This year, reading with The Diverse Books Club has been a ton of fun. It has opened up my reading tastes in a lot of ways and introduced me to books I never would have picked up otherwise. I’m so glad to have been a part since the beginning. 

[Pictured is three piles of books that were Diverse Book Club selections divided into Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult]

The titles I’ve bolded are ones I have read:

January- Adoption & Fostering

• Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Adult)
• Forever or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter (Middle Grade)

February- Chronic Illness

• Left Neglected by Lisa Genova (Adult)
• Caleb & Kit by Beth Vrabel (Middle Grade)

March- Women in Science

• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (Adult)
• Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science by Jeannine Atkins (Middle Grade)

April- Class & Poverty

• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (Adult)
• Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (Middle Grade)

May- Mental Health

• Sparrow by Sarah Moon (Young Adult)
• Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Young Adult)

Summer Reading

• Cane River by Lalita Tademy (Adult)
• Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Young Adult)
• The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward (Adult)
• Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater by Michael Sokolove (Adult)
• Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine by Michele Lent Hirsch (Adult)
• Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed (Young Adult)
• America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo (Adult)
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Adult)
• Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Young Adult)
• The Secret Loves of Geeks by Margaret Atwood et al. (Adult)
• Dear Martin: A Novel by Nic Stone (Young Adult)
• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele (Adult)
• Human Acts by Han Kang (Adult)
• Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart (Adult)
• Far From the Tree by Robin Benway (Young Adult)
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (Adult)
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD (Adult)
• Orphan Island by Laurel Synder (Middle Grade)
• Breakout by Kate Messner (Middle Grade)
• Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez (Middle Grade)
• Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan (Middle Grade)
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Middle Grade)
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Adult)

September- Stories of Strong Women

• We Should All Be Feminists by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie (Adult)
• Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit (Adult)
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde (Adult)
• The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes, and Other Dauntless Girls edited by Jessica Spotswood (Young Adult)

October- Books in Translation

• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Young Adult)
• Maresi by Maria Turtshaninoff (Young Adult)

November- Indigenous Perspectives

• Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga (Adult)
• The Birchbark House by Louise Edrich (Middle Grade)

December- Modern Slavery

• The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan (Young Adult)
• Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed (Middle Grade)

 

I don’t always like to toot my own horn but I think I did a pretty great job keeping up with the DBC selections in 2018. Unfortunately, the DBC has decided to end but it was a great experience. I’m glad I recently joined some other book clubs to help me continue to expand my reading life. If you want to check them out I’ve linked them below:

Word Between Worlds on Bookstagram
Diverse Classics on Bookstagram
The Stacks Pod Book Club. You must be a supporter on Patreon to be in the book club