This challenge features 52 prompts, spread across two years of reading! 34 of the prompts are identity-based (Black author, Middle Eastern author, etc.), while the rest can be categorized as "miscellaneous" (Banned Books, non-fiction not about Europe or the US, etc.).

I am a white woman living in the United States. Many of these prompts were created with fellow white Americans in mind, as I feel that I can best speak to that group and our general reading habits.

Books in the "by an [identity] author" prompts do not need to be about the lived experience of the author, their identity, or others in that identity. The books can be about literally anything, and in any genre, so long as the author claims that identity.

Books can be counted in every category they qualify for, but still try to read another book in those categories!

If you feel that I should reword or change the focus of a prompt, please let me know by filling out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/RMpjvf1rAHi1dAPq5 Note: a prompt will only be refocused (meaning I will change the entire prompt rather than just rewording it) if it is offensive or harmful to a marginalized identity, either on its face or through my description of it.

Edit 12/9/24: In trying to find a book that fit OwnVoices categories, I read many articles discussing the usefulness of OwnVoices categorization; its use has spread beyond the intended meaning of the term, and there are some who feel that the term erases individual identities. It also, unbeknownst to me when I was making this challenge, is intended to apply to children's literature specifically. 

As such, please interpret "OwnVoices" to mean someone with a marginalized identity writing about their experiences with that identity (I think most people doing this challenge have been doing that, but I wanted to clarify!). That was what I intended with those categories, and it's on me that I didn't research that term further!