100 Diverse Books I Want To Read

During last week's Diverse-A-Thon, I took a long hard look at my TBR shelves at home and thought... that's really white. And straight. I've decided to do better, to search for literature that represents me more (Queer and Native) and that showcases voices that are still marginalized but different than my own experiences.



This is just my preliminary list. I fully expect for it grow drastically as I gear up for my 2017 reading challenge, but I feel like this is a good place to get started.



I did notice once I started typing/categorizing these books that I went very heavy with LGBTQIA+ books this go around. I'm not sorry for that in the least bit. I will, however, work harder on my next list to diversify the list to include more QPoC.


EDIT: AFTER READING SPOILER FOR FAN-ART BY SARAH TREGAY, I HAVE REMOVED IT FROM MY LIST. IN IT'S PLACE, I AM CHOOSING TO PROMOTE LOVE BEYOND BODY, SPACE, AND TIME: AN LGBT AND TWO-SPIRIT SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY BY DAVID ROBERTSON.

EDIT ON 11/25/2016: AFTER READING SEVERAL REVIEWS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE I TRUST, I HAVE DECIDED TO REMOVE AS I DESCENDED BY ROBIN TALLEY FROM MY LIST DUE TO BIPHOBIA, FATPHOBIA, AND ABLEISM. IN IT'S PLACE I WILL BE PROMOTING HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE BY MARC ACITO



(NOTE: Anything with an * beside it marks a book I've already read either in the Diverse-A-Thon or a book I've read but plan to reread. I've also tried to mark them into categories but I'm sure I've made mistakes along the way. Feel free to correct me!)



100 DIVERSE BOOKS



LGBTQIA+

1. Girl Mans Up- M.E. Girad
2. How I Paid for College- Marc Acito
3. Lunatic Fringe- Allison Moon
4. Sing You Home- Jodi Picoult
5. Dating Sarah Cooper- Siera Maley
6. Waiting in the Wings- Melissa Brayden
7. The Space Between- Michelle L. Teichman
8.Tipping the Velvet- Sarah Waters
9. I Can't Think Straight- Shamin Sarif
10. Fingersmith- Sarah Waters
11. Juliet Takes a Breath- Gabby Rivera (also Latinx)
12. Alice + Freda Forever- Alexis Coe (nonfiction)
13. Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century- Peter Graham (nonfiction)
14. When We Were Good- Suzanne Sutherland
15. Tyler Buckspan- Jere M. Fishback
16. Big Guy- Robin Stevenson
17. Band Fags!- Anthony Frank Polito
18. Bad Boy- Diana Wieler
19. Awakened- Kenneth Creech
20. Asher's Fault- Elizabeth Wheeler
21. Another F Word- Lissa Bowen
22. Andy Squared- Jennifer Lavoie
23. Absolutely Positively Not- David LaRochelle
24. 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous- Graeme Aitken
25. Ash- Malinda Lo
26. When the Moon Was Ours- Anna Marie McLemore (also Latinx)
27. Here Comes the Sun- Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn (also Jamaican)
28. The Captive Prince- C.S. Pascat
29. More Happy Than Not- Adam Silvera (also Latinx)
30. Highly Illogical Behavior- John Corey Whaley (also mental illness)
31. Two Boys Kissing- David Levithan*
32. Not Your Sidekick- C.B. Lee (also Asian American)
33. Radical- E.M. Kokie
34. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe- Benjamin Alire Saenz* (also Latinx)
35. George- Alex Grino
36. Blue is the Warmest Color- Julie Maroh
37. The Art of Being Normal- Lisa Williamson
38. Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An LGBT and Two-Spirit Sci-Fi Anthology- David Robertson (also Native American/Indigenous)
39. The Great American Whatever- Tim Federle
40. Openly Straight- Bill Konigsberg
41. Radio Silence- Alice Oseman
42. If I Was Your Girl- Meredith Russo
43. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit- Jaye Robin Brown
44. Tell The Wolves I'm Home- Carol Rifka Brunt
45. Boy Meets Boy- David Levithan
46. The Miseducation of Cameron Post- Emily M. Danforth
47. This Is Where It Ends- Marieke Nijkamp
48. Kissing Kate- Lauren Myracle
49. The Gravity Between Us- Kristen Zimmer
50. Hushed- Kelley York
51. The Cranberry Hush- Ben Monopoli
52. Taking the Long Way- Lily R. Mason
53. Fairytales for Lost Children- Diriye Osman (also Somalis/Africa)
54. Under the Udala Trees- Chinelo Okparanta (also Nigerian/Africa)
55. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse- Louise Erdrich (Also Native American)
56. The One Kid Who Freak Out, or Whatever- A.J.J. Bourque
57. Anything That Loves- Charles "Zan" Christensen


Mentioned under Latinx: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Mentioned under Afro-Caribbean: Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson



NATIVE AMERICAN
58. House of Purple Cedar- Tim Tingle
59. Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics- Hope Nicholson
60. My Name is Seepteeza- Shirley Sterling
61. Broken Circle- Theodore Fontaine
62. Beyond the Great River- Zoe Saadia
63. Green Grass, Running Water- Thomas King
64. The Cure for Death by Lightning- Gail Anderson-Dargatz
65. Tracks- Louise Erdrich
66. The Inconvenient Indian- Thomas King (non-fiction)
67. The Other Slavery- Andres Resendez
68. The Round House- Louise Erdrich
69. Birdie- Tracey Lindberg
70. Medicine Walk- Richard Wagamese
71. Islands of Decolonial Love- Leanne Simpson
72. All Our Relations- Winona LaDuke (nonfiction)



Already Mentioned under LGBTQAI+:
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse- Louise Erdrich.
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time- David Robertson



AFRICAN AMERICAN
73. Brown Girl Dreaming- Jacqueline Woodson
74. Everything, Everything- Nicola Yoon
75. Midnight Without a Moon- Linda Williams Jackson
76. Queen Sugar- Natalie Baszille
77. All American Boys- Jason  Reynolds



AFRICA
78. Who Fears Death- Nnedi Okorafor
79. Homegoing- Yaa Gyasi
80. Teaching Mother How To Give Birth- Warsan Shire
81. Purple Hibiscus- Chimanda Ngozi Adichie
82. Akata Witch- Nnedi Okorafor
83. soft magic. - Upile Chisala



ASIAN/ ASIAN-AMERICAN 
84. The Land of Forgotten Girls- Erin Estrada Kelly
85. American Born Chinese- Gene Luen Yang
86. Red Scarf Girl- Ji-li Jiang* (nonfiction)
87. In Order To Live- Yeonmi Park (nonfiction)
88. Without You, There Is No Us- Suki Kim (nonfiction)



LATINX
89. Labyrinth Lost- Zoraida Cordova (also LGBTQAI+)
90. In the Time of Butterflies- Julia Alvarez


Already Mentioned under LGBTQAI+:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
When the Moon was Ours by Anna Marie McLemore
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera



CARRIBEAN/ AFRO-CARRIBEAN
91. Shadowshaper- Daniel Jose Older
92. Falling in Love with Hominids- Nalo Hopkinson (also lgbtqai+)



MIDDLE EASTERN
93. The Wrath and the Dawn- Renee Ahdieh
94. The Rose and the Dagger- Renee Ahdieh
95. The Star Touched Queen-  Roshani Choksi
96. An Ember in the Ashes- Sabaa Tahir



OTHER- These are books that have multiple diverse voices/#ownvoices or I wasn't sure where to put them.
97. Six of Crows- Leigh Bardugo (LGBTQAI+ characters, PoC, disabled character, #ownvoices for disability)
98. Milk & Honey- Rupi Kapir (feminism??)
99. The Girl From Everywhere- Heidi Heilig (Biracial Chinese white character, mental illness- bipolar, #ownvoices on both)
100. The Summer the Melted Everything- Tiffany McDaniel (deals with racism and homophobia)