1. Published between 1750 - 1900 2. Author is of African descent, living anywhere: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 3. Fairy Tales and/or Retellings: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo 4. Speculative Fiction: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 5. In translation: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wisner 7. Author over 50 8. Published between 1900 - 1970: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 9. Nature and/or the Environment: Wilder Girls by Rory Power 10. Author is of indigenous descent 11. Neurodivergence - author, main character or subject matter: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (DNFed) 12. Author is of Asian descent, living anywhere: Legend by Marie Lu 13. MENA - Author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in a MENA country 14. Feminism or feminist perspective: Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World anthology 15. Author born in or resides in a Nordic country (Scandinavia + Finland + Iceland + Greenland + the Faroe Islands + the Åland Islands) 16. Immigration/displacement (F or NF): Intimacies by Katie Kitamura 17. Author is a contributor to Margaret Busby Daughters of Africa collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughte...) 18. Memoir or biography: Becoming by Michelle Obama 19. Monsters of any kind - Stalin, those living under the bed, fantastic, historical … :To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo 20. Ancient World – the subject can be a (real) heroine of the ancient world, or the novel takes place in ancient times, or the author is a woman writing about ancient history, culture etc. (ideas: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
1. Published between 1750 - 1900
2. Author is of African descent, living anywhere: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
3. Fairy Tales and/or Retellings: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
4. Speculative Fiction: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
5. In translation: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
6. LGBTQ+ Theme and/or Author: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wisner
7. Author over 50
8. Published between 1900 - 1970: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
9. Nature and/or the Environment: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
10. Author is of indigenous descent
11. Neurodivergence - author, main character or subject matter: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (DNFed)
12. Author is of Asian descent, living anywhere: Legend by Marie Lu
13. MENA - Author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in a MENA country
14. Feminism or feminist perspective: Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World anthology
15. Author born in or resides in a Nordic country (Scandinavia + Finland + Iceland + Greenland + the Faroe Islands + the Åland Islands)
16. Immigration/displacement (F or NF): Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
17. Author is a contributor to Margaret Busby Daughters of Africa collection (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughte...)
18. Memoir or biography: Becoming by Michelle Obama
19. Monsters of any kind - Stalin, those living under the bed, fantastic, historical … : To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
20. Ancient World – the subject can be a (real) heroine of the ancient world, or the novel takes place in ancient times, or the author is a woman writing about ancient history, culture etc. (ideas: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings
Alternate/Substitute Prompts:
1. Published by a small press
2. 1001 BBYD
(https://1001bookreviews.com/the-1001-...)
3. NYTimes Bestsellers (listed by year @
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_o...)
4. The Caribbean - author born in or resides in/story takes place predominately in: Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
5. Book Riot’s 100 Classics by Authors of Color. (https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-cl...)