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
Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien

Death by Dumpling

A Noodle Shop Mystery #1

Vivien Chien

8 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette

Body and Soul Food

A Books & Biscuits Mystery #1

Abby Collette

8 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

400 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto

160 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

470 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala

Murder and Mamon

A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #4

Mia P. Manansala

283 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking by Raquel V. Reyes

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking

A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #2

Raquel V. Reyes

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction mystery funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal by Raquel V. Reyes

Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal

A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery #3

Raquel V. Reyes

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

Butter Honey Pig Bread

francesca ekwuyasi

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced