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Highlighted Reads
Queenie by Carty Williams
Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Read More
Get it At: Your Local Library, Bookshop.Org, Hive.co.uk, Indieboud, Libro.fm
Run Rebel by Manjeet Mann
When Amber runs, it’s the only time she feels completely free – far away from her claustrophobic home life. Her father wants her to be a dutiful daughter, waiting for an arranged marriage like her sister Ruby.
Running is a quiet rebellion. But Amber wants so much more – and she’s ready to fight for it.
It’s time for a revolution.
Get it At: Your Local Library, Bookshop.Org, Hive.co.uk
The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with an innovative novel in verse, exploring Hindu mythology and legend.
Get it At: Your Local Library, Bookshop.Org, Hive.co.uk, Indieboud, Libro.fm
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
A fierce coming-of-age verse novel about identity and the power of drag, from acclaimed poet and performer Dean Atta. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, and Kacen Callender.
Get it At: Your Local Library, Bookshop.Org, Hive.co.uk, Indieboud, Libro.fm
Recent Blog Posts On Diverse Titles
Useful Resources
- Melanin Library
- The Lit. Bar: Bookstore & Chill Bookshop
- LGBTQ Reads | Queering up your shelf, one rec at a time!
- Libro.fm | “#OnceYouGoBlackOut” Playlist
- Canary Wharf’s Short Story Stations to dispense stories from black authors this Black History Month with Bernardine Evaristo | LoveReading
- 20+ Terrific Novels by Hispanic Writers – Brilliant Books That’ll Move, Stir, Thrill and Dazzle You During Hispanic Heritage Month. | LoveReading
- Diverse Books | The Diverse Book Awards
- Jhalak Prize – Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour
Monthly Celebrations
Read with PRIDE: LGBTQ Reads for 2020 ↗
We need LGBTQ reads now more than ever, at a time where we need to hear diverse stories and have the chance to step in other people’s shoes.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month↗
September 15-October 15 marks the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, a month long celebration that recognizes people’s contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the country’s history, culture and heritage.
Books To Celebrate Refugee Week ↗
Refugee Week is a week long festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees. Here are some books that are conversation starters.
Books to Read for Arab American Heritage Month ↗
April is not only National Poetry Month but also Arab American Heritage Month, celebrating the Arab American Heritage and culture and paying tribute to the continuous contributions of Arab Americans and Arabic-speaking Americans.
Celebrating Ramadan: Own Voices Books for This Religious Holiday ↗
Ramadan, the holy ninth of the Islamic calendar, began this week and Muslims around the world will observe with charitable deeds, daily fasting and special prayers.
Books To Read for Black History Month↗
Books to help readers dive more into black history and open our eyes to the history makers we did not know exist.
Books to Help Celebrate Disability Pride All Year Long↗
Great books to promote disability justice, prevent ableism and exemplify these voices.
Reads to Celebrate Caribbean American Heritage Month ↗
June is Caribbean American Heritage Month, a celebratory month to recognize the contributions of Caribbean Immigrants have made to the United States.
Book Reviews
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- Adeyemi, Toni – Children of Blood and Bone
- Adiche, Chimamanda Ngozi – Americanah
- Al-Khatahtbeh, Amani – Muslim Girl: Coming of Age
- Atta, Dean – The Black Flamingo
- Atta, Dean – Only On The Weekends
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- Cameron, Sophie – Last Bus to Everland
- Carty-Williams, Candice – Queenie
- Celano, Marianne – Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
- Collins, Marietta – Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
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- Elliot, Joseph – The Good Hawk
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- Fowley-Doyle, Moïra – All the Bad Apples
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- Gill, Nikita – The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom
- Gill, Nikita – Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light
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- Hagan, Ellen – Watch Us Rise
- Hazzard, Ann – Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
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- Jackson, Tiffany D. – Grown
- Jaigirdar, Adiba – Hani and Ishu’s Guide To Fake Dating
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- Kamal, Soniah- Unmarriageable
- Kurian, Vera – Never Saw Me Coming
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- Larsen, Nella – Passing
- Larsen, Nella- Quicksand
- Lewis, John – March Book 1-3
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- Mailhot, Terese Marie – Heart Berries
- Mann, Manjeet – Run Rebel
- Matheson, Nadine – The Jigsaw Man
- Medina, Tony – I Am Alfonso Jones
- Mirza, Fatima Farheen – A Place for Us
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- Ng, Celeste – Everything I Never Told You
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- Obama, Michelle – Becoming
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- Reynolds, Justin A. – Opposite of Always
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- Salaam, Yusef – Punching the Air
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- Tavengerwei, Rutendo – Hope Is Our Only Wing
- Thakur, Sophia – Somebody Give This Heart a Pen
- Thomas, Angie – The Hate U Give
- Thomas, Angie – On the Come Up
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- Watson, Renée – Watch Us Rise
- Wheatley, Phillis – Poems of Phillis Wheatley
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- Yousafzai, Malala – We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
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- Zivoin, Jennifer – Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice
- Zoboi, Ibi – Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
- Zoboi, Ibi – Punching the Air