South Asian Reading Challenge - hosted by mahamreads

A non-fiction book from a South Asian author
Can be a translation or written in English
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I Am Divine. So Are You: How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm the Dignity of Queer Identities and Sexualities by Jerry Johnson, Devdutt Pattanaik

I Am Divine. So Are You: How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm the Dignity of Queer Identities and Sexualities

Jerry Johnson, Devdutt Pattanaik

nonfiction informative fast-paced

200 pages | first published 2017

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib

We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir

Samra Habib

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2019

একজন ক্যাকাসু by যোবায়েদ আহসান

একজন ক্যাকাসু

যোবায়েদ আহসান

nonfiction autobiography memoir medium-paced

112 pages

If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar

If They Come for Us

Fatimah Asghar

nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

128 pages | first published 2018

In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs

In Sensorium: Notes for My People

Tanaïs

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

368 pages | first published 2022

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb (Contributor)

nonfiction autobiography feminism emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

327 pages | first published 2013

Veil by Rafia Zakaria

Veil

Object Lessons

Rafia Zakaria

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced

160 pages | first published 2017
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