On the newest episode of Beyond the Shelves, Jes and Sarah talk about decolonizing and diversifying your bookshelf, giving you suggestions on books with diverse authors and unique viewpoints.

 

What They're Reading

• Jes
  • The Bog Wife, by Kay Chronister
  • Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel
  • American Rapture, by CJ Leede
• Sarah
  • The Paradise Problem, by Christina Lauren
  • Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by TJ Klune
  • The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty
  • The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown

 

Book Recs - Decolonizing Your Bookshelf

• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, by David Treuer
• To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, by Moniquill Blackgoose
• Shutter, by Ramona Emerson
• My Powerful Hair, by Carole Lindstrom
• Babel, by R.F. Kuang
• The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline
• The Space Between Worlds, by Micaiah Johnson
• Cursed Bunny, by Bora Chung 
• The Vegetarian, by Han Kang 
• Betty, by Tiffany McDaniel 
• Becoming Little Shell, by Christ La Tray 
• Whiskey Tender, by Deborah Jackson Taffa 
• And Then She Fell, by Alicia Elliott
• Who Am I?, by Julie Buchholtz 
• Memory Police, by Yoko Ogawa