2022 Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge

I looked it up and I have been doing this challenge since 2015. Book Riot says that it’s their eighth year, so that would mean I have been doing it since their first one! Look forward to another year of interesting and unusual reads, though… must I read political thrillers and horrors? X (

1. Read a biography of an author you admire: In the Weeds
2. Read a book set in a bookstore: Prose and Cons
3. Read any book from the Women’s Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list: The Island of Missing Trees 
4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that’s about joy and not trauma: The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
6. Read a nonfiction YA comic: Sisters
7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40: The Sari Shop Widow
8. Read a classic written by a POC.
9. Read the book that’s been on your TBR the longest.
10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, or LGBTQIA+).
11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character: Gods Behaving Badly
12. Read an entire poetry collection: The Lost Words
13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you’ve seen (but haven’t read the book): Rascal
15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes: Odin’s Child
17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary: The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
18. Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice.
19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author.
20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born: The Egypt Game
21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
22. Read a history about a period you know little about: Midnight in Peking
23. Read a book by a disabled author: The Reason I Jump
24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat!