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written by
Jami Nakamura Lin
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on the importance of reading books by people of color that aren’t focused on trauma or pain.
This document has some examples of non-”issue” books that are written by people of color. Feel free to make a copy of this doc and add your own books to the reading list. Invite your friends to participate and discuss your thoughts!
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Book lists referenced:
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8 of the Best Books Celebrating Black Joy | Book Riot
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Oprah Magazine – 44 of the Best Books by Black Authors You Should Read in Your Lifetime
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Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading
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Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix
Ibi Zoboi
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The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Tiffany D. Jackson
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Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
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Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters, 1)
Talia Hibbert
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The Perfect Find
Tia Williams
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Babel-17
Samuel R. Delany
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The Einstein Intersection
Samuel R. Delany
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Speech Sounds
Octavia E. Butler
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Octavia E. Butler
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James
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Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
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Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
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The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo
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Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo
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Freshwater
Akwaeke Emezi
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Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
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The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline
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Mapping the Interior
Stephen Graham Jones
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Robopocalypse
Daniel Wilson
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Love: Beyond Body, Space & Time
Hope Nicholson
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