Happy Monday, everyone! Even though I participate in giving Monthly Recommendations, I thought I would start my own where every couple weeks I give recommendations for a specific topic. Today I’m doing recommendations for lesser-known diverse books!
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki: Asian rep, mental health rep
This book has such an interesting exploration of suicide and so many other topics. It’s really good, and I highly recommend it.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Nigeria rep, immigrant stories, mental health rep
Americanah is 100% a character-driven story, and the characters are really interesting. I cannot recommend it enough, tbh.
The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon: learning disability, deaf rep
This book explores disabilities when they were looked down on in the US, and it’s heart-breaking but also wonderful.
Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang: Asian rep, immigrant stories
Hunger is one of the most poignant anthologies I’ve ever read. It was so interesting, and I wish everyone would read it.
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi: white-passing story
Boy, Snow, Bird is about white-passing black people, and it’s so interesting. I had some issues with this book, but I still really enjoyed it and thought it was super interesting.
So those are some diverse books I recommend that aren’t well known. Have you read any of these? What were your thoughts? Do you have any recommendations for lesser-known diverse books? Let me know!
Thanks for reading! xx
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
Both Canadian First Nations / Indigenous authors!
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Ahhhhh thank you!!! I will definitely add these two to my TBR!
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I am always recommending Americanah when I can. Such a powerful story on immigration. Even though it’s fiction, I think people would understand a lot more about the immigration experience by reading this. Good list!
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Same!!! It’s so good, and I totally agree 🙂
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If you like fantasy, I can (highly) recommend The Harmatia Cycle by M. E. Vaughan. There are two books out at the moment (The Sons of Thestian, Blood of the Delphi) and they have a wide selection of LGBTQIA+ rep. It’s been about 18 months (or 150 books) since I read them, so I can’t remember if they have POC or disability rep, but I do remember they were just great fantasy novels.
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Ooooh thank you, I’ll definitely look into it!
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Thanks for this list of recommendations, Ally! 😀 They all sound fantastic. I’ve read Purple Hibiscus and Half Of A Yellow Sun by Adichie, but I’d really love to read Americanah soon – it’s sitting on my bookshelf!
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I hope you enjoy it! I really want to read Half of a Yellow Sun soon!
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