2025: Graphic novel or comic book by a Black and/or Indigenous author
Book recommendations/suggestions for the Read, Seed, Water, Feed 2025 book challenge. Find your next book!
read, seed, water, feed book challenge - about prompt support posts
about prompt support posts
All of the prompt support posts (those that begin with "2025: Book written by...", for example) are organized similar to each other.
Each of these posts was created to support the Read, Seed, Water Feed book challenge on Storygraph that I am hosting. They were also created to support learning outside of the university, collective educational efforts, finding new authors to read, finding books, and more.
For each book challenge prompt, I will share the following sections:
- one or more slides with books I have read or am currently reading that I recommend for the prompt
- a list of additional books from my TBR (to-be-read) list for the prompt
- a text listing of the books that I shared in the slides
I might share one or more of the following in addition, depending on capacity and other factors:
- other supportive text as appropriate, such as countries included
- some quotes, notes, and/or reflections about one or more of the books
- links to other posts on the site where I discuss the books or prompt in more detail
I did many things to minimize hierarchy within these posts, and there will still be some things that might feel odd, such as split galleries of slides, which was a choice made to address current limitations in how the galleries work.
If interested, find bingo cards, more background on the prompts, and other reflections, on the Reading Challenge page and if on Storygraph, join the challenge.
Mostly, my goal for prompt support posts is to share books for each prompt, as suggestions and as examples. This section will be first on every post and may be skipped.
Thank you for reading.
Recommended Books
Books I've read or am currently reading that I recommend for this prompt.
More Books from my TBR List
For some prompts, I’m trying to diversify what I read; for others, deepening my knowledge while also growing my perspective. For some prompts, there are definitely more books on my to-be-read (TBR) list than the ones I share that I have read or am currently reading. Here are some of those books:
Memoir
- Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani (2018) by Jérôme Tubiana, illustrated by Alexandre Franc
- When Stars Are Scattered (2020) by Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson, illustrated by Victoria Jamieson and Iman Geddy
Fiction
- Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 1 (2015), edited by Hope Nicholson
- Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2025) by Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings and David Brame
Nonfiction
- The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History (2021) by David F. Walker, illustrated by Marcus Kwame Anderson
- Maroon Comix: Origins and Destinies (2018) by Quincy Saul, illustrated by Seth Tobocman, Mac McGill, and Songe Riddle
- Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2021) by Rebecca Hall, illustrated by Hugo Martínez
Recommended Books in a List
As a list, books I've read or am currently reading that I recommend for this prompt:
Memoir
Big Black: Stand at Attica (2020) by Frank "Big Black" Smith and Jared Reinmuth, illustrated by Améziane
Fiction
Bingo Love (2018) by Tee Franklin, illustrated by Joy San and Jenn St-Onge
Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2020) by Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings
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Thank you for reading.
