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Read Harder 2018 Challenge Check In: November

Amanda Nelson

Staff Writer

Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

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The year is almost done—time to talk about how you’re doing on the final tasks of the 2018 Read Harder Challenge!

WHAT IS THIS THING AGAIN?

If you’re new around here or haven’t heard of Read Harder, this is our annual reading challenge of 24 tasks (or about two per month), all designed to get you reading outside your comfort zone and digging into new authors, genres, and more. Click here to get the task list, here to join the Goodreads group and see how other readers are doing with the challenge (and get reading suggestions), and here to get a printable PDF of the tasks that you can stick in your bullet journal, hand out to library patrons, or whatever!

ALREADY DONE?

Don’t forget to take a picture of your completed list, email it to readharder@bookriot.com by Dec. 31st, and get a 30% discount at the Book Riot store!

SO, HOW’S IT GOING?

So, are you on track to finish this year? Is there a favorite task or least favorite task you’ve encountered so far? And most importantly: what amazing books have you discovered in your Read Harder adventure? Leave your answers in the comments—and if you need more recs for a certain last-minute task, please ask and let our other readers tell you what they picked for whatever task it is! Read on, Rioters.

Where Are Next Year’s Tasks?

Stay tuned! Read Harder 2019’s tasks will hit the site mid-December.