Read Harder:

1. An epistolary novel or collection of letters (The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett)
2. An alternate history novel (The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal)
3. A book by a woman and/or AOC that won a literary award in 2018 (The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo)
4. A humour book
5. A book by a journalist or about journalism (Any Ordinary Day by Leigh Sales)
6. A book by an AOC set in or about space
7. An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America (When it Rains: Tohono O’odham and Pima Poetry ed Ofelia Zepeda)
8. An #ownvoices book set in Oceania (Wraith by Shame Smithers)
9. A book published prior to January 1, 2019 with fewer than 100 reviews on Goodreads (My Mother, A Serial Killer by Hazel Baron)
10. A translated book written by or translated by a woman
11. A book of manga (Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori)
12. A book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point-of-view character
13. A book by or about someone that identifies as neurodiverse
14. A cozy mystery (A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas)
15. A book of mythology or folklore
16. An historical romance by an AOC
17. A business book
18. A novel by a trans or nonbinary author (Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi)
19. A book of nonviolent true crime
20. A book written in prison
21. A comic by an LGBTQIA creator
22. A children’s or middle grade book that has won a diversity award since 2009
23. A self published book (Outer Shell by Paige Krystal Wilcox)
24. A collection of poetry published since 2014 (Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner)

Aussies Rule:

1. An Aussie book about politics or social science (Bewitched and Bedevilled: Women Write the Gillard Years ed Samantha Trenoweth)
2. An Aussie play
3. Some Aussie speculative fiction (After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson)
4. Some Aussie true crime that doesn’t focus on violence against women
   (My Mother, A Serial Killer by Hazel Baron)
5. A book by an ATSI (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander) person (Songs that Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas)
6. A book by a Miles Franklin winner
7. A book by a winner of the Black and Write! Prize
8. A winner of the Australian/Vogel literary award
9. A book short listed for the Prime Ministers Literary Awards
10. A book about an immigration or refugee experience (Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang)
11. New Zealanders also rule – a book by an Maori author
12. A memoir by an ATSI person published in the last 10 years (A Long Way from No Go by Tjanara Goreng Goreng)
13. A book about ATSI history (Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre ed Jane Lydon)
14. A book from Dr Anita Heiss’ Black Book Challenge
15. An Aussie graphic novel
16. A book by an Aussie LGBTQ+ author (If I Tell You by Alicia Tuckerman)
17. An Aussie book recommended by an Aussie author
18. An Aussie book recommended by an Aussie booktuber, bookstagrammer or blogger (Dyschronia by Jennifer Mills)
19. A debut YA book
20. An Aussie book you loved as a child or that is highly recommended for children.
21. An Aussie book recommended or promoted by your local book store (Boy Swallow Universe by Trent Dalton)
22. An Aussie book about feminism and/or gender (Witches: What Women Do Together by Sam George-Allen)
23. A book by a new to you Aussie author (The Bridge by Enza Gandolfo)
24. A book by or about a disabled Aussie. (Say Hello by Carly Findlay)

FOLD Reading Challenge:

1. Translated book by a francophone Canadian
2. Nonfiction by a woman of colour
3. Book of science fiction
4. Book of poetry by an Indigenous writer (A Really Good Brown Girl by Marilyn Dumont)
5. Fold 2019 author
6. Book featuring a queer love story
7. Play by a Canadian playwright from a marginalised community
8. Book by an east coast Canadian
9. YA novel by an AOC
10. Book by an African writer (Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi)
11. Book featuring a character addressing their mental health
12. Author published after age 50
13. Canadian comic book or graphic novel