#NonFicNov wk 1 Reading list November
- I thought I would start off #NonFicNov by sharing with you my
- …reading list for November.
- My goal in 2022 is to “read diversely”
- 90% of books that are reviewed are written
- …by authors who fall into the category white male/female.
- It is time to broaden my reading horizons:
- 2020 I read 18% books by authors of color
- 2021…I made progress …38%
- 2022…target is 70%!
My list:
Bloods – Wallace Terry (1984) (oral history)
The Sun Does Shine (272 pg) – Anthony Ray Hinton (2018) (bio/autobio)
I Wonder As I Wander (405 pg) – Langston Hughes (autobiography) 1956
Black and British: A Forgotten History (624 pg) – David Olusoga 2016 (history) –
Think Like a White Man (224 pg) – Dr Boulé Whytelaw III 2019 (cultural beliefs)
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Great goal Nancy and choices! Good luck with it and look forward to following your Nov reads with great pleasure.
Your comment has reminded me…I still must add some Caribbean literature to my reading list 2022! This Year I read just one book from this area…Jean Roumain (Haiti). I’ll hop over to your blog and select some books you have read!
This year I read the Haitian trilogy Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux Chauvet, Waiting for the Waters to Rise by Maryse Condé; The Mermaid of Black Conch, and The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins and Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid.
Then there’s Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud, one of my all time favourites The Bridge of Beyond by Simone Schwartz Bart, anything by Maryse Condé but loved Crossing the Mangrove and her debut essays of childhood.
Good luck choosing, I look forward to what you find/choose.
Thanks so much for this summary…I’d seen “Mangrove” on your 23 Aug 202 post….I think I will start with this one. I have E. Danticat “Everthing Inside” on the list (post dd. 04 Jan 2021)
Wow, I love how much you’re pushing yourself with your reading goals! I’ve been reading books by a more diverse group of authors every year, but I’ve read less overall this year and I don’t think I’ve done as well focusing on this goal. Pushout is definitely a book that’s on my list though :)
There is a library of “undiscovered” books if one just pushes beyond white male/female authors! Often the stories by African-American, Latino, Asian, African, Caribbean….authors are filled with insights, struggles and most important inspiration. Just in the middle of ‘Bloods’ and I am VERY IMPRESSED by the journalist Wallace Terry…very impressed! I plan to look at your blog today (current and and past months, years). Non-fiction rules!!
Lovely to see Black and British on there, such a good read. I wonder if you can find the TV series, too – it was quite different, with a different focus, so they’re great to put together.
I did not know there is a series about this topic, thanks for info!
This is a 600+ page book…so it will take some time to read. I’ll have a longer look at your last blogpost…you have some new interesting books on the TBR!
I love this goal! 70% is amazing. The great thing is that it’s really easy to find incredible books by BIPOC authors.
I’m listening to A Knock At Midnight right now by Brittany K. Barnet and it is wonderful. Totally recommend it if you haven’t read it already.
Thanks for the reading tip, I’ll look for it on Amazon.
There are so many inspirational memoirs by BIPOC.
Also I love to read for #BlackHistoryMonth and discover BIPOC POETS during #PoetryMonth.
Good for you! You are inspiring all of us!
Have you tried Growing up Aboriginal in Australia? It’s essays and stories by a number of Indigenous writers and celebrities that would fit this category.
Yes I have read this book December 2018…and always looking for more books by Australian authors who promote #rReadingDiversely!
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Good luck with your goal!
Thanks for your comment….I’ll have a look at your list now!
Been wanting to read Bloods for years. Maybe it’s time I finally did. Thanks!
I just put I Wonder as I Wander on my TBR list. I have been wanting to learn more about Langston Hughes and this seems like a good place to start.
Happy Nonfiction November!
Bloods has been sitting on my bookshelf for ages and I’m looking forward to finally getting around to reading it … hopefully before the next Nonfiction November!
It is an impressive piece of journalism/non-fiction.
The book seems to have fallen between the cracks….that’s a shame b/c this
is the best description I’ve ever read about the Vietnam war and its affect on young soldiers.
Thanks for your comment!
I’m so glad you’re making progress on this goal!! I’m trying too but nowhere near your level.
Hope you’re making good progress on your reading list this month too. I really enjoyed The Sun Does Shine.
Once I noticed that many books I read were white male/female writers…I just keep looking and a waterfall of great memoirs, history, biography, poems, essays and a few good novels and novella “Passing” by Nella Larsen for example. (…just mentioning this but I know you only read NF!) African, African-American, Native American, Asian, Latino…..inundated me!
I am going to take a few weeks off in December…gather my thoughts…read leisurely and prepare reviews for 2022. My battery is almost empty!
I know the feeling, I’m right there with a near-empty battery too!! Here’s hoping we can recharge like we need to.