DIVERSITY BINGO 2017 SUGGESTIONS

#DiversityBingo2017 starts on January 1, 2017! The goal is to fill in all the squares for a complete black-out bingo. I've seen a lot of posts asking for recs and I thought I would try to give y'all a little hand up on the categories.

 

Romance with a Trans MC:

- IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo

I've removed my rec for Elliot Wake's book due to his anti-blackness. I promise to replace it with a more deserving rec soon.

 

MC with an Underrepresented Body:

- DUMPLIN' by Julie Murphy

- THE UPSIDE OF UNREQUITED by Becky Albertalli (out 4/11/17)

 

MC of Color in SFF:

- BEYOND BODY, SPACE, AND TIME: AN INDIGENOUS LGBT SCIFI ANTHOLOGY by Hope Nicholson

- AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir

 

West Asian Setting:

- THE MORNING THEY CAME FOR US: DISPATCHES FROM SYRIA by Janine Di Giovanni

- ROOFTOPS OF TEHRAN by Mahbod Seraji

 

Black MC:

- THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas (out 2/28/17)

- THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN by Kekla Magoon

 

Indigenous MC:

- IF I EVER GET OUT OF HERE by Eric Gansworth

- KILLER OF ENEMIES by Joseph Bruchac

 

Non-Binary MC

- SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN by Jeff Garvin

- EVERY DAY by David Levithan

 

Neurodiverse MC:

- MAGGOT MOON by Sally Gardner

- M IS FOR AUTISM by The Students of Limpsfield Grange School

 

Own Voices Latinx MC:

- HOLLYWOOD WITCH HUNTER by Valerie Tejada

- GABI, A GIRL IN PIECES by Isabel Quintero

 

Arab MC:

- IT AIN'T SO AWFUL, FALAFEL by Firoozeh Dumas

- WHEN THE MOON IS LOW by Nadia Hashimi

 

MC on the Ace Spectrum:

- RADIO SILENCE by Alice Oseman

- WE AWAKEN by Calista Lynne

 

Diverse Non-fiction:

- FRESH OFF THE BOAT by Eddie Huang

- ALICE + FREDA FOREVER by Alexis Coe

 

SFF with Disabled MC:

- SIX OF CROWS / CROOKED KINGDOM by Leigh Bardugo

- THE IRON TRIAL by Holly Black

 

Retelling with LGBT MC:

- ASH by Malinda Lo

- THE DARK WIFE by Sarah Diemer

 

Free Choice:

I highly recommend anything by Louise Erdrich or Thomas King.

 

MC with a Wheelchair:

- MIA LEE IS WHEELING THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL by Melissa Shang

- PUSH GIRL by Chelsie Hill

 

LGBTQAI+ MC of Color:

- ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Saenz

- TELL ME AGAIN HOW A CRUSH SHOULD FEEL by Sara Farizan

 

PoC on the Cover:

- SHADOWSHAPER by Daniel Jose Older

- TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE by Jenny Han

 

Practicing Jewish MC:

- CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT by Roz Chast

- EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Jonathan Safran Foer

 

Bisexual MC:

- HOW I PAID FOR COLLEGE: A NOVEL OF SEX, THEFT, FRIENDSHIP & MUSICAL THEATER by Marc Acito

- THE GALLERY OF UNFINISHED GIRLS by Lauren Karcz (out 7/25/17)

 

Non-Western Real World Setting:

- IN ORDER TO LIVE by Yeonmi Park

- A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER by Ishmael Beah

 

Book by Author of Color:

- THE MARAUDERS' ISLAND by Tristan J. Tarwater

- PURPLE HIBISCUS by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 

Visually Impaired MC:

- BLINDSIDED by Priscilla Cummings

- NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST by Eric Lindstrom

 

D/deaf MC:

- EL DEAFO by Cece Bell

- WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick

 

Indian MC:

- WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI by Sandhya Menon (out 5/30/17)

- BORN CONFUSED by Tanju Desai Hidier

 

MC with Invisible Disability:

- DEAD GIRLS SOCIETY by Michelle Krys

- KISSING DOORKNOBS by Tony Spencer Hesser

 

Own Voices:

- BLOOD DRENCHED BEARD by Daniel Galera

- OF FIRE & STARS by Audrey Coulthurst

 

Biracial MC:

- EVERYTHING LEADS TO YOU by Nina LaCour

- ABBY SPENCER GOES TO BOLLYWOOD by Varsha Bajaj

 

Book Set in Central America

- ASSAULT ON PARADISE by Tatiana Lobo

- THE WEIGHT OF ALL THINGS by Sandra Benitez

 

Immigrant or Refugee:

- THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by Nicola Yoon

- THE HOUSE ON MAGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros

 

Displaced MC:

- DISPLACED PERSONS by Ghita Schwarz

- BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE by Dee Brown

 

Anaphylactic Allergy

- THE TIDAL ZONE by Sarah Moss

- DON'T KILL THE BIRTHDAY GIRL by Sandra Beasley

 

MC with Chronic Pain:

-THE BODY BROKEN by Lynne Greenberg

- FAR FROM YOU by Tess Sharpe

 

Pansexual MC:

- SEVEN WAYS WE LIE by Riley Redgate

- OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR by Dahlia Adler

 

Arranged Marriage:

- WRITTEN IN THE STARS by Aisha Saeed

- A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini

 

Hijabi MC:

- DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? by Ronda Abdel-Fattah

- LOVE IN A HEADSCARF by Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

 

 

 

And there you have it! This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the wonderful diverse and own voices book available, but it is a nice little springboard if you aren't sure where to get started!

 

Happy reading!