Five Year Diverse Reading Challenge - hosted by tsprengel

Race/Ethnicity - Read a book about the Desi experience
The word Desi is widely used by South Asians, as well those of the South Asian diaspora, to describe themselves. For example, includes Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
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Brick Lane by Monica Ali

Brick Lane

Monica Ali

493 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain by Anita Sethi

I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain

Anita Sethi

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud

A Flat Place

Noreen Masud

7 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir nature challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Right Sort of Girl by Anita Rani

The Right Sort of Girl

Anita Rani

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Frihetens øyeblikk by Håkon F. Høydal

Frihetens øyeblikk

Håkon F. Høydal

258 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography challenging informative sad medium-paced
De kaller meg ulven by Zeshan Shakar

De kaller meg ulven

Zeshan Shakar

240 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Gul bok by Zeshan Shakar

Gul bok

Zeshan Shakar

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel

Tell Me How to Be

Neel Patel

321 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Min skyld: En historie om frigjøring by Abid Raja

Min skyld: En historie om frigjøring

Abid Raja

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Gudfaren by Ghulam Abbas, Kjetil Stensvik Østli

Gudfaren

Ghulam Abbas, Kjetil Stensvik Østli

270 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography dark emotional informative medium-paced