness and tenacity, that's what it's about and I loved it.
(X)14) A book of social science: The Women's Room
(X)15) A one-sitting book: Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
(X)16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Harriet the Spy I loved this wonderful book!
(X)17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: The Blind Assassin
(X)18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: Hark! A Vagrant This too was just ok.
(X)19) A book of genre fiction in translation: Crossfire by Miyabe. I'm indifferent about this book.
(X) 20) A book with a cover you hate: The Bone People A good read.
(X)21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: The Talented Mr. Ripley Awesome!
(X)22) An essay anthology: On Photography
(X) 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: Wise Children. This was just ok. Entertaining, and well put together, but more about events than about characters.
(X)24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished): Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Why oh why did I wait so long!
Completed 24/24 Complete 
10/241) A book published posthumously:
Sleeping Murder or
Islands in the Stream or
Meditations
2) A book of true crime:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance):
Parable of the Sower
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person - COMPLETED - Boxers
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): COMPLETED - Boxers
Blood-Drenched Beard or
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra or
Sea of Poppies or
India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking or
The Association of Small Bombs
6) A book about nature:
Lab Girl or
The Signature of All Things or
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
7) A western:
The Sisters Brothers or
Girl Waits with Gun
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: COMPLETED - Boxers
Black Panther: World of Wakanda
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature:
Sea of Poppies or
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra or
The Glass Palace
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color: COMPLETED - The Wedding Date
Love On My Mind or
An Extraordinary Union or
Breathless
11) A children’s classic published before 1980:
A Wrinkle in Time
12) A celebrity memoir: COMPLETED - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir & The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me or
Dancing With Myself or
I Am Spock or
Men We Reaped or
This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
13) An Oprah Book Club selection:
Anna Karenina or
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
14) A book of social science:
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City or
The Hate U Give or
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness or
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City or
The Power or
Old Man's War or
Parable of the Sower or
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic or
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
15) A one-sitting book: COMPLETED - Milk and Honey
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone or
Akata Witch
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author:
Parable of the Sower or
Akata Witch or
The Fifth Season or
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms or
The Night Masquerade
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: COMPLETED - Boxers
19) A book of genre fiction in translation:
Six Four
20) A book with a cover you hate: COMPLETED - Problems
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author:
You Don't Know Me or Righteous or
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
22) An essay anthology:
Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex or
The Word: Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing or
Nasty Women or
The Best European Short Stories or
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: COMPLETED - The Book of Eve
The Blind Assassin or
Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple) or
The Kitchen God's Wife
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished): COMPLETED - Problems
The Underground Railroad - never finished for book club
1) A book published posthumously2) A book of true crime
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood Trevor Noah 1/9/18 ****
6) A book about nature
7) A western
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
12) A celebrity memoir
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
14) A book of social science
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
20) A book with a cover you hate
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22) An essay anthology
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
24 /24 :✔ ✔ 1) A book published posthumously :
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
La forêt millénaire by Jirō Taniguchi
✔ ✔ 2) A book of true crime :
Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File by John Edgar Wideman
Judas: How a Sister's Testimony Brought Down a Criminal MasterMind by Astrid Holleeder
✔ ✔ 3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) :
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
✔ ✔ 4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person :
Guardians of the Louvre by Jirō Taniguchi
Dans la combi de Thomas Pesquet by Marion Montaigne
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) :
Chaka by Thomas Mofolo (South Africa)
Rickshaw Boy by Lao She (China)
Q & A by Vikas Swarup (India)
Les derniers jours de Stefan Zweig (The Last Days of Stefan Zweig) by Laurent Seksik and Guillaume Sorel (Brazil)
The Big Green Tent by Lyudmila Ulitskaya (Russia)
✔ ✔ 6) A book about nature :
Trekways of the Wind by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Je Me Souviens Des Hommes: Du Cap Horn À Valparaiso by Gildas Flahault
✔ ✔ 7) A western :
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
✔ ✔ 8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color :
March: Book One March: Book Two and March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
Aya de Yopougon, Tome 1 (Aya) by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
✔ ✔ 9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature :
The Girl from the Coast by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
✔ ✔ 10) A romance novel by or about a person of color :
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
✔ ✔ 11) A children’s classic published before 1980 :
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1970)
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1883)
✔ ✔ 12) A celebrity memoir :
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
✔ ✔ 13) An Oprah Book Club selection :
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
✔ ✔ 14) A book of social science :
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
✔ ✔ 15) A one-sitting book :
The Golem by Isaac Bashevis Singer
soft magic. by Upile Chisala
✔ ✔ 16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series :
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
Goal ! - tome 1 coups francs et coups fourrés by Antoine Griezmann
✔ ✔ 17)) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author :
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
The Power by Naomi Alderman
✔ ✔ 18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image :
The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert and Didier Lefèvre
Voyage aux îles de la Désolation by Emmanuel Lepage
✔ ✔ 19) A book of genre fiction in translation :
The Girl in the Woods by Camilla Läckberg
El fin de la historia by Luis Sepúlveda (I read it in French : La Fin de l'histoire)
✔ ✔ 20) A book with a cover you hate :
Who Is Jane Goodall? by Roberta Edwards
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
✔ ✔ 21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author :
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
✔ ✔ 22) An essay anthology :
Osons la fraternité !- Les écrivains aux côtés des migrants by Michel Le Bris, Patrick Chamoiseau, Boualem Sansal, Felwine Sarr, Anna Moï, Sami Tchak...
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman
✔ ✔ 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 :
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
✔ ✔ 24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) :
Les Rougon-Macquart, Tome 1: Le ventre de Paris by Émile Zola
Othello by William Shakespeare
This is my first year doing the Read Harder challenge and it's 1 of 4 so I'm hoping I can finish! I'm done yay!
24/24
√1.
The Trial
√2.
Empty Promises and Other True Cases
√3.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
√4.
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
√5.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
√6.
Walden
√7.
All the Pretty Horses
√8.
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
√9.
Things Fall Apart
√10.
When Dimple Met Rishi
√11.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
√12)
Where Am I Now?
√13.
Sula
√14.
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
√ 15.
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
√16.
Keeper of the Lost Cities
√17.
Cinder
√18.
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe
√19.
A Man Called Ove
√20.
The Scream
√21.
The Unquiet Dead
√22. An essay anthology:
√23.
The Body in the Library
√ 24.
Euphues the Anatomy of Wit: Euphues & His England
Here we go again!0/24
1. A book published posthumously
2. A book of true crime
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6. A book about nature
7. A western
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color
11. A children’s classic published before 1980
12. A celebrity memoir
13. An Oprah Book Club selection
14. A book of social science
15. A one-sitting book
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19. A book of genre fiction in translation
20. A book with a cover you hate (hate is an awfully strong word...)
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22. An essay anthology
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Here's my plan so far! I created a shelf for the reading challenge too. Of course, some of these may change.PROGRESS 12/24
2) A book of true crime - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
3) A classic of genre fiction Frankenstein in Baghdad
7) A western - Brokeback Mountain
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - Islands of Decolonial Love or The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao or Americanah
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color - The Sun Is Also a Star or Bingo Love
11) A children’s classic published before 1980 - The Missing Piece
12)
14) A book of social science - Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Akata Witch or Stargirl
19) A book of genre fiction in translation - Amrita or Never Let Me Go or Of Love and Other Demons
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - Bluebird, Bluebird or The Cutting Season
22) An essay anthology - This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - The Bluest Eye
My goal is to use books from my To-Read shelf, including books for my 5-year Around-the-World reading challenge (2018 marks year 4).Update: 24/24
✔ 1. A book published posthumously: Factfulness, 26 May 2018
✔ 2. A book of true crime: Ranger Games, 5 Feb
✔ 3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): The Dispossessed, 9 Feb
✔ 4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person: My Favorite Thing is Monsters, 15 Jan
✔ 5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, has, or South Africa): The Lotus Palace, 8 Jul
✔ 6. A book about nature: The Evolution of Beauty, 6 Apr
✔ 7. A western: The Nations, 10 Feb
✔ 8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 1, 28 Jan
✔ 9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: The Cost of Sugar, 12 Jan
✔ 10. A romance novel by or about a person of color: Hurricane of the Heart, 30 Jan
✔ 11. A children’s classic published before 1980: Tuck Everlasting
✔ 12. A celebrity memoir: The Last Black Unicorn, 26 Feb
✔ 13. An Oprah Book Club selection: Say You're One of Them, 19 Feb
✔ 14. A book of social science: Republican Like Me, 20 Jan
✔ 15. A one-sitting book: On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, 13 Jan
✔ 16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, 9 Jan
✔ 17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: Dawn, 28 Jun
✔ 18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: The Heart of Thomas. 16 Jan
✔ 19. A book of genre fiction in translation: Babylon Berlin, 21 Feb
✔ 20. A book with a cover you hate: Pleasure for Pleasure, 22 Apr
✔ 21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Inspector Singh investigates : a deadly Cambodian crime spree, 21 Jun
✔ 22. An essay anthology: Filipino American Psychology: A Collection of Personal Narratives, 19 Feb
✔ 23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: The One-in-a-Million Boy, 6 Jan
✔ 24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished): The Pearl, 14 Mar
Update: 24/24✔ 1) A book published posthumously : Northanger Abbey
√2) A book of true crime I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
✔ 3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): Slaughterhouse-Five
✔4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person I Hate Fairyland #1
√ 5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): I Was Anastasia
✔6) A book about nature The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
✔7) A western :River of Teeth
✔8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Saints
✔9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
✔ 10) A romance novel by or about a person of color. When Dimple Met Rishi
✔11) A children’s classic published before 1980 The Secret Garden
✔12) A celebrity memoir Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
✔13) An Oprah Book Club selection
The Reader
The Underground Railroad
An American Marriage
✔14) A book of social science Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
✔15) A one-sitting book We Should All Be Feminists
✔16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series:Markswoman
✔17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Provenance
✔18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Giant Days, Vol. 3
✔19) A book of genre fiction in translation The Dark Forest
✔ 20) A book with a cover you hatewe Escape to You
✔21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author All I Did Was Shoot My Man
✔22) An essay anthology Cuba on the Verge: 12 Writers on Continuity and Change in Havana and Across the Country
✔ 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
✔ 24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) To Kill a Mockingbird
I'm doing the PopSugar challenge too. I want a book for each challenge, so this will be hard. That is a lot of books!1) A book published posthumously
2) A book of true crime
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
Fruits Basket I believe is both written and illustrated by the same person. I'm counting manga here.
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6) A book about nature
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7) A western
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
Fruits Basket
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
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10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
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11) A children’s classic published before 1980
12) A celebrity memoir
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
14) A book of social science
?
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
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18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
20) A book with a cover you hate
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
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22) An essay anthology
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23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
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24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Finished 0/24
☑1) A book published posthumously - Northanger Abbey☑2) A book of true crime - After the Funeral
☑3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - Ender's Game
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
☑5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) - Between Shades of Gray
☑6) A book about nature - I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
7) A western - Lonesome Dove
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - The Kite Runner
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
☑12) A celebrity memoir - The Only Pirate at the Party
13) An Oprah Book Club selection - The Road
14) A book of social science
☑15) A one-sitting book - When You Reach Me
☑16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Six of Crows
☑17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - Obsidio
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation - The Snowman
☑20) A book with a cover you hate - The Well of Ascension
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
☑22) An essay anthology - Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
☑23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 - A Murder Is Announced
☑24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - Pride and Prejudice
I will permit myself to use a book for multiple prompts, but I will try not to.1) A book published posthumously
[✓] 2) A book of true crime - I Will Find You: Solving Killer Cases from My Life Fighting Crime
[✓] 3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - Madam, Will You Talk?
[✓] 4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person - Spinning
[✓] 5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) - The Bear and the Nightingale
[✓] 6) A book about nature - Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Container Gardening
[✓] 7) A western - Owl Dance
[✓] 8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color - Watson and Holmes - A Study In Black
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
[✓] 10) A romance novel by or about a person of color - From Twinkle, with Love
[✓] 11) A children’s classic published before 1980 - Anne of Green Gables
[✓] 12) A celebrity memoir - Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
[✓] 13) An Oprah Book Club selection - Great Expectations
14) A book of social science
[✓] 15) A one-sitting book - The Giving Tree
[✓] 16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Howl's Moving Castle
[✓] 17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - Time's Edge
[✓] 18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - Watson and Holmes - A Study In Black
[✓] 19) A book of genre fiction in translation - The Little Paris Bookshop
[✓] 20) A book with a cover you hate - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
[✓] 21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - Get Out: Script
[✓] 22) An essay anthology - Twain’s Feast
[✓] 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 - Merry, Merry Ghost
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
1) A book published posthumously I wish I had time to read Bolano, 2666, but I don't. I might read Austerlitz2) A book of true crime - I have a number of these on my nook, such a guilty pleasure, but I may read Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) This one will possibly be the very long audiobook of Stephen Frye reading the complete Sherlock Holmes. Otherwise, maybe something by Raymond Chandler.
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person Berlin, Vol. 2: City of Smoke
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)Last Man in Tower
6) A book about nature American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
7) A western The Sisters Brothers
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Genius, Vol. 1 (artist is Afua Richardson)
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - too many to choose from right now. maybe Petals of Blood or Devil on the Cross
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color. Help. the romance category is always impossible for me.
11) A children’s classic published before 1980 Little Women
12) A celebrity memoir Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
13) An Oprah Book Club selection Middlesex
14) A book of social science...a ha. For once, we're in my wheelhouse. Both of these are on my TBR: Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics or The Politics of Resentment
15) A one-sitting book The Monster in the Box
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series Uglies
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Adulthood Rites
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
19) A book of genre fiction in translation Roadside Picnic
20) A book with a cover you hate - I would be embarrassed to be seen reading this one, but I want to read it: Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - will probably be something by Walter Moseley or Val McDermid, both favorites of mine, and yet since I started doing reading challenges, I don't ahve time to read them.
22) An essay anthology At The Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs And Whitey Whiteness Of The New Republican Right...And Why We Should Take It Seriously
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 The Blind Assassin
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) I did not hate it, but didn't have time to finish it: Shame
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24/24 100% Complete!!
-Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America
-Murder at the Vicarage
I didn't finish 2017. I got stuck on a few. So I'm hoping to do better this time. (24/24)
1) A book published posthumously: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Completed 4/14/2018
2) A book of true crime: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Completed 4/14/2018
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): Doomsday Book Completed 2/28/2018
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person: Adulthood Is a Myth Completed 5/5/2018
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): Heat and Dust Completed 3/30/2018
6) A book about nature: H is for Hawk Completed
7) A western: My Ántonia Completed 1/30/2018
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: March: Book One Completed 2/5/2018
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: Heat and Dust Completed 3/30/2018
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color: An Extraordinary Union Completed 1/24/2018
11) A children’s classic published before 1980: A Wrinkle in Time Completed 1/22/2018
12) A celebrity memoir: Life is a Banquet Completed 4/29/2018
13) An Oprah Book Club selection: Love Warrior Completed
14) A book of social science: Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship Completed 3/21/2018
15) A one-sitting book: A Wrinkle in Time Completed 1/22/2018
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: A Wrinkle in Time Completed 1/22/2018
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: The Fifth Season Completed 4/22/2018
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: March: Book One Completed 2/5/2018
19) A book of genre fiction in translation: The Vegetarian Completed 6/17/18
20) A book with a cover you hate:
Completed 5/1/2018 21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Aunty Lee's Delights Completed 1/21/2018
22) An essay anthology: I Feel Bad about My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman Completed 5/6/2018
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: Aunty Lee's Delights Completed 1/21/2018
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished: Washington Square Completed 12/5/2018
2017 was a fail for me. Hope to redeem myself in '18.A book published posthumously - Leaving Cold Sassy by Olive Ann Burns.
A book of true crime - I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara.
A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle.
A comic written and illustrated by the same person - Haddon Hall: When David Invented Bowie by Neijib.
A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) - The Empress of Bright Moon by Weina Dei Randal.
A book about nature - In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall.
A western - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry.
A comic written or illustrated by a person of color - (Undecided)
A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - Memoir and Poems of Phyllis Wheatley.
A romance novel by or about a person of color - Love Like Crazy by Crystal B. Bright.
A children’s classic published before 1980 - Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great by Judy Blume.
A celebrity memoir - World in My Eyes by Richard Blade.
An Oprah Book Club selection - I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb.
A book of social science - Maybe something by Malcolm Gladwell.
A one-sitting book - (Undecided)
The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee.
A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson.
A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - (Undecided)
A book of genre fiction in translation - Taking suggestions for this one.
A book with a cover you hate - I'll know it when I see it. :P
A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - (Undecided)
An essay anthology - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 - The Mirror Crack'd by Agatha Christie
An assigned book you hated (or never finished) - The Chosen by Chaim Potok.
COMPLETED 11/241) A book published posthumously
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
dare I consider? 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector
2) A book of true crime
The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel by Robert Mazur
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6) A book about nature
7) A western
The Whip by Karen Kondazian
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver or The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing or Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon or The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
12) A celebrity memoir
Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir by Chris Packham
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
The Poisonwood Bible by [author[author:Nikesh Shukla|4428916]:Barbara Kingsolver|3541] or The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers or Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy or Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
14) A book of social science
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman or Caraval by Stephanie Garber
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
20) A book with a cover you hate
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
Six Four by
22) An essay anthology
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
A Journal of the Plague Year
1) A book published posthumously: Ariel2) A book of true crime: The Black Dahlia
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): The Wedding
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person: Nimona
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): The Crown's Game
6) A book about nature: Into the Wild
7) A western: All the Pretty Horses
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: Boxers
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: Blood on Snow
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color: Hate to Want You
11) A children’s classic published before 1980: Winnie-the-Pooh
12) A celebrity memoir: Scrappy Little Nobody
13) An Oprah Book Club selection: The Reader
14) A book of social science: Modern Romance
15) A one-sitting book: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Carve the Mark
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: The Darkest Minds
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale
19) A book of genre fiction in translation: Never Let Me Go
20) A book with a cover you hate: The Restorer
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: The Unquiet Dead
22) An essay anthology: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: Murder at the Vicarage
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished: The Giver
Shannon wrote: "This is my first year doing the Read Harder challenge and it's 1 of 4 so I'm hoping I can finish!1) A book published posthumously: The Trial
2) A book of true crime: [book:Empty Pro..."
I am doing four reading challenges too! Good luck and happy reading!
[✓] 1) A book published posthumously Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? ✭✭✭✭[✓] 2) A book of true crime Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) The Maltese Falcon ✭✭✭
[✓] 4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too ✭✭✭✭✭
[✓] 5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) A Gentleman in Moscow ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 6) A book about nature The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 7) A western In the Distance ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood ✭✭✭
[✓] 9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Things Fall Apart ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 10) A romance novel by or about a person of color When Dimple Met Rishi ✭✭✭
[✓] 11) A children’s classic published before 1980 The Phantom Tollbooth ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 12) A celebrity memoir We're Going to Need More Wine ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 13) An Oprah Book Club selection An American Marriage ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 14) A book of social science A Colony in a Nation ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 15) A one-sitting book What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories ✭✭✭
[✓] 16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ✭✭✭
[✓] 17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author The Stone Sky ✭✭✭✭✭
[✓] 18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 19) A book of genre fiction in translation We ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 20) A book with a cover you hate Pride and Prejudice and Kitties: A Cat-Lover's Romp through Jane Austen's Classic ✭✭
[✓] 21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author A Study in Scarlet Women ✭✭✭
[✓] 22) An essay anthology Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America ✭✭✭✭
[✓] 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo ✭✭✭✭✭
[✓] 24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) Macbeth ✭✭✭
Read: 24/24 = 100%
★: 0/24
★★: 1/24
★★★: 6/24
★★★★: 14/24
★★★★★: 3/24
2017 was my first. Found a couple of unforgettable books and many enjoyable ones I would never have discovered on my own. Only a couple that felt like a chore. Looking forward to some great discoveries in 2018.1.A book published posthumously
2.A book of true crime
3.A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
4.A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5.A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6.A book about nature
7.A western
8.A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9.A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10.A romance novel by or about a person of color
11.A children’s classic published before 1980
12.A celebrity memoir
13.An Oprah Book Club selection
14.A book of social science
15.A one-sitting book
16.The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17.A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18.A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19.A book of genre fiction in translation
20.A book with a cover you hate
21.A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22.An essay anthology
23.A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24.An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
12/31/201812 of 24
1.A book published posthumously Persuasion DONE AUG 31
2.A book of true crime Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI FEB 15 DONE
3.A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) The Amazing Interlude DONE JAN 24
4.A comic written and illustrated by the same person Are You My Mother?
5.A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) The White Tiger DONE NOV
6.A book about nature The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
7.A western True Grit
8.A comic written or illustrated by a person of color The Best We Could Do
9.A book of colonial or postcolonial literature The Ministry of Utmost Happiness DONE FEB 3
10.A romance novel by or about a person of color Crazy Rich Asians DONE SEP 9
11.A children’s classic published before 1980 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz DONE JAN 03
12.A celebrity memoir Chronicles, Vol. 1
13.An Oprah Book Club selection Behold the Dreamers DONE MAR 29
14.A book of social science Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic JAN 25 DONE
15.A one-sitting book M. Butterfly DONE Jan 22
16.The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series The Inventor's Secret
17.A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author An Unkindness of Ghosts DONE Oct
18.A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image The Complete Persepolis
19.A book of genre fiction in translation Sorcerer to the Crown
20.A book with a cover you hate Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers
21.A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author Howtown
22.An essay anthology Cuba on the Verge: 12 Writers on Continuity and Change in Havana and Across the Country
23.A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 The Woman Next Door DONE FEB 10
24.An assigned book you hated (or never finished) White Badge
14/244) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
6) A book about nature: Leave No Trace
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: The Poisonwood Bible
14) A book of social science
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: Fledgling
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation: Confessions
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Far From You
22) An essay anthology:
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: The Blind Assassin
1. The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate 4-stars
2.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 3-stars
3.
Fahrenheit 451 4-stars
4.
Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls 3-stars
5.
Little Fires Everywhere 4-stars
Chemistry 5-stars
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 5-stars
Winter Garden 1-star
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 4-stars
6.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry 5-stars
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness 4-stars
7.
Lonesome Dove 5-stars
8.
Bread and Butter #1 1-star
Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale 4-stars
9.
Crazy Rich Asians (some will differ, but I think it fits) 4-stars
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows 4-stars
Middlemarch 5-stars
10.
A Princess in Theory 4-stars
The Wedding Date 4-stars
Bared to You 3-stars
Power of Persuasion 2-stars
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 5-stars
Hate to Want You 4-stars
11.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 5-stars
12.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 5-stars
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane 5-stars The Last Black Unicorn 4-stars
13.
An American Marriage - 4-stars
14.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 5-stars
Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us 4-stars
15.
A Load of Hooey 2 stars
Yiddish with Dick and Jane 3-stars
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved 5-stars
16.
Anna and the French Kiss 4-stars
17.
18.
Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls 3-stars Bread and Butter #1 1-star
Archie, Vol. 1: The New Riverdale 4-stars
19.
The Shadow of the Wind 2-stars
20.
(this one looks like a pamphlet from a women's clinic) 2-stars 
(looks like a poster for an Ophelia centric Midwestern Middle School production of Hamlet) 2-stars 21.
Goldenboy 4-stars
22.
Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession 2-stars
23.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2-stars
24.
Ethan Frome 1-star
Middlemarch 5-stars
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge After going through my TBR list, this is what I have so far:
A book published posthumously.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A book of true crime.
Michigan Murders
A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance).
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A comic written and illustrated by the same person.
Adulthood is a Myth
A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa).
Life of Pi
A book about nature.
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
A western.
A Serpent's Tooth (A Walt Longmire Mystery)
A comic written or illustrated by a person of color.
Black Panther: A Nation Under a Feet Book 1
A book of colonial or postcolonial literature.
Kindred
A romance novel by or about a person of color.
When Dimple Met Rishi
A children’s classic published before 1980.
A Wrinkle in Time
A celebrity memoir.
Troublemaker (Leah Remini)
An Oprah Book Club selection.
The Underground Railroad
A book of social science.
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness
A one-sitting book.
The Snow Queen
The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series.
Etiquette & Espionage: Finishing School
A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author.
Kindred
A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image.
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
A book of genre fiction in translation.
The Hangman's Daughter
A book with a cover you hate.
A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author.
Allegedly
An essay anthology.
We Were Eight Years in Power
A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60.
Britt-Marie Was Here
An assigned book you hated (or never finished).
Mark of the Demon
So excited for my second year doing this challenge! Discovering this challenge last year really got me out of my reading slump of many years. Here are my 2018 Book Riot's RHC Plans:
December 31, 2018: 24/24 COMPLETE!
This will be my third year doing the challenge and I get so much out of it each year.2/24
1) A book published posthumously
2) A book of true crime
3) A classic of genre fiction Lonesome Dove ****
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 *
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
6) A book about nature
7) A western
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
12) A celebrity memoir
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
14) A book of social science
15) A one-sitting book
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
20) A book with a cover you hate
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22) An essay anthology
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
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1) A book published posthumously2) A book of true crime:
Als die Soldaten kamen: Die Vergewaltigung deutscher Frauen am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
A Clash of Kings
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Rising Man
6) A book about nature
7) A western
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
Black Beauty
12) A celebrity memoir
Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
14) A book of social science
Untenrum frei
15) A one-sitting book
The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
Shadow and Bone
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
Rote Sonne, schwarzes Land
20) A book with a cover you hate
A Reaper at the Gates
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
22) An essay anthology
Men Explain Things to Me
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
These are my plans so far, but I'm sure they'll change throughout the year (and I still have some prompts blank. I would love to hear whether you guys think the books I chose adhere to the prompts or not. I'm so excited for the challenge!24/24
[X] 1) A book published posthumously - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
[X] 2) A book of true crime - West Cork
[X] 3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - Sense and Sensibility
[X] 4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person - The Complete Persepolis
[X] 5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) - The Girl in the Tower
[X] 6) A book about nature - H is for Hawk
[X] 7) A western - True Grit
[X] 8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color - The Best We Could Do
[X] 9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature - Americanah
[X] 10) A romance novel by or about a person of color - When Dimple Met Rishi
[X] 11) A children’s classic published before 1980 - A Little Princess
[X] 12) A celebrity memoir - The Princess Diarist
[X] 13) An Oprah Book Club selection - An American Marriage
[X] 14) A book of social science - Women & Power: A Manifesto
[X] 15) A one-sitting book - We Should All Be Feminists
[X] 16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - Six of Crows
[X] 17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author - Binti
[X] 18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - Lumberjanes To the Max Vol. 4
[X] 19) A book of genre fiction in translation - Anna Karenina
[X] 20) A book with a cover you hate - Priestdaddy: A Memoir
[X] 21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - Bluebird, Bluebird
[X] 22) An essay anthology - The Good Immigrant
[X] 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 - The Woman Next Door
[X] 24) An assigned book you never finished - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance (other topics)Persuasion (other topics)
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[3/2] 1. A book published posthumously -Maurice by E.M. Forster
[6/2] -I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
or -Northanger Abbey
or -Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
or -The Rag and Bone Shop
[6/2] 2. A book of true crime -I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
or -The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
[8/24] 3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) -The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
or -A Wrinkle in Time
or -The Windup Girl
[6/4] 4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person -Nimona
[1/7] 5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) -A Gentleman in Moscow
[9/16] 6. A book about nature -The Solace of Open Spaces
or -Hiking Naked: A Quaker Woman's Search for Balance
[9/12] 7. A western -Boneyard by Seanan McGuire
[1/1] 8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color -Saints by Gene Luen Yang
[10/1] 9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature -A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
[1/20] 10. A romance novel by or about a person of color -The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
[1/5] 11. A children’s classic published before 1980 -A Wrinkle in Time
[5/10] 12. A celebrity memoir -We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories by Gabrielle Union
[10/26] 13. An Oprah Book Club selection -Sula by Toni Morrison
[9/10] 14. A book of social science -Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
[1/1] 15. A one-sitting book -Saints
[1/10] -The Lady Astronaut of Mars
[4/1] -Litany for the Long Moment by Mary-Kim Arnold
[2/20] 16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series -The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
[7/29] 17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author -Stars Uncharted by S.K. Dunstall
or Ancillary Justice
[5/6] 18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image -The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite
[11/30] 19. A book of genre fiction in translation -The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
or -The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
or -The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard
[4/8] 20. A book with a cover you hate -
or -
[4/18] 21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author -Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall
[11/20] 22. An essay anthology -How We Speak to One Another by Ander Monson
or -Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction by Judith Kitchen, Dinah Lenney [editors]
[1/10] 23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 -The Lady Astronaut of Mars
or Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
or What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
[9/30] 24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished) -Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
Read: 24/24 = 100% as of 11/30/18