YA books about POC by POC #ownvoices

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 for the people who keep telling me they cant find diverse #ownvoices books by people of color or that there are none. 

contemporary + romance

- asian authors -

• born confused - tanuja desai hidier
• girl in between - pintip dunn
  
• i believe in a thing called love - maurene goo
  
• enter title here - rahul kanakia
• if you could be mine - sara farizan
• its not like its a secret - misa sugiura
  
• my so-called bollywood life - nisha sharma
  
• none of the above - i.w. gregorio
• since you asked - maurene goo
• starfish - akemi dawn bowman
  
• tell me again how a crush should feel - sara farizan
• this promise i will keep - aisha saeed
  
• to all the boys ive loved before - jenny han
  
• qala academy - tanaz bhatena
  
• when dimple met rishi - sandhya menon
• written in the stars - aisha saeed
• tiny pretty things - sona charaipotra & dhonielle clayton

- black and african authors -

• all american boys - jason reynolds & brendan kiely
• allegedly - tiffany d. jackson
• american street - ibi zoboi
• the boy in the black suit - jason reynolds
• dear martin - nic stone
• the hate u give - angie thomas
• little & lion - brandy colbert
• peas and carrots - tanita s. davis
  
• the sun is also a star - nicola yoon
  
• this side of home - renée watson
• tiny pretty things - sona charaipotra & dhonielle clayton
  
• pointe - brandy colbert
• when i was the greatest - jason reynolds
• you dont know me but i know you - rebecca barrow

- latinx authors -

• the education of margot sanchez - lilliam rivera
• the inexplicable logic of my life - benjamin alire sáenz
• juliet takes a breath - gabbi rivera
• north of happy - adi alsaid
  
• we were here - matt de la pena
• when reason breaks - cindy l. rodriguez
• yaqui delgado wants to kick your ass - meg medina

high fantasy + urban fantasy

- asian authors -

• the bone witch - rin chupeco 
  
• the forbidden wish - jessica khoury
  
• forest of a thousand lantern by julie c. dao
• huntress - malinda lo
• not your sidekick - c.b. lee
  
• prophecy - ellen oh
• the reader - traci chee
• serpentine - cindy pon
  
• silver phoenix - cindy pon
• soulmated - shaila patel
• the star-touched queen - roshani chokshi

- black and african authors -

• akata witch - nnedi okorafor
  
• promise of shadows - justina ireland
  
• shadowsharper - daniel josé older
  

- latinx authors -

• labyrinth lost - zoraida córdova
• shadowsharper - daniel josé older

historical + historical fantasy

- asian authors -

• an ember in the ashes - sabaa tahir
• everything i never told you - celeste ng
• outrun the moon - stacey lee
  
• under a painted sky - stacey lee

- latinx authors -

• burn baby burn - meg medina
• iron cast - destiny soria
  
• shame the stars - guadalupe garcia mccall
  

magical realism

- black and african authors -

• into white - randi pink
  

- latinx authors -

• the girl who could silence the wind - meg medina
• summer of the mariposas - guadalupe garcia mccall
  
• the weight of feathers - anna-marie mclemore
  
• wild beauty - anna-marie mclemore
  
• when the moon was ours - anna-marie mclemore
  

sci-fi

- asian authors - 

• forget tomorrow - pintip dunn
• the amaterasu project - axie oh
• the girl from everywhere - heidi heilig
• want - cindy pon
  

- black and african authors -

• binti - nnedi okorafor
  
• the blazing star - imani josey
  
• the fifth season - n.k. jemisin
• love is the drug - alaya dawn johnson
• orleans - sherri l. smith

is that enough? they’re out there. you just have to be willing to look.

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