Duration: 1st January – 31st December 2020
Number of books: 26
Hosted by: Reading Women

All books read for this challenge must be by or about women.

(Please note that the spirit of this challenge is to read books that aren’t by men.)

1. A Book by an Author from the Caribbean or India
2. A Book Translated from an Asian Language – Human Acts by Han Kang
3. A Book about the Environment – Wilding by Isabella Tree
4. A Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author – The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson
5. A Winner of the Stella Prize or the Women’s Prize for Fiction
   • The Website for the Stella Prize
   • The Website for the Women’s Prize
6. A Nonfiction Title by a Woman Historian – The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
7. A Book Featuring Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism – Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
8. An Anthology by Multiple Authors – Hot in Handcuffs by Sylvia Day, Shayla Black & Shiloh Walker
9. A Book Inspired by Folklore
   • Any country or culture’s folklore works!
10. A Book about a Woman Artist – Stealing Home by Sherryl Woods
11. Read and Watch a Book-to-Movie Adaptation – The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
12. A Book about a Woman Who Inspires You – Becoming by Michelle Obama
13. A Book by an Arab Woman – We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
14. A Book Set in Japan or by a Japanese Author – Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
15. A Biography – Truganini by Cassandra Pybus
16. A Book Featuring a Woman with a Disability – The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (in this story, her humanness is treated as a disability)
17. A Book Over 500 Pages – The Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton (578 pp.)
18. A Book Under 100 Pages – Poison Dance by Livia Blackburne
19. A Book That’s Frequently Recommended to You – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
20. A Feel-Good or Happy Book – Never Been Witched by Annette Blair
21. A Book about Food – Cleaving by Julie Powell
22. A Book by Either a Favorite or a New-to-You Publisher – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (Corvus)
23. A Book by an LGBTQ+ Author – The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O’Neill
24. A Book from the 2019 Reading Women Award Shortlists or Honorable Mentions
    • 2019 Fiction Shortlist
    • 2019 Nonfiction Shortlist
    • 2019 Honorable Mentions

BONUS

• A Book by Toni Morrison
• A Book by Isabel Allende

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