Read Harder Challenge - 2016

It's that most wonderful time of the year again!  A new year finds me once again undertaking the Reader Harder Challenge from Book Riot.  This year, rather that create a post with suggestions, they paired up with the New York Public Library to create a list of books that fit into each category. Check it out if you're interested in playing along.

Last year did not see me complete the full challenge.  I will say, in my defense, that I did end up reading more books than I posted here (because I ran out of time!), but that defense does not go so far as to say that I met the entire challenge.  That is my goal for this year.  Keep reading to see the list of books I intend to read, and follow along for updates throughout the year as I conquer each category!

As always, I love suggestions, so drop a line if you know a book I should read in one of these categories.

Read Harder 2016

Horror book

Slade House by Dave Mitchell

Nonfiction book about science

The Emperor of all Maladies

Collection of essays

Men Explain Things to Me

Any book out loud to someone else

(I'm a teacher - I do this at least once a week!)

Middle grade novel

Thirteen Reasons Why

X

Biography (not memoir or autobiography)

Symphony for the City of the Dead

Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Novel

The Country of Ice Cream Star

Originally published in the decade I was born (80s)

Beloved

Audiobook that has won an Audie award

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales

Over 500 pages long

The Name of the Wind

Less than 100 pages

The Little Prince

By or about a person who identifies as transgender

Redefining Realness

Set in the middle east

Orhan's Inheritance

Author from Southeast Asia

The Sympathizer (I will try again at least...I abandoned it last year)

Historical fiction set before 1900

The Fair Fight

First in a series by a person of color

Dawn

Sorcerer to the Crown

Non-superhero comic debuted in the last 3 years

Lumberjanes

Adapted into a movie - watch the movie and debate which is better

Room

Nonfiction about feminism or with feminst themes

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

About religion (fiction or nonfiction)

Going Clear (I almost finished it last year, but had to return the book and rejoin the wait list)

About politics in your country or another (fiction or nonfiction)

The Prize

Food memoir

Kitchen Confidential

Play

Angels in America

Main character with a mental illness

Challenger Deep

The Dinner