Mittens and Sunglasses

Lately I have been discussing diverse books with my friend Kevin, whom I first “met” on Instagram. We both agree there are not enough diverse books out there, and that we as readers need to show we care and actually want more diversity in literature! With that as inspiration, I decided that I wanted to host a diverse reading challenge.

I want this to be as easy and flexible as possible, so I am not setting a time limit. Nor am I setting a start date – people should be able to start whenever they want. All you need to do is to fulfill each point on the list. You can read the books in whatever order you wish.

I would love it if you posted your list of books as you read them as a comment here, or if you post them on your own blog or Instagram, that’s even better! If you post them on your blog, it would make my day if you link back to this post!

• Book by a transgender author
• Book by a bisexual or pansexual author
• Book by a gay author
• Book by a Zimbabwean author
• Book by a Scandinavian author
• Book by a Japanese author
• Book by a Indian author
• Book set in Brazil
• Book set in Indonesia
• Book set in Russia
• Book set in Iceland
• Book set in Iran
• Book with a genderfluid main character
• Book with a lesbian main character
• Book with a main character with an immigrant background (first or second generation)
• Book with a main character who suffer from mental illness
• Book with a character in a wheelchair
• Book with a blind character
• Book with a deaf character
• Book with a character who has ME
• Feminist non-fiction book
• LGBTQ+ non-fiction book
• Non-fiction book on an Asian country (not a travel guide book)
• Non-fiction book on a Nordic country (not a travel guide book)
• Non-fiction book on an Indigenous people and/or their culture

I could have made this a lot longer, but that would made the challenge a lot harder. I hope lots of people will parttake!

Are you game?