Read Harder:
- An epistolary novel or collection of letters (The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett)
- An alternate history novel (The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal)
- A book by a woman and/or AOC that won a literary award in 2018 (The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo)
- A humour book
- A book by a journalist or about journalism (Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales)
- A book by an AOC set in or about space (The Old Lie by Claire Coleman)
- An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America (When it Rains: Tohono O’odham and Pima Poetry ed Ofelia Zepeda)
- An #ownvoices book set in Oceania (Wraith by Shane Smithers)
- A book published prior to January 1, 2019 with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads (My Mother, A Serial Killer by Hazel Baron)
- A translated book written by or translated by a woman (Celestial Bodies by Johanna Alharthi Translated by Marilyn Booth)
- A book of manga (Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori)
- A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
- A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
- A cozy mystery (A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas)
- A book of mythology or folklore (Heroes by Stephen Fry)
- An historical romance by an AOC
- A business book
- A novel by a trans or nonbinary author (Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi)
- A book of nonviolent true crime (Bad Blood by John Carreyrou)
- A book written in prison
- A comic by an LGBTQIA creator (On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden)
- A children’s or middle grade book that has won a diversity award since 2009
- A self published book (Outer Shell by Paige Krystal Wilcox)
- A collection of poetry published since 2014 (Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner)
Aussies Rule:
- An Aussie book about politics or social science (Bewitched and Bedevilled: Women Write the Gillard Years ed Samantha Trenoweth)
- An Aussie play (Black is the New White by Nakkia Liu)
- Some Aussie speculative fiction (After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson)
- Some Aussie true crime that doesn’t focus on violence against women
(My Mother, A Serial Killer by Hazel Baron) - A book by an ATSI (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) person (Songs that Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas)
- A book by a Miles Franklin winner (Thea Astley – Coda)
- A book by a winner of the Black and Write! Prize (The Old Lie by Claire Coleman)
- A winner of the Australian/Vogel literary award (Belinda Castles Bluebottle)
- A book short listed for the Prime Ministers Literary Awards (Blakwork by Alison Whittaker)
- A book about an immigration or refugee experience (Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang)
- New Zealanders also rule – a book by an Maori author (Sleeps Standing by Witi Ihimaera)
- A memoir by an ATSI person published in the last 10 years (A Long Way from No Go by Tjanara Goreng Goreng)
- A book about ATSI history (Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre ed Jane Lydon)
- A book from Dr Anita Heiss’ Black Book Challenge (Finding Eliza by Larissa Behrendt)
- An Aussie graphic novel (Villawood by Safari Ahmed)
- A book by an Aussie LGBTQ+ author (If I Tell You by Alicia Tuckerman)
- An Aussie book recommended by an Aussie author (The Yield by Tara June Winch)
- An Aussie book recommended by an Aussie booktuber, bookstagrammer or blogger (Dyschronia by Jennifer Mills)
- A debut YA book (Ida by Alison Evans)
- An Aussie book you loved as a child or that is highly recommended for children. (WeirDo 5 by Ahn Do)
- An Aussie book recommended or promoted by your local book store (Boy Swallow Universe by Trent Dalton)
- An Aussie book about feminism and/or gender (Witches: What Women Do Together by Sam George-Allen)
- A book by a new to you Aussie author (The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo)
- A book by or about a disabled Aussie. (Say Hello by Carly Findlay)
FOLD Reading Challenge:
- Translated book by a francophone Canadian
- Nonfiction by a woman of colour (Headscarves and Hymens by Mona Eltahawy)
- Book of science fiction (The Old Lie by Claire Coleman)
- Book of poetry by an Indigenous writer (A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont)
- Fold 2019 author
- Book featuring a queer love story (Invisible Boys, Holden Sheppard)
- Play by a Canadian playwright from a marginalised community
- Book by an east coast Canadian
- YA novel by an AOC (Slay by Brittney Morris)
- Book by an African writer (Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi)
- Book featuring a character addressing their mental health
- Author published after age 50 (The Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenberg)
- Canadian comic book or graphic novel