Read Harder Challenge Plans

[Karen]

2015 Read Harder Challenge – 24/24 tasks completed (on 12/3/2015)

A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
Fitzgerald, F. Scott – This Side of Paradise

A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
McCall Smith, Alexander – The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe

A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)
Anderson, Sherwood – Sherwood Anderson: Collected Stories
Lee, Rebecca – Bobcat and Other Stories

A book published by an indie press
Maitland, Leslie – Crossing the Borders of Time (Other Press)
Brackston, P. I. – Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints (Pegasus Books)

A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
Walker, Alice – The Color Purple

A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
Grisham, John – Gray Mountain

A book that takes place in Asia
Murakami, Haruki – Norwegian Wood
Cotterill, Colin – The Coroner’s Lunch

A book by an author from Africa
Ali, Ayaan Hirzi -- Heretic

A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture
Alexie, Sherman – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

A microhistory
Larson, Erik – The Devil in the White City

A YA novel
Hunger Games trilogy

A sci-fi novel
Burroughs, Edgar Rice – A Princess of Mars

A romance novel
Milan, Courtney – The Duchess War

A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
Tartt, Donna – The Goldfinch

A book that is a retelling of a classic story
Bedder, Frank – The Looking Glass War

An audiobook
Bradbury, Ray – The Halloween Tree

A collection of poetry
Tafolla, Carmen – This River Here: Poems of San Antonio

A book that someone else has recommended to you
Colwin, Laurie – More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen

A book that was originally published in another language
Baantjer, A. C. – DeKok and the Sorrowing Tomcat

A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind
Kirkman, Robert – The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure
Sandford, John -- Deadline

A book published before 1850
Edwards, Jonathan – Writings from the Great Awakening

A book published this year
French, Tana – The Secret Place (2014)
Silva, Daniel – The English Spy (2015)

A self-improvement book
Kondo, Marie – The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying-Up

My first Reading Challenge -- Thanks for expanding my horizons.

[Jen]

I'm finished! I updated message 304. I finished my 24th book for this challenge last night. :-)

Thank you, Book Riot, for putting forth this challenge! I read a number of books that I might otherwise have never read. And some of them I loved! :-)

[Anastasia]

Challenge completed! Just updated #345.

I'm already excited to start choosing books for next year's challenge!

[Kay]

I am too!!! I spent hours on Thursday making lists!!! I am also doubling the number of books I want to read in 2016 - I'm ready to go!

[Nikki]

I've been quietly playing along at home this year and enjoyed the excuse to reach for those books that I've pushed aside for whatever reason. Hoping to chime in more on the individual tasks for 2016.

I have just three more books to read by the end of the year and I'm banking on a Readathon to get me across the finish line. Fingers crossed!
ETA: I read the final 24% of my final task on January 2nd, but I'm still counting it as a win because I achieved the overall point of the challenge! :D


01. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25 - Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

02. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

03. A collection of short stories - The Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black

04. A book published by an indie press - And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life by Jane Christmas

05. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

06. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own - 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith

07. A book that takes place in Asia - The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

08. A book by an author from Africa - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

09. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture - The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

10. A microhistory - Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone

11. A YA novel - Paper Towns by John Green

12. A sci-fi novel - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

13. A romance novel - Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade - Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story - The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler

16. An audiobook - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

17. A collection of poetry - Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers

18. A book that someone else has recommended to you - How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran

19. A book that was originally published in another language - The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind - Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe

21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure - Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale

22. A book published before 1850 - Oedipus the King by Sophocles

23. A book published this year - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

24. A self-improvement book - Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer

[Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous]

updated post 265

19/24 - won't finish, but hoping to complete 2 more by the 31st

[Amber]

Hi! I know this topic is slightly abandoned, but I started working my way through the previous challenges a few months ago, and I decided I still want to share my plan here. If anyone else is also still doing the older challenges I'd love to hear from you!

24/24

[X] 1. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25 - Frankenstein

[X] 2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 - The Noise of Time

[X] 3. A collection of short stories - The Graybar Hotel: Stories

[X] 4. A book published by an indie press - Mem

[X] 5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ - The Picture of Dorian Gray

[X] 6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

[X] 7. A book that takes place in Asia - Convenience Store Woman

[X] 8. A book by an author from Africa - What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

[X] 9. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

[X] 10. A microhistory - Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

[X] 11. A YA novel - The Hate U Give

[X] 12. A sci-fi novel - All Our Wrong Todays

[X] 13. A romance novel - Persuasion

[X] 14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade - All the Light We Cannot See

[X] 15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story - Wonder Woman: Warbringer

[X] 16. An audiobook - Educated: A Memoir

[X] 17. A collection of poetry - Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson Centaur Classics

[X] 18. A book that someone else has recommended to you - The Immortalists

[X] 19. A book that was originally published in another language - A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

[X] 20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind - Lumberjanes To The Max Edition, Vol. 1

[X] 21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[X] 22. A book published before 1850 - Jane Eyre

[X] 23. A book published this year - The Girl on the Train

[X] 24. A self-improvement book - The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

[Sunshine]

Amber wrote: "Hi! I know this topic is slightly abandoned, but I started working my way through the previous challenges a few months ago, and I decided I still want to share my plan here. If anyone else is also ..."

I have the Titles differentiated in Word but the formatting doesn't transfer. Some of these I've read, some I just picked the book for that task but haven't read. I had started the 2016 challenge but didn't find out until October so I only got through a few and then I wanted to start 2017 on time so I am now trying to squeeze so old ones in :-)

Kim’s 2016 Read Harder Challenge Selections
1. Read a horror book. Revival by Stephen King
2. Read a nonfiction book about science. Cosmos by Carl Sagan (in process, Audiobook)
3. Read a collection of essays.
4. Read a book out loud to someone else. Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw
5. Read a middle grade novel. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
6. Read a biography (not memoir or autobiography)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born.
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkinds
10. Read a book over 500 pages long, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
11. Read a book under 100 pages.
12. Read a book by or about a person that identifies as transgender. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East.
14. Read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900.
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of color.
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years. Phoebe and her Unicorn by Dana Simpson
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling
19. Read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or nonfiction) Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell
21. Read a book about politics, in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction) Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos
22. Read a food memoir. The Temporary Bride: A Memoir of Love and Food in Iran by Jennifer Klinec
23. Read a play. Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello
24. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

[Denise]

1) A book published posthumously
2) A book of true crime
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) - Murder on the Orient Express
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) - The Fixer
6) A book about nature - American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
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 -Future Home of the Living God
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)

[Msbossy]

A children’s classic published before 1980, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl.

[Deb]

Here is my place for progress:

READ 1) A book published posthumously Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen

READ 2) A book of true crime The Man Who Loved Books Too Much, by Allison Hoover Bartlett

READ 3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury

READ 4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person Relish: My Life in the Kitchen, by Lucy Knisley

READ 5) A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) The Windfall, by Diksha Basu

6) A book about nature The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature, by J. Drew Lanham

READ 7) A western Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente

READ 8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color Daytripper, by Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Craig Thompson (Introduction), Dave Stewart (Colours), Sean Konot (Lettering)

9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature Beyond the Rice Fields, by Naivo, Allison M. Charette (Translation)

READ 10) A romance novel by or about a person of color Forbidden, by Beverly Jenkins

READ 11) A children’s classic published before 1980 The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin

READ 12) A celebrity memoir This Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare, by Gabourey Sidibe

13) An Oprah Book Club selection Tara Road, by Maeve Binchy

14) A book of social science David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, by Malcolm Gladwell

READ 15) A one-sitting book Cold Case, by Philip Gourevitch

16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy #1), by S.A. Chakraborty

READ 17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author Gibbon's Decline and Fall, by Sheri S. Tepper

READ 18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image Pashmina, by Nidhi Chanani

READ 19) A book of genre fiction in translation Familiar Things, by Hwang Sok-yong, Sora Kim-Russell (Goodreads Author) (Translation)

READ 20) A book with a cover you hate Walking, by Henry David Thoreau

READ 21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author The Woman in the Window, by A.J.Finn

READ 22) An essay anthology Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama, by Nicholas Haramis (Editor)

READ 23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials, by Ovidia Yu

READ 24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished) Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton

[Claire]

4/24

1) A book published posthumously
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen Pages:253 p. Date read: 22/1/2018 Rating: 4 stars

2) A book of true crime

3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
The Scarlet Pimpernel Emmuska Orczy Pages:204 p. Date read:19/1/2018 Rating: 4 stars Adventure

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
The Magician's Nephew C.S. Lewis
Pages: 318 p.Date read: 13/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

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
The Elephant Vanishes Haruki Murakami Pages:336 p. Date read:20/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

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)

[[deleted user]]

what year is this? I thought this thread was for 2018?

[Claire]

Linda Millar wrote: "what year is this? I thought this thread was for 2018?"

Thank you! I did post the wrong tasks

[Amy J.]

After being encouraged to complete the Read Harder challenge by the librarian at work for for the past several years, I've decided to give it a try. I have been in a huge reading rut for months!

Progress:1/24

1.A book published posthumously:The Castle by Franz Kafka

2.A book of true crime: The Cases That Haunt Us by John E. Douglas

3.A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): Dune by Frank Herbert

4.A comic written and illustrated by the same person: The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel

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: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery

7.A western

8.A comic written or illustrated by a person of color

9.A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

10.A romance novel by or about a person of color

11.A children’s classic published before 1980: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

12.A celebrity memoir: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

13.An Oprah Book Club selection: Sula by Toni Morrison

14.A book of social science: Men We Reaped byJesmyn Ward

15.A one-sitting book: The Forgiving Season: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Renata McMann Completed 2/2/18

16.The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

17.A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

18.A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1 by Ralph Tedesco

19.A book of genre fiction in translation: Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

20.A book with a cover you hate

21.A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author

22.An essay anthology: A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen edited by Susannah Carson

23.A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60

24.An assigned book you hated (or never finished): March by Geraldine Brooks

[Annie]

CHALLENGE PLAN

A book published posthumously: Barracoon (Zora Neale Hurston)

***A book of true crime: The Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean)

A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier) - mystery

***A comic written and drawn by the same person: Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)

A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa): Forest of a Thousand Lanterns- China

A book about nature: The World According to Monsanto (Marie-Monique Robin)

A western: Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)

***A comic written or drawn by a person of color: Monstress (Marjorie Liu)

***A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

A romance novel by or about a person of color: Strange Fruit (Lillian E. Smith) - not a genre romance, but enough romance, right?

A children’s classic published before 1980: Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

***A celebrity memoir: Wishful Drinking (Carrie Fisher)

An Oprah Book Club selection: Paradise (Toni Morrison)

A book of social science: Everybody Lies (Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)

A one-sitting book: The Murders of Molly Southbourne (Tade Thompson)

The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: Tempests and Slaughter (Tamora Pierce)

***A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: Autonomous (Annalee Newitz)

***+++ A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)

***A book of genre fiction in translation: Roadside Picnic (Arkady Strugatsky) -sci fi

***+++A book with a cover you hate: Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

***A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Population (Elizabeth Stephens)

An essay anthology: The White Album (Joan Didion)

A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: Sons and Lovers (DH Lawrence)- Gertrude Morel seems like she’s gotta be 60+ for most of the book, yes?

An assigned book you hated (or never finished): Atlas Shrugged

+++ = duplicate
*** = book I wasn’t already planning on reading this year

[Brittany]

24/24 finished 11/22/2018

1) A book published posthumously
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
2) A book of true crime
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
A Study in Scarlet
4) A comic written and illustrated by the same person
Adulthood Is a Myth
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
John Muir, Earth - Planet, Universe
7) A western
Shalako
8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
Black Panther #1
9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
10) A romance novel by or about a person of color
When Dimple Met Rishi
11) A children’s classic published before 1980
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
12) A celebrity memoir
Yes Please
13) An Oprah Book Club selection
The Underground Railroad
14) A book of social science
Modern Romance
15) A one-sitting book
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
Labyrinth Lost
17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
The Broken Kingdoms
18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
19) A book of genre fiction in translation
The Silent Dead
20) A book with a cover you hate
Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters
21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
The Last Place You Look
22) An essay anthology
#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women
23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
The Body in the Library
24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
A Wrinkle in Time

[Karen]

Read Harder 2018 Challenge
Task 01 To Task 24
5/24

1) A book published posthumously

2) A book of true crime

Read3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)

by
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

Read15) A one-sitting book
by

Read16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
by

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

Read20) A book with a cover you hate
by

21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author

Read22) An essay anthology
by

23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60

24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)

[Lauren]

Huh, apparently I never actually posted this here, I totally thought I had...

As of May 20, 2018: 7/24 (29.2%)

1. A book published posthumously -
The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming

2. A book of true crime -
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by George Alfred Townsend

3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance) -
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler [fantasy/horror]

4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person -
Unflattening by Nick Sousanis

5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa) -
Tiger’s Voyage by Colleen Houck [India]

6. A book about nature -
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

7. A western - (COMPLETE)
Drawing of the Three by Stephen King [19/2/18]

8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color -
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marie Liu and Sana Takeda

9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature -
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

10. A romance novel by or about a person of color -
Winds of Salem by Melissa de la Cruz [paranormal romance by a filipina author]

11. A children’s classic published before 1980 - (COMPLETE)
Last Battle by C.S. Lewis [first published in 1956] [27/4/18]

12. A celebrity memoir -
Tough Sh*t by Kevin Smith

13. An Oprah Book Club selection -
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson [Oprah’s Summer Reading club]

14. A book of social science -
eGirls, eCitizens by Jane Bailey

15. A one-sitting book - (COMPLETE)
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis [18/1/18]

16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series - (COMPLETE)
Loki’s Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr [6/1/18]

17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author -
Cress by Marissa Meyer

18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image - (COMPLETE)
Fables vol. 14 : Witches by Bill Willingham [published by Vertigo] [6/1/18]

19. A book of genre fiction in translation -
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke [fantasy - translated from German]

20. A book with a cover you hate -
Under the Mountain

21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author - (COMPLETE)
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas [25/4/18]

22. An essay anthology - (COMPLETE)
Out Behind the Desk: Workplace Issues for Lgbtq Librarians edited by Tracy Nectoux [28/1/18]

23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60 -
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie [Miss Marple]

24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished) -
Darkness That Comes Before by R.Scott Bakker

[Judith]

1) A book published posthumously
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson

2) A book of true crime
Killer's of the Flower Moon - David Grann

3) A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)
The Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

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)
The Kitchen Boy - Robert Alexander (Russia)

6) A book about nature
Planning to read either of the following:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Barbara Kingsolver - Planned
H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald - Planned

7) A western
Medicine Walk - Richard Wagamese

8) A comic written or illustrated by a person of color

9) A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
There There - Tommy Orange

10) A romance novel by or about a person of color

11) A children’s classic published before 1980
Plan on reading The Red Pony - John Steinbeck - Planned

12) A celebrity memoir
Not My Father's Son - Alan Cumming

13) An Oprah Book Club selection
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

14) A book of social science
Why We Can't Wait - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Reading

15) A one-sitting book
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - T.S. Eliot

16) The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
The Bad Beginning, A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 - Lemony Snicket

17) A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
Kindred - Octavia E. Butler

18) A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image

19) A book of genre fiction in translation
The Storyteller - Mario Vargas Llosa
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson

20) A book with a cover you hate
We Were Mulvaneys - Joyce Carol Oates

21) A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
The Man in My Basement - Walter Mosley

22) An essay anthology
The Great Taos Bank Robbery - Tony Hillerman

23) A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

24) An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
Did I ever hate an assigned book?