The Global Book Nook's 2023 Worldly Challenge - hosted by ashybear02

April
**Celebrate Diversity Month:** read a book featuring a cast of diverse characters
**Easter:** read a book about or that celebrates Easter.
**National Coin Week:** read a book that features a bank, or that has a fictionalised money system
**National Lover's Day:** read a romance book with a couple on the cover
All books added
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood

Below Zero

The STEMinist Novellas #3

Ali Hazelwood

112 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

Justine Pucella Winans

10 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars

Zeyn Joukhadar

12 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows

Six of Crows #1

Leigh Bardugo

491 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

State of Wonder

Ann Patchett

391 pages • first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Paris Hours by Alex George

The Paris Hours

Alex George

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One

Ready Player One #1

Ernest Cline

374 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced