Read Harder Challenge 2021
Author: Alenya Al'Roran
Published: January 8 2021 Tar Valon Times Blog
The time has come once again for Book Riot to release their Read Harder Challenge. 2021 will be the seventh year of the Read Harder Challenge and, we here at TarValon.Net have been participating I the challenge for the last few years. The point of the challenge is for readers to challenge themselves to discover books they never would have picked up otherwise. It’s a way to try new genres and discover new authors. Personally, I’ve had trouble finishing the list in the last two years. (Who reads horror on purpose?!)
There are 24 tasks you can spread out however you’d like over the next 12 months. If you’d like to, you can count one book for more than one task. The idea isn’t to beat anyone else, but to do what’s best for you. So, what do they have in store for us this year?
- Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read
- Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism
- Read a non-European novel in translation
- Read an LGBTQ+ history book
- Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author
- Read a fanfic
- Read a fat-positive romance
- Read a romance by a trans or non-binary author
- Read a middle grade mystery
- Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color
- Read a food memoir by an author of color
- Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
- Read a book with a cover you don’t like
- Read a realistic YA book not set in the U.S., UK, or Canada
- Read a memoir by a Latinx author
- Read an own voices book about disability
- Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain
- Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader
- Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist
- Read a book of nature poems
- Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability
- Read a book set in the Midwest
- Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness
- Read a book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die
We have a thread you can use to chat with other members about your book choices, progress, or lack thereof, here. We’ve also been sharing the links every time Book Riot releases a list of recommendations for each suggestion on the list. If you finish the challenge, you can submit your completed list to Book Riot for a 30% off code at Out of Print. We look forward to reading with you this year!
Editor Note: We will be updating this blog post as the BookRiot Recommendations become available.
