The 2022 Reading The Other Challenge - hosted by readingtheother

a book set in a colonised country
the book can be about anything, but try to find something that deals with the impact of colonialism. post-colonial literature can be a good place to look for a read
All books added
Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lại

Butterfly Yellow

Thanhhà Lại

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction young adult emotional reflective slow-paced
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

ReVisioning American History

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

296 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Harriet A. Washington

501 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction health history race science challenging informative slow-paced
Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai by Nina Mingya Powles

Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai

Nina Mingya Powles

85 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays food and drink memoir informative reflective medium-paced
If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

If They Come for Us: Poems

Fatimah Asghar

108 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

The Widows of Malabar Hill

Perveen Mistry #1

Sujata Massey

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Ravan & Eddie by Kiran Nagarkar

Ravan & Eddie

Ravan & Eddie #1

Kiran Nagarkar

376 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life by Sayed Kashua

Native: Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life

Sayed Kashua

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe

When the Elephants Dance

Tess Uriza Holthe

368 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative slow-paced
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Patron Saints of Nothing

Randy Ribay

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced