Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2018 (finished 12/4/18)
- A book published posthumously
- The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett
- A book of true crime
- You All Grow Up and Leave Me by Piper Weiss
- A class of genre fiction
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- A comic written and illustrated by the same person
- Graveyard Shakes by Laura Terry
- A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (South Africa)
- A book about nature
- Bird Love by Leila Jeffreys
- A western
- Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely
- A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
- Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 3 by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- A romance novel by or about a person of color
- When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
- A children's classic published before 1980
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- A celebrity memoir
- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
- An Oprah Book Club selection
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- A book of social science
- Fuck Feelings by Michael Bennett & Sarah Bennett
- A one-sitting book
- The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- A comic that isn't published by Marvel, DC, or Image
- Giant Days Volume 3 by John Allison & Max Sarin
- A book of genre fiction in translation
- Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
- A book with a cover you hate
- Fuck Feelings by Michael Bennett & Sarah Bennett
- A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author
- Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
- An essay anthology
- Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay
- A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
- An assigned book you hated (or never finished)
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
PopSugar Reading Challenge 2018 (finished 12/14/18)
- A book made into a movie you've already seen
- Psycho by Robert Bloch
- True crime
- You All Grow Up and Leave Me by Piper Weiss
- The next book in a series you started
- Hunted by Kevin Hearne
- A book involving a heist
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- Nordic noir
- Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
- A novel based on a real person
- Come August, Come Freedom by Gigi Amateau
- A book set in a country that fascinates you
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousefzai
- A book with a time of day in the title
- The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
- A book about a villain or antihero
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- A book about death or grief
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- A book with your favorite color in the title
- Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
- A book with alliteration in the title
- Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger
- A book about time travel
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- A book with a weather element in the title
- Moon and Sun, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
- A book set at sea
- Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller
- A book with an animal in the title
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- A book set on a different planet
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- A book with song lyrics in the title
- When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid
- A book about or set on Halloween
- Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine
- A book with characters who are twins
- I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
- A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
- Moonshine by Rob Thurman
- A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
- History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
- A book that is also a stage play or musical
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
- A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- A book about feminism
- Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay
- A book about mental health
- History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
- A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- A book by two authors
- Gemina by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
- A book about or involving a sport
- The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr
- A book by a local author
- Bridget Rules the Day by Catherine Fitzpatrick & Stephanie Schafer
- A book mentioned in another book
- Story of O by Pauline Reage (in Riverdale Volume 1)
- A book from a celebrity book club
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- A childhood classic you've never read
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- A book that's published in 2018
- The Wicked Deep by Shea Ershaw
- A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
- A book set in the decade you were born
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- A book with an ugly cover
- Fuck Feelings by Michael Bennett & Sarah Bennett
- A book that involves a bookstore or library
- Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoreby Robin Sloan
- Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Story within a story)
Reading Women Challenge 2018 (finished 12/22/18)
- A book by a woman in translation
- Blind Goddess by Anne Holt
- A fantasy novel written by a woman of color
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- A book set in the American South
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- A short story collection
- The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
- A graphic novel or memoir
- Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges
- A book published by an independent press
- Faith and the Future Force by Jody Houser, Stephen Segovia, Barry Kitson, Diego Bernard, & Cary Nod
- A book set in Russia or by a Russian author
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- A book with an immigrant or a refugee viewpoint character
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
- A book by an Australian or a Canadian author
- The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
- An essay collection
- Not That Bad edited by Roxane Gay
- A book about someone with a chronic illness
- Extraordinary Means by Robin Schneider
- A true crime book
- You All Grow Up and Leave Me by Piper Weiss
- A book by an African American woman about Civil Rights
- Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell
- A classic novel written by a woman
- A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
- A poetry collection
- The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
- A book where the characters are traveling somewhere
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- A book with a food item in the title
- Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
- A book written by a female Nobel Prize winner
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousefzai
- A book from the Reading Woman Award 2017 shortlists
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- A memoir by someone who lives in a country different from yours
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousefzai
- A book inspired by a fairy tale
- Hamster Princess: Whiskerella by Ursula Vernon
- A book by a local author or recommended by your local bookstore
- Bridget Rules the Day by Catherine Fitzpatrick & Stephanie Schafer
- The book that has been on your TBR the longest
- Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent
- A book in a genre you have never read
- Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely (western)
- A book by Virginia Woolf (Bonus)
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- A book by Flannery O'Connor (Bonus)
- A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
