Monday, November 1, 2021

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

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