BOOK RIOT’S 2018 READ HARDER CHALLENGE

This is the fourth annual reading challenge presented by Book Riot.

1. A book published posthumously: Pirate Latitudes--Michael Crichton
2. A book of true crime: Bitter Harvest--Ann Rule
3. A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance): Lord of the Flies--William Golding
4. A comic written and illustrated by the same person: Roller Girl--Victoria Jamieson
5. A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa):  Born a Crime--Trevor Noah
6. A book about nature: The Gathering of Zion--Wallace Stegner
7. A western: Green Calder Grass--Janet Dailey
8. A comic written or illustrated by a person of color: Breaking Up--Aimee Friedman
9. A book of colonial or postcolonial literature: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao--Junot Diaz
10. A romance novel by or about a person of color: Hot Pink in the City--Medeia Sharif
11. A children’s classic published before 1980: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH--Robert C. O'Brien
12. A celebrity memoir: Rod: The Autobiography--Rod Stewart
13. An Oprah Book Club selection: Jazz--Toni Morrison
14. A book of social science: Funny in Farsi--Firoozeh Dumas
15. A one-sitting book: The Acorn People--Ron Jones
16. The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series: A Court of Thorns and Roses--Sarah J. Maas
17. A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author: The Castle in the Mist--Amy Ephron
18. A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image: Sunny Side Up--Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
19. A book of genre fiction in translation: Metamorphoses--Ovid
20. A book with a cover you hate: The House is Full of Yogis--Will Hodgkinson
21. A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author: Cat of the Century--Rita Mae Brown
22. An essay anthology: Blossoms of My Life--I.M. Dauntless
23. A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60: The Murder at the Vicarage--Agatha Christie
24. An assigned book you hated (or never finished): All Quiet on the Western Front--Erich Maria Remarque

Challenge completed on November 3