1. A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25 - difficult as as a rule I just pick whatever I fancy next on my Kindle without looking at the age of the writer involved. Didn't manage to do this to the best of my knowledge
2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 - Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! (yes, I'm including this one for this category as it was published when Richard Feynman was over 65 and technically it is all his own words, just collated by someone else!)
3. A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people) - I have a couple of collections on my 'to read' list but didn't get around to actually reading onw
4. A book published by an indie press - Again, something I don't pay attention to, to my shame :(
5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own - Changes by Jim Butcher
7. A book that takes place in Asia - Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
8. A book by an author from Africa - Nope
9. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.) - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
10. A microhistory - Yes, kinda, I mean I read Confessions of a Sociopath and Life Moves Pretty Fast which both should count, I think!
11. A YA novel - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
12. A sci-fi novel - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
13. A romance novel - A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade - The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Specsavers National Book Award Winner Books Are My Bag New Writer of the Year 2014)
15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.) - Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (Snow White re-telling)
16. An audiobook - How To Be A Woman by Caitlan Moran
17. A collection of poetry - I dabbled in a few but didn't read one all the way through
18. A book that someone else has recommended to you - To Kill A Mockingbird - by Harper Lee
19. A book that was originally published in another language - ah yes, The Complete Persepolis i think counts but I included it for point 20 ...
20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?) - Persopolis by Marjane Satrapi
21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over) - Quite a few but then realised that nothing should be a 'guilty pleasure' it if is enjoyed!
22. A book published before 1850 - Nope!
23. A book published this year - Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey
24. A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”) - Not really.
and see the original post on Book Riot introducing the challenge here: The Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge
2. A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65 - Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! (yes, I'm including this one for this category as it was published when Richard Feynman was over 65 and technically it is all his own words, just collated by someone else!)
3. A collection of short stories (either by one person or an anthology by many people) - I have a couple of collections on my 'to read' list but didn't get around to actually reading onw
4. A book published by an indie press - Again, something I don't pay attention to, to my shame :(
5. A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
6. A book by a person whose gender is different from your own - Changes by Jim Butcher
7. A book that takes place in Asia - Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
8. A book by an author from Africa - Nope
9. A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture (Native Americans, Aboriginals, etc.) - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
10. A microhistory - Yes, kinda, I mean I read Confessions of a Sociopath and Life Moves Pretty Fast which both should count, I think!
11. A YA novel - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
12. A sci-fi novel - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
13. A romance novel - A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
14. A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade - The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Specsavers National Book Award Winner Books Are My Bag New Writer of the Year 2014)
15. A book that is a retelling of a classic story (fairytale, Shakespearian play, classic novel, etc.) - Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (Snow White re-telling)
16. An audiobook - How To Be A Woman by Caitlan Moran
17. A collection of poetry - I dabbled in a few but didn't read one all the way through
18. A book that someone else has recommended to you - To Kill A Mockingbird - by Harper Lee
19. A book that was originally published in another language - ah yes, The Complete Persepolis i think counts but I included it for point 20 ...
20. A graphic novel, a graphic memoir or a collection of comics of any kind (Hi, have you met Panels?) - Persopolis by Marjane Satrapi
21. A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure (Read, and then realize that good entertainment is nothing to feel guilty over) - Quite a few but then realised that nothing should be a 'guilty pleasure' it if is enjoyed!
22. A book published before 1850 - Nope!
23. A book published this year - Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey
24. A self-improvement book (can be traditionally or non-traditionally considered “self-improvement”) - Not really.
and see the original post on Book Riot introducing the challenge here: The Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Challenge
Will update this list as I go and also have a shelf set up over on Goodreads.
I like this idea...can't wait to see how you progress (and mine the best ones for my own reading!)
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