I haven’t done a “number of books read” challenge in a couple of years, mostly because my numbers have dropped. But this year I’m participating in the Read Harder Challenge, which encourages people to read more broadly. This doesn’t provide a list of books, but a list of types of books and stories, and leaves it to you to figure out what counts for any given category. There are 24 tasks, so to speak, on the list. I’ll indicate here when I’ve counted a book towards the challenge.

• Rare Objects, Kathleen Tessaro
• At the Edge of the Orchard, Tracy Chevalier
• The Vegetarian, Han Kang
• A Fine Imitation, Amber Brock
• In the Woods, Tana French (Read a book you’ve read before)
• The Dog Stars, Peter Heller
• The New Persian Kitchen, Louisa Shafia
• A Land More Kind Than Home, Wiley Cash
• The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016, John Joseph Adams & Karen Joy Fowler, Eds.
• What My Body Remembers, Agnete Friis
• Happier At Home, Gretchen Rubin
• Get In Trouble, Kelly Link (Read a collection of stories by a woman)
• All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders
• Girl Waits With Gun, Amy Stewart