#SurvivalStories2021 [Decolonize Your Bookshelf] Reading Progress

We are celebrating Survival Stories this 2021: #SurvivalStories2021.

This includes featuring stories of marginalized and indigenous communities whose existence were/are nearly wiped out by colonizers, tyrants, oppressors. The reading challenge is meant to decolonize our bookshelves, and we hope that you will join us this year. Essentially, we hope to feature books that fit any of the following criteria:

1. Postcolonial literature and/or [pre/post] revolutionary stories

2. Stories by indigenous / first-nation peoples / people of colour

3. Narratives of survival and healing, exile and migration

4. Books written or illustrated by people who have been colonized, oppressed, marginalized

Similar to what I have done for our #WomenReadWomen2019, I am devoting an entire page to document my progress throughout the year.

Please do take note that this list does not consist of all the books I read this year. To see that, please visit my Goodreads page. This table is meant to keep track of the books I featured here in GatheringBooks that fit our overarching theme of survival stories – decolonizing our bookshelves – this 2021.

I will constantly be updating this table throughout the year, as and when new books fall into my hands and featured here for our #SurvivalStories2021 reading theme.

	Author / Illustrator	#	Book Title	#	Country	#	Language (Bilingual/ Translated from)
1	Tami Charles (POC)	1	All Because You Matter	1	USA	1	English – with some Tagalog words
	Bryan Collier (POC)
2	Christian Robinson (POC)	2	You Matter				English (neither translated nor bilingual)
		3	Leo: A Ghost Story
3	Mac Barnett
4	Miranda Paul (Editor)	4	Thanku: Poems Of Gratitude
	Marlena Myles (Native American)
5	Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (POC)	5	Your Name Is A Song
6	Gene Barretta	6	The Secret Garden Of George Washington Carver
	Frank Morrison (POC)
7	Grace Byers	7	I Am Enough
	Keturah A. Bobo	8	I Believe I Can
8	Jen Corace	9	Small World
9	Caren Stelson	10	A Bowl Full Of Peace
10	Carole Boston Weatherford	11	Be A King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You
	James E. Ransome (POC)
11		12	Overground Railroad
	Lesa Cline-Ransome (POC)
12		13	Counting The Stars: The Story Of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
	Raul Colon
13	Angela Johnson (POC)	14	A Girl Like Me
	Nina Crews (POC)
14	Natalie Diaz (Mojave, enrolled Member of Gila River Indian Tribe)	15	Postcolonial Love Poem
15	Alice Walker (POC)	16	Possessing The Secret Of Joy
16	Jason Chin (POC)	17	Your Place In The Universe
17		18	Watercress
	Andrea Wang (POC)
18	Rosana Sullivan (Malaysian ethnicity, POC)	19	Mommy Sayang
19	Cozbi A. Cabrera (POC)	20	Me and Mama
20	Alicia D. Williams (POC)	21	Jump At The Sun: The True Life Tale Of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
	Jacqueline Alcantara (POC)
21	Thrity Umrigar (POC, of Indian ethnicity)	22	Sugar In Milk
22	Meg Medina (POC, Latina)	23	Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away				English (with a few Spanish words)
23	Julie Leung (Asian American, born in the US)	24	Paper Son: The Inspiring Story Of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist				English (neither translated nor bilingual)
	Chris Sasaki (Asian American)
24	Nadia Hashimi (Afghani-American, born in the US)	25	A House Without Windows
25	Terese Marie Mailhot (Native American)	26	Heart Berries
26	Megan Madison (POC)	27	Our Skin
	Jessica Ralli
	Isabel Pepper Roxas (Filipina based in New York)
27	Phoebe Wahl	28	The Blue House
28	Eloise Greenfield (POC)	29	The Great Migration: Journey To The North
	Jan Spivey Gilchrist (POC)
29	Simran Jeet Singh (POC)	30	Fauja Singh Keeps Going
30	Joanna Ho (daughter of immigrants from Taiwan and China)	31	Eyes That Kiss In The Corners
31	Jennifer Bradbury	32	Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand
32	Zetta Elliott	33	A Place Inside of Me: A Poem to Heal the Heart
	Noa Denmon
33	Leda Schubert	34	Nathan’s Song
34	Karen Lynn Williams	35	A Thousand White Butterflies
35	Katie Yamasaki (Japanese American)	36	Fish for Jimmy
36	Mahogany L. Browne (POC)	37	Woke: A Young Poet’s Call To Justice
	Elizabeth Acevedo (POC)
	Olivia Gatwood (POC)
	Theodore Taylor III
37	Kenard Park (Korean American)	38	Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn
		39	Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
		40	Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
38	Jarrett Pumphrey (POC)	41	The Old Truck
	Jerome Pumphrey (POC)	42	The Old Boat
39	Suzanne Slade	43	A Computer Called Katherine
	Veronica Miller Jamison (POC)
40	Margot Lee Shetterly (POC)	44	Hidden Figures: The True Story Of Four Black Women And The Space Race
	Laura Freeman (POC)
	Stasia Burrington		Mae Among The Stars
	Molly Beth Griffin		Ten Beautiful Things
41	Nandini Ahuja (POC)	45	It’s Big Sister Time
		46	It’s Big Brother Time
42	Megan Reid (POC)	47	Maryam’s Magic
43	Melina Mangal (POC)	48	The Vast Wonder Of The World
44	Katie Yamasaki (POC)	49	Everything Naomi Loved
	Ian Lendler
45	Kwame Alexander (POC)	50	The Undefeated
	Kadir Nelson (POC)
46	Georgia Heard	51	My Thoughts Are Clouds
47	Ijeoma Oluo	52	So You Want To Talk About Race
48	Javaka Steptoe	53	Radiant Child: The Story Of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
49	Andrea Beaty	54	One Girl
	Dow Phumiruk (Thai American)			2	Thailand
50		55	Counting on Katherine
51	Kao Kalia Yang (Hmong American, born in Thailand)	56	A Map Into The World
		57	The Most Beautiful Thing
52	Dalai Lama	58	The Seed of Compassion	3	Tibet Autonomous Region
	Bao Luu			4	Vietnam
	Khoa Le		Sugar In Milk
			The Most Beautiful Thing
	Dung Ho		Eyes That Kiss In The Corners
53	Muon Thi Van (now based in US)	59	Wishes
54	LeUyen Pham (now based in US)	60	Outside, Inside
55	Rita Joe (Whycocomagh First Nation)	61	I Lost My Talk	5	Canada
	Pauline Young (Mi’kmaq First Nation)
56		62	I’m Finding My Talk
	Rebecca Thomas (Mi’kmaq First Nation
	Ishta Mercurio (raised by Irish-German-Italian-American father and a Polish-American-Filipino mother)		Small World
57	Anna Bron	63	Salma The Syrian Chef
	Helaine Becker (Canadian and US citizen)		Counting on Katherine
	Genevieve Simms		Ojichan’s Gift				English with a few Japanese words
58	The Fan Brothers (POC – of Chinese heritage)	64	The Barnabus Project				English (neither translated nor bilingual)
59	Yamile Saied Mendez (born and raised in Argentina; now based in US)	65	Where Are You From?	6	Argentina
	Jaime Kim (born and raised in South Korea; now based in US)			7	South Korea
	Seo Kim (Korean-American)		A Map Into The World
60	Hyewon Yum (Korean-American based in Brooklyn)	66	The Twins’ Blanket
		67	The Twins’ Little Sister
		68	This Is Our House
	Akira Kusaka		A Bowl Full Of Peace	8	Japan
61	Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder)	69	The Memory Police			2	Japanese (translated)
		70	The Housekeeper And The Professor
62	Chieri Uegaki (Japanese Canadian)	71	Ojichan’s Gift				English with a few Japanese words
63	Shokoofeh Azar (Iranian based in Australia)	72	The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree	9	Iran	3	Persian (translated)
64	Judith Ridge (editor) with contributions by POC and indigenous peoples such as Ambelin Kwaymullina and Shaun Tan	73	The Book That Made Me: A Collection of 32 Personal Stories	10	Australia		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
65	Zeno Sworder (POC)	74	This Small Blue Dot
66	Armin Greder (originally from Switzerland)	75	The Mediterranean
		76	Diamonds
67	Marguerite Abouet (now based in France) translated by Helge Dascher	77	Aya De Yopougon	11	Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire	4	French (translated)
	Clément Oubrerie			12	France
	Sebastien Pelon		Hope				English (neither translated nor bilingual)
68	Bolu Babalola (British of Nigerian descent)	78	Love in Colour	13	United Kingdom
69	Jean Rhys (daughter of White Creole mother and Welsh father)	79	Wide Sargasso Sea
70	Julie Abery (born in UK, now based in Switzerland)	80	The Old Man And The Penguin
	Baljinder Kaur (POC)		Fauja Singh Keeps Going
	Sam Boughton		Rock by Rock: The Fantastical Garden of Nek Chand
71	Corrinne Averiss	81	Joy
		82	Hope
		83	Love
	Kirsti Beautyman
	Sonia Sanchez		Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away	14	Spain		English (with a few Spanish words)
	Maria Elena Valdez (illustrator)		Niños: Poems For The Lost Children Of Chile			5	Spanish (translated)
	Ana Penyas		Mexique: A Refugee Story From The Spanish Civil War
72	Maribel Lechuga	84	Ten Beautiful Things				English (neither translated nor bilingual)
	Victo Ngai (illustrator)		Wishes	15	Hong Kong (now based in US)
73	Teresa Robeson	85	Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock The Secrets Of The atom		Hong Kong (born, now based in US)		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
	Rebecca Huang			16	Taiwan (born, now based in US)
74	Cho Nam-Joo (translated by Jamie Chang)	86	Kim JiYoung, Born 1982	17	South Korea	6	Korean (translated)
75	Heena Baek (translated by Sophie Bowman)	87	Magic Candies
76	Anna Kim (based in US)	88	Danbi Leads The Parade		South Korea (born, now based in US)		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
77	Stephen Acabado (Essayist) – Filipino now based in Los Angeles, USA	89	Bahay Kubo: A Filipino Children’s Song	18	Philippines (now based in US)	7	Tagalog / Filipino (with translations)
	Kristian Cordero (concept/ essay)				Philippines
	Aldrin Camacho (Illustrator)
	Mavreen Anne Romero (Book Designer)
	Isabel Roxas (Filipino American based in New York)		My Thoughts Are Clouds		Philippines (now based in US)		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
78	Michelle Sterling (Filipino American, based in US)	90	When Lola Visits				English (with a few words in Filipino)
	Aaron Asis				Philippines
79	Mitali Perkins (now based in US)	91	Home is In Between	19	India (born, now based in US)		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
	Lavanya Naidu (now based in Australia)				India (born, now based in Australia
80	Maria Jose Ferrada (translated by Lawrence Schimel)	92	Niños: Poems For The Lost Children Of Chile	20	Chile		Spanish (translated)
	Maria Jose Ferrada (translated by Elisa Amado)	93	Mexique: A Refugee Story From The Spanish CivilWarr
	Pierre Pratt		The Old Man And The Penguin	21	Portugal		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
81	Maria Eugenie Manrique (born in Venezuela now lives in Spain) – translated by Amy Brill	94	The Caiman	22	Venezuela		Spanish (translated)
	Ramon Paris (born in Venezuela now lives in Spain)
82	Sandro Bassi	95	Alien Nation
83	Peter van den Ende	96	The Wanderer	23	Belgium	8	Dutch (translated)
84	Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)	97	The Lost Soul	24	Poland	9	Polish (translated)
	Joanna Concejo
85	Paweł Pawlak (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)	98	Oscar Seeks A Friend
86	Aya Kahlil (now based in Ohio, USA)	99	The Arabic Quilt	25	Egypt		English with a few Arabic words
	Anait Semirdzhyan (born in Kazakhstan, raised in Armenia, now based in Seattle USA)			26	Kazakhstan
	Danny Ramadan (Syrian Canadian)		Salma The Syrian Chef	27	Syria
87	Alfredo Soderguit (translated by Elisa Amado)	100	The Capybaras (Los Carpinchos)	28	Uruguay		Spanish (translated)
88	Peter Sis (now based in US)	101	Nicky & Vera	29	Czech Republic		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
	Maya Ish-Shalom (now based in US)		Nathan’s Song	30	Israel
	Jessica Betancourt-Perez (now based in US)		A Thousand White Butterflies	31	Colombia		English (with a few Spanish words)
	Gina Maldonado
	Catalina Echeverri (Colombian based in the UK)		It’s Big Sister Time				English (neither translated nor bilingual)
			It’s Big Brother Time
	Luisa Uribe		Your Name Is A Song
			The Vast Wonder Of The World
89	Roda Ahmed (Somali-Norwegian)	102	Mae Among The Stars	32	Norway
90	Raul the Third (Mexican American now based in Boston)	103	Vamos! Let’s Go To The Market!	33	Mexico		Bilingual: English and Spanish
	Elaine Bay (colorist)	104	Vamos! Let’s Go Eat!
91	Alfonso Nuñez (translated by Dave Morrison)	105	No! I Won’t Go To School				Spanish (translated)
	Bruna Assis Brasil			34	Brazil
	Isabelle Follath		Joy	35	Switzerland		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
	Aaliya Jaleel (based in the US – Sri Lankan American)		Maryam’s Magic	36	Sri Lanka		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
92	Fredrik Backman (translated by Neil Smith)	106	Anxious People	37	Sweden	10	Swedish (translated)
93	Taghreed Najjar (translated by Michel Moushabeck)	107	The Ghoul	38	Jordan	11	Arabic (translated)
	Hassan Manasra (born in Jordan, but now based in Qatar)			39	Qatar
94	Maaza Mengiste (born in Addis Ababa)	108	The Shadow King	40	Ethiopia		English (neither translated nor bilingual)
95	Abi Dare (born in Lagos, based in Essex)	109	The Girl With The Louding Voice	41	Nigeria
96	Akwaeke Emezi (born in Umuahia and raised in Aba, Nigeria)	110	Pet
		111	The Death Of Vivek Oji