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5 SFF Short Stories (Hard: An entire anthology or collection)

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Set in Asia (Hard: by an Asian author)

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r/Fantasy A to Z Genre Guide (Hard: by a BIPOC author)

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Found Family (Hard: featuring an LGBTQ+ character)

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First person POV (Hard: Multiple)

r/Fantasy Book Club (Hard: with participation)

Replaced with: Sequel: Not the First Book in the Series (2017)

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New to you author (Hard: haven’t heard much about)

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Gothic Fantasy (Hard: not in the Book Riot article)

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Backlist book (Hard: published before 2000)

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Revenge-seeking character (Hard: revenge as the major book plot)

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Mystery plot (Hard: not primary world urban fantasy)

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Comfort read (Hard: that isn’t a reread)

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Debut novel (Hard: published in 2021)

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Cat squasher (500+ pages; Hard: 800+ pages)

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SFF-related nonfiction (Hard: published in the last 5 years)

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Latinx or Latin American author (Hard: with fewer than 1000 Goodreads ratings)

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Self published (Hard: with fewer than 50 Goodreads ratings)

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Forest setting (Hard: for the entire book)

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Genre mashup (Hard: of three or more genres)

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Has chapter titles of more than one word (Hard: for every chapter)

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___ of ___ (Hard: and ___)

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First contact (Hard: that doesn’t lead to war)

Trans or Nonbinary (Hard: protagonist)

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Debut author (Hard: with an AMA)

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Witches (Hard: as the main protagonist)