In the spirit of this post, I'd like to be more thoughtful as I plan my reading year. Here's what I have so far:
January (a book about immigration)
- In The Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
February (a book about Jewish people)
- The Two Family House: A Novel by Lynda Cohen Loigman
March (speculative fiction by a writer of color)
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
April (a book by a trans author)
- A Queer and Pleasant Danger by Kate Bornstein
May (a book translated to English)
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
June (a feminist book by a woman of color)
- Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy
July (a narrative around #BlackLivesMatter by a black author)
- They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
August (a book about Islam)
- Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
September (a book about Latinx people)
- Oye What I'm Gonna Tell You by Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés
October (American history from the perspective of a marginalized group)
- Homegoing: A Novel by Yaa Gyasi
November (policing and incarceration)
- Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger
December (a book set in the Middle East)
- Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson
I'm also planning on finishing as many of my school's "Bulldogs Read" books as I can. I read two over winter break, bringing my total to nine so far this school year. I love being able to talk to kids about books, and since many kids at my school read at least one Bulldogs Read book, it opens up conversations.
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