the taylor swift challenge - hosted by mahamreads

Debut - a book w an MC from a marginalized community
In her song The Outside, Taylor talks about standing on the outside looking in and as someone from a marginalized community myself, that's how it feels sometimes. So, for this one you can basically pick any book where the mc isnt a straight white man/woman
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The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The Deep

Rivers Solomon

166 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Portrait of a Thief

Grace D. Li

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ thriller adventurous reflective medium-paced
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Grown

Tiffany D. Jackson

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary thriller young adult dark emotional tense fast-paced
Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness

Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life

Jonathan Van Ness

5 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

384 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

Bright Falls #1

Ashley Herring Blake

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

Love Radio

Ebony LaDelle

316 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

Tahereh Mafi

6 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem Shuffle

Harlem #1

Colson Whitehead

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime historical literary adventurous tense medium-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

511 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced