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Starts: Monday, 01 January 2024
Ends: Tuesday, 31 December 2024
BookRiot.com has hosted the annual Read Harder Challenge for ten years. Track your progress on the 24 prompts for 2024 here on StoryGraph!
"The challenge is made up of 24 tasks (an average of two per month) that invite readers to explore formats, genres, and perspectives that might go beyond their reading comfort zones. How you approach Read Harder is up to you: you can read one book per task or count one book for multiple tasks. The point of the challenge isn’t to do the thing one particular way but to push yourself to diversify your TBR. We hope you’ll hold yourself accountable, share your thoughts, and discover a whole bunch of wonderful books you might not have otherwise chosen for yourself. And as always: have fun with it!"
See official 2024 challenge details
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When possible, I've added some options while researching the prompts, and will add Book Riot's suggestions as they release newsletters on prompts throughout the year. Some, such as Prompts 14, 16, and 24, I left blank due to subjectivity. Please add your own books and suggestions to any and all prompts!
Note about Prompt 12: my suggestions include Own Voices authors within a relatively wide definition of disability that ranges from physical disability, chronic illness, sensory disabilities, neurodivergence, and mental illness. I tried to only include authors who had disclosed their diagnoses and identities in bios or interviews, but could not always confirm whether they viewed themselves under the "disabled" umbrella. As a multiply disabled person, I understand disability is a stigmatized identity and have erred on the side of being inclusive of many disabled experiences.
"The challenge is made up of 24 tasks (an average of two per month) that invite readers to explore formats, genres, and perspectives that might go beyond their reading comfort zones. How you approach Read Harder is up to you: you can read one book per task or count one book for multiple tasks. The point of the challenge isn’t to do the thing one particular way but to push yourself to diversify your TBR. We hope you’ll hold yourself accountable, share your thoughts, and discover a whole bunch of wonderful books you might not have otherwise chosen for yourself. And as always: have fun with it!"
See official 2024 challenge details
Download the official editable PDF
Sign up for the Read Harder newsletter
When possible, I've added some options while researching the prompts, and will add Book Riot's suggestions as they release newsletters on prompts throughout the year. Some, such as Prompts 14, 16, and 24, I left blank due to subjectivity. Please add your own books and suggestions to any and all prompts!
Note about Prompt 12: my suggestions include Own Voices authors within a relatively wide definition of disability that ranges from physical disability, chronic illness, sensory disabilities, neurodivergence, and mental illness. I tried to only include authors who had disclosed their diagnoses and identities in bios or interviews, but could not always confirm whether they viewed themselves under the "disabled" umbrella. As a multiply disabled person, I understand disability is a stigmatized identity and have erred on the side of being inclusive of many disabled experiences.
Challenge Prompts
