Book Riot's 2020 Read Harder Challenge - hosted by thestorygraph

Read a doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman
All books added
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

A Gathering of Shadows

Shades of Magic #2

V.E. Schwab

512 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Le Clou by Zhang Yueran

Le Clou

Zhang Yueran

592 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction informative mysterious tense medium-paced
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

The Empire of Gold

The Daevabad Trilogy #3

S.A. Chakraborty

790 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy historical adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

15 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Diviners

The Diviners #1

Libba Bray

18 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2012

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

543 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

Shoshana Zuboff

704 pages • digital • 2019

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

606 pages • paperback • 2015

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Long Bright River

Liz Moore

482 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary crime mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Chain of Gold

The Last Hours #1

Cassandra Clare

582 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced