
In the year 2015, I've resolved not to read a single book written by a white, male author.
I'm doing this because white men are overrepresented in almost every aspect of the publishing industry, and I tend to read their books disproportionately by default.
After a long time reading books written by people in publishing's privileged majority, I want to spend a year seeking some balance in the perspectives and voices I take in. Hence, this personal diverse books challenge!
So far I've turned to Twitter for a very specific kind of book recommendation.
In 2015 I'm not reading any books written by white, male authors. What books should be on my to-read list?
Here's what some people suggested:
@alexisthenedd 'Americanah', anything James Baldwin, Tennessee Williams, anything Toni Morrison, specifically Sula etc lol
@alexisthenedd @BuzzFeedBooks The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
@IsaacFitzgerald @alexisthenedd Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness, Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts, and Alejandro Zambra's My Documents.
@alexisthenedd @IsaacFitzgerald Dawn, Octavia Butler. Spirits Abroad, Zen Cho. The Bone People, Keri Hulme.
@IsaacFitzgerald @alexisthenedd the new James Hanaham, Delicious Foods!
@IsaacFitzgerald @alexisthenedd Sara Barron (humor/nonfic), Amelia Gray (David Lynch-esque fic), Amelia Kahaney (YA)
@IsaacFitzgerald @alexisthenedd Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
@alexisthenedd The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck), Drown (Junot Díaz), & The Book of Unknown Americans (Cristina Henríquez)
@alexisthenedd @BuzzFeedBooks A Brief History of Seven Killings
(If you have any suggestions for what I should be reading this year, let me know in the comments below!)