A Novel Alliance 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by sarshu01

A book by a person of colour with food as a central theme
As an extra: try out a recipe from or inspired by the book
All books added
Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream by Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream

Lyn Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction cookbook food and drink memoir emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Moon of the Crusted Snow

The Whitesky Saga #1

Waubgeshig Rice

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction dystopian thriller dark reflective tense medium-paced
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

239 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson

Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks

Crystal Wilkinson

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history memoir race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon

Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

Chantha Nguon

294 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography food and drink memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Dawn

Xenogenesis #1

Octavia E. Butler

308 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

9 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma

Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance

Nisha Sharma

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance young adult funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Mãn by Kim Thúy

Mãn

Kim Thúy

missing page info • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances by Kwame Alexander

Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances

Kwame Alexander

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced