Diversify Your Read

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4 participants (54 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Diversity is windows & mirrors. Mirrors: to see ourselves in books. Windows: to stretch our imagination & allow us to experience others’ cultures & experiences

Intentionally reading books that are written by or about:
  1. Different cultural backgrounds 
  2. Translated works
  3. Different genres
  4. By or focusing on marginalized communities (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, etc)

Challenge Books

All books added
The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden

The Perfect Son

Freida McFadden

320 pages • paperback • 2019 user-added

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Tomes and Tea #1

Rebecca Thorne

443 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix

408 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger

Pen Pal

J.T. Geissinger

353 pages • digital • 2022

fiction romance dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

All Good People Here

Ashley Flowers

312 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

255 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin

The Keeper of Hidden Books

Madeline Martin

402 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom by Christine Brown Woolley

Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom

Christine Brown Woolley

8 hours, 42 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

64 pages • hardcover • 1964

fiction childrens classics emotional reflective sad fast-paced
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend's Exorcism

Grady Hendrix

332 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction horror thriller dark funny tense medium-paced