This year I decided to take part in the Read Harder Challenge from Book Riot.  It is about reading more widely and trying things you may not normally try.

1. Read a horror book – Afraid by Jack Kilborn (15/02/16)
2. Read a non-fiction book about science –
3. Read a collection of essays – Jack the Ripper: The Suspects by The Whitechapel Society (19/11/16)
4. Read a book out loud to someone else – In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway read aloud to seminar group! (28/09/16)
5. Read a middle-grade novel – The Giver by Lois Lowry (09/04/16)
6. Read a biography (not a memoir or autobiography) – Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by  Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik (31/01/16)
7. Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick (02/04/16)
8. Read a book originally published in the decade you were born – Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (published the year I was born, 1989.) (13/08/16)
9. Listen to an audiobook that has won an Audie Award – Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal (28/04/16)
10. Read a book over 500 pages long – City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments Book 6) by Cassandra Clare (725 pages) (08/03/16)
11. Read a book under 100 pages – Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen (40 pages) (03/01/16)
12. Read a book by or about a person who identifies as transgender –
13. Read a book that is set in the Middle East – The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (28/08/16)
14. Read a book that is by an author from South East Asia –
15. Read a book of historical fiction set before 1900 – The Fire at Netherfield Park by Renatta McMann (14/08/16)
16. Read the first book in a series by a person of colour –
17. Read a non-superhero comic that debuted in the last 3 years – The Wicked + The Divine (debut 2014) (20/03/16)
18. Read a book that was adapted into a movie, then watch the move. Debate which was better.  – Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes (09/01/16) – Book is marginally better than the movie but both are terrible.
19. Read a non-fiction book about feminism or dealing with feminist themes – Moranthology by Caitlin Moran (02/09/16)
20. Read a book about religion (fiction or non-fiction) – Buying and Selling the Souls of our Children: A Closer Look at Pokemon by John Paul Jackson (28/08/16)
21. Read a food memoir – Serve To Win: The 14-Day Gluten-free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence by Novak Djokovic (03/06/16)
22. Read a play – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany et al. (16/02/16)
23. Read a book with a main character that has a mental illness – Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kayson (20/08/16)

19/23

I missed out on 4 of the tasks, but considering that I didn’t go out of my way to complete the challenge and things I read conveniently fell into the categories of this challenge, I did pretty well!