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Read Harder: Card Masonry Block - Lists & Reviews
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!
Read Harder 2025: Read a book about a moral panic
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge #21: Read a book about a moral panic
Read Harder 2025: Read a Queernorm book
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge #19: Read a queernorm book.
Read Harder 2025: 1st Book in a YA or Middle Grade Duology
Expand your horizons with the 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Task #20: Read the 1st Book in a Completed Young Adult or Middle Grade Duology
Read Harder 2025: Read a banned book
2025 Read Harder Challenge #15: Read a banned book & complete a task on Book Riot's How to Fight Book Bans guides!
Read Harder 2025: A holiday romance that isn't Christmas
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge #22: Read a holiday romance that isn't Christmas!
Read Harder 2025: Read a Genre-Blending Book
Are you doing the Read Harder Challenge this year? Here are some books that help with task 17: read a genre-blending book.
Read Harder 2025: Reread a childhood favorite book
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. For Challenge #2, Reread a Childhood Favorite Book.
Read Harder 2025: Indie Bookstore Staff Picks
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge # 8: Read a staff pick from an indie bookstore.
Read Harder 2025: Read a "Cozy" Book by a BIPOC Author
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge #18: Read a “cozy” book by a BIPOC author
Read Harder 2025: Read a book about immigration or refugees.
Expand your reading horizons with Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge. Challenge #5: Read a book about immigration or refugees.