Previous Years' Read Harder Selections

[Bonnie G.]

What a fun question!

For 2016 I would say:

Read a horror book Slade House

Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900. My Ántonia and The Underground Railroad

Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness. Madness: A Bipolar Life

For 2017 I would say the best were:

Read a book about sports. Open

Read a debut novel Rules of Civility

Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location. A Gentleman in Moscow

Read a book about war. Slaughterhouse-Five (also for Banned or Challenged, though I don't double dip)

Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Read a classic by an author of color. Go Tell It on the Mountain

[Teresa]

My favorite challenge books from 2016 are
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine.
The Importance of Being Earnest.
The Graveyard Book.
Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History.
the Exogenesis series by Octavia E. Butler.
Jane Steele.
The Girl from the Coast.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened.
I can't find my list so I don't remember the categories, sorry.

In 2017 my favorites were
Author of color :Kindred.
Book I've read before : Doomsday Book.
Book about war : Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution.
Nonfiction book about technology : Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary.
Banned or frequently challenged book : The Lottery and Other Stories.
Book about sports : Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune Swimsuit History!.
All pov characters are poc : Book of a Thousand Days.