https://bookriot.com/2019/12/03/2020-read-harder-challenge/

• Read a YA nonfiction book:
  • girl code: gaming, going viral, and getting it done - andrea gonzales & sophie houser
  • #notyourprincess: voices of native american women - lisa charleyboy
• Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairy tale, or myth by an author of color:
  • dark and deepest red - anna marie mclemore (pub. jan 14th 2020)
  • beloved - toni morrison
• Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman:
  • drive your plow over the bones of the dead - olga tokarczuk
  • the guest list - lucy foley
• Read a graphic memoir:
  • good talk - mira jacobs
  • the complete persepolis - marjane satrapi
• Read a book about a natural disaster:
  • dry - neal & jarrod shusterman
• Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author:
  • how i learned to drive - paula vogel
• Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII:
  • lovely war - julie berry
  • the underground railroad - colson whitehead
• Read an audiobook of poetry:
  • dog songs - mary oliver
• Read the LAST book in a series:
  • the hand on the wall (truly devious #3) - maureen johnson (pub. january 21st 2020)
• Read a book that takes place in a rural setting:
  • dress codes for small towns - courtney stevens
• Read a debut novel by a queer author:
  • the black flamingo - dean atta
  • something to talk about - meryl wilsner (pub. may 26th 2020)
• Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own:
  • unashamed - leah vernon
  • beyond belief - jenna miscavige hill
• Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before:
  • notes from a young black chef - kwame onwuachi
  • salt, fat, acid, heat - samin nosrat
• Read a romance starring a single parent:
  • it takes two to tumble - cat sebastian
  • sustained - emma chase
• Read a book about climate change:
  • parable of the sower - octavia butler
  • greenwood - michael christie (pub. february 25th 2020)
• Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman:
  • fingersmith - sarah waters
  • the priory of the orange tree - samantha shannon
• Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages):
  • all systems red (murderbot diaries #1) - martha wells
  • emergency skin - n.k. jemisin
• Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community:
  • monstress - marjorie m. liu
• Read a book by or about a refugee:
  • the boat - nam le
• Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the US or the UK:
  • amal unbound - aisha saeed
• Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non):
  • monstress - marjorie m. liu
  • get a life, chloe brown - talia hibbert
• Read a horror book published by an indie press:
  • seed - ania ahlborn
  • kill creek - scott thomas
• Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical):
• Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author:
  • the marrow thieves - cherie dimaline
  • there there - tommy orange
  • #notyourprincess: voices of native american women - lisa charleyboy

bonus task for myself: read at least 5 books by trans authors, and at least 5 books featuring trans or non-binary main characters

• birthday - meredith russo
• i'm afraid of men - vivek shraya
• cemetery boys - aiden thomas (pub. june 9th 2020)
• something that may shock and discredit you - daniel mallory ortberg (pub. january 28th 2020)