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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Dava Shastri's Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti

Dava Shastri's Last Day

Kirthana Ramisetti

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave

Well-Behaved Indian Women

Saumya Dave

397 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us by Prachi Gupta

They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us

Prachi Gupta

288 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective sad medium-paced
Here to Stay: Uncovering South Asian American History by Geetika Rudra

Here to Stay: Uncovering South Asian American History

Geetika Rudra

232 pages • missing pub info (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
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