The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

For a book written by an author of color. Any genre, fiction or non-fiction.

Growing Up X

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Now and Then... by Gil Scott-Heron

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

I have a number on my list, so once again it will be one that won't fit for one of the tougher categories.

Jeanette wrote: "Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng"
Me too!

Deliver Me

Brown Girl Dreaming

I have a few on my tbr list:

A Place to Stand
Insurrecto
Pachinko
Dekko
The Emissary
Mexican Gothic
Pizza Girl
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria

Transcendent Kingdom
When No One is Watching

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Completion Post:

Just finished reading: "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda (★★★★☆), it is a mythology/urban fantasy middle-grade novel. It stars thirteen-year-old Iraqi-American Sikander “Sik” Aziz must stop the ancient Mesopotamian plague god Nergal from raining destruction and pestilence on New York City.

Chadda has created a wonderful narrative filled with fast-paced action and heavy doses of humor, this Gilgamesh-inspired novel benefits from a well-developed secondary cast. The touching exploration of adolescent grief, and the strong connections between Sik and his parents, provide additional nuance and depth.

Long way down By Jason Reynolds

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. Excellent audio read by the author.

I read the next installment in a graphic novel series I had started in 2020 Fun YA with a Muslim teenage girl as the MC.

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson

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I read “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston.

I just finished Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.

Swing by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess. I don't know what "with" means here, and I think Hess is White, but taken literally, the prompt requires only one AOC, and Alexander meets that requirement.

DayBlack

A Murmur of Bees, by Sofia Segovia.

blacktop wasteland by s.a. crosby

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2021...

The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson

American Marriage by Tayari Jones.

I read Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, 4 Stars

Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume has multiple authors. Three of them fit this category: Berta Platas, Kayla Perrin, and Cara Lockwood.

I could have used so many of my reads for this category, but this book didn't neatly fit into any of the other prompts, and I really enjoyed it. I read The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Completed: October 24, 2021