1.18.2018

2018 Reading Challenge

I stopped updating my 2017 reading challenges so I should go back and see how many I actually completed ... in the meantime, I've started reading for this year's challenges!

Book Riot's 2018 Read Harder Challenge

A book published posthumously

A book of true crime


A classic of genre fiction (i.e. mystery, sci fi/fantasy, romance)


A comic written and drawn by the same person


A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)


A book about nature


A western


A comic written or drawn by a person of color


A book of colonial or postcolonial literature


A romance novel by or about a person of color


A children’s classic published before 1980


A celebrity memoir


An Oprah Book Club selection


A book of social science


A one-sitting book

The first book in a new-to-you YA or middle grade series


A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author


A comic that isn’t published by Marvel, DC, or Image


A book of genre fiction in translation


A book with a cover you hate


A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author


An essay anthology


A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60


An assigned book you hated (or never finished)



Riveted 25 Reading Goals

Read a book written in verse

Read a fantasy or science fiction novel with explicitly queer characters


Start a new series


Read a sequel


Read a YA nonfiction book


Read a debut by an author of color


Read a book (any genre) starring a queer character of color


Read a book that’s been longlisted for a National Book Award (any year!)


Read a book that’s over 500 pages long


Read a science fiction book with a female protagonist

Read a book that confronts or discusses sexism


Read a book that confronts or discusses racism


Read a book with a first-generation immigrant main character


Read a work of historical fiction

Read a sci-fi novel written by a woman

Read a book featuring a dysfunctional family dynamic


Judge a book by its cover! Read something exclusively based on how good the cover art looks.


Read a book that has a person of color on the cover


Read a romance (comedy or drama) with two PoC protagonists


Read a YA anthology (fiction or nonfiction!)


Read a book about a character who’s struggling with mental illness


Read a book about toxic friendships


Read a book based on a true story


Read a book with an interracial relationship


  • Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (January)
Read a book where a sport is a major focus/plot element