"The Ultimate" Reading Challenge - hosted by cynbee

A book by an author whose ethnicity is different from your own.
All books added
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Empire of Sand

The Books of Ambha #1

Tasha Suri

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

Heaven

Mieko Kawakami

190 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Blackout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

Blackout

Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

6 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance short stories young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative medium-paced
The Fraud by Zadie Smith

The Fraud

Zadie Smith

455 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison

The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

The Hollows #2

Kim Harrison

464 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy mysterious tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

What You Are Looking For is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama

253 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl

Kiss Kiss

Roald Dahl

296 pages • first pub 1959 (editions) user-added

fiction horror short stories funny medium-paced