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

Introduction

1. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2. Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

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

4. The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam

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

6. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

7. The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

8. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

9. Dominicana by Angie Cruz

10. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

11. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

12. American War by Omar El Akkad

13. Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

14. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

15. Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

16. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

17. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

18. The Beauty in Breaking by Michele Harper

19. Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino by Julián Herbert, Translated by Christina MacSweeney

20. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

21. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

22. Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami

23. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

24. Luster by Raven Leilani

25. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

26. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

27. A Burning by Megha Majumdar

28. Deacon King Kong by James McBride

29. Augustown by Kei Miller

30. The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir by Wayétu Moore

31. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh