Read Women discussion

This challenge offers a place to focus our 2021 reading on reading women authors of African descent - including those who are from or reside in any country in Africa, those whose ancestors were displaced by slavery or war, or who otherwise identify as women of African ancestry. Participants may join at any time during the challenge. The challenge will last from January 1st until December 31st, 2021.

This is a self-directed challenge and it’s up to you how much or how little you want to participate. and whether you want to limit your reading to, for example, African authors or Black authors with ties to the Caribbean. We will use this thread to recommend good books, to track our challenge reading, to share lists that resonate, to ask for suggestions, whatever makes your reading life richer.

If you want to join in this challenge, please create a thread in the 2021 Black Authors Challenge folder with your name in the topic title, e.g., "Irina's 2021 Black Authors Challenge." Here's a link to the widget (at the group landing page) if you want to use it.

https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

What's on your tentative "want to read" list?

I'm going off on a tangent and noting that my "reading challenge" this year is to complete some books I started to read in grade school but never finished. First up is "Little Women" but that's the only book written by a woman that's part of my '21 challenge.

I came across a list of (mostly American) women of colour to read in 2021. I put the books into a list here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Personally I'd hoped for more global recommendations, but hey it's a list of women of colour :) maybe it'll inspire someone here too?

Thanks great list quite a few on there I'd like to read. These are some lists I've noted, not all are exclusively books by women or by women in this category, but there are quite a few possible titles:

Books by lesbians of colour:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

Queer adult fiction by authors of colour:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

2021 books by women of color:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

The African Writers' Series:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

Mixed race readings:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

And some I've mentioned before:

Black British Literature:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...

The Zora canon:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

Women of the Harlem Renaissance:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

These are wonderful rabbit holes. Thanks!

I'm picking up this challenge this year, so thank you all for the lists and recs.

If anyone's looking for additional ideas or resources, h/t to Jennie @ Newest Literary Fiction for bringing this resource to my attention, the Free Black Women's Library.

Landing page: https://www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary...

At the top of the page, click on Books for reading lists that align with the prompts for the 2021 reading challenge described at this link:

https://www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary...

The top part of the 2021 challenge landing page is a list of prompts correlated to the challenge, but if you scroll down, there's a display of a series of books that the FBWL Reading Club will be reading and discussing during monthly meetings on the last Sunday of each month at 5 - 6:30 pm ET.

One caveat if you're a reader who cares about privacy/data protection practices. This website has no privacy policy or terms of use, or "about me" and no copyright notice identifying an individual or company responsible for it. My money's on, there's no organization in charge here. TFBWL was started in NYC OlaRonke Akinmowo with a physical bookmobile concept. Others around the country saw and liked it and duplicated it a la Well-Read Black Girl, and now Akinmowo (I think) has set up this website, which includes a link to her gofundme page (separtely secured by GFM). Everyone's intentions appear to be sterling, as with the average non-profit founder who is strong on mission, light on compliance knowledge or concern. I just wouldn't input my details into that contact us page, and don't recommend you do either.

Thanks Carol, that's really helpful, I prefer to be cautious about these things too.

Alwynne wrote: "Thanks Carol, that's really helpful, I prefer to be cautious about these things too."

You're very welcome, Alwynne. It's a professional hazard to notice, and I considered acting like a normal person and keeping it just about books, but couldn't find my normal person filter in time :)

The 10 Best Political Books of 2020 by Black Women

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...