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

  • Read a YA nonfiction book:
    • borden murders: lizzie borden and the trial of the century - sarah miller
  • Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairy tale, or myth by an author of color:
    • circe - Madeline Miller
  • Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman:
    • drive your plough over the bodies of the dead - olga tokarczuk
  • Read a graphic memoir:
    • our story: a memoir of love and life in china - rao pingru
    • the complete persepolis - marjane satrapi
  • Read a book about a natural disaster:
  • Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author:
    • the thanksgiving play - larissa fasthorse
  • Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII:
    • sorcerer to the crown - zen cho
    • the library of legends - janie chang (pub. may 12, 2020)
  • Read an audiobook of poetry:
    • shout - laurie halse anderson
    • other words for home - jasmine warga
  • Read the LAST book in a series:
    • the burning god (the poppy war #3) - r.f. kuang (pub. november 19, 2020)
  • Read a book that takes place in a rural setting:
    • the things she's seen - ambelin & ezekial kwaymullina
  • Read a debut novel by a queer author:
    • we used to be friends - amy spalding
  • Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own:
  • Read a book about a cuisine you've never tried before:
    • seoul food korean cookbook: korean cooking from kimchi and bibimbap to fried chicken and bingsoo - naomi imaome-yun
  • Read a romance starring a single parent:
    • untouchable - talia hibbert
  • Read a book about climate change:
    • wilder girls - rory power
  • Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman:
    • serpent & dove - shelby mahurin
  • Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages):
    • binti - nnedi okorafor
  • 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 - name le
  • Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the US or the UK:
  • Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non):
    • a curse so dark and lonely - brigid kemmerer
  • Read a horror book published by an indie press:
  • 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 last report on the miracles at little no horse - louise erdrich

bonus: read at least 5 books either written by an asexual author or featuring ace characters

    • let's talk about love - claire kann
    • the cybernetic tea shop - meredith katz
    • sawkill girls - claire legrand
    • asexualities: feminist and queer perspectives - megan milks
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