Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2015: Update
A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people)
Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
A book published by an indie press
Jane Austen: Cover to Cover by Margaret C. Sullivan (published by Quirk Books)
A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
A Few Words of Jane Austen by Stuart Tave
A book that takes place in Asia
A book by an author from Africa
A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.)
A microhistory
A YA novel
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
A sci-fi novel
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
A romance novel
A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.)
An audiobook
A collection of poetry
A book that someone else has recommended to you
Salsa Nocturna by Daniel Jose Older
A book that was originally published in another language
A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind
A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over)
A book published before 1850
A book published this year
Spinster by Kate Bolick
A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”)
Tiny, Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
(Original challenge post on Book Riot: Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge)
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