ZSR's Summer Reading Challenge 2021 (Wake Forest University) - hosted by tidybookshelf

A historical fiction novel with a BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ protagonist
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Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen

Things We Lost to the Water

Eric Nguyen

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Montague Siblings #1

Mackenzi Lee

513 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Of Women and Salt

Gabriela Garcia

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

In West Mills

De'Shawn Charles Winslow

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende

Island Beneath the Sea

Isabel Allende

457 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

Ayana Mathis

243 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced