Duration: 1st January – 31st December 2021
Number of books: 28
Hosted by: Reading Women Podcast

All books read for this challenge must be by women or people of other historically marginalized genders who are comfortable being included in feminine-coded initiatives.

1. A Book Longlisted for the JCB Prize – The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
2. An Author from Eastern Europe – The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
3. A Book About Incarceration – Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
4. A Cookbook by a Woman of Color – A Southern Girl’s Guide to Plant Based Eating by Cametria Hill
5. A Book with a Protagonist Older than 50 – The Switch by Beth O’Leary
6. A Book by a South American Author in Translation – The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
7. Reread a Favorite Book – Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
8. A Memoir by an Indigenous, First Nations, Native, or Aboriginal Woman – Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
9. A Book by a Neurodivergent Author – The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
10. A Crime Novel or Thriller in Translation
    • As with all of our translation prompts, you can read in any language you like as long as the book has been translated from one language to another.
11. A Book About the Natural World – Born Free by Joy Adamson
12. A Young Adult Novel by a Latinx Author
13. A Poetry Collection by a Black Woman – Witch Wife by Kiki Petrosino
14. A Book with a Biracial Protagonist – Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Alex)
15. A Muslim Middle Grade Novel
16. A Book Featuring a Queer Love Story – The Edge of Heaven by E.M. Lindsey
17. About a Woman in Politics – The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
18. A Book with a Rural Setting – Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
19. A Book with a Cover Designed by a Woman – Kissing Tolstoy by Penny Reid
20. A Book by an Arab Author in Translation
    • As with all of our translation prompts, you can read in any language you like as long as the book has been translated from one language to another.
    • The Arab World consists of twenty-two countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
21. A Book by a Trans Author
    • This includes trans women and nonbinary trans authors comfortable being included in feminine-coded initiatives.
22. A Fantasy Novel by an Asian Author – The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
23. A Nonfiction Book Focused on Social Justice – Lucky Child by Loung Ung
24. A Short Story Collection by a Caribbean Author

BONUS

• A Book by Alexis Wright
• A Book by Tsitsi Dangarembga
• A Book by Leila Aboulela
• A Book by Yoko Ogawa