I love joining reading challenges, but I’m usually not very good about finishing them. However, I’ve discovered that keeping track of them on Storygraph makes it easier. So I’m joining a few and let’s see how I do over the year. I’ve picked a few challenges that will help me diversify my reading.
Books in Translation Reading Challenge
- Conversationalist level (4-6 books)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (translated from the French)
The Gun by Fuminori Nakamura (translated from the Japanese)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (translated from the Japanese)
Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai (translated from the Japanese)
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata (translated from the Japanese)
Back to the Classics Challenge
2. A 20th century classic: any book first published from 1900 to 1971 – The Stranger by Albert Camus
3. A classic by a woman author.
4. A classic in translation.
5. A classic by BIPOC author; that is, a non-white author.
6. A classic by a new-to-you author.
11. A travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction).
- Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read (The Stranger by Albert Camus)
- Read a nonfiction book about anti-racism
- Read a non-European novel in translation (Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
- Read an LGBTQ+ history book
- Read a genre novel by an Indigenous, First Nations, or Native American author
- Read a fanfic
- Read a fat-positive romance (One to Watch – Kate Stayman-London)
- Read a romance by a trans or nonbinary author
- Read a middle grade mystery
- Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color
- Read a food memoir by an author of color
- Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
- Read a book with a cover you don’t like
- Read a realistic YA book not set in the U.S., UK, or Canada
- Read a memoir by a Latinx author
- Read an own voices book about disability
- Read an own voices YA book with a Black main character that isn’t about Black pain (Felix Ever After – Kacen Callender)
- Read a book by/about a non-Western world leader
- Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist
- Read a book of nature poems
- Read a children’s book that centers a disabled character but not their disability
- Read a book set in the Midwest
- Read a book that demystifies a common mental illness
- Read a book featuring a beloved pet where the pet doesn’t die
A Book Longlisted for the JCB Prize
An Author from Eastern Europe
A Book About Incarceration
A Cookbook by a Woman of Color
A Book with a Protagonist Older than 50 (Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton)
A Book by a South American Author in Translation
Reread a Favorite Book
A Memoir by an Indigenous, First Nations, Native, or Aboriginal Woman
A Book by a Neurodivergent Author
A Crime Novel or Thriller in Translation
A Book About the Natural World
A Young Adult Novel by a Latinx Author
A Poetry Collection by a Black Woman
A Book with a Biracial Protagonist
A Muslim Middle Grade Novel
A Book Featuring a Queer Love Story
About a Woman in Politics
A Book with a Rural Setting (Earthlings by Sayaka Murata)
A Book with a Cover Designed by a Woman (Gimme Everything You Got – Iva-Marie Palmer)
A Book by an Arab Author in Translation
A Book by a Trans Author (Felix Ever After – Kacen Callender)
A Fantasy Novel by an Asian Author
A Nonfiction Book Focused on Social Justice
A Short Story Collection by a Caribbean Author
Bonus
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A Book by Alexis Wright
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A Book by Tsitsi Dangarembga
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A Book by Leila Aboulela
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A Book by Yoko Ogawa