Expand Your Reading Demographics!

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Based on K.T. Bradford's list here: http://www.xojane.com/entertainment/reading-challenge-stop-reading-white-straight-cis-male-authors-for-one-year
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8,315 leden
350 besprekingen
4.2
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19,011 leden
343 besprekingen
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12,068 leden
266 besprekingen
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3 Members
JuliaMaria, ahef1963, elia1168
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JuliaMaria: Indische Einwanderer
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8,485 leden
398 besprekingen
3.8
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1,363 leden
43 besprekingen
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734 leden
36 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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3,393 leden
128 besprekingen
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3 Members
lorax, aulsmith, Dilara86
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aulsmith: I don't like the rest of the series, but feel free to go on.
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7,681 leden
295 besprekingen
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3 Members
lorax, JuliaMaria, cej1027
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JuliaMaria: nigerianische Einwanderin in Amerika
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5,713 leden
112 besprekingen
3.9
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1,176 leden
53 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
lorax, aulsmith
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27,692 leden
406 besprekingen
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2 Members
ahef1963, elia1168
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8,701 leden
192 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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13,899 leden
244 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
hipdeep, JuliaMaria
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JuliaMaria: chilenische Literatur
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257 leden
9 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
lorax, aulsmith
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356 leden
13 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
lorax, aulsmith
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4,145 leden
290 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
lorax, Dilara86
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1,793 leden
40 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
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12,384 leden
142 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
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2,086 leden
41 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
lorax, aulsmith
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3,400 leden
290 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
JuliaMaria
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JuliaMaria: Koreanische Literatur
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1,456 leden
95 besprekingen
½ 3.4
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292 leden
11 besprekingen
3.8
Member
lorax
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lorax: Some people may reflexively thumb this one down based on the author's name, but Carter is androgynous. It's a damn good book, too.
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7 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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exvano
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2,319 leden
40 besprekingen
4.1
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lorax
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273 leden
31 besprekingen
3.8
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52 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.4
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hipdeep
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385 leden
14 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
JuliaMaria
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JuliaMaria: hebräische Literatur, Krimi
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1,668 leden
103 besprekingen
3.9
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JuliaMaria
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JuliaMaria: Finnische Literatur
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662 leden
11 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
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aulsmith: Instead of the Eco book, for a translation you might try this book by the Nobel Prize winning Bengali author translated by his brother.
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483 leden
31 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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hipdeep
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hipdeep: I found the treatment of the main character's disability very interesting.
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421 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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JuliaMaria
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JuliaMaria: Eine chinesische Detektivin in New York
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210 leden
6 besprekingen
3.8
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aulsmith
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23 leden
2 besprekingen
4.1
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aulsmith
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3,156 leden
102 besprekingen
4.1
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: Not the best book at showing Miles' problems with his disability, but it's the start of the series.
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3,333 leden
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½ 3.7
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aulsmith
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2,667 leden
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lorax
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912 leden
38 besprekingen
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aulsmith
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4,616 leden
301 besprekingen
3.8
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aulsmith
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609 leden
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3.9
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lorax
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1,272 leden
24 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
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928 leden
44 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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lorax
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149 leden
11 besprekingen
3.9
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lorax
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1,781 leden
95 besprekingen
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Member
lorax
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lorax: In addition to the reasons for including its predecessor (black female author, diverse races of characters), the protagonist of this one is (mostly) blind. (I say "mostly" because she can see magic and gods, which play a major role in the plot, so she does spend much of the book being able to see at least some things.)
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864 leden
31 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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aulsmith
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19,449 leden
310 besprekingen
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2 Members
ahef1963, elia1168,aulsmith ,JuliaMaria
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aulsmith : White, straight male
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2,636 leden
84 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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aulsmith : Great book, and Delany is neither straight nor white, but this book doesn't break any ground on minority issues.
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18,648 leden
284 besprekingen
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ahef1963,hipdeep ,KimarieBee ,JuliaMaria
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hipdeep : Yes, it's in translation, and it's a translation by a woman, but as I recall it, this is mostly a lightweight survey of the history of philosophy, which bends toward the white and male. Good for what it is, but a weird "diversity" choice.