2022 Diversity Reading Challenge

 Will bed doing this one again, getting as many books as possible.

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/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 with chronic health issues
• Characters/authors in wheelchairs
• Characters/authors with cerebral palsy, ME, MS, etc.
• Characters/authors with a learning disability

The challenge starts on January 1st 2022 and will end on December 31st 2022. 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. When It Happens to You--Molly Ringwald
2. Moloka'i--Alan Brennert
3. The Mockingbirds--Daisy Whitney
4. The Rivals--Daisy Whitney
5. Glass--Ellen Hopkins
6. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me--Sherman Alexie
7. When You Trap a Tiger--Tae Keller
8. Black Buck--Mateo Askaripour
9. The XX Brain--Lisa Mosconi, PhD
10. A Song Below Water--Bethany C. Morrow
11. Unfriended--Rachel Vail
12. Jay's Gay Agenda--Jason June
13. Dancing at the Pity Party--Tyler Feder
14. A Curse So Dark and Lonely--Brigid Kemmerer
15. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil--John Berendt
16. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach--Carmen Agra Deedy
17. Lean In--Sheryl Sandberg
18. The Power of One--Bryce Courtenay
19. Out of My Mind--Sharon M. Draper
20. Meet Cute--Jennifer L. Armentrout & others
21. Life's Too Short--Abby Jimenez
22. A Heart So Fierce and Broken--Brigid Kemmerer
23. A Vow So Bold and Deadly--Brigid Kemmerer
24. Easy Crafts for the Insane--Kelly Williams Brown
25. Angel of Greenwood--Randi Pink
26. Call Us What We Carry--Amanda Gorman
27. Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating--Adiba Jaigirdar
28. Here to Stay--Sara Farizan
29. Mulan: The Legend of the Woman Warrior--Faye-Lyn Wu
30. This Woven Kingdom--Tahereh Mafi
31. Ace--Angela Chen
32. Kamala: Feminist Folktales From Around the World--Ethel Johnston Phelps
33. The Wind in My Hair--Masih Alinejad
34. My Invented Country--Isabel Allende
35. Kamala's Way--Dan Morain
36. Daring to Drive--Manal Al-Sharif
37. The Radium Girls--Kate Moore
38. Visionary Women--Andrea Barnet
39. Never Always Sometimes--Adi Alsaid
40. Salt to the Sea--Ruta Sepetys
41. How to Be an Antiracist--Ibram X. Kendi
42. Cinderella is Dead--Kalynn Bayron
43. The Island of Sea Women--Lisa See
44. The Rainbow Comes and Goes--Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt
45. Music is History--Questlove
46. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac--Gabrielle Zevin
47. I'll Be the One--Lyla Lee
48. Sisters in Law--Linda Hirshman
49. The Wonder Trail--Steve Hely
50. The Little Paris Bookshop--Nina George
51. It Never Goes Away--Dr. Anne L. Koch
52. Hunger--Roxane Gay
53. All About Love--bell hooks
54. Ordinary Hazards--Nikki Grimes
55. Silverworld--Diana Abu-Jaber
56. Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio--Pu Songling
57. Retro Rhythms--Francesca Damkar
58. The Summer of Jordi Perez--Amy Spalding
59. Half a Yellow Sun--Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
60. A Crack in the Sea--H.M. Bouwman
61. Hiroshima--John Hersey
62. While Justice Sleeps--Stacey Abrams
63. The Coldest Winter Ever--Sister Souljah
64. Book Fiesta!--Pat Mora 
65. The Guncle--Steven Rowley
66. The Merchant of Venice--William Shakespeare
67. Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max--Noelle Stevenson & Grace Ellis
68. Vanilla--Billy Merrell
69. Technically, You Started It--Lana Wood Johnson
70. Code Name Verity--Elizabeth Wein
71. The Best American Short Stories 2014--Jennifer Egan (ed.)
72. Arsenic and Adobo--Mia P. Manansala
73. Homicide and Halo-Halo--Mia P. Manansala
74. Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp--Philip Pullman
75. Punk 57--Penelope Douglas
76. The Last Chance Library--Freya Sampson
77. Tell the Wolves I'm Home--Carol Rifka Brunt
78. Pet--Akwaeke Emezi
79. Breath, Eyes, Memory--Edwidge Danticat
80. Willow Weep for Me--Meri Nana-Ama Danquah (reread)
81. Red Heart Tattoo--Lurlene McDaniel
82. The Emperor's Children--Claire Messud
83. The Lies That Bind--Emily Giffin
84. We Came, We Saw, We Left--Charles Wheelan
85. The Anthropocene Reviewed--John Green
86. Tiger's Eye--Inga Clendinnen
87. With the Fire on High--Elizabeth Acevedo
88. Queenie--Candice Carty-Williams
89. The Summer Deal--Jill Shalvis
90. The Quest for California's Gold--James P. Burger
91. People of Pride--Chase Clemesha, MD
92. Somebody's Daughter--Ashley C. Ford
93. Black Cake--Charmaine Wilkerson
94. Tokyo Ever After--Emiko Jean
95. High Lonesome--Louis L'Amour
96. She Drives Me Crazy--Kelly Quindlen
97. Maigret and the Headless Corpse--Georges Simenon
98. First Trip--Cheryl Taylor
99. The Switch--Beth O'Leary
100. The Book of Salt--Monique Truong
101. Remember the Ladies--Cheryl Harness
102. Native Son--Richard Wright
103. Drag Teen--Jeffery Self 
104. The Safety Net--Andrea Camilleri
105. Three Stations--Martin Cruz Smith
106. Finding Me--Viola Davis
107. Aurora Rising--Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
108. Conversations With Friends--Sally Rooney
109. Felix Ever After--Kacen Callender
110. The Kiss Quotient--Helen Hoang
111. The Bride Test--Helen Hoang
112. Firekeeper's Daughter--Angeline Boulley
113. The Heart Principle--Helen Hoang
114. Mexican Gothic--Silvia Moreno-Garcia
115. The Taking of Jake Livingston--Ryan Douglass
116. Coco: Miguel's Guitar--RJ. Cregg
117. The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea--Maggie Tokuda-Hall
118. The Bride of Casa Dracula--Marta Acosta
119. Witches: The Complete Collection--Daisuke Igashari
120. Lit--Mary Karr
121. Omar's Halloween--Maryann Kovalski
122. City on Fire--Garth Risk Hallberg
123. Jemima J--Jane Green
124. Molly's Game--Molly Bloom
125. The Story of Blue-Beard--Charles Perrault
126. Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale--Lynda Rutledge
127. Code Name Helene--Ariel Lawhon
128. Band of Sisters--Lauren Willig
129. Calypso--David Sedaris
130. In the Midst of Winter--Isabel Allende
131. Bangkok 8--John Burdett
132. The Night Watchman--Louise Erdrich
133. Funny You Should Ask--Elissa Sussman
134. My American Journey--Colin Powell
135. A Rule Against Murder--Louise Penny
136. The Year of Magical Thinking--Joan Didion
137. American Road Trip--Patrick Flores-Scott
138. Maccabee!--Tilda Balsley
139. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow--Gabrielle Zevin
140. The Good Sister--Sally Hepworth
141. Last in a Long Line of Rebels--Lisa Lewis Tyre
142. What Was the Holocaust?--Gail Herman
143. Wishful Drinking--Carrie Fisher
144. Little Fires Everywhere--Celeste Ng
145. White Noise--Don DeLillo
146. The Mapmaker's Wife--Robert Whitaker
147. Kwanzaa--Martin Hints and Kate Hintz
148. Mr. Miracle--Debbie Macomber
149. Dreidels on the Brain--Joel Ben Izzy
150. The Clay Marble--Mingfong Ho

Calling challenge complete on December 27