2017 Read Harder Challenge

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