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:
- 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):
- 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:
- 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