2026 Reading Challenge

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Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeUntouchables Castes in India by ShyamlalHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanRepublic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde
Caste Discrimination
95 books — 3 voters
The Weed by Amrita PritamIn A Forest, A Deer by AmbaiA Visit to Delhi by Rashid JahanOn the Far Side of Memory by Lalithambika AntharjanamThe Good Mother by Mridula Koshy
Short Fiction by South Asian Women
15 books — 2 voters

Amah Faraway by Margaret Chiu GreaniasThe Name Jar by Yangsook ChoiMy Footprints by Bao PhiA Mom by Betsy WilhelmWhere on Earth Is My Bagel? by National Geographic Learning
Asian Representation in Children's Picture Books
28 books — 4 voters
Home Fire by Kamila ShamsieSeason of the Rainbirds by Nadeem AslamKartography by Kamila ShamsieInfidel by Pornsak PichetshoteAn Act of Treason by Jack Coughlin
Pakistani-Fiction
25 books — 5 voters

Remnants of a Separation by Aanchal MalhotraThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiAnu by Shabnam VasishtReconciliation by Benazir Bhutto
Best non-fiction books by South Asian women
48 books — 5 voters
The Outcasts - A Thousand Dreams of Redemption by Lidija StankovikjFemme in Public by Alok Vaid-MenonLoose Gravel by Ginny FanthomeHostel Room 131 by R. Raj RaoIt Gets Bitter by Alok Vaid-Menon
Queer South Asia
11 books — 7 voters

Seeing Like a Feminist by Nivedita MenonThe Namesake by Mira NairChild Marriage in India by Jaya SagadeThe Silence And The Storm;Narratives Of Violence Against Wome... by Kalpana SharmaWe Sinful Women by Rukhsana Ahmad
Non Fiction by South Asian Women
51 books — 6 voters
Done With Men by Shuchi Singh KalraZero Defect by Aarohan AtwalCould be, Maybe, love...? by Kavita S. SunilMake Up Break Up by Lily Menon
Desi Romcom
4 books — 6 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniBeneath a Marble Sky by John ShorsThe Henna Artist by Alka JoshiThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Historical Fiction - South Asia
84 books — 16 voters
The Lamentations of a Sombre Sky by Manan KapoorCurfewed Night by Basharat PeerThe Tree with a Thousand Apples by Sanchit GuptaOur Moon Has Blood Clots by Rahul PanditaMunnu by Malik Sajad
Kashmir
32 books — 37 voters

The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar111 Trees by Rina SinghMalala's Magic Pencil by Malala YousafzaiA New Friend For Chanda And Chapal by Benjamin TaggartFauja Singh Keeps Going by Simrat Jeet Singh
Bengali, Indian and Pakistani Represenation in Children's Picture Books
47 books — 4 voters
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodKushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline CareyKushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline CareyFanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
Best Books Involving Sexwork (Fiction and Nonfiction)
402 books — 194 voters