BOOK RIOT’S 2020 READ HARDER CHALLENGE

Once again doing Book Riot's annual challenge. The categories this year look a lot harder than those in previous years, but that's  all part of the challenge 🙂

1. Read a YA nonfiction book: Soul Surfer--Bethany Hamilton
2. Read a retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, or myth by an author of color: Dorothy Must Die--Danielle Paige 
3. Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency--Alexander McCall Smith
4. Read a graphic memoir: Honor Girl--Maggie Thrash
5. Read a book about a natural disaster: Dead Wake--Erik Larson
6. Read a play by an author of color and/or queer author: Fences--August Wilson
7. Read a historical fiction novel not set in WWII: Elijah of Buxton--Christopher Paul Curtis
8. Read an audiobook of poetry: The Poets' Corner--John Lithgow
9. Read the LAST book in a series: Taking It All--Maya Banks
10. Read a book that takes place in a rural setting: Kindred--Octavia E. Butler
11. Read a debut novel by a queer author: I'm a Gay Wizard--V.S. Santoni
12. Read a memoir by someone from a religious tradition (or lack of religious tradition) that is not your own: A Queer and Pleasant Danger--Kate Bornstein
13. Read a food book about a cuisine you’ve never tried before: Around the World in 80 Dinners--Cheryl Alters Jamison
14. Read a romance starring a single parent: The Garden of Small Beginnings--Abbi Waxman
15. Read a book about climate change: The Story of More--Hope Jahren
16. Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman: Clan of the Cave Bear--Jean M. Auel
17. Read a sci-fi/fantasy novella (under 120 pages): Beep and Bob: Too Much Space--Jonathan Roth
18. Read a picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community: The Day You Begin--Jacqueline Woodson
19. Read a book by or about a refugee: Rani Patel in Full Effect--Sonia Patel
20. Read a middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the U.S. or the UK: The Twenty-One Balloons--William Pene du Bois
21. Read a book with a main character or protagonist with a disability (fiction or non): Just Don't Fall--Josh Sundquist
22. Read a horror book published by an indie press: We Sold Our Souls--Grady Hendrix
23. Read an edition of a literary magazine (digital or physical): Foundry, October 2019 Edition
24. Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author: There, There--Tommy Orange

Challenge completed on November 5