Silver Valkyrie's 2021 Reading Challenge - hosted by silver_valkyrie_reads

A book set in a part of the Earth you've never been to.
This can be as general or specific as you like: Antarctica, Czech Republic, Texas,  Seattle, The Empire State Building...
All books added
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers

Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

Leymah Gbowee, Carol Mithers

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2011

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

417 pages | first published 2020

Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta

Frying Plantain

Zalika Reid-Benta

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2019

Ma soeur, serial killeuse by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Ma soeur, serial killeuse

Oyinkan Braithwaite with Christine Barbaste (Translator)

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny tense fast-paced

237 pages | first published 2018

When the Moon Shines by Day by Nayantara Sahgal

When the Moon Shines by Day

Nayantara Sahgal

fiction dystopian politics challenging reflective slow-paced

170 pages | first published 2017

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons

The Passing Playbook

Isaac Fitzsimons

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

304 pages | first published 2021

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 by Kohei Horikoshi

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1

My Hero Academia #1

Kohei Horikoshi

fiction fantasy manga adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

192 pages | first published 2014

One Hundred Lyrics by Sappho

One Hundred Lyrics

Sappho

nonfiction classics literary poetry medium-paced

66 pages

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

320 pages | first published 2020

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Ocean Vuong

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced

83 pages | first published 2016