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Atkins Reading Challenge

Asian American & Pacific Islander Authors

Four Treasures of the Sky
by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Arsenic and Adobo
by Mia P. Manansaia

The Refugees
by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Quiet in Her Bones
by Nalini Singh

Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng

The Wandering Earth
by Cixin Liu

Black Authors

Island Queen
by Vanessa Riley

Black Buck
by Mateo Askaripour

Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned
by Cody Ziglar

The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson

Maame
by Jessica George

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride

Disabled Authors

A Face for Picasso
by Ariel Henley

True Biz
by Sara Novic

Breathe and Count Back from Ten
by Natalia Sylvester

Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
by Bex Ollerton

An Unkindness of Ghosts
by Rivers Solomon

The Bride Test
by Helen Hoang

Indigenous Authors

The Removed
by Brandon Hobson

Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley

Night of the Living Rez
by Morgan Talty

The Seed Keeper
by Diane Wilson

Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land

Carry
by Toni Jensen

A Snake Falls to Earth
by Darcie Little Badger

Latinx Authors

Halsey Street
by Naima Coster

The Man Who Could Move Clouds
by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Hacienda
by Isabel Cañas

The House of Broken Angels
by Luis Alberto Urrea

Burn down, Rise Up
by Vincent Tirado

LGBTQ+ Authors

Our Wives under the Sea
by Julia Armfield

The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
by Orlando Ortega-Medina

The Family Outing
by Jessi Hempel

Nuclear Family
by Joseph Han

Like a Love Story
by Abdi Nazemian

Detransition, Baby
by Torrey Peters