Read Your Shelves Challenge 2021 - hosted by caitlinsbooks

The short story/essay collection
Ahhh, the short story/essay collection! I have a couple on my shelves that I know I'm going to really enjoy, but I never seem to get to them. 
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Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—without the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie

Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—without the Fairy-Tale Endings

Linda Rodríguez McRobbie

303 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative medium-paced
The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook and Other Stories by Nisha Susan

The Women Who Forgot to Invent Facebook and Other Stories

Nisha Susan

217 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories funny fast-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sansei and Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita

Sansei and Sensibility

Karen Tei Yamashita

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced
Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold

Bolu Babalola

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance short stories emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

245 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan

The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories

Marina Keegan

208 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays short stories inspiring medium-paced
Dear Life by Alice Munro

Dear Life

Alice Munro

336 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl

Yiyun Li

221 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced