A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you

[Kelsey]

This is the view of ethnicity I plan to use when choosing my book:

"Race refers to a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color. Ethnicity, however, refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language"

With that in mind, I think I'll be reading The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden.

[Megan]

I'm going to go with Imperial Woman for this.
I figure I'm Irish/Norwegian/English and the book is about the last Empress of China, so it seems to count.

[Brianna]

I'm going with Soundless by Richelle Mead

[Megan]

"Imperial Woman" bored me to death so I ended up reading The Heretic Queen. It was about an Egyptian queen.

[Rachel]

I just finished reading Ruby by Cynthia Bond for this prompt since it was an Oprah pick last year. I really liked it! There are some very graphic scenes, but the writing is fantastic.

[Melissa]

I plan to read The Case of the Missing Servant for this. My brother recommended it, it's a detective story, and the first in a series if you need a book for that prompt.

[Janet Flora]

I just finished EVERY FALLING STAR a memoir about a teen who got out of North Korea. recommended for anyone curious about that country

[Carrie]

I'm gonna read Moloka'i

[Carla]

I started Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood yesterday.

[Carla]

Born a Crime was excellent. Funny and poignant and inspiring. I loved it.

[Chinook]

I ended up slotting Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? in for this prompt - I'm neither American or of Indian descent. Half my reading at minimum probably fits into this prompt, so this was just the first option that didn't fit anywhere else.

[Cornerofmadness]

I chose A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow. The main character, Kate Shugak, is Native American and this one is heavily influenced by reservation life. That said, even though this is the first in the mystery series, it's not the best in the series. It's actually a little slow.

[Keri]

I read Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou.

[Kirsten]

Cindy wrote: "I'm reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. It's the fist book in the Earthseed series."

I loved that book, Cindy. I need to read the sequel.

[Erika]

For this one I read The Girl from Everywhere, I didnt know she was going to be a different ethnicity but turns out the character is half chinese.

[Sheila]

I read

[Kristin]

Would The Help count? The story follows multiple main characters, but one of them is Caucasian. The others are African American.

[Chinook]

For me, I'd say no because the white character is the main one IMO.

[Elyse]

Kristin wrote: "Would The Help count? The story follows multiple main characters, but one of them is Caucasian. The others are African American."

I don't think so.

[Sam]

I really enjoyed The Blood of Flowers. Shohreh Aghdashloo made it magical to listen to.

[Sam]

Megan wrote: "I'm going to go with Imperial Woman for this.
I figure I'm Irish/Norwegian/English and the book is about the last Empress of China, so it seems to count."

I read this a few weeks ago and all I can say is, good luck. I finished it but it was tough to make myself keep trucking through.

[Megan]

Sam wrote: "Megan wrote: "I'm going to go with Imperial Woman for this.
I figure I'm Irish/Norwegian/English and the book is about the last Empress of China, so it seems to count."

I read this a ..."

I bagged this--I ened up reading The Heretic Queen instead.

[Anshita]

I decided to read The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin. I wanted to read this book ever since I learned that this book is very similar to Gone Girl (One of my favorites!) I initially have chosen to read Fasting, Feasting but realized that it doesn't fit this prompt.