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19 Women of Color and the Books That Made Them Fall in Love With Reading

This is a list from an article published in February 2020 by Glamour Magazine. Check out the article for the reasons why these particular books inspired a love of reading for these women.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1
Mildred D. Taylor
Green Light, Go
Green Light, Go
2
John Henry: American Legend (Ezra Jack Keats)
John Henry: American Legend
3
Ezra Jack Keats
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
4
Christopher Paul Curtis
The People Shall Continue (Simon J. Ortiz)
The People Shall Continue
5
Simon J. Ortiz
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
6
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
7
Zora Neale Hurston
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
8
L.M. Montgomery
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf
9
Ntozake Shange
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
10
Maya Angelou
Blubber (Judy Blume)
Blubber
11
Judy Blume
Sweet Valley Twins Series
Sweet Valley Twins Series
12
Queen Bees & Wannabes (Rosalind Wiseman)
Queen Bees & Wannabes
13
Rosalind Wiseman
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
14
Judy Blume
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
15
Alexandre Dumas
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
16
Toni Morrison
The Friends (Rosa Guy)
The Friends
17
Rosa Guy
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
18
Jacqueline Woodson
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
19
E.B. White
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