We want to start by sharing some glimmers and gratitude:
1,183 people have joined us on StoryGraph
416 people have subscribed to our newsletter
186 people have joined our Discord channel
We are thrilled about the continued excitement to read and uplift racialized authors!
A few reminders
What is the March prompt?
There is no *set* March prompt this year. This challenge is fully up to you :) You can choose whichever book you want for each month, as long as it fits one of the ~90 prompts we’ve listed and is written by a racialized author.
What does “racialized” mean?
We included a definition of this:
Where are the prompts listed?
Storygraph challenge
For “diaspora,” who counts under these prompts? For the prompts about ethnicity, who counts?
We’ve gotten a few variations of this question, and we wanted to clarify.
For the purpose of this challenge, anyone who is “of descent” counts towards the prompts. For example, if Brittany wrote a book, you could include her in the prompts for:
East Asian author (She is of Chinese descent)
Southeast Asian author (She is of Filipinx descent)
Asian Diaspora author (She is of Chinese and Filipinx descent, but lives outside of the Asian continent)
Book Clubs & Readalongs
Brittany is hosting a Fable & StoryGraph book clubs for the following books:
This book could fit the following prompts:
Novella
Contemporary romance
Genre fiction
New adult
Real people on the cover (the original cover does fit this)
Black Diaspora author
Content warnings from Storygraph:
Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Child abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Addiction
Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment
This book could fit the following prompts:
Contemporary romance
Genre fiction
New adult
Real people on the cover (the original cover does fit this)
Black Diaspora author
Content warnings from Storygraph:
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, Sexual assault
Moderate: Gun violence, Alcoholism, Rape
Minor: Racial slurs, Drug use, Pregnancy
Any of the above books could also potentially fill the following prompts, depending on what you’ve read, what is on your TBR, and your lore:
A book recommended to you by a friend
A book on your TBR
A new-to-you author
Review Spotlight
We are sharing a few reviews each month and we thank you for sharing your reviews on socials.
Remember to use #TheDiverseBaseline2025 when posting your reviews, and/or tagging us (only if you want to/feel comfortable doing so), so we can find & spotlight them here.
If you click the below photos, they are hyperlinked to take you to their Instagram pages :)
Templates and Stickers
In the carrd, you will find links to Canva templates for your Instagram feed and Instagram stories, as well as some fun stickers you can use in your posts.
If you have any templates that you have made and would like us to spread the word about, please email us with links to your templates and we will share in the Discord and the next newsletter!
Co-host’s Recommendations
We now both have official recommendation lists, as well as general lists of books we’ve read for the challenge, on libro.fm and bookshop.org. If you would like highly recommended books from us, check out our links and support local/indie bookstores in the process (if it’s an accessible option for you).
About the creators
Brittany is a reader and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. She can be found here. She also hosts the SF Bay Area chapter of Cassie’s Walking Club on Strava. If you’d like to tip her for her emotional labor, you can do so here.
Margherita is a reader and indie author from Italy. Xe can be found on instagram, tiktok and substack. Xyr website with links to xyr books, author services, and more is linked here.