Okay. Here we go. I hopped on Goodreads and I set my goal for 52 books. That means that I need to read a book a week (or more if I have an of week.) This time around though I would like this challenge to be purposeful. Not just that time I went to the library and picked a bunch of easy reads and read 5 books in a week.
There are a lot of book challenges out there. A lot of really good and fun ones. I’ve landed on the one below. (Thanks for all the suggestions!) This book list is just enough outside the box that I feel like I will be pushing myself but it also has some fun options. In addition to this list I am going to work on reading more women and more authors of color. Bonus points for reading more women of color.
The list of 39 books I have to read below are books already on my shelf or with easy access to. I would really love to read all of these books plus any books needed to satisfy the reading challenge. Many of the books below and books sitting on my shelves unread but not listed below will also fulfill the challenge.
We will see how it goes. I still need to leave flexibility to read the newest fun book that pops up.
52 books with a focus on reading books I already have and hitting this Read Harder Challenge. Once again I want a year of no book buying, or minimum book buying. Library here I come!
What do you think? Any book suggestions for the Read Harder Challenge? What are your reading goals?
Book Riot’s 2019 Read Harder Challenge
A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018
A humor book
An alterrnate history novel
An epistolary novel or collection of letter
A book by a journalist or about journalism
A book by an AOC set in or about space
An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America
An #ownvoices book set in Oceadnia
A book published prior to January 1, 2019, with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads
A translated book written by and/or translated by a woman
A book of manga
A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
A cozy mystery
A book of mythology or folklore
An historical romance by an AOC
A business book
A novel by a trans or nonbinary author
A book of nonviolent true crime
A book written in prison
A comic by an LGBTQIA creator
A children’s or middle grade book (not YA) that has won a diversity award since 2009
A self-published book
A collection of poetry published since 2014
Parenting books
The Whole Brain Child
No-Drama Discipline
The Gift of Failure
Simplicity Parenting
Peaceful Parents, Happy Siblings
How to talk so your children will listen and listen so your children will talk
Audible Clean Up
The Audacity of Hope
The Speed of Trust
Steve Jobs Biography
Slaughterhouse- Five
A Life in Paris
Ahead of the Curve
Daring Greatly
A Year of Biblical Womanhood
High Performance Habits
A Selfish Plan to Save the World
Your Brain at Work
The Vanity Fair Diaries
The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama
The Underground Railroad
The Untethered Soul
The Haunting of Hill House
War on Peace
The Four Tendencies
Cry the Beloved Country
Call the Midwife
The Good Earth
T is for Transformation
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work
Becoming
Beloved
Rereads
The Universe Has Your Back
The 5 Second Rule
Failing Forward
The Go-Giver
Off the Shelf
Judgment Detox
The Alchemist
Passage to India
Cutting through Stone
High Loyalty by Jim Comey