Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge for 2018 is over. You can still do a retro challenge, if you like, though!
I finished this list a while ago, but forgot to share it.
- Published Posthumously: The Woman at the Washington Zoo; Marjorie Williams.
2. True Crime: The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber; Julian Rubinstein.
3. Classic Genre Fiction: False Colors, Georgette Heyer.
4. Comic Written & Drawn by the Same Person: Adulthood is A Myth; Sarah Anderson.
5. Set or About BRICS: The Tsar of Love & Techno; Anthony Marra.
6. Nature: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek; Annie Dillard.
7. Western: Perma Red; Debra Earling.
8. Comic Written or Illustrated by POC: Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths; Shigeru Mizuki.
9. Post/Colonial Literature: Half of a Yellow Sun; Chimamanda Adichie.
10. Romance by or about POC: The Bollywood Affair; Sonali Dev.
11. Children’s Classic from before 1980: The Westing Game; Ellen Raskin.
12. Celebrity Memoir: The Princess Diarist; Carrie Fisher.
13. Oprah Book Club: The Invention of Wings; Sue Kidd.
14. Social Science: Nomadland; Jessica Bruder.
15. Read in One Sitting: The Uncommon Reader; Alan Bennett.
16. First Book in a YA/Middle Grade Series New to You: The Lightning Thief; Rick Riordan.
17. Sci Fi with Female Protagonist & Author: Radiance; Catherynne Valente.
18. Comic not from Marvel/DC/Image: Misfit City vol 1; Kirsten Smith.
19. Genre Fiction in Translation: Three Body Problem; Cixin Liu.
20. Cover You Hate: Mexican Flyboy; Alfredo Vea.
21. Mystery by POC/LGBT: Golden Boy; Michael Nava
22. Essay Anthology: The Best American Essays of the Century; Joyce Oates.
23. Female Protagonist Over 60: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax; Dorothy Gilman.
24. Assigned Book Hated/Never Finished: The Scarlet Letter; Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Read harder, everyone. Did you complete any challenges in 2018? Plan for any in next year? Here’s to 2019!
thanks for sharing this list, caitlin, and happy new year to you –
Happy New Year!