Back for the tenth year, this is a list of adult literary books with a 2022 initial publication date that will appeal to literary readers of color and readers who enjoy stories with a multicultural point-of-view.
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
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131 voters ·
list created October 31st, 2021
by Rainbowheart (votes) .
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2022, adult-fiction, diversity, fiction, literary, literary-fiction, multicultural, people-of-color, poc
Rainbowheart
2033 books
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Jennifer
3521 books
991 friends
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~☆~Autumn
8118 books
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Jan
5153 books
133 friends
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Stephanie
13745 books
1371 friends
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Amber
58 books
61 friends
61 friends
Jill
2533 books
914 friends
914 friends
S
384 books
87 friends
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Jan 23, 2022 02:59PM
I think this list is limiting itself by prioritizing For Readers of Color rather than For Readers Who Enjoy Reading Stories with Multi-Cultural Points of View. The latter opens the list to All Readers.
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This is an ongoing list for many years, so there are no plans to retitle it. Obviously white people are also welcome to read these books!
I echo the comment above that it's ridiculous and reductive to suggest that these books written by *authors* of color are targeted to *readers* of color. This is an example of how racism and compartmentalization leads to the marginalization of authors of color. Seriously, consider changing the title. The fact that the list has been ongoing with this name for years makes it WORSE, it's not a reason to leave it this way.
This list is not just for authors of color, but the books included are meant to appeal to readers of color. This list was originally started by an African American woman, but anyone is welcome to read the books on it.
Rainbowheart wrote: "This list is not just for authors of color, but the books included are meant to appeal to readers of color. This list was originally started by an African American woman, but anyone is welcome to r..."That is helpful context, thank you. It seemed to me like it was just assuming that the only people that want to read books by people of color are other people of color, I’m sorry for misunderstanding that.
No worries, Tara!Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2023
New list for the upcoming year! I can't believe 2023 is so close.
Next year's list is up!Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2024
Please feel free to vote, everybody. :)
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