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Diverse Author Fiction

Listening to the stories of others is one of the most powerful ways to connect with humanity. This reading list provides you with some fiction written by diverse authors that are currently available through Kinlaw Library. This list is not exhaustive of the diverse authors in our collection, but is intended to provide some recommended titles. We want to be a caring and compassionate community, and that starts with being a listening and empathetic neighbor. If you know of additional resources we should add to our collection, please click "Suggest a Book" on the right-hand menu and let us know!

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Print Books

We have a copy of each title listed below in our physical collection in Kinlaw Library. This is only a small sampling of our collection, so check out our catalog for additional reading. Come in to the library to check out a title or you can Request a Hold to pick up your books on the go.

  • The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
  • A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
  • The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy)
  • The Remains of the Day (Kazou Ishiguro)
  • Inside Out and Back Again (Thanhha Lai)
  • The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
  • Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
  • Girl in Translation (Jean Kwok)
  • The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
  • Long Way Down (Jason Reynolds)
  • Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
  • Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
  • The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
  • Climbing the Stairs (Padma Venkatraman)
  • Esperanza Rising (Pam Munoz Ryan)
  • When You Trap a Tiger (Tae Keller)
  • There There (Tommy Orange)
  • Behold the Dreamers (Imbolo Mbue)
  • Orhan's Inheritance (Aline Ohanesian)
  • The Turner House (Angela Flournoy)
  • The Pearl that Broke its Shell (Nadia Hashimi)
  • The reluctant Fundamentalist (Moshin Hamid)
  • Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
  • What We Were Promised (Lucy Tan)
  • The Night Watchman (Louise Erdrich)
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
  • The House of Spirits (Isabel Allende)
  • How Are You Going to Save Yourself (JM Holmes)
  • The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
  • The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
  • If I Had Your Face (Frances Cha)
  • Gold Diggers (Sanjena Sathian)