Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge discussion

Share and discuss book ideas for
Task 23: Read a wordless comic.

I'm considering The Arrival.

Not to be too specific, but if you like crying about dinosaurs, I recommend checking out Cretaceous by Tadd Galusha.

I'm not well versed in this type of comic, so I'm curious to see the recommendations. If nothing else catches my eye, I'm leaning towards The Arrival by Shaun Tan or The Only Child by Guojing.

I did a search and found:
Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine

Robot Dreams is a sweet one (I think there might be a bit of text but hardly any) and there is a great animated film that was made recently.

Denise wrote: "I did a search and found:
Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine"

This is the one I'm doing.

I have a deep fondness for the Gon, Vol. 1 series, which features the wordless adventures a little dinosaur with a big personality.
I'm looking at My Friend Toby for the challenge for something new.

I think I'll try The Way Home.

I'm planning on reading "Crushing" by Sophie Burrows.

Picking up Gon, Vol. 1 and Cretaceous

I ended up reading Gon: Volume 7 and not gonna lie, I struggled. Now, I ain't a manga reader and even though the art was amazing, I struggled because it was wordless. I am just glad that I challenged myself with this one so mission accomplished, I guess :)

Carly Really Very Normal wrote: "I'm planning on reading "Crushing" by Sophie Burrows."

I read this, and while it's very low dialogue FYI it is not wordless so I wouldn't use it for this challenge

Finished Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine. It was a much more difficult task than I anticipated. I read it 3 times and got something different every time. Two of the pages showing the protagonists emotional face are heartbreaking. I’m happy with my book choice

Check out “Robot dreams” by Sara Varon. A heartwarming, wordless graphic novel about a dog and his robot companion, exploring themes of friendship, loss, and acceptance. Then watch the movie nominated for an Oscar in 2024.

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Gail wrote: "Carly Really Very Normal wrote: "I'm planning on reading "Crushing" by Sophie Burrows."

I read this, and while it's very low dialogue FYI it is not wordless so I wouldn't use it for this challenge"

That's good info, everything I've found about it says it is wordless.

This one was hard to find... I chose The Longest Day of the Future

I recommend Anasazi. There are words, but the words are all in a made-up language built from 16 glyphs. You can buy a zine to help you decipher everything if you want, but it's still interesting if you don't understand it.

This book did not hit any notes with me, but I read Weathercraft.

Elizabeth wrote: "I'm not well versed in this type of comic, so I'm curious to see the recommendations. If nothing else catches my eye, I'm leaning towards The Arrival by Shaun Tan or The Only Child by Guojing."

I ended up just reading both of them since they're wordless and make for quick reads. Both are really good! I'm using The Only Child for this task since I read it first. I've decided to use The Arrival for a different task.

I went ahead and chose Leaf from the Book Riot list of recommendations.

I just got The System in the mail for this one

I read Age of Reptiles Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Ricardo Delgado - 2/11/25

A Sea of Love is a pretty cute silent comic! I wasn't much into The Arrival but the art is gorgeous.

I read A Land Called Tarot

I read The Only Child, which I had borrowed from the library. I loved it so much I ordered my own copy!

I read The Arrival and highly recommend it. Since it tries to capture the feeling of going to a new land/country, the lack of language and sense of confusion (on both the part of the characters and the reader) are completely appropriate. I borrowed it from my library but I think I want to have my own copy now.

Krista wrote: "Share and discuss book ideas for
Task 23: Read a wordless comic."

One of my favorite books of all time!

Denise wrote: "I did a search and found:
Yellow Butterfly: A story from Ukraine"

Great pick!

I read Love in the Library. This was a reread for me & I own it.

I read Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos

I don't really know what to expect from The Arrival by Shaun Tan, but I'm going to give it a go. I'm very curious about this one.