Tate's 2020 Reading Challenge
Finished with about a month and a half to spare... of course that doesn't mean I'm done reading! Nor is this a complete list of what I've read so far this year, which is at 50 books right now - more than I've read any other year! (Thanks, quarantine.)
If I wrote a review of it on my blog, I've linked to it below!
1. a book published this year
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
2. a book you should have read in school
Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup
3. a book you can finish in a day
We Should All be Feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
4. a book you’ve been meaning to read
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic, and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World, by Steven Johnson
5. a book recommended to you by a relative/close friend (Shannon)
Bellweather Rhapsody, by Kate Racculia
6. a book by a female author in a male-dominated genre
The Broken Earth Series, by N.K. Jemisin
7. a book that features characters from a marginalized group due to race or ethnicity, where all main POV characters are people from that group
Speak No Evil, by Uzodinma Iweala
8. a book that features LGBTQ+ characters, where all main POV characters are people from that group
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernadine Evaristo
9. a book by an immigrant or with a central immigration narrative
Disoriental, by Negar Djavadi
10. a book that addresses disability rights
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, by Amanda Leduc
11. a book of folktales/culture/mythology, or a diverse retelling of a Western tale
In the House in the Dark of the Woods, by Laird Hunt
12. a book of nonfiction that focuses on learning about &/or becoming an ally for a marginalized group
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein
13. a book that intimidates you
The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead
14. a debut novel
The Astonishing Color of After, by Emily X.R. Pan
15. a book that has been translated from another language
Judas, by Amos Oz
16. a book by a local author, or a book that was published locally
Name All the Animals, by Alison Smith
17. a play
Men on Boats, by Jaclyn Backhaus
18. a book of poetry or of short stories
Jaw, by Albert Abonado
19. a memoir, biography, or autobiography
The Yellow House, by Sarah M. Broom
20. a book of historical fiction
Euphoria, by Lily King
