Read Harder
Are you up for new reading challenges?
Book Riot has cooked up a new challenge this year, and you can keep up all year long with blogs, lists, and links that will help you Read Harder!
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Read Harder: Card Masonry Block - Lists & Reviews
Read Harder - Books by Librarians
All of these titles were written by librarians. All author descriptions are summaries of their biographies from Wikipedia.
Read Harder 2026: a book by a d/Deaf author
Are you participating in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge this year? Task 11: Read a book by a d/Deaf author.
Read Harder 26: Romantasy with a queer/BIPOC main chatacter
Are you participating in Book Riot's Read Harder challenge this year? Task 9 is a romantasy book with a queer and/or BIPOC main character.
Read Harder 2026: A nonfiction book about resistance
Are you participating in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge this year? Task 5 is to read a nonfiction book about resistance.
Try a recipe from a culture whose food you've never eaten
Join Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #12: Read/try a recipe from a cookbook about a culture whose food you've never eaten.
Read Harder 2026: Read a microhistory
Pima County Public Library encourages you to expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge!
Read Harder 2026: Read a genre book in translation
Join Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #21: Read a genre (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) book in translation.
Read Harder 2026: Read a classic - Zero to Well-Read Podcast
Pima County Public Library encourages you to expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge!
Read Harder 2026: Read a book by an African author
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #23: Read a book by an African author.
Read Harder 2026: Read a Book Set in Space
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #20: Read a book set in space.
Read Harder '26: The Main Character Uses They/Them Pronouns
Expand your horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #4: a novel whose main character uses they/them pronouns.
Read Harder 2026: Read a Book Recently Adapted for Film
We hope that the exciting picks on this list provide inspiration to help you complete Challenge #10: Read a book recently adapted for film
Read Harder 2026: Read a nonviolent true crime book
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #22: Read a nonviolent true crime book.
Read Harder 2025 - Complete!
The joy of completing this challenge is huge. Make 2026 the year that you Read Harder!
Read Harder 2026: Read A Book By An Intersex Author
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! Challenge #19: Read a book by an intersex author.
Read Harder 2026: Repeat A Challenge From A Previous Year
We hope this list inspires you complete Challenge #24: Pick a challenge from any of the previous years’ challenges to repeat.