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:
- 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:
- 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)