BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color
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Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari

6 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction sociology funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi by Arundhati Roy

The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi

Arundhati Roy

184 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

21 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

22 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

10 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain

The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

Anushay Hossain

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health race science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang

Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China

Leslie T. Chang

420 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Diaspora of Belonging by Jay Sharma

The Diaspora of Belonging

Jay Sharma

402 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced