READING RECOMMENDATIONS | Diversity Bingo Reading Challenge 2017
Gigamov writer and avid book lover Jennifer Roe is taking up the Diversity Bingo Reading Challenge this year, and we’re thrilled to be supporting her!
Prepared with a list of 36 books (several completed already), Jennifer is keen to support a cause that introduces unaware readers to diversity in its many forms: colour and race, sexuality, special needs, refugees and marriage to name just a few.
To find out more about the challenge, check out our introduction post HERE.
If you think this challenge is for you, check out Jennifer’s list below for inspiration and reading ideas!
1.
Romance with trans MC
'If I Was Your Girl' Meredith Russo
2.
Non-binary MC (own voices)
'Every Day' David Levithan
3. SFF Disabled MC
'Graceling' Kristin Cashore
4.
Practicing Jewish MC
'The Upside of Unrequited' Becky Albertalli
AND
'The Romance Reader' Pearl Abraham
5.
Indian MC (own voices)
'Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer' Cyprus Mistry
AND/OR
'The Namesake' Jhumpa Lahiri
6.
Displaced MC
'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' Dee Brown
7.
MC with under-represented body
'Dumpling' Julie Murphy
8.
Neuro-Diverse MC (own voices)
'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime' Mark Haddon
9.
Retelling with LGBTQIA* MC
'Ash' Malinda Lo
AND
'The Song of Achilles' Madeline Miller
10.
Bisexual MC (own voices)
'Of Fire and Stars' Audrey Coulthurst
11.
MC with invisible disability
'It’s Kind of a Funny Story' Ned Vizzini
12.
MC with anaphylactic allergy
'Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl' Sandra Beasley
13.
MC of colour in SFF
'Kindred' Octavia E. Butler
14.
Own Voices Latinx MC
'The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' Junot Diaz
15.
Free Choice
'The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet' Becky Chambers
16.
Non-Western real world setting
'The Vegetarian' Han Kang
17.
OWN VOICES
'Homegoing' Yaa Gyasi
18.
MC with chronic pain
'Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom Duology' Leigh Bardugo
19.
West Asian Setting
'Reading Lolita in Tehran' Azar Nafisi
20.
Arab MC (Own Voices)
'Guapa' Saleem Haddad
21.
MC with wheelchair
'Out of My Mind' Sharon M. Draper
22.
Book by author of colour
'White is for Witching' Helen Oyeyemi
23.
Biracial MC (own voices)
'Everything Leads to You' Nina Lacour
24.
Pansexual MC (own voices)
'Out on good behaviour' Dahlia Adler
25.
Black MC (Own Voices)
'The Hate Race' Maxine Beneba Clarke
26.
Ace MC (Own Voices)
'The Bone People' Keri Hulme
27.
LGBTQIA* MC of colour
'Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe' Benjamin Alire Saenz
28.
Visually Impaired MC
'Run' Kody Keplinger
29.
Book set in Central America
'No One Writes to the Colonel' Gabriele Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
30.
Contemporary world arranged marriage
'Written in the Stars' Aisha Saeed
31.
Indigenous MC (Own Voices)
'The Swan Book' Alexis Wright
32.
Diverse non-fiction
'A Double Shot of Happiness' Judy Sharp
33.
POC on the cover
'The Hate U Give' Angie Thomas
34.
D/dEAF/Hard of hearing MC
'You’re Welcome, Universe' Whitney Gardner
35.
Immigrant or refugee MC
'The Sun Is Also A Star' Nicola Yoon
36.
Hijabi MC (own voices)
'The Complete Persepolis' Marjane Satrapi
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2017 is the year to kickstart your reading obsession and introduce yourself to a world of new books and contemporary issues.
So, what do you think? Hashtag #diversitybingo2017 for further reading inspiration, and share your own selections on social media!
Don’t forget to tag @gigamov in your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts. We’d love to support you in your venture!
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