New year, new reading challenge! I was going to do the Popsugar Reading Challenge 2016 but, to be honest, I doubt I’ll complete it, so when someone on twitter mentioned the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge, I thought I’d give that a whirl instead. This one is sure to push me out of my comfort zone, and get me to read some of the books I already own – I got Sapiens in the book bundle that Books Are My Bag sent me in July, and haven’t read it yet, so hopefully this will be the nudge I need. As I did last year, I’ll be updating my list here as I go along.
If you’re doing either of these challenges, or any different ones, I’d love to follow along and compare notes with you, and if you’ve got any suggestions of books I could read for any of these then please do let me know.
- read a horror book
- read a nonfiction book about science
- read a collection of essays
- read a book out loud to someone else
- read a middle grade novel
- read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography)
- read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel
- read a book originally published in the decade you were born
- listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie award
- read a book over 500 pages long
- read a book under 100 pages
- read a book by or about someone who identified as transgender
- read a book that is set in the Middle East
- read a book that is by an author from Southeast Asia
- read a book of historical fiction that is set before 1900
- read the first book in a series by a person of colour
- read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last three years
- read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the movie. Debate which is better
- read a nonfiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist issues
- read a book about politics, in your country or another
- read a food memoir
- read a play
- read a book with a main character that has a mental illness
