Here's my working list for Book Riot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge.
Key to the colors on my list:
Black-books I intend to read but haven't started yet.
Lavender - books I'm currently reading
Green - completed books
Read a book about
sports. - Moneyball, maybe?
Read a debut novel. -
Other Voices, Other Rooms - Capote
Read a book about
books. -
The Uncommon Reader- Alan Bennett
Read a book set in
Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author ?
Read a book by an
immigrant or with a central immigration narrative. ?
Read an all-ages
comic. ?
Read a book published
between 1900 and 1950. Planning to finally finish Is Sex Necessary by Thurber and White
Read a travel memoir Sahara Unveiled
Read a book you’ve
read before. ?
Read a book that is
set within 100 miles of your location.
Read a book that is
set more than 5000 miles from your location- The Hunting Party- A. Chekhov
Read a fantasy novel
– LeGuin?
Read a nonfiction
book about technology. Edwardian Farm, by Alex Langlands, Ruth Goodman, and Peter Guinn
Read a book about
war.- The Naked and the Dead – Norman Mailer
Read a YA or middle
grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+???
Read a book that has
been banned or frequently challenged in your country. So many to choose from!
Read a classic by an
author of color. Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Read a superhero
comic with a female lead. ?
Read a book in which
a character of color goes on a spiritual journey - Castaneda?
Read an LGBTQ+
romance novel I don’t read romance
novels. Would Anais Nin count?
Read a book published
by a micropress.
Read a collection of
stories by a woman. – The Yellow Wallpaper – Charlotte Perkins Gillman
Read a collection of
poetry in translation on a theme other than love.
Read a book wherein
all point-of-view characters are people of color. The Color Purple