Finding BIPOC authors to fill the 2022 categories

[Nadine in NY]

For readers seeking to find a BIPOC author for the 2022 categories!

[Joshua]

For a book about Witches, Witches Steeped in Gold

Blackout features a party everyone is trying to get to.

N.K. Jemisin is a Hugo Award winner

[Tanu]

Already read (starting the challenge early):

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows - this is a triple dip for two languages, set in twin cities (London) and a book with two POVs. Technically also fits the language/nationality prompt (Punjabi is a language).

Any of the Perveen Mistry books by Sujata Massey. for books about a secret.

Recommended: The Ghost Bride for a book about the afterlife

**Planned**:

The Night Tiger for a tiger on cover or title
Legendborn or The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water for found family
Obit for Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
Zen Cho or P. Djèlí Clark's novellas for books you can read in 1 sitting
The Mirror Season or (I think) Firekeeper's Daughter for mirror/reflected image. It says Boulley is "an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians". Not sure what that means - does that mean she is Indigenous or an honorary member?
The Underground Railroad for plane, train or ship
Justina Ireland's Dread Nation books for duology and ace-spec character.

[Leonie]

Thank you so much Nadine for listopia. Seriously a life saver!

Romance novels by BIPOC author:
Suggestion
The boyfriend project - Farah Rochon

Would Intercepted by Alexa Martin fit this category

[John]

Tanvi wrote: "Already read (starting the challenge early):

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows - this is a triple dip for two languages, set in twin cities (London) and a book with two POVs. Techn..."

I must admit that the two twin cities prompts make me scratch my head. If I were to read Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows set in London, do I read one set in Punjab for the other twin city prompt?

[Nadine in NY]

Tanvi wrote: "... It says Boulley is "an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians". Not sure what that means - does that mean she is Indigenous or an honorary member? ..."



yes it means she is Indigenous

[Nadine in NY]

John wrote: "I must admit that the two twin cities prompts make me scratch my head. If I were to read Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows set in London, do I read one set in Punjab for the other twin city prompt? ..."



I am assuming Popsugar means the political / diplomatic practice of "sister cities." It's kind of ceremonial thing, akin to giving a celebrity the "key to the city" as an honor. London's sister cities are: Beijing, Berlin, Bogota, Moscow, NYC, Kuala Lumpur, Santiago, Shanghai, Tehran, & Tokyo.

https://www.oxford-royale.com/article...

[Lauren]

Thanks for setting this up! Here are some of my plans so far:

-onomatopoeia in its title: Ring Shout or Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic

-protagonist who uses a mobility aid: Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

-Pacific Islander author: The People in the Trees or This Is Paradise: Stories

-character on the ace spectrum: Elatsoe

-recipe in it: Crying in H Mart or Notes from a Young Black Chef

-misleading title: This Is How You Lose the Time War or How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

-set in Victorian times: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

-#OwnVoices SFF: Gods of Jade and Shadow or Woven in Moonlight

-reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

-palindromic title: Please Look After Mom

-someone leading a double life: imposter syndrome (I loved American Spy if anyone hasn't read that one yet!)

-parallel reality: Finna (I think this author is BIPOC? Does anyone know for sure?)

The ones I'm struggling with so far are:
-Hugo winner (I've already read the BIPOC-authored options there)
-board game in the title
-plane train or ship (I've already read Underground Railroad)

[Nadine in NY]

Lauren wrote: "... -parallel reality: Finna (I think this author is BIPOC? Does anyone know for sure?)
..."



I thought so, too, but their Twitter bio is "White queer & trans writer, they/them"



You're going to have to get creative for Hugo winner! there just aren't many to choose from. You read The Three Body Problem, and the Jemisin & Roanhorse books? all the novellas & novellettes? Okorafor,? Ted Chiang? Yoon Ha Lee? Octavia Butler? Hao Jingfang? Zen Cho?

[Nadine in NY]

Here are some of my ideas that I'm considering - I THINK these are all BIPOC authors:

onomatopoeia: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

mobility aid: Can't Escape Love by Alyssa Cole

Anisfield-Wolf award: Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

Afterlife: Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera or (more likely) Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

set in the 80s: Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead

cutlery on cover: Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien (there's a spoon in the soup bowl)

witches: Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova

Ace spectrum: Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann or That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert (I'm not certain if this one fits "ace spectrum" but I saw it listed somewhere)

recipe: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

man-made disaster: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (it's a virus that is unleashed on the world during research, so I figure it fits)

social horror: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

gender identity: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

mirror image: Adaptation by Malinda Lo

palindrome: Mem by Bethany C. Morrow

two languages: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

and a bunch of the duologies I'm considering are by BIPOC authors:
Dear Martin / Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
The Wrath and the Dawn / The Rose & the Dagger by Renée Ahdieh
Flame in the Mist / Smoke in the Sun by Renée Ahdieh
We Hunt the Flame / We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal
These Violent Delights / Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
The Star-Touched Queen / A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
Spin the Dawn / Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

[Lauren]

Nadine wrote: "Lauren wrote: "... -parallel reality: Finna (I think this author is BIPOC? Does anyone know for sure?)
..."



I thought so, too, but their Twitter bio is "White queer & trans writer, they/them"

..."

Thanks for catching that on the author of Finna. I'll need to figure out another parallel reality book then...

And it sounds like This Is How You Lose the Time War counts for the Hugo one (won the novella category) and I have a copy already, so I have that one covered.

Now my biggest concern is the "becoming a TV series or movie in 2022" prompt. Everything I'm seeing so far are books by white authors except Kindred (which I loved but don't think I can read it again). Are there no other options? :/

[KF-in-Georgia]

Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh won the Hugo in 1982, (I'll probably read it for the fifth or sixth time.) It also features multiple points of view.

[Nadine in NY]

KF-in-Georgia wrote: "Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh won the Hugo in 1982, (I'll probably read it for the fifth or sixth time.) It also features multiple points of view."


I really want to read that book, and I might read it for this category, but ... I thought she was white?

[KF-in-Georgia]

Nadine wrote: "KF-in-Georgia wrote: "Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh won the Hugo in 1982, (I'll probably read it for the fifth or sixth time.) It also features multiple points of v..."

Sorry. Yes, she is. I thought this was just a discussion of Hugo winners. My mistake.

[Nadine in NY]

KF-in-Georgia wrote: "Nadine wrote: "KF-in-Georgia wrote: "Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh won the Hugo in 1982, (I'll probably read it for the fifth or sixth time.) It also features multi..."



That's happened to me many times :-) I get so wrapped up in recommending books, I forget what it is that I'm supposed to be recommending!

[Jennifer W]

"Lauren wrote: Now my biggest concern is the "becoming a TV series or movie in 2022" prompt. Everything I'm seeing so far are books by white authors except Kindred (which I loved but don't think I can read it again). Are there no other options? :/ ..."

Ugh, you're right. I just went looking and couldn't find anything. Maybe something will come out later in the year. Sheesh.

[Jen W.]

For "becoming a TV series or movie in 2022": I haven't read either of these, so I can't say if they're any good, but I found a couple of books that might work.

A book by a Japanese author is becoming a movie supposedly coming out in April 2022: Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12593682/

There's also supposed to be a movie in 2022 based on The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani, who I believe is Indian-American - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2935622/

[Lauren]

Jen wrote: "For "becoming a TV series or movie in 2022": I haven't read either of these, so I can't say if they're any good, but I found a couple of books that might work.

A book by a Japanese author is becom..."

Excellent - thanks for sharing these!

[Angie]

Lauren wrote: Thanks for catching that on the author of Finna. I'll need to figure out another parallel reality book then..."

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson?

[Ellie]

For Victorian setting, Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth is out in April.

[Cheryl]

Is the list staying here since the link does not work?

[Nadine in NY]

Cheryl wrote: "Is the list staying here since the link does not work?"



I'm not sure what you mean - what link does not work?

[Elin]

Jen wrote: "For "becoming a TV series or movie in 2022": I haven't read either of these, so I can't say if they're any good, but I found a couple of books that might work.

A book by a Japanese author is becom..."

Pachinko by Korean American author Min Jin Lee is supposed to be released as a tv series next year as well.

[Cyndy]

Books I found that are scheduled for movies in 2022:
Blonde Joyce Carol Oates
Luckiest Girl Alive Jessica Knoll
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory Ben Macintyre
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
High in the Clouds Paul McCartney

[Nadine in NY]

Cyndy wrote: "Books I found that are scheduled for movies in 2022:
Blonde Joyce Carol Oates
Luckiest Girl Alive Jessica Knoll
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured a..."


I don't think any of those are by BIPOC authors, though, right?

[Cyndy]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Is the list staying here since the link does not work?"



I'm not sure what you mean - what link does not work?"

The BIPOC listopia link fails every time for me too

[Cyndy]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Cyndy wrote: "Books I found that are scheduled for movies in 2022:
Blonde Joyce Carol Oates
Luckiest Girl Alive Jessica Knoll
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis..."

I doubt it, wasn't thinking when I added, but there's no listopia link for this in the listing.

[Cyndy]

Cyndy wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Is the list staying here since the link does not work?"

I'm not sure what you mean - what link does not work?"

The BIPOC listopia link fails every time for m..."

In the "2022 Listopia Links - all in one place"
The #17 link fails and 18 is missing


17. A romance novel by a BIPOC author

19. A book that takes place during your favorite season: SPRING
A book tha....

But thanks for all of the rest, I'm sure it wasn't easy.

[Nadine in NY]

ahhhh! I see what you're talking about!! You mean the Listopia for category #18, a romance novel by a BIPOC author. Thanks for letting me know that link in the "Listopias all in one place" post was broken. (And of course you couldn't tell me since I locked that post. Sorry!) I just fixed the link.



THIS post is not a separate Challenge category, so it doesn't have an associated Listopia. This post is just for members to bounce around ideas of finding specifically BIPOC authors for ANY 2022 Challenge category - it's sort of a challenge-within-a-challenge that some members enjoy.

[Brandon]

The listopia links for #46 and #47 also need updating. One just loops back to the listopia master post, and the other links back to the discussion topic instead of the list. Other than that (and the missing #17 mentioned above), I think they all are working from the master post.

[Nadine in NY]

Brandon wrote: "The listopia links for #46 and #47 also need updating. One just loops back to the listopia master post, and the other links back to the discussion topic instead of the list. Other than that (and th..."



Ok thanks! I fixed those too :-)

[Karen]

I've been reading only BIPOC and/or LGTBQ+ authors since I think the 2019 challenge. I'll try to add my suggestions as I'm working on my list over the next week or so.

[Lauren]

Angie wrote: "Lauren wrote: Thanks for catching that on the author of Finna. I'll need to figure out another parallel reality book then..."

The Space Between Worlds by [author:Micaiah Johnson|18..."

That could work - thank you!

[Cheryl]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "Is the list staying here since the link does not work?"



I'm not sure what you mean - what link does not work?"

For #18 in the premade book list. The link is broken.---nevermind, it's working now. :)

[Ashley Marie]

Weina Dai Randel's The Moon in the Palace and its sequel work for the duology category! Historical fiction :)

[Lauren]

Ashley Marie wrote: "Weina Dai Randel's The Moon in the Palace and its sequel work for the duology category! Historical fiction :)"

Good to know - thank you!

[Kelly]

Hey y’all!
These are my choices so far to fill some of the prompts with BIPOC authors, hopefully these can help someone find new ideas!

Non-patriarchal society: Leaving Mother Lake (Yang Erche Namu)

“Tiger” on the cover: The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)

Found family: A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)

Afterlife: Afterlife (Julia Alvarez)

Man-made disaster: The Girl Who Smiled Beads (Clemantine Wamariya)

Victorian times: Murder In Old Bombay (Nev March)

Party: Three Daughters Of Eve (Elif Shafak)


I’m undecided between the following books for the following prompts but going to list them anyway for ideas:

Set in the 80s: Silver Sparrow (Tayari Jones), Sag Harbor (Colson Whitehead), Human Acts (Han Kang)

Cutlery: How To Pronounce Knife (Souvankham Thammavongsa), The Old Woman With The Knife (Gu Byeong-Mo)

Secret: Passing (Nella Larsen), These Ghosts Are Family (Maisy Card)

Social-horror: The Only Good Indians (Stephen Graham Jones), White Tears (Hari Kunzru)

Constellation: The Map Of Salt And Stars (Zeyn Joukhadar), The Emperor Of All Maladies (Siddhartha Mukherjee)

I completed last year’s challenge (or will be finishing soon!) with all BIPOC authors so I am going to go through and see which books fit prompts for 2022 and I will post that here as well!

[Kelly]

BIPOC authored books I read for last year’s challenge that can be used for for 2022 prompts:

(Some listed may fit other prompts as well, sorry if I missed any!)

Mobility aid: A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)

Found family: Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro), The Memory Police (Yoko Ogawa), A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)

Cutlery: Number One Chinese Restaurant (Lillian Li; for those of us who like a looser interpretation of prompts)

Pacific Islander: A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)

BIPOC romance: The Wedding Date (Jasmine Guillory)

Band or music group: The Master Butchers Singing Club (Louise Erdrich; for those of us who like a looser interpretation of prompts), Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)

Secret: The Tattoo Murder Case (Akimitsu Takagi), Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro), Bitter Sweets (Roopa Farooki), The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson), The Master Butcher Singing Club (Louise Erdrich), The Henna Artist (Alka Joshi), And The Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini), The Memory Police (Yoko Ogawa), A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara), The Wedding Date (Jasmine Guillory)

Misleading title: The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson), And The Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini), The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)

Board game: Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro), The Memory Police (Yoko Ogawa), A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara), The Storied Life Of AJ Fikry (Gabrielle Zevin)

Man-made disaster: Baghdad Burning (Riverbend)

Victorian times: The Autobiography Of An Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson; for those of us who like a looser interpretation of prompts)

Constellation: Exit West (Mohsin Hamid; for those of us who like a looser interpretation of prompts)

Party: The Wedding Date (Jasmine Guillory), Wild Swans (Jung Chang; features the Communist Party, for those of us who like a looser interpretation of prompts)