Read Harder 2022: Complete!Like this list

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• These Precious Days

  Essays

  Patchett, Ann

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  Read a biography of an author you admire - I pretty much like anything Ann Patchett writes, so to read about her life is a double bonus.

• Murder Outside the Lines

  Davis, Krista

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  Read a book set in a bookstore - this cozy mystery series that involves a bookstore, baking, coloring and a dog is a great mishmosh and I definitely want to work in this bookstore one day.

• The Vanishing Half

  Bennett, Brit

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  Read any book from the Women's Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.

• Donut Fall in Love

  Lau, Jackie

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  Read a book in any genre by a POC that's about joy and not trauma. Donuts definitely bring joy, plus a romance, what's not to love?

• Black Love Matters

  Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters

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  Read an anthology featuring diverse voices - edited by a colleague - a real treat!

• Almost American Girl

  An Illustrated Memoir

  Ha, Robin

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  Read a nonfiction YA comic.

• Royal Holiday

  Guillory, Jasmine

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  Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40. I usually like this author, but this romance was kind of blah (maybe that's what happens in romance over 40).

• Passing

  Larsen, Nella

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  Read a classic written by a POC.

• The Plague of Doves

  Erdrich, Louise

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  Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest. While this wasn't the longest on the list, everything else is old enough that PCPL didn't own copies of the books any more. Anything by Louise Erdrich works, old or new.

• Paper Gods

  a Novel of Money, Race, and Politics in Atlanta

  Taylor, Goldie

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  Read a political thriller by a marginalized author. Atlanta seems to be the newest city for political hijinks.

• Loveless

  Oseman, Alice

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  Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic main character.

• When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

  Chen, Chen, 1989-

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  Read an entire poetry collection.

• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

  Tokuda-Hall, Maggie

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  Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.

• Howl's Moving Castle

  Jones, Diana Wynne

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  Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you've seen (but haven't read the book).

• One Teen Story

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  Read a new-to-you literary magazine.

• Small Spaces

  Arden, Katherine

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  Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes. This children's horror book was plenty scary and I was intrigued enough to read the entire series!

• Tomboy

  a Graphic Memoir

  Prince, Liz

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  Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or nonbinary.

• Best American Food Writing 2018

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  Read a "Best____Writing of the year" book for a topic and year of your choice.

• Fledgling

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author. Everything by Octavia Butler is fantastic.

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

  Dick, Philip K.

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  Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.