Recs if you like The Lonely Londoners...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
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caribbean diaspora/history recs in 'black cake'
books and authors that are recommended by charmaine wilkerson in the epilogue of 'black cake', about the caribbean/mainly jamaican diaspora, chinese-caribbean history and caribbeans in the commonwealth. fictional and non-fictional.
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Reading the Caribbean
Caribbean and diasporic novels, plays, poetry, and non-fiction books.
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Widening the Canon: Diverse Classics
Inspired by some comments I saw regarding classics being too straight white male oriented. There are lots of classics that aren't, but unfortunately don't always get as much recognition. Hoping this list might help those interested expand their range of classics. Non-exhaustive and taking suggestions!
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Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books
This list is based on the book by Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne, and Kadija Sesay (This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books)
As the title suggests, the book aims to broaden readers’ horizons. The list contains works by non-white, mostly female authors.
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Reading around the world
Just a list of books I've read from around the world, hoping others will find it useful.
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classics
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my 2027 reading menu
Rather than a TBR I like to have a list of menu options
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Big Jubilee Read
A list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, 10 from each decade of Elizabeth II's reign, was selected by a panel of experts and announced by the BBC and The Reading Agency on 18 April 2022.
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