2021 Diversity Reading Challenge

 Going to do this one, getting as many books as possible.

Considering all the sad and tragic events this year, such as the murder of George Floyd, the harassment of Asian due to Covid-19, and now the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I decided reviving the Diversity Reading Challenge for next year.

I’m not going to make any categories or levels for this challenge, as I want it to be a bit flexible. Read as many books as you feel like reading and yes, it can be children’s books, graphic novels, e-books, non-fiction, audio books, poetry and you-name-it. As it is a diversity reading challenge, it would be mean to exclude some types of reading materials, right?

Now, what is diversity you might ask? What I mean by diversity is, but not limited to;

• People of color/non-caucasian characters/authors
• Native Americans and other indigenous people
• LGBTQIA+
• Authors or characters defining themselves as trans, intersex, genderfluid or similar
• Refugees
• Religious minorities
• Mental illnesses/disorders
• Neurodiversity (like ADD, Aspergers and autism)
• Feminist themes/issues
• Physical/mental disabilities
• Characters/authors in wheelchairs
• Characters/authors with cerebral palsy, ME, MS, etc.

The challenge starts on January 1st 2021 and will end on December 31st 2021. Also, feel free to use books for whatever other challenges you might be participating in. I've often used the same book for several challenges myself, if a book fitted into more than one challenge.

My Books:

1. Girls Like Us--Rachel Lloyd
2. Boyfriend Material--Alexis Hall
3. Bitch--Elizabeth Wurtzel (reread)
4. Crank--Ellen Hopkins
5. The Flower in the Skull--Kathleen Alcala
6. The Truths We Hold--Kamala Harris
7. Other Words For Home--Jasmine Warga
8. Queen of Air and Darkness--Cassandra Clare
9. Ziggy, Stardust and Me--James Brandon
10. Abide With Me--Elizabeth Strout
11. Girl, Woman, Other--Bernardine Evaristo
12. Lost Soul, Be At Peace--Maggie Thrash
13. Brown Girl Dreaming--Jacqueline Woodson (reread)
14. Thirteen Senses--Victor Villaseñor
15. From Scratch--Tembi Locke
16. Sophie's Choice--William Styron
17. SLAY--Brittney Morris
18. Dear Justyce--Nic Stone
19. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo--Taylor Jenkins Reid
20. One to Watch--Kate Stayman-London
21. Never Look Back--Lilliam Rivera
22. The Vanishing Half--Brit Bennett
23. Miracles and Grace in an Unlikely Place--Charisse Tyson (reread)
24. The Hare With Amber Eyes--Edmund De Waal
25. The Tradition--Jericho Brown
26. Junior High Drama--Louise Simonson
27. Heartstopper, Volume 1--Alice Oseman
28. This Mournable Body--Tsitsi Dangarembga
29. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet--Jamie Ford
30. Girl Made of Stars--Ashley Herring Blake
31. A Burning--Megha Majumdar
32. Beyond Magenta--Susan Kuklin
33. Check, Please!: Hockey--Ngozi Ukazu
34. An American Sunrise--Joy Harjo
35. Forget Me Not--Ellie Terry
36. Feng-Shui--Ernest J. Eitel
37. To Love and Let Go--Rachel Brathen
38. Ties That Tether--Jane Igharo
39. The Girl With the Louding Voice--Abi Dare
40. Geisha, a Life--Mineko Iwasaki
41. Black Sun--Rebecca Roanhorse
42. A Map to the Sun--Sloane Leong
43. Inside Out & Back Again--Thanhha Lai
44. What I Like About Me--Allia Zobel Nolan
45. Sanctuary--Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher
46. Calling Maggie May--Anonymous
47. Chain of Iron--Cassandra Clare
48. The Summer's End--Mary Alice Monroe
49. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden--Joanne Greenberg
50. The End of Your Life Book Club--Will Schwalbe
51. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit--Jeanette Winterson
52. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Volume 1--Shiro Amano
53. The Quiet American--Graham Greene
54. The Premonition--Michael Lewis
55. Of Love and Shadows--Isabel Allende
56. Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead--Emily Austin
57. The Courage of Sarah Noble--Alice Dalgliesh
58. Kyle's Little Sister--BonHyung Jeong
59. Waging Heavy Peace--Neil Young
60. Voices From Chernobyl--Svetlana Alexievich
61. Carpentaria--Alexis Wright
62. Bird Summons--Leila Aboulela
63. The Country Guesthouse--Robyn Carr
64. Harlem--Walter Dean Myers
65. Circe--Madeline Miller
66. Teardrop--Lauren Kate
67. Waterfall--Lauren Kate
68. Hillbilly Elegy--J.D. Vance
69. Hippie--Paulo Coelho
70. Ace of Spades--Faridah Abike-Iyimide
71. The Pelican Brief--John Grisham
72. Clap When You Land--Elizabeth Acevedo
73. Crying in H Mart--Michelle Zauner
74. The Dew Breaker--Edwidge Danticat
75. Vampires Never Get Old--Zoraida Cordova (ed.)
76. Let's Pretend This Never Happened--Jenny Lawson
77. Los Gatos Black on Halloween--Marisa Montes
78. Jade City--Fonda Lee
79. Mummies in the Morning--Mary Pope Osborne
80. Ten, Nine, Eight--Molly Bang
81. The Poisonwood Bible-Barbara Kingslover
82. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon--Grace Lim
83. The Dove's Necklace--Raja Alem
84. Mooncakes--Suzanne Walker
85. A Dash of Trouble--Anna Meriano
86. Bel Canto--Ann Patchett
87. The Poetry of Strangers--Brian Sonia-Wallace
88. His Majesty's Hope--Susan Elia MacNeal
89. Who Was Gandhi?--Dana Meachan Rau
90. Empire of the Summer Moon--S.C. Gwynne
91. Anxious People--Frederik Backman
92. Twelve Years a Slave--Solomon Northup
93. Malibu Rising--Taylor Jenkins Reid
94. A Lowcountry Wedding--Mary Alice Monroe
95. A Lowcountry Christmas--Mary Alice Monroe
96. Let It Snow--John Green
97. One Last Stop--Casey McQuiston
98. Finding Yvonne--Brandy Colbert
99. The Eight Knights of Hanukkah--Leslie Kimmelman
100. All In--Billie Jean King
101. Who Was Joan of Arc?--Pam Pollack
102. I Would Leave Me If I Could--Halsey
103. Madness in Civilization--Andrew Scull
104. Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry--Jeffrey A. Lieberman
105. Deadline--Chris Crutcher
106. Santa in the City--Tiffany D. Jackson
107. The World According to Garp--John Irving

Calling challenge complete on December 26