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A Book by an Author of a Different Ethnicity Than You Read More Reading Challenge 2018 |
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The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
by Sarit Yishai-Levi
A sweeping novel—set against the Golden Age of Hollywood, the dark days of World War II and the swingin' 70s—follows generations of unforgettable Ladino-speaking Sephardic women in Jerusalem as they forge their own paths through times of dramatic change.
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August Snow
by Stephen Mack Jones
A debut mystery by an award-winning playwright finds mixed-race Detroit police officer August Snow winning a wrongful dismissal case, only to return to the city 12 years later to discover that his innumerable enemies have scores to settle.
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The Fifth Season
by N. K Jemisin
A first entry in a new trilogy finds the sole continent of the earth threatened by murder, betrayal, a super-volcano and overlords who use the planet's power as a weapon. N.K. Jemisin has won a slew of awards for her books. This particular title won the Hugo (best science fiction or fantasy) Best Novel Award, the first ever won by an African American.
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A Change of Heart
by Sonali Dev
A cruise ship doctor, whose wife was killed while uncovering a black market organ-transplant ring in a Mumbai slum, meets a passenger who claims to have received his wife's heart in a transplant and has a message for him. An NPR Great Reads pick.
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Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life
by David Treuer
The celebrated author of The Hiawatha presents an insider chronicle of the history of Indian reservations and contemporary Native American life that challenges misperceptions about such issues as sovereignty, treaty rights and natural-resource conservation, exploring topics ranging from political tensions and casinos to crime and cultural preservation.
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The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project's signal is received by an alien civilization on the brink of destruction, which plans to invade Earth; meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion Cixin Liu is China's biggest science fiction author and this book took home a Hugo Award for best hard science fiction..
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Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience
by Chandra Prasad
A volume of short fictional works about the meaning and significance of what it means to be multiracial in today's America includes tales about Peter Ho Davies's confused minotaur, Ruth Ozeki's young biracial detectives, and Wayde Compton's college junkie.
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When the Emperor Was Divine
by Julie Otsuka
A story told from five different points of view--a mother receiving the evacuation order, her daughter on the train ride to the camp, the son in the desert internment camp, the family's return home, and the final release of the father after years in captivity--chronicles the experiences of Japanese Americans caught up in the nightmare of the World War II internment camps. A first novel.
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King of Cuba
by Cristina García
A tale told from the alternating viewpoints of an aging Castro-like dictator and a Miami exile obsessed with avenging himself against the dictator for personal betrayals traces the impact of a six-decade revolution on their lives and a homeland that has paid the price of constant violence. By the author of the National Book Award finalist, Dreaming in Cuban.
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Hadriana in All My Dreams
by René Depestre
"For the first time, this slim and beguiling novel about the mysterious death and possible zombification of a young woman on her wedding day has been translated into English...With its lyrical commentary on the origins of myth, this mesmeric and frequently erotic work transcends its focus on a young woman to address the complexities of race, class and religion."
—Shelf Awareness for Readers, Starred Review
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