2023 Diverse Reading Book List

Sports Books

• Black Brother, Black Brother
  • Jewell Parker Rhodes
• The Power of Choice
  • Melissa Stockwell
• Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football
  • Derrick White
• Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey into the Heart of Cuban Sports
  • S.L. Price
• The Umpire is Out
  • Dale Scott & Rob Neyer 
• Proud: Living My American Dream
  • Ibtihaj Muhammed
• Clemente: The True Legacy of an Undying Hero
  • The Clemente Family
• Soccer in Sun and Shadow
  • Eduardo Galeano
• Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete
  • William C. Rhoden

Diverse Books

• Hood Feminism
  • Mikki Kendall
• The Whole Story of Half a Girl
  • Veera Hiranandani
• From the Ashes
  • Jesse Thistle
• Big Chicas Don't Cry
  • Annette Chavez Macias
• We Are Not Like Them
  • Christine Pride and Joe Piazza
• The Sympathizer
  • Viet Than Nguyen
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
  • Jamie Ford
• You’ve Been Chosen
  • Cynt Marshall
• Pink is for Boys
  • Mikki Kendall