BOOK RIOT’S 2017 READ HARDER CHALLENGE

I'll be doing Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge again in 2017. Click on the link to see more.

1. Read a book about sports: Chasing Stanley--Deirdre Martin
2. Read a debut novel: The Sky is Everywhere--Jandy Nelson
3. Read a book about books: Reading Lolita in Tehran--Azar Nafisi
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author: The Way to Paradise--Mario Vargas Llosa
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative: Interpreter of Maladies--Jhumpa Lahiri
6. Read an all-ages comic: Are You My Mother?--Alison Bechdel
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950: Quicksand--Nella Larsen
8. Read a travel memoir:   Where the Bluebird Sings to theLemonade Springs--Wallace Stegner
9. Read a book you’ve read before: Little House in the Big Woods--Laura Ingalls Wilder
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location: 12th of Never-- James Patterson
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location: The Abominable Man--Maj Sjowall
12. Read a fantasy novel: Beast--Donna Jo Napoli
13. Read a nonfiction book about technology: Love is a Mix Tape--Rob Sheffield
14. Read a book about war:  Slaughterhouse Five--Kurt Vonnegut
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+: Ash--Malinda Lo
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country:  Black Beauty--Anna Sewell
17. Read a classic by an author of color:  The Blacker the Berry--Wallace Thurman
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead: El Deafo--Cece Bell
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey (From Daniel José Older, author of Salsa Nocturna, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, and YA novel Shadowshaper): Chanda's Secrets--Allan Stratton
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel (From Sarah MacLean, author of ten bestselling historical romance novels): When She Woke--Hillary Jordan
21. Read a book published by a micropress. (From Roxane Gay, bestselling author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, Marvel’s World of Wakanda, and the forthcoming Hunger and Difficult Women):  Beautiful, Brilliant, Borderline--Angelo H. Hudson, Jr.
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng, author Everything I Never Told You and the forthcoming Little Fires Everywhere): Bitch--Elizabeth Wurtzel
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (From Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series, including The Unquiet Dead, The Language of Secrets, and the forthcoming Among the Ruins):  The Epic of Gilgamesh
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. (From Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of sci-fi novel Ascension):  The Hate U Give--Angie Thomas

Challenge completed on October 16