Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

If you like comics or wanted to dive into the medium, check out the Comic Years' Year of Comics 2021 Challenge.

It's our first year doing this, and I might start its own group if enough people are interested. And if you like checking multiple lists off at once, some of them would fulfill Read Harder and Reading Women, among others.

Roman wrote: "If you like comics or wanted to dive into the medium, check out the Comic Years' Year of Comics 2021 Challenge.

It's our first year doing this, and I might start its own group if enough people ar..."

I'm in!! I love graphic novels, comics, and manga and have been doing the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge twice each year -- once with classics and then again using only graphic novels, comics, or manga.

Roman wrote: "If you like comics or wanted to dive into the medium, check out the Comic Years' Year of Comics 2021 Challenge.

It's our first year doing this, and I might start its own group if enough people ar..."

Thanks for sharing! I don't normally read many comics at all, so it'd be fun to try something new.

Thank you for sharing this! I just finished the first challenge, I am excited to do the rest!

Thank you! I just Read through 3 volumes of Daredevil and am going to jump around the list. I hope everyone trying this is having fun!

Oh, this is fun! I read a lot of manga & manhwa, so this will be interesting to adapt alongside the rest of my challenges.

Finished --
(7) About "real" life -- Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges
(9) By an indigenous author, artist, or both -- Come Home, Indio by Jim Terry
(13) Read an educational graphic novel -- Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari and David Vandermeulen

No problem with 23, 24, and 25 -- I am working my way through Usagi Yojimbo

So I've been waffling on this for the entire month, and I decided to give it a shot. I initially wanted to try to exclude Marvel and DC mainly because I wanted to stick with titles I could add to my shelves here, but I found a way around that.

Erika wrote: "So I've been waffling on this for the entire month, and I decided to give it a shot. I initially wanted to try to exclude Marvel and DC mainly because I wanted to stick with titles I could add to m..."

Oh, I cross-list all the time, lol. There are several titles on this list, Marvel and DC, that fit Read Harder and Reading Women.

I kind of made sure they could ;)

This thread caught my eye because I've been collecting comics for years and just never seem to get around to actually *reading* them... Seems like a perfect opportunity. I'm down!

Before I start, I don't want to reinvent the wheel... Has anyone already put together an actual list?

I needed yet another way to keep track of these books, lol:

4/25

1. Featuring a white superhero written by a Person of Color: Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vol. 1: Winter in America by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2. About a neurodiverse superhero: Moon Knight, Vol. 1: From the Dead by Warren Ellis
3. Starring a superhero you generally hate: X-O Manowar, Volume 1: By The Sword by Robert Venditti
4. Read a major comic book event you’ve never read before: Unity, Volume 1: To Kill a King by Matt Kindt
5. Read a prose novel from Marvel or DC: Guardians of the Galaxy: Collect Them All by Corinne Duyvis
6. Read the debut issue of a character you love: Faith Vol. 1: Hollywood & Vine by Jody Houser Finished 2/14
7. About "real" life: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow
8. By a queer person of color (author, artist, or both): Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
9. By an indigenous author, artist, or both: Kagagi: The Raven by Jay Odjick
10. That takes place in the past of a non-western country: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
11. That takes place in an Afrofuturist setting: Baaaad Muthaz by Bill Campbell
12. Read a graphic memoir or biography: Form of a Question by Andrew J. Rostan
13. Read an educational graphic novel: Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures by Michael Goodwin
14. From an author not known for comics: Locke & Key by Joe Hill Finished 2/21
15. By Stan Lee that doesn’t feature a superhero: Marvel Romance by Stan Lee
16. Collection from before 1980: Still a Few Bugs in the System by G.B. Trudeau
17. About a future that isn’t a dystopia: A Boy and a Girl by Jamie S. Rich Finished 2/9
18. Created through crowdfunding: The Written Graphic Novel by Ben Galley
19. That started as a movie or tv show: Futurama-O-Rama by Matt Groening
20. Read a doorstopper-sized Omnibus(1000 pages or more): Saga: Compendium One by Brian K. Vaughan
21. Read the first book of a manga series you haven’t read before: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious Manga, Vol. 1 by Light Tuchihi Finished 2/13
22. Read a YA or Middle-Grade graphic novel: Claudia and Mean Janine by Raina Telgemeier
23. Read Three volumes of a graphic novel/comics collection in consecutive Order: Book 1: Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 1: Lights, Camera, Snacktion by Natalie Riess
24. Read Three volumes of a graphic novel/comics collection in consecutive Order: Book 2: Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 2: A Recipe for Disaster by Natalie Riess
25. Read Three volumes of a graphic novel/comics collection in consecutive Order: Book 3: Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 3: A Dish Best Served Cold by Natalie Riess

Cheri wrote: "Before I start, I don't want to reinvent the wheel... Has anyone already put together an actual list?"

I included some suggestions but haven't been able to make full lists yet.

I love your picks! I'm at 3 finished myself. Falling behind on my own list!

Erika wrote: "I needed yet another way to keep track of these books, lol:

3/25

1. Featuring a white superhero written by a Person of Color: [book:Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vol. 1: Winter in America|..."

I was meaning something like the post above by Erika. Not suggestions really, just a list of the challenge items. :-)