Read Harder Challenge 2017

This year I did not complete the 2017 Read Harder Challenge within the calendar year. I have marked the books that I read in 2018 as such. I completed the challenge in August 2018.

These challenges continue to push me, and I’ll be trying again with 2018’s challenges.

Read Harder Challenge 2017

1. Read a book about sports.
   1. Making Up by Lucy Parker (2018)
2. Read a debut novel.
   1. Trainwreck by Sady Doyle
   2. The Devourers by Indra Das
   3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   4. If Our Bodies Could Talk by James Hamblin
   5. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
3. Read a book about books.
   1. Saga Volumes 1-8 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Fiona Staples (artist) (2018)
4. Read a book set in Central or South America, written by a Central or South American author
   1. August by Romina Paula
5. Read a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration theme
   1. The Devourers by Indra Das
6. Read an all-ages comic
   1. Lobster is the Best Medicine by Liz Climo
   2. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki
   3. March: Books One, Two, Three by John Lewis
7. Read a book published between 1900 and 1950.
   1. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Wolf
   2. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (John Slattery, narrator)
8. Read a travel memoir.
   1. An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley (2018)
9. Read a book you’ve read before.
   1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
   7. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
   8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale
10. Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location.
    1. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
11. Read a book that is set more than 5000 miles from your location.
    1. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
    2. In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa
12. Read a fantasy novel.
    1. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
    2. The Devourers by Indra Das
13. Read a nonfiction book about technology.
    1. Grunt by Mary Roach
    2. If Our Bodies Could Talk by James Hamblin
14. Read a book about war.
    1. Grunt by Mary Roach
    2. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, John Slattery (narrator)
15. Read a YA or middle grade novel by an author who identifies as LGBTQ+.
    1. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki
16. Read a book that has been banned or frequently challenged in your country.
    1. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki
17. Read a classic by an author of color.
    1. Kindred by Octavia Butler (2018)
18. Read a superhero comic with a female lead.
    1. Mockingbird: Volumes 1 I Can Explain & 2 My Feminist Agenda
19. Read a book in which a character of color goes on a spiritual journey (From Daniel José Older, author of Salsa Nocturna, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, and YA novel Shadowshaper)
    1. The Devourers by Indra Das
    2. March: Books One through Three by John Lewis
20. Read an LGBTQ+ romance novel (From Sarah MacLean, author of ten bestselling historical romance novels)
    1. The Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian
21. Read a book published by a micropress. (From Roxane Gay)
    1. No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Key (Write Bloody Publishing) (2018, owned)
22. Read a collection of stories by a woman. (From Celeste Ng)
    1. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
    2. The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
    3. Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen
    4. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
23. Read a collection of poetry in translation on a theme other than love. (From Ausma Zehanat Khan, author of the Esa Khattak/Rachel Getty mystery series)
    1. Odes to Opposites by Pablo Neruda
24. Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color. (From Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of sci-fi novel Ascension)
    1. In Praise of Hatred by Khaled Khalifa