2. POC (person of color) author

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

Questions or suggestions about books to fulfill this prompt? Post them here.

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

Goodreads has a zillion lists for this, so I'll just link to the search results instead:
https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...

[Alisia]

Here are some suggestions that I read in 2017:

The Underground Railroad
Brown Girl Dreaming
Any of the Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal volumes
Milk and Honey
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Dawn
We Should All Be Feminists
When Dimple Met Rishi
The Hate U Give
Labyrinth Lost

[Megan]

I think I'll let one of my Litsy Passport picks do double duty here! Shadows of Your Black Memory
The Dew Breaker
Love Songs Make You Cry
Dubbelspel
Gravel Heart

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

This is a good crowdsourced list of POC authors of speculative fiction, besides Octavia Butler, who’s also a great option.

https://mobile.twitter.com/silviamg/s...

[Margie (Bookzombie)]

Here is what I'm considering:
Invisible Man - double duty as a chunkster
Shadowhouse Fall - if my library will ever get it on audio or another of Older's books
Kindred
Their Eyes Were Watching God

This list could get really long, lol.

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

Margie (Bookzombie) wrote: "Here is what I'm considering:
Invisible Man - double duty as a chunkster
Shadowhouse Fall - if my library will ever get it on audio or another of Older's books
[book:Ki..."

I loved Invisible, Kindred, and Their Eyes. Ruby Dee reads the last one and she is flawless!

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

I’m thinking of these

Parable of the Sower
The Inheritance Trilogy

[Angela]

Parable of the sower was awesome!!!

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

Angela wrote: "Parable of the sower was awesome!!!"

Thanks - I’m pretty sure I’ll love it!! 😍

[Mel]

I have 3 Colson Whitehead books that are calling to me.....
Zone One
The Intuitionist
The Underground Railroad

There are so many others I own- I'll have to make a list.

[Kamisha]

I'm probably going with Who Fears Death or Shadowhouse Fall for this one! They're both such amazing authors!

[Victoria]

I really loved Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka if you are looking for something a little different!

[Barbara (The Bibliophage)]

Victoria wrote: "I really loved Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka if you are looking for something a little different!"

I have that one on my TBR. I'm not sure I'll use it for this, but I'm glad to have your recommendation!

[Nadia]

I'm thinking of reading The Hate U Give for this one.

[Kamisha]

Finished Who Fears Death for this prompt yesterday and it was amazing!

[Claire]

I read Their Eyes Were Watching God and thought it was immensely beautiful.

[Debbie]

I'm up to Vol 3 of the Ms. Marvel graphic novels and enjoying them.

[Rebecca]

Read The Changeling bt Victor LaValle for the 1000 pages book club at #InkandPaper Blog. As the title suggests about a couple who come to realize (at different times) that their newborn is a changeling. The book divides into a more mythological, magical section that was somewhat jarring but I enjoyed the book.

[Courtney]

I read Stories of Your Life and Others for this one.

[Shannon]

I'm wavering between Swing Time and Everything Everything. Checked out both, curious where my mood takes me. I might be too brain dead to read Zadie Smith at the moment, so a ligth YA read might be right up my alley for the moment.

[Martha]

I read When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

[Donna]

I read The Vegetarian by Han Kang for this category.



I ended up giving it 3 stars, it was a bit difficult to read because of the content and I struggled to piece the parts together.

[Marni]

Read Americanah for this prompt. Really enjoyed and appreciated the view of American culture and Nigerian culture from someone else’s point of view.

[Jessica]

I went with A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas for this one. It is the sequel to a book I really enjoyed last year, and it didn't let me down. It wasn't QUITE as good as the first one but I still enjoyed it immensely.

[Kerry]

Does The Alchemist work for this prompt?