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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
Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix
Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, …
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Romance
Young Adult
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2
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half
The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But a…
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Historical Fiction
Fiction
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3
Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Tiffany D. Jackson
Let Me Hear a Rhyme
In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the …
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Historical Fiction
Young Adult
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4
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman…
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Fiction
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5
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
Felix Ever After
From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Ca…
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Romance
Young Adult
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6
Get a Life, Chloe Brown: A Novel (The Brown Sisters, 1)
Talia Hibbert
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a g…
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Romance
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7
The Perfect Find
Tia Williams
Goodreads
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
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Romance
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8
Babel-17
Samuel R. Delany
Babel-17
Babel-17 is all about the power of language. Humanity, …
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Science Fiction
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9
The Einstein Intersection
Samuel R. Delany
The Einstein Intersection
A nonhuman race reimagines human mythology. The Einste…
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Science Fiction
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10
Speech Sounds
Octavia E. Butler
Speech Sounds
Published in 1983, “Speech Sounds” tells the story of a…
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Science Fiction
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11
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Octavia E. Butler
Bloodchild and Other Stories
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have …
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Science Fiction
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12
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
In 2024, with the world descending into madness and ana…
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Science Fiction
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13
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy,…
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Science Fiction
Fantasy
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14
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
Kindred
The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us—along with …
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Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
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15
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the Bones
Winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction A …
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Historical Fiction
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16
The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X
Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reyno…
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Young Adult
Fiction
KC
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17
Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo
Clap When You Land
In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, Nat…
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Young Adult
Fiction
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18
Freshwater
Akwaeke Emezi
Freshwater
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the s…
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Fiction
Fantasy
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19
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
Such a Fun Age
A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarat…
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Fiction
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20
The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline
The Marrow Thieves
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people…
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Science Fiction
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21
Mapping the Interior
Stephen Graham Jones
Mapping the Interior
Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-…
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Fantasy
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22
Robopocalypse
Daniel Wilson
Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1)
In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all…
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Science Fiction
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23
Love: Beyond Body, Space & Time
Hope Nicholson
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-…
"Love Beyond, Body, Space, and Time" is a collection of…
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Science Fiction
Fantasy
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