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Books by People of Color Owned by Boldforbs

I'm listing all of the unread books I own by people of color to hold myself accountable to read as many as I can in 2023. I try to read diversely, but I read lots of library books for reading challenges in 2022. I want to do better reading my own books.
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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (Ha-Joon Chang)
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
1
Ha-Joon Chang
They Both Die at the End (Adam Silvera)
They Both Die at the End
2
Adam Silvera
Frankenstein in Baghdad (Ahmed Saadawi)
Frankenstein in Baghdad
3
Ahmed Saadawi
Letter to Jimmy (Alain Mabanckou)
Letter to Jimmy
4
Alain Mabanckou
The Colonizer and the Colonized (Albert Memmi)
The Colonizer and the Colonized
5
Albert Memmi
Meridian (Alice Walker)
Meridian
6
Alice Walker
Possessing the Secret of Joy (Alice Walker)
Possessing the Secret of Joy
7
Alice Walker
The Color of Our Sky (Amita Trasi)
The Color of Our Sky
8
Amita Trasi
The Glass Palace (Amitav Ghosh)
The Glass Palace
9
Amitav Ghosh
Eve Out of Her Ruins (Ananda Devi)
Eve Out of Her Ruins
10
Ananda Devi
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (Anita Heiss)
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
11
Anita Heiss
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Anne Moody)
Coming of Age in Mississippi
12
Anne Moody
The Naked Woman (Armonía Somers)
The Naked Woman
13
Armonía Somers
My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction (Arundhati Roy)
My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction
14
Arundhati Roy
An Ishmael of Syria (Asaad Almohammad)
An Ishmael of Syria
15
Asaad Almohammad
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Ayi Kwei Armah)
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
16
Ayi Kwei Armah
This Green and Pleasant Land (Ayisha Malik)
This Green and Pleasant Land
17
Ayisha Malik
The Book of Harlan (Bernice McFadden)
The Book of Harlan
18
Bernice McFadden
The Invisible Mountain (Carolina De Robertis)
The Invisible Mountain
19
Carolina De Robertis
The Fishermen (Chigozie Obioma)
The Fishermen
20
Chigozie Obioma
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Debbie Dunbar-Ortiz)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
21
Debbie Dunbar-Ortiz
Dream on Monkey Mountain (Derek Walcott)
Dream on Monkey Mountain
22
Derek Walcott
To Sir With Love (E.R. Braithwaite)
To Sir With Love
23
E.R. Braithwaite
It's Not About the Burqa (Ed. Miriam Khan)
It's Not About the Burqa
24
Ed. Miriam Khan
Memory of Fire: Century of Wind (Eduardo Galeano)
Memory of Fire: Century of Wind
25
Eduardo Galeano
Memory of Fire: Faces and Masks (Eduardo Galeano)
Memory of Fire: Faces and Masks
26
Eduardo Galeano
Memory of Fire: Genesis (Eduardo Galeano)
Memory of Fire: Genesis
27
Eduardo Galeano
Out of the Silence (Eduardo Strauch)
Out of the Silence
28
Eduardo Strauch
Another Day in the Death of America (Gary Younge)
Another Day in the Death of America
29
Gary Younge
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (Gwendolyn Brooks)
The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks
30
Gwendolyn Brooks
Waiting (Ha Jin)
Waiting
31
Ha Jin
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
32
Haruki Murakami
Stamped From the Beginning (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning
33
Ibram X. Kendi
You Don't Know Me (Imran Mahmood)
You Don't Know Me
34
Imran Mahmood
Pynter Bender (Jacob Ross)
Pynter Bender
35
Jacob Ross
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
36
James Baldwin
No Name in the Street (James Baldwin)
No Name in the Street
37
James Baldwin
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (James Baldwin)
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
38
James Baldwin
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
39
Jean Toomer
Two Trees Make a Forest (Jessica J. Lee)
Two Trees Make a Forest
40
Jessica J. Lee
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