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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:

Different cultural backgrounds
Translated works
Different genres
By or focusing on marginalized communities (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, etc)

Diversify Your Read

_sassafrass4 Host

4 participants (54 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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:

Different cultural backgrounds
Translated works
Different genres
By or focusing on marginalized communities (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, disabled, etc)

Challenge Books

All books added

Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story by Rich Cohen

Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story
Rich Cohen with Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

8 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

nonfiction biography true crime dark emotional tense medium-paced

nonfiction biography true crime dark emotional tense medium-paced

Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story by Rich Cohen

Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story

Rich Cohen with Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

8 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction biography true crime dark emotional tense medium-paced

nonfiction biography true crime dark emotional tense medium-paced

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver
The Giver #1

Lois Lowry

240 pages • paperback • 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

240 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

Tilt by Emma Pattee

Tilt
Emma Pattee

240 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary dystopian literary dark emotional tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary dystopian literary dark emotional tense fast-paced

Tilt by Emma Pattee

Tilt

240 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary dystopian literary dark emotional tense fast-paced

fiction contemporary dystopian literary dark emotional tense fast-paced

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern by Jean Marie Wiesen

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern
Jean Marie Wiesen

224 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions) user-added

nonfiction

nonfiction

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern by Jean Marie Wiesen

Harriet Tubman: Military Scout and Tenacious Visionary: From Her Roots in Ghana to Her Legacy on the Eastern

Jean Marie Wiesen

224 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

nonfiction

nonfiction

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping
The Hunger Games #0.5

Suzanne Collins

382 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games #0.5

Suzanne Collins

382 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction dystopian young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

The Life of Chuck by Stephen King

The Life of Chuck
Stephen King

128 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction horror emotional reflective sad fast-paced

fiction horror emotional reflective sad fast-paced

The Life of Chuck by Stephen King

The Life of Chuck

128 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction horror emotional reflective sad fast-paced

fiction horror emotional reflective sad fast-paced

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
Matt Eversmann, James Patterson with Tom Force (Narrator), Jennifer Pickens (Narrator), Nancy Peterson, Rob Reider (Narrator), Daniel Henning (Narrator), Jane Oppenheimer (Narrator), Susan Hanfield (Narrator), Amy Jensen (Narrator), Deanna Anthony (Narrator), Marni Penning (Narrator), Jenn Lee (Narrator)

7 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography lighthearted fast-paced

nonfiction biography lighthearted fast-paced

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by Matt Eversmann, James Patterson

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians

Matt Eversmann, James Patterson with Tom Force (Narrator), Jennifer Pickens (Narrator), Nancy Peterson, Rob Reider (Narrator), Daniel Henning (Narrator), Jane Oppenheimer (Narrator), Susan Hanfield (Narrator), Amy Jensen (Narrator), Deanna Anthony (Narrator), Marni Penning (Narrator), Jenn Lee (Narrator)

7 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction biography lighthearted fast-paced

nonfiction biography lighthearted fast-paced

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors
Gareth Brown

403 pages • hardcover • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Book of Doors

403 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

fiction literary magical realism adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
Brad Ricca

432 pages • hardcover • 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

432 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative mysterious slow-paced

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Mysterious Benedict Society #1

Trenton Lee Stewart with Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

485 pages • hardcover • 2007 (editions)

fiction middle grade mystery science fiction adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

fiction middle grade mystery science fiction adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

The Mysterious Benedict Society

The Mysterious Benedict Society #1

Trenton Lee Stewart with Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

485 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction middle grade mystery science fiction adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

fiction middle grade mystery science fiction adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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