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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who artfully weaves perspectives in Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, states, “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.� The beauty of novels with multiple perspectives is that they provide a more complete picture of the same story which gets us, hopefully, a little closer to the truth, or at least a little more depth.

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Optional questions:
- What are you reading for this category?
- Do you typically enjoy novels with multiple perspectives?

I read a lot of books with multiple POVs, but I'm not quite sure what to read for this category. I have a long list of ideas and nothing jumps out at me as the one.

Does anyone know if The Stone Sky had multiple POVs? If yes, that will let me fit all three books in the Broken Earth trilogy into next year's challenge!

This is a category I'm super excited about!

I currently have these on the list, but I feel like this list will double or triple by the time 2019 rolls around.

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

- What are you reading for this category?

Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray

I generally enjoy multiple points of view. Getting the other side/s of the story generally adds depth and makes the novel more interesting. I'm going to read Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.

I may buckle down and finally read: A Clash of Kings or The Stand

I hope to read North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

Other possibilities:

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon

Serendipity wrote: "I generally enjoy multiple points of view. Getting the other side/s of the story generally adds depth and makes the novel more interesting. I'm going to read Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann."

That's my first choice, too! It's been on my bookshelf for a long time and it's short. (I need some short books to offset the long ones.) It's also a National Book Award winner!

I would highly recommend The Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear for this prompt. This standalone novel by the author of the Maisie Dobbs series Daisie is set in World War I, but it is unlike any "war" novel I have read.

Thanks Edie for the recommendation. I like that author so I added it to my TBR.

Nadine wrote: "Does anyone know if The Stone Sky had multiple POVs? If yes, that will let me fit all three books in the Broken Earth trilogy into next year's challenge!"

Yes, it does!

I tend to read a lot of books with multiple perspectives so I probably won't bother planning at all for this prompt.

Ellie wrote: "Nadine wrote: "Does anyone know if The Stone Sky had multiple POVs? If yes, that will let me fit all three books in the Broken Earth trilogy into next year's challenge!"

Yes, it does!

I tend to r..."

Yayy!! So I will be reading the entire Broken Earth trilogy next year!! I don't usually read an entire series all in one year like that, this will be interesting for me.

I tend to really love books that are told in this format. I can recommend The Poisonwood Bible for this. Also, I just finished One of Us Is Lying and really enjoyed it. It was just a super fun, quick read.

I have 2 choices on my plan that I heard of either on a book tuber blog or in another book group:
Good Kings Bad Kings
Four Weeks, Five People

I'm going to be reading Rebellion (The 100, #4) by Kass Morgan for this prompt. (Yes the CW show is based on this series, although #4 wasn't a thing when the show was being written and the show went a different direction early anyways...imo the show just got weird). My favourite character, Glass, doesn't even exist in the show and she is one of the protagonists of the series!

I typically enjoy books with this format although sometimes when a chapter ends with a cliffhanger and you have to wait another several chapters to find out what happens I won't savour the other perspectives as much as I should because I'll be speed reading unless something else grabs me along the way. xD

Tracy, thanks for reminding me about One of Us is Lying! It's on my TBR but I forgot to add it to my list of possible books for this prompt.

Stacey, I'm the same way! I end up connecting with one character and speed reading to find out what happens to them, completely skipping over the other characters. I generally prefer when the two characters are operating in the same timeline because there's less of that cliffhanger happening.

I am reading The Queen of Hearts right now and it's told from multiple perspectives.

I really, really like books that switch perspective (I think it's my short attention span). For this prompt, I'm going to read Babylon's Ashes, which is the sixth book in The Expanse series. Any book in the series so far would fit the prompt, and I'd recommend them to anyone who likes reading science fiction.

Looking back at things I've read this year that would fit the prompt...
I really recommend Version Control -- it takes a while to really get into (I recommend it as an audiobook), but it's worth it.

For something more historical (takes place in the U.S. during WWII)/literary fiction: Manhattan Beach

Paula Hawkins does this in Into the Water and The Girl on the Train. If you like both of those, It's Always the Husband has a really similar feeling.

I'm not sure I'd recommend these ones to everyone, but The Bird's Nest and Imagine Me Gone would both work. (They are two very different novels about mental illness and otherwise kind of hard for me to describe).

I'm thinking about reading S. for this prompt. Or I might finally finish reading The Remnant Chronicles trilogy with The Beauty of Darkness.

Liz wrote: "I'm thinking about reading S. for this prompt. Or I might finally finish reading The Remnant Chronicles trilogy with The Beauty of Darkness."

Ugh. I didn't get to S. this year, and I really really wanted to. Too bad I need to sleep, otherwise I would get so many more books read.

I might read The Twelve which I believe will work for multiple perspectives and multiple timelines, so I can slot it into either.

Can anyone confirm Song of Solomon for this prompt? It's the only one of Morrison's "major" works I haven't read and I've been meaning to read it for the last two years. If it doesn't work here I might put it in for "something blue."

Melanie, I think that one would work. It's told mostly from Milkman's perspective, but sometimes the narrative will switch to the point of view of other family members. It also would be a good option for multigenerational saga.

I'm going to read He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly.

In case you want to have a peak, I have a dedicated shelve with all the multiple perspective books I've read (83 for now): /review/list...

Joanne wrote: "I may buckle down and finally read: A Clash of Kings or The Stand"

I read Clash of Kings this year, so I'm probably going to fit in the rest of the series this year among this prompt, the top money making genres, more than 500 words, Zodiac animals (Dance with Dragons) and speculative fiction.

For this prompt, I'd also recommend Ordinary People which switches between third person POV of father and son.

I recommend Children of Blood and Bone.

And I'm hoping the second book, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, has the same set up so I can read it for this prompt. I guess we will find out when it is released on March 5th.

I'll be reading The Stone Sky for this one. I do like multiple points of view, although N. K. Jemison occasionally writes in second person which... irks me more than a little. But I really ought to finish this series off!

I will read Find Her by Lisa Gardner. This entire series is told in 1st person and 3rd person perspectives. The transitions can be a bit confusing at first but it is very interesting to get the different view points.

You should totally read it! I really liked One of Us is Lying.

Emily wrote: "Tracy, thanks for reminding me about One of Us is Lying! It's on my TBR but I forgot to add it to my list of possible books for this prompt.

Stacey, I'm the same way! I end up connecting with one ..."

I would recommmend A Strangeness in My Mind or Sing, Unburied, Sing for this challenge.

When it's done well, I think a multiple pov can make a story so rich. I think Motherland would work for this one, so that's my pick for now.

I haven't decided yet on my book for this category, but here my suggestions:
-entire A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin, they are not as good as rating says, but they are structured in a way that you follow multiple point of views. Plus if you like Game of Thrones tv series, you can stuff
- my personal favorite read of 2018: The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
- polish classic The Doll by Bolesław Prus

Picking from my 50/50 list again. I'm going with Tale for the Time being by Ruth Ozeki

I’ve read it, but if it’s something on your TBR or interests you...Ohio by Stephen Markley is a Multiple Perspective POV novel that came out in 2018 that also happens to be on NPRs Best Books of the Year list.

I'm going to read Because of Mr. Terupt

I'm reading The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of three characters.

I’m starting 2019 with this prompt, and will be reading 1q84 book 1 by Murakami for this one. Looking forward to entering his crazy world.

I just read Salt to the Sea for a different prompt, but I thought I'd drop in here to say that it would definitely work for this prompt (and I highly recommend it!)

Cheri wrote: "I'm reading The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of three characters."

This is such a good book. It was one of the first books I read that made me realize that I needed to read more books that take place elsewhere.
I hope you enjoy it.

Brandon Sanderson has his Stormlight Archives series starting with The Way of Kings. I've read the first two and have the third slotted elsewhere so going with North and South myself.

Another suggestion I have slotted elsewhere is A Darker Shade of Magic.

Anastasia wrote: "Cheri wrote: "I'm reading The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of three characters."

This is such a good bo..."

I did! I thought it was really well done.

When Dimple Met Rishi would work for this prompt! I'm reading it for prompt #2 and it's really cute.

Agreed, Sabrina! And there's a sequel coming out this year from the point of view of Rishi's brother!

What are you reading for this category?
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Oh, I just remembered but last year I read The Bear and the Nightingale which would qualify for this task.

I took a slightly different approach to this topic & read American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures. It's a book of essays written by different famous POCs who are either immigrants or children of immigrants. It was excellent.

Katie wrote: "I took a slightly different approach to this topic & read American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures. It's a book of essays written by different famous POCs who are eith..."

Katie, I love America Ferrera and I was thinking about reading this one. I'll have to add it to my agenda!

I used Beggars Ride for this prompt - it seemscould fit in quite a few different places, but because the society is divided up into three groups (donkeys, livers, sleepless) and then narrated by people in the various groups, it seemed to me that this was the best fit.

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

It's normally a hit or miss for me when it comes to multiple perspectives. This one was fun and interesting for such a dark topic.

Melitta wrote: "Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

It's normally a hit or miss for me when it comes to multiple perspectives. This one was fun and interesting for such a dark topic."

I read this one for week 1, and I really, really enjoyed it. I'm hit or miss with WWII historical fiction, but this one was a hit.