Someone on Threads told me about this amazing creator called paperbacks_n_frybread who has a reading challenge called "Decolonize Your Bookshelf" and it sounds super fun so I'm going to try it!

(Also make sure to follow her on Instagram)

I'm saving this space so I can put my books here and encourage others to do it too!

-An indigenous people's group in Asia - No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs
-An Indonesian author - Dial A for Aunties
-Latine/x Horror or Thriller - Wake the Hollow
-South American mythology - Sun of Blood and Ruin
-Indigenous foodways - A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
-A Puerto Rican author - Anita de Monte Laughs Last
-Asexual or aromantic protagonist - Radio Silence
-Environmental justice - Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
-Intergenerational relationships - The Storyteller's Death
-Southeast Asian mythology - The Scarlet Throne
-Cultural reclamation - Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
-Person of color in politics (nonfic) - The Deeper the Roots
-A two-spirit author - Elatsoe
-The Romani people - Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies
-Picture book from Korean author - Mommy's Hometown
-An Afro-Caribbean author - A Caribbean Heiress in Paris
-Historical fiction set in Africa - The Teller of Secrets
-A queer Muslim author - Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen
-A Palestinian children's author - Something More
-A small indie press - The Bone Drenched Woods
-Poetry from a disabled author - Seasons
-A novella from a Black author - Splinter
-An undocumented immigrant - Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
-Nonfiction about sex work - An Intimate Life: Sex, Love, and My Journey as a Surrogate Partner
-Fiction from a trans woman author - Dreadnought
-Colonialism in Asia (nonfic) - The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
-MG/YA novel with autistic protag - Unseelie
-Scifi by West Asian author - The Jasad Heir
-Memoir by an incarcerated person of color - You'll Never Believe Me: A Life of Lies, Second Tries, and Things I Should Only Tell My Therapist
-Romcom featuring fat positive rep - The Make-Up Test
-Indigenous spirtiuality - Asiri and the Amaru
-Indigenous Russian peoples - The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia
-Dystopian book from marginalized author - Noughts & Crosses
-Black authored book written pre-1990s - Adam and Eva
-Crime novel by indigenous author - My Heart Is a Chainsaw
-YA with nonbinary protagonist - Out of the Blue