Books by/about POC at My Library: An Arbitrary Compilation
The Arbitrary Compilation of Books by/about POC, not!live from your local Delaware library:
Part I [this one!]
Part II
YA Edition
Part III
I'm going to keep a list of books found on my library shelf by or about POC; this post will be updated weekly until I get through the library's entire fiction collection. The advantage of assembling this through shelf-reading is that I get to look at covers and descriptions, from which it's easier to find such books than online. An exhaustive list would be way too impractical, so this is arbitrarily specialized. However, it's my hope that you will at least consider these books if you're looking for something to read. The library does not divide by genre, so there'll be a good mix. I have generally eschewed explaining the qualifying criteria, except in borderline cases, since I haven't read most of these books.
It's interesting to note that I found most of these books either through name (title/author) or cover. Especially with the Asian books, every cover seems to be a variation on paper texture and repeating floral or curlicue patterns.
Asterisks mark books that I would tentatively recommend to the flist.
*The Secrets of Jin-shei by Alma Alexander
*The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
*The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa
China Run by David Ball [adoption story set in China]
Daughter by Asha Bandele
The Last Friend by Jahar Ben Jelloun
Mystic Dreamer by Rosanne Bittner
*My Name is Sei Shōnagon by Jan Blensdorf [ my review; rec'd]
*Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell [tobiasbuckell]
*Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell [ my review]
*Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Inheritance by Lan Samantha Chang
American Woman by Susan Choi
Bruiser by Ian Chorão
The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
*The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby
*For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
The Village Bride of Beverly Hills by Kavita Daswani
Plum White by Angela Davis-Gardner
The Point of Return by Siddhartha Deb
Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Dynasty by Robert Elegant
From A Far Land by Robert Elegant
Mandarin by Robert Elegant
The Samurai by Shusaku Endo
*Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro [ my review]
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dream of the Walled City by Lisa Huang Fleischman
India Gate by Lacey Fosburgh
The Eagle's Throne by Carlos Fuente
Licorice by Carlos Fuente
The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuente
Inez by Carlos Fuente
The Years with Laura Díaz by Carlos Fuente
*Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys by Eric Garcia [not about POC, but looks like a great romantic comedy]
Bloody Secrets by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
Luck of the Drew by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Marquez
*Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
*The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien [set in South Africa!]
Peking by Anthony Grey
The Painting by Nina Schuyler
Dragon Bones by Lisa See
*Peony in Love by Lisa See [ my review]
Part I [this one!]
Part II
YA Edition
Part III
I'm going to keep a list of books found on my library shelf by or about POC; this post will be updated weekly until I get through the library's entire fiction collection. The advantage of assembling this through shelf-reading is that I get to look at covers and descriptions, from which it's easier to find such books than online. An exhaustive list would be way too impractical, so this is arbitrarily specialized. However, it's my hope that you will at least consider these books if you're looking for something to read. The library does not divide by genre, so there'll be a good mix. I have generally eschewed explaining the qualifying criteria, except in borderline cases, since I haven't read most of these books.
It's interesting to note that I found most of these books either through name (title/author) or cover. Especially with the Asian books, every cover seems to be a variation on paper texture and repeating floral or curlicue patterns.
Asterisks mark books that I would tentatively recommend to the flist.
*The Secrets of Jin-shei by Alma Alexander
*The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
*The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa
China Run by David Ball [adoption story set in China]
Daughter by Asha Bandele
The Last Friend by Jahar Ben Jelloun
Mystic Dreamer by Rosanne Bittner
*My Name is Sei Shōnagon by Jan Blensdorf [ my review; rec'd]
*Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Buckell [tobiasbuckell]
*Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell [ my review]
*Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Inheritance by Lan Samantha Chang
American Woman by Susan Choi
Bruiser by Ian Chorão
The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
*The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby
*For Matrimonial Purposes by Kavita Daswani
The Village Bride of Beverly Hills by Kavita Daswani
Plum White by Angela Davis-Gardner
The Point of Return by Siddhartha Deb
Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Dynasty by Robert Elegant
From A Far Land by Robert Elegant
Mandarin by Robert Elegant
The Samurai by Shusaku Endo
*Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro [ my review]
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
Dream of the Walled City by Lisa Huang Fleischman
India Gate by Lacey Fosburgh
The Eagle's Throne by Carlos Fuente
Licorice by Carlos Fuente
The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuente
Inez by Carlos Fuente
The Years with Laura Díaz by Carlos Fuente
*Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys by Eric Garcia [not about POC, but looks like a great romantic comedy]
Bloody Secrets by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
Luck of the Drew by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Marquez
*Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
*The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien [set in South Africa!]
Peking by Anthony Grey
The Painting by Nina Schuyler
Dragon Bones by Lisa See
*Peony in Love by Lisa See [ my review]