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A book is a comfortable escape from the real world that we all need from time to time. And something we do not talk much about representation in literature. We are all about cuddling with hot cocoa and captivating reading.

And yet, so many libraries still store only original books of white guys, leaving no room for marginalized writers who have so much to say. It's time to diversify your reading list with these talented authors. With the patriarchy - the future is feminine and multiracial.

1. Such a fun age, Kiley Reid

This is a spirit of spirit of white privilege, transactional relationships and how good intentions are not enough. A African American babysitter takes care of a child of white feminist blogger. That's all Dandy until someone accuses the child's kidnapping baby-sitter that she cares about a racist. You will immerse yourself in the world of micro-aggression and loaded actions and will learn a lot. It's not always comfortable reading, but there is a perfect amount of humor to alleviate things.

2. Bone Red, Jacqueline Woodson

Here we meet two black families with completely different background. What brings them together? A surprise in the high school of pregnancy with vibrations of heavy Romeo and Juliet. Although the plot focuses on the new generation (the girl of this teenager of pregnant high school), it is a superimposed multigegeral tale with complex perspectives and struggles. You will quickly invested in these characters, with themes of perseverance, strength and survival.

3. The other Americans, Laila Lalami

The Lalami Book has won prizes and as soon as you turn on the first page, you will see why. The plot revolves around the death of an immigrant from Morocco and how his family is affected. With his daughter of jazz musician and his wife who just wants to return to their country of origin, we also meet other characters who are unusually connected, beyond the expected divisions of race and religion. There is a crime, there is romance and profound comments about America.

4. Clap when you land, Elizabeth Acevedo

We fell in love with free verse poetry in Elizabeth Acevedo's novel about two half-sisters. We live a life full of privilege in New York, while the other faces more struggles living in the Dominican Republic, although it wants to become a doctor. These girls do not know the other until their father dies. Their perspectives are different but mingle with themes of very different masculinity and socio-economic realities.

5. The house on Mango Street, Sandra Cisnerros

2020 gave us pretty good books, but Sandra Cisnerros is really the feminist POC OG before it's fashionable, back in 1991. Tell poetry, it's the tale of a Latina girl Named Esperanza, who lives in an impoverished area filled with Misogyny and patriarchal culture. Chapters are small addictive thumbnails, told by a single age lens.

6. Color Love: Mythical Tales of the World, Close, Bolu Babalola

Filled with short stories like reworked mythologies, this is one of our favorites from the list. The concept is to take obsolete, misogynistic and racist aspects of old myths around the world and modify them in a celebration of inclusiveness and rich cultural differences. The theme is romance, but we have never seen it take it before.

7. Home Remedies, Xuan Juliana Wang

Tackling the complicated aspects of Chinese culture through its generations, this collection of short stages tells the history of Chinese millennia living around the world. It's a look at the culture of family duty that is also widespread in the east, mixed with modern aspects of Western Asian children. We hear these voices through a homosexual life tale, thanks to a synchronized dive duo at the Olympics and Beijing, as well as examine the privilege of rich young Chinese second generation young people.

8. Women Shocules: a novel, afia atakora

We love a novel that combines magic, history and drama. "Comparative women" do everything above. It is a totally unique reading that gives a voice to the black experience of the civil war, as well as pre-war and post-war events. A mother and a girl are in the center of history. The mother is a midwife (and a healer, with crazy powers) and her daughter must take the reins of the family biz, but is not so excited about it. The research is just as impressive as the narration.

9. Genealogy Tree, Hussan Sairish

This book on a Muslim family is not what you expect. As a tragedy occurs for a family in the British Pakistan of the working class, a man is obliged to go with a widower and a submerged single father. Like him and his children move in the Western world and face individual struggles, the family is broken down before being able to be stuck together - this time, more resilient than ever before.