52 Diverse Titles Every Book Lover Should Read: A One Year Recommended Reading List from the American Library Association

By American Library Association (ALA)

The American Library Association presents a book by a must-read BIPOC author for every week of the year in this beautiful reading log.

Calling all book lovers! Expand your reading list with a one-year reading challenge from the American Library Association (ALA). Including the ALA's insights into each title and prompts for further reflection, these recommendations are a must-have for all bibliophiles and library regulars.

Includes:

52 book recommendations to keep you reading BIPOC authors all year

Prompts to reflect on each book as you complete the challenge

Inspiration for your personal reading log, perfect for sharing on social media

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Release date: Dec 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781728244860

American Library Association (ALA)

The American Library Association is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 57,000 members.

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Contents

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

1. Americanah

2. Homeland Elegies

3. Silver, Sword, and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story

4. The Golden Legend

5. The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

6. The Vanishing Half

7. The Yellow House

8. The Water Dancer

9. Dominicana

10. Everything Inside

11. Washington Black

12. American War

13. Freshwater

14. The Night Watchman

15. Crooked Hallelujah

16. Transcendent Kingdom

17. Exit West

18. The Beauty in Breaking

19. Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino

20. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

21. An American Marriage

22. Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America

23. Heavy: An American Memoir

24. Luster

25. Lost Children Archive

26. In the Dream House: A Memoir

27. A Burning

28. Deacon King Kong

29. Augustown

30. The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

31. The Sympathizer

32. Echo on the Bay

33. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

34. Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

35. Just Us: An American Conversation

36. The