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 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.
Read Harder 2026: Read A Nonfiction Comic
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! We hope this list will help you complete Challenge #13.
Read Harder 2026: Read A Book About A Cult Or Cults
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge! We hope this list helps you with Challenge #17.
My 2025 Read Harder Challenge Journey
This reading challenge was a blast, and I can't recommend it highly enough. Learn more at the link in the list, and get excited for 2026!
Read Harder 2025: Read a Work of Weird Horror
We hope that the exciting picks on this list provide inspiration to help you complete Challenge # 11: Read a work of weird horror.
RH '25: A romance that doesn't have an illustrated cover
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge #10: A romance that doesn't have an illustrated cover.
Read Harder 2025: A Book by a BIPOC Author Published in 2025
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Task #1: Read a 2025 release by a BIPOC author.
RH '25: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled literary fiction
Expand your horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Task 8: Read literary fiction by a BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled author
Read Harder 2025: Nonfiction About Nature or the Environment
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Task 13: Read a nonfiction book about nature or the environment!
Read Harder 2025: Read a Book Based Solely on its Setting
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Task 9: Read a book based solely on its setting!