Book Riot - Read Harder 2024 - hosted by justjussy__

Read a history book by a BIPOC author
All books added
Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine by Edward Lee

Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine

Edward Lee

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

Forbidden

Old West #1

Beverly Jenkins

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional slow-paced
Breathless by Beverly Jenkins

Breathless

Old West #2

Beverly Jenkins

384 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical romance emotional slow-paced
Honour by Elif Shafak

Honour

Elif Shafak

12 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history science funny informative medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

10 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki

Geisha: A Life

Mineko Iwasaki

320 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir informative slow-paced
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1 by Gisèle Gordon, Kent Monkman

The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1

A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island #1

Gisèle Gordon, Kent Monkman

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny informative fast-paced
This Place: 150 Years Retold by David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Katherena Vermette, Sonny Assu

This Place: 150 Years Retold

David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Katherena Vermette, Sonny Assu

287 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical short stories young adult emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Deathless Divide

Dread Nation #2

Justina Ireland

14 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced