Reading COLORful Books: A book with a color in the title

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the black flamingo by dean atta
black dahlia, red rose: the crime, corruption, and cover-up of america's greatest unsolved murder by piu eatwell
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
all systems red by martha wells
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
the house in the cerulean sea by tj klune
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
the color purple by alice walker
Nabokov's favorite word is mauve: what the numbers reveal about the classics, bestsellers, and our own writing by Ben Blatt
purple hibiscus by chimamanda ngozi adichie
the yellow house by sarah m broom
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin
The Others Gold by Elizabeth James
The golden shovel anthology new poems honoring Gwendolyn Brooks
kingdom of copper by s.a. chakraborty
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
black fatigue how racism erodes the mind body and spirit by mary-frances winters
Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter by Charlton D. McIlwain
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? : and other conversations about race by beverly daniel tatum
white trash: the 400 year untold history of class in america by nancy isenberg
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance edited by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The Green New Deal: why the fossil fuel civilization will collapse by 2028, and the bold economic plan to save life on earth by Jeremy Rifkin
green gone wrong: how our economy is undermining the environmental revolution by heather rogers
green living: the e magazine handbook for living lightly on the earth

Consult your color wheel or box of crayons and choose a book with a color in the title to complete your Read Great Things 2021 Challenge.

phil roeder the big box of crayons
Phil Roeder "The Big Box of Crayons" from flickr

If you're into double-dipping, we have a lot of really excellent books about race and racial justice that would also count as A book about social justice or equity with black or white in the title.

We also have a good number of green books in our Phail Wynn Collection on the Main Campus.

These are just a few of the options available through the Durham Tech Library collections!

Want to explore a little more? Do a title search using your favorite color in our catalog (where you can also put a hold on a book from another community college library catalog) or in Dogwood Digital Library (which contains our ebooks and audiobooks through the Overdrive/Libby app). 

Happy reading! And remember that any of these books fit into our favorite category-- A book suggested by a Durham Tech Library staff member or on the Library blog!

Looking for more Read Great Things 2021 category suggestions? Check out our short book list from January, our outer space books from February, our self-care books from March, or our microhistories from April.

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