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Diversify Your Read

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6 participants (81 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
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

511 pages • digital • 2020

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

816 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad slow-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi

319 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

369 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sociopath: a Memoir by Patric Gagne

Sociopath: a Memoir

Patric Gagne

347 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction memoir dark informative reflective medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

201 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Razorblade Tears

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • digital • 2021

fiction crime mystery thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

296 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

The Story of a New Name

The Neapolitan Novels #2

Elena Ferrante

471 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

Crystal Smith Paul

404 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced