Read Harder Challenge 2015

There are 24 tasks in the Read Harder Challenge (or roughly two per month). You can tackle them in any order, make any changes, do them all in a month or spread them out over the year. Make the challenge yours!

1. A romance novel

First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love and Jane Austen by Charlie Lovett Complete

2. A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)

Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook by Weight Watchers Complete

3. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind

March 2 by John Lewis Complete

February

4. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ

Girl Meets Boy by Ali Smith Complete

5. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25

The Path to the Nest of Spiders by Italo Calvino Complete

6. A collection of poetry

Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou Complete

7. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade

Redeployment by Phil Klay Complete

April

8. A sci-fi novel

The Martian by Andy Weir Complete

9. A book by an author from Africa

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Complete

10. A microhistory

Flash Boys by Michael Lewis Complete

11. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison Complete

12. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure 

The Stranger by Harlan Coben Complete

13. A book that takes place in Asia 

Crossfire by Miyuki Miyabe Complete

June

A book published before 1850

Love's Labours Lost by Shakespeare Complete

A book that was originally published in another language

Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz Complete

July

A YA novel

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Complete

An audiobook

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Complete

August

A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Complete

A book by a person whose gender is different from your own

Delicious Foods by James Hannaham Complete

A book published by an indie press

Elegies in Blue by Benjamin Alire Saenz Complete

September

A book that someone else has recommended to you

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Complete

October

A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)

Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson Complete

A book published this year

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray Complete

November

24 Task Choices

A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)


and see the original post on Book Riot introducing the challenge here:http://bookriot.com/2014/12/15/book-r...