2024 Reading Challenge--Book Riot Read Harder

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!  I was able to complete the bonus challenge of reading books with LGBTQ authors on some of the prompts, but not all.

2024 BOOK RIOT READ HARDER CHALLENGE
First time finished: 6/12/24
Second time finished: 6/8/24

Read a cozy fantasy book

• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
• Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
• The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

Read a YA book by a trans author

• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
• The Borrow a Boyfriend Club by Page Powars

Read a middle grade horror novel

• The Stars Do Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy
• Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab
• Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega
• Ophie's Ghost by Justina Ireland
• Ravenfall by Kalyn Josepson

Read a history book by a BIPOC author

• Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life by Renata Cherlise
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

Read a sci-fi novella

• Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Finna by Nino Cipri (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Read a middle grade book with an LGBTQIA main character

• Green by Alex Gino
• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
• Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
• Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole Melleby & A.J. Sass

Read an indie published collection of poetry by a BIPOC or queer author

• your wound/my garden by ALOK
• Femme in Public by ALOK (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a book in translation from a country you've never visited

• Komi Can't Communicate #9 (Japan) by Tomohito Oda
• The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend (Japan) by Mieri Hiranishi (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Horimiya #13 (Japan) by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara
• The Cat Who Saved Books (Japan) by Sosuke Natsukawa
• The Wolf in Underpants at Full Speed (France) by Wilfrid Lupano, Mayana Itoiz, & Paul Cauuet

Read a book recommended by a librarian

• Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Baumann (Ed.), Kay Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies
• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• Black Archives by Renata Cherlise
• Messy Roots by Laura Gao

Read a historical fiction book by an Indigenous author

• Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a picture book published in the last five years

• Cinderella--with DOGS! (2003) by Linda Bailey & Freya Hartas
• Cookie Time (2024) by Jessie Sima (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Baller Ina (2023) by Liz Casal
• Adam and His Tuba (2022) by Ziga X Combac & Maja Kastelic
• The Littlest Yak and the New Arrival (2022) by Lu Fraser & Kate Hindley
• Rock Your Mocs (2023) by Laurel Goodluck & Madelyn Goodnight
• Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders (2024) by Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, & Dung Ho
• Lucky Duck (2024) by Greg Pizzoli
• Bros (2024) by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown

Read a genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author

• Redsight (sci-fi) by Meredith Moore
• Show Me a Sign (historical YA fic) by Ann Clare LeZotte
• Can Bears Ski? (picture book) by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar
• Sail Me Away Home (historical YA fic) by Ann Clare LeZotte

Read a comic that has been banned

• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
• Maus: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Read a book by an author with an upcoming events (virtual or in person) and then attend the event

• Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
• Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars by Irshad Manji (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a YA nonfiction book

• An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts by Adam Allsuch Boardman
• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a book based solely on the title

• War and Speech by Don Zolidis
• Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr
• Songs of the Fog Maiden by Tomie dePaola
• The Adventures of Sophie Mouse: Silverlake Art Show by Poppy Green & Jennifer A. Bell

Read a book about media literacy

• This Book Is Overdue! by Marilyn Johnson
• You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
• Chicken Little and the Very Long Race by Sam Wedelich
• A Kids Book About Life Online by Dave S. Anderson & Blake Fleischacker

Read a book about drag or queer artistry

• Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel & Katya
• GuRu by RuPaul (bonus with LGBTQ author)

Read a romance with neurodivergent characters

• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
• Game On by Seressia Glass
• Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

Read a book about books (fiction or nonfiction)

• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• Books Make Good Friends by Jane Mount
• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass

Read a book that went under the radar in 2023

• For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose
• Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello

Read a manga or manhwa

• Horimiya #12 by Hero & Daisuke Hagiwara
• The Girl Who Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi (bonus with LGBTQ author)
• Beastars #16 by Paru Itagaki
• Komi Can't Communicate #8 by Tomohito Oda
• Natsume's Book of Friends #23 by Yuki Midorikawa
• School Zone Girls #1 by Ningiyau
• Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori
• Black Butler #32 by Yana Toboso

Read a howdunit or whydunit mystery

• When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn
• You by Caroline Kepnes
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Pick a challenge form any of the previous years' challenges to repeat

• Love in Winter Wonderland (set in bookstore, 2022) by Abiola Bello
• The Prospects (trans character by trans author, 2023) by KT Hoffman