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Diverse Books for Your Shelf

Includes current and backlist books (middle grades, YA, and adult) by and about people of diverse races, cultures, religions, genders, and viewpoints. Books culled from BookRiot.com, slj.com, and many more sites from weneeddiversebooks.org.
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Under a Painted Sky (Stacey Lee)
Under a Painted Sky
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Stacey Lee
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Does My Head Look Big in This?
2
Pointe (Brandy)
Pointe
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Brandy
The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince
4
Flygirl
Flygirl
5
Dove Arising (Karen Bao)
Dove Arising
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Karen Bao
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides)
Middlesex
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Jeffrey Eugenides
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
9
Maya Angelou
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
10
Octavia Butler
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
11
Isabel Wilkerson
Written in the Stars (Aisha Saeed)
Written in the Stars
12
Aisha Saeed
The Men With the Pink Triangle (Heinz Heger)
The Men With the Pink Triangle
13
Heinz Heger
Strange Fruit (Joel Christian Gill)
Strange Fruit
14
Joel Christian Gill
Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu)
Akata Witch
15
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
16
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Junot Díaz
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
19
Sherman Alexie
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights (Russell Freedman)
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
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Russell Freedman
Where the Mountains Meet the Moon (Grace Lin)
Where the Mountains Meet the Moon
21
Grace Lin
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again
22
East (Edith Pattou)
East
23
Edith Pattou
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
24
Virginia Woolf
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (John Green & David Levithan)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
25
John Green & David Levithan
Shadows on the Moon
Shadows on the Moon
26
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
27
Graeme Simsion
How to Be a Woman (Caitlin Moran)
How to Be a Woman
28
Caitlin Moran
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
29
Roxane Gay
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
30
Arthur Golden
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
31
Alice Walker
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Michael Chabon)
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
32
Michael Chabon
Book of a Thousand Days (Shannon Hale)
Book of a Thousand Days
33
Shannon Hale
After Tupac & D Foster (Jacqueline Woodson)
After Tupac & D Foster
34
Jacqueline Woodson
Julie & the Wolves
Julie & the Wolves
35
Unstoppable Octobia May (Sharon G. Flake)
Unstoppable Octobia May
36
Sharon G. Flake
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) (Mindy Kaling)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
37
Mindy Kaling
A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth)
A Suitable Boy
38
Vikram Seth
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón)
The Shadow of the Wind
39
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
On Sal Mal Lane
On Sal Mal Lane
40
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