Big Book Reading 2024 - hosted by time4reading

Read a book by a BIPOC author
BIPOC is a difficult term and not one that I would use regularly, however, challenge prompts are necessarily brief. The main goal here is to ensure that you cannot complete this challenge reading only white authors.
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To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

To Paradise

Hanya Yanagihara

708 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enríquez

736 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

The Parisian

Isabella Hammad

549 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Small Island by Andrea Levy

Small Island

Andrea Levy

533 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright

Praiseworthy

Alexis Wright

736 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary challenging dark sad slow-paced
Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji

Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century

Joya Chatterji

864 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Ours by Phillip B. Williams

Ours

Phillip B. Williams

580 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

576 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Marlon James

620 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced