https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2026/

• Read a microhistory:
• Read a book featured on a “best book covers” list:
• Read a YA book by a Latine author:
• Read a novel with a main character who uses they/them pronouns:
• Read a nonfiction book about resistance:
• Read a gothic novel published in the last ten years:
• Read a sports book by a woman, trans, or nonbinary writer:
• Read a classic from the Zero to Well-Read Podcast:
• Read a romantasy book with a queer and/or BIPOC main character:
• Read a book recently adapted for film, TV, or musical:
• Read a book by a d/Deaf author:
• Read/try a recipe from a cookbook about a culture whose food you’ve never eaten:
• Read a nonfiction comic:
• Read a work of magical realism or fabulism:
• Read a book by a librarian
• Read a queer picture book
• Read a book about a cult or cults
• Read a nonfiction book about AI or social media
• Read a book by an intersex author
• Read a book set in space
• Read a genre (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) book in translation
• Read a nonviolent true crime book
• Read a book by an African author
• Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!