2015 was my year of avoiding male authors. This year, I focused on non-white authors*. I’m not about to defend the experiment again, since I have done so already.
My top ten picks of what I read in 2016, in no particular order aside from #1 which is short and amazing and you must read or listen to it.
- The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family by Usman T. Malik (the short story is available for free at the link; there is also an incredible audio version)
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
- Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
- Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
- Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine
- White Nights, Black Paradise by Sikivu Hutchinson
After the jump: A full list of the books of 2016 by categories that I made up, along with my reflections on them. Continue reading “2016’s Non-White Authors Reading Challenge”