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Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa

A janitor’s kid bonds with a giant robot and joins the elite Sky Corps Academy — who face an invasion of monsters from outer space! Written by Greg Pak, art by Takeshi Miyazawa, colors by Triona Farrell, letters by Simon Bowland, published by BOOM! Studios.

Karl Taro Greenfeld, acclaimed author of Triburbia and Boy Alone, offers a literary coming-of-age novel that deftly and unflinchingly imagines a world where an angry teenage girl discovers the nature of the bigger game of life and what it really means to be a team player, a sister, a daughter, and a born survivor.

The Spy with the Red Balloon

Demisexual, bisexual, Jewish

Albert Whitman & Company

Two Jewish-American siblings must use magic and wits on the Manhattan Project to keep Hitler from acquiring the Atomic Bomb. But when they uncover a spy, their missions are thrown into jeopardy.

Will Bear Share and Will Sheep Sleep?

978-1338215595 / 978-1338215625

The first two books in a new series of humorous and timely animal friendship stories just-right for toddlers and preschoolers experiencing milestone moments like bedtime routines, sharing, and more!

ISBN-10: 1250153905 ISBN-13: 978-1250153906

What if Buffy fell down the rabbit hole instead of Alice?

Mariam Sharma Hits the Road

Three emotionally screwed-up Pakistani-American teenagers, on a trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags. It's going to be quite an adventure.

Zoogie Boogie Fever! An Animal Dance Book

What do the animals at the zoo do when the gates close at night? They boogie until dawn! This bouncy, funny read-aloud is filled with an assortment of animals dancing to their own beat and celebrating their individuality.

United States and Canada

An epic novel that seamlessly interweaves five love stories, together chronicling sixty years of Bangladeshi history. At once grounded in history and fantastically imaginative, THE STORM explores the humanity that connects us beyond the surface differences of race, religion, and nationality.

My So-Called Bollywood Life

Crown Books for Young Readers

My So-Called Bollywood Life follows Winnie Mehta, as she wrestles with fate and free will, tries to gain control of her school's student film festival, and gets advice from Bollywood film star, Shah Rukh Khan.

Lilith, but dark reveals a series of confessions and penances, exploring a southern black woman’s tour through lover’s lament. It explores intimacies from home to the schoolyard to the bedroom.

LGBTQ (though being a fantasy they don't have quite the same dynamics as our world--gender and sexuality aren't policed)

USA, Spain/Latin America (and hopefully more to come!)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

In a fantasy world of cut-throat falconry on the brink of war, a boy embarks on a deadly quest to capture an mythic eagle for the boy he loves, while his sister grapples with the dangerous power she has to protect him.

A half-demon archivist and a cat-burgling debutante must join forces to save London from an unknown evil.

0316561363 / 978-0316561365

Hachette / Little Brown / Jimmy Patterson

Set in an Asian-inspired fantasy world where a Demon King takes human girls for concubines, this is the story of the forbidden love between two of the girls and how far they are willing to fight for their freedom.

Game Devs and Others: Tales from the Margins

ISBN-13: 978-1138559011 ISBN-10: 1138559016

(Edited by) Tanya DePass

Anthology, game dev, personal essay

Description: ​True stories of life in the industry by people of color, LGBTQIA and other marginalized identities

Multiracial, asexual, aromantic spectrum (questioning)

A mixed race teen struggles to find her way back to her love of music in the wake of her sister's tragic death in this incisive, lyrical novel that's perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jennifer Niven, by the author of William C. Morris Award finalist Starfish.

A Latinx witch creates an undead horde in a bid to save her boyfriend’s life.

Razorbill (Penguin Random House)

A fat, Latina Wiccan teen investigates the suspicious deaths of three classmates and accidentally ends up bringing them back to life to form a hilariously unlikely--and unwilling--vigilante girl gang.

Albert Whitman & Company

Ia Cōcha is the most feared outlaw in the galaxy, but when she's captured by her enemy nation, she's revealed to be a seventeen-year-old girl. Can she escape from the clutches of the imperialists who destroyed her home before she starts to question her own alliances?

MC: Black, gay/queer, disabled.

A story of resilience and loss, love and family, Mark Oshiro's Anger is a Gift testifies to the vulnerability and strength of a community living within a system of oppression.

Not The Girls You're Looking For

Muslim (set during Ramadan, also LGBTQ+ themes and Latinx character)

Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)

NOT THE GIRLS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR is an ode to mean girls, messy friendships, and bad decisions. Debut author Aminah Mae Safi's honest and smart novel is about how easy it can be to hurt those around you even if ―especially if―you love them.

Black love interest, Teen Single Father character; Lesbian and Bisexual romance

A queer YA love story that proves the universe is full of second chances. Readers who enjoyed the film Interstellar and loved the character Murph will relish this view of the stars from the ground up.

Asian American, Thai American, First Generation, Immigrant, Non-English Speakers

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens—with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words.

KINGDOM OF THE BLAZING PHOENIX

Philomel Books / Penguin

In this East Asian retelling of Snow White, an exiled princess embarks on a dangerous quest to raise a heavenly army with which defeat her stepmother and reclaim her empire.

Everyone in the universe fears famous outlaw I.A. Cōcha, but when I.A. is revealed to be a 16-year-old girl, she is forced into a reform program at her enemy's military academy, where some surprising friendships lead her to question her alliances.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate. Compiled by We Need Diverse Books’s Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, the authors included in this exquisite collection are: Renée Ahdieh, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa de la Cruz, Julie Kagawa, Rahul Kanakia, Lori M. Lee, E. C. Myers, Cindy Pon, Aisha Saeed, Shveta Thakrar, and Alyssa Wong.

EVERYDAY PEOPLE: THE COLOR OF LIFE--A SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY

Backgrounds include and focus on Korean, African American, Ghanaian, Black British, Filipino, Dominican, Gay male, Indigenous, Metis, Sri Lankan identities

EVERYDAY PEOPLE is a carefully curated anthology of short fiction, which presents mostly new as well as renowned work by emerging and established writers of color and Indigenous writers. Stories included for this collection illustrate dynamic characters and cultures that reflect familial strife, political conflict, and personal turmoil to embrace the breadth and universality of our experiences.

Young Adult Speculative/Contemporary

Skyhorse Publishing/Sky Pony Press

Two teens' lives are turned upside down when one wakes up stunning and the other ugly.

STORYTELLING OF RAVENS

This books does not deal with marginalized identities.

"Inspired by the surprising and idiosyncratic names for groups of animals, this is a picture book full of clever wordplay and delightful visual punchlines--an opportunity to explore and rejoice in the oddities of the English language."

Chronic illness and disability

A ballerina is diagnosed with bone cancer and a recovering addict and childhood cancer survivor helps her through it.

A Cuban-American teen navigates social anxiety, her father’s remarriage, and being torn between two very cute boys in this heartfelt and funny contemporary novel.

Jessie Oliveros (author) Dana Wulfekotte (Illustrator)

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

"What’s Happening to Grandpa" meets "Up" in this tender, sensitive picture book that gently explains the memory loss associated with aging and diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

A scientist in Montreal discovers a method that allows people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete, and stored in creatures called Mems. Dolores Extract #1, the first Mem capable of creating her own memories and allowed to live on her own, is summoned back to the Vault, where the Mems are kept.

Bisexual, with non-binary supporting characters

A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel.

LGBTQ (bisexual, gay, lesbian), mental illness

The much-anticipated sequel to In the Present Tense, recipient of the 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Bronze Award for Science Fiction and finalist for Book of the Year in the LGBT category.

Anujah Sivakumar & Dhanela Sivaparan

A story that teaches kids the importance of believing in yourself, going after what you and being kind while doing it.

Harry Potter meets Vampire Academy, in which an outcast seventh-born witch desperate to learn more about her absent family is coerced into helping a professor investigate the mysterious murders of young women burned to death beside exhumed skeletons.

Bisexual, gay, asexual, and mental illness rep

In a city ruled by seers whose fifty infallible prophecies brought first acclaim and then ruin to their people, four teens are the remnants of a failed rebellion. Caught between a scheming chancellor and an enigmatic executioner, they must uncover a secret, final prophecy in order to save their home and themselves.

A YA fantasy retelling of Tristan and Isolde, SWEET BLACK WAVES shines a light on the legend's true heroine––the princess's cousin, Branwen––and her ancient healing magic.

STRIPPED is the first in her new Happy Endings series, pitched as a New York-style Magic Mike.

Queer (Bisexual MC, Genderqueer love interest)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

When Mara's twin brother is accused of rape, she is torn between her family, who she believes, and her own history of trauma.

In south east, Washington D.C, Claudia Coleman's best friend is missing and no one seems to notice or care until she shows up...one year later.

Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Romance

Asian American women, Hapa, Biracial

DAW Books/Penguin Random House

Wannabe superheroine Bea Tanaka struggles to make her mark in demon-infested San Francisco — all while facing down her disapproving older sister, annoying customers at her mundane bookstore job, and the biggest supernatural threat the city has ever seen. The third book in the popular Heroine Complex series.

Black American young woman

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

When eighteen-year-old Yvonne's lifelong plans for studying violin at a conservatory are derailed, she's worried about what to do after graduation, as well as her strained relationship with her single dad. Her life is further upended when she becomes pregnant and doesn't know who the father is.

Queer, Disabled (invisible)

The United States of America

When a fatally poisoned patient exposes Miles’ healing gift and his witchmark, he must put his anonymity and freedom at risk to investigate his patient’s murder. To find the truth he’ll need to rely on the family he despises, and on the kindness of the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen.

Contemporary Women's Lit

In this sweetly nostalgic graphic novel, the narrator recounts her meandering journey from her ancestral village in South India to the United Kingdom, capturing the deep feeling of longing for home that shapes the lives of emigrants everywhere.

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

The Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told by an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

Createspace (self published)

Chronicling the survival of abuse and brushes with mortality, the author embarks on a journey of healing and finding peace.

Realistic contemporary / historical

In 1955, a closeted 18-year-old is secretly drafting a trashy lesbian pulp fiction novel. In 2017, an out-and-proud high school senior finds the now-classic novel in ebook form and becomes obsessed with tracking down what happened to its author, who mysteriously disappeared after her first and only book sold millions of copies.

Character 1: African American, character 2: biracial (Chinese/Irish) and sexually questioning, character 3: Biracial (Cuban/African American), LGBTQ

Crown BFYR/Random House Children's Books

Three teens struggle to navigate the intersections of friendship and romance, and figure out who it's okay to love.

Algonquin Young Readers

A contemporary story about a high school junior, Bijan, whose Iranian heritage and sudden popularity make him the target of racism on campus. Told with humor and heart, Bijan's narration is raw, honest, and often laugh-out-loud funny.

My Family and I - Ma famille et moi - Mi familia y yo

Alberto Agraso and Mony Dojeiji

family, fables, consciousness

Spanish, Arab, immigrants

Canada and worldwide via Amazon

Walking for Peace Publishing

In a world filled with attempts at division, a children’s book comes along speaking about what it means to be in “family”. With three languages (English, French, Spanish) in one book, this is a book not only for the young, but for all who are raising a generation and building a culture founded on inclusion and oneness.

I am Happy - Je suis heureuse - Soy feliz (Special Edition)

Alberto Agraso and Mony Dojeiji

fable, self-esteem, positivity

Spanish, Arab, immigrants

Canada, and worldwide via Amazon

Walking for Peace Publishing

Meet Angela, a child who loves herself as she is, and is grateful for all that she has. The words she speaks are as affirmations, reminders to young and old alike of the beauty that already exists in our lives, and the gift of seeing the world through the eyes of love and wonder.

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Best friends Aubrey and Rae are celebrating high school graduation by going on a whirlwind train trip around Europe with their friends, Jonah, Clara, and Gabe. But as Rae struggles to confess her feelings to the effortlessly cool Clara and Aubrey confronts her unresolved history with Gabe--made even messier by the fact that Aubrey is dating Jonah, Gabe’s best friend--their trip goes from a carefree adventure to a complete disaster.

Mariam Sharma Hits the Road

Muslim, Pakistani American

Three Pakistani-American teens take the road trip of a lifetime, from New Jersey to New Orleans.

HarperCollins Children's Books

For fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander, a poignant and timely novel about race, class, and second chances. When T'Shawn's older brother returns early from prison, T'Shawn's whole life changes, and he struggles to hold on to the hope that they can put the broken pieces of their damaged relationship back together.

Emilia survived a brutal attack on her school playground years ago. She thought the worst was behind her, but she was wrong.

High-Concept Contemporary

The book is told as a series of interview transcripts, magazine articles, and even a book within the book.

Four teens befriend their favorite YA novelist. What happens next will shock you.

Poetry/LGBT+/New Adult

LGBT+ specifically bisexual

Publishing in Canada, printing in USA

Central Avenue Publishing

Navigating the intricacies of heartbreak, sexuality, and acceptance, Honeybee is a story told in verse by one of today’s most confessional poets.

MEMPHIS, MARTIN AND THE MOUNTAINTOP--the Sanitation Strike of 1968

African American Family in Memphis

Nine year old, Lorraine Jackson, learns that freedom is not free as she marches with her parents and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his last stand for economic justice.

main character is gay, his love interest is gay, main character's best friend is bisexual, main character's best friend's girlfriend is gay

In a country where non-magical people are being oppressed, 17-year-old, Maximillian, must hide his non-magical best friend Katherine while falling for the evil queen's estrange brother, younger brother, Stefan in the backdrop of a contemporary Earth-like fantasy fairytale setting.

Latina, queer, genderqueer/non-binary, character with disability

Feiwel & Friends/MacKids

A queer Latinx reimagining of Snow-White & Rose-Red meets Swan Lake

THE LAND OF YESTERDAY

Coraline meets Henry Selick, about an adventurous girl consumed by grief who must journey into the Land of Yesterday in order to hunt down the evil haunted house that has kidnapped her family.

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Black, queer; love interest is Deaf

Harper Collins (Balzer + Bray)

Nathan Bird doesn't believe in happy endings, but when a childhood friend returns and they develop feelings for one another, he needs to decide if he has the courage to let himself love.

US, UK, and World English

A husband and wife struggle to keep each other safe amid a magical apocalypse that causes people's shadows to disappear and steals their memories

Page Street Publishing/Macmillan

Football, friends, family—Tasia Quirk’s life in a nutshell. That is, until her identity within those three things is called into question.

Claire, a gay fan fiction writer gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she wins a contest to go on a Comic-Con tour with the cast of her favorite tv show, and she makes it her goal to convince them to make her gay ship canon on the show. Fun, funny, and real about the heartache of loving a tv show with all your heart, Ship It is like Almost Famous for the Tumblr set.

This book takes an honest look at the struggle of hope in the lives of 2 teens; as well as the power of friendship. It is a necessary read for all teens feeling alone and afraid in this chaotic world

In her debut collection of short fiction, Reneilwe Malatji invites us into the intimate lives of South African women—their whispered conversations, their love lives, their triumphs and heartbreaks. This diverse chorus of female voices recounts misadventures with love, family, and community in powerful stories woven together with anger, politics, and wit.

Ahmed Ismail Yusuf’s collection of short stories, introduces readers to the people of Somalia and their struggles: their humanity, faith, identity, friendship, and family bonds, as whispers of war grow louder around them. Spanning the years before and during the country's civil war, Yusuf’s collection is a powerful examination of love and resilience in a country torn apart by war, and written with deep compassion for the lives of its characters.

Prose with ephemera interspersed (including play scenes, songs)

A young woman with a dangerous power she barely understands--a smuggler with secrets of his own--a country torn between a merciless colonial army, a terrifying tyrant, and a feared rebel leader. FOR A MUSE OF FIRE blends traditional storytelling with ephemera for a lush, page-turning tale of escape and rebellion.

THE HOUSE THAT LOU BUILT

ISBN-10: 1524717940; ISBN-13: 978-1524717940

Filipino American; Asian American

Random House Kids/Wendy Lamb Books

12-year-old Lou Bulosan-Nelson longs for a place of her own to escape her lovable but large Filipino family, and plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her dad. Lou discovers it’s not so easy but won’t give up on her dream—her friends and family won’t either.

Dive in between the covers of a whimsical, wonderful debut and discover that everything in the world is relative — including you.

For eleven-year-old Tash, Cap’n Jackie isn’t just the elderly next-door neighbor — she’s family. When she disappears, only Tash holds the key that might bring her back.

Saturday is Swimming Day

New things can be scary — but as one endearing little girl discovers, it’s perfectly fine to take your time.

In a lost-and-found tale that soars far beyond just a happy ending, Taiwanese fine artist Belle Yang pays affectionate homage to the city of Beijing.

In a racially polarized classroom in 1970 Alabama, Lu’s talent for running track makes her a new best friend — and tests her mettle as she navigates the school’s social cliques.

In a racially polarized classroom in 1970 Alabama, Lu’s talent for running track makes her a new best friend — and tests her mettle as she navigates the school’s social cliques.

In her first book for children, Cecilia Ruiz illuminates how things can change — and the importance of holding on to our dearest relationships when they do.

Following her acclaimed Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash revisits a period of teenage depression in a graphic memoir that is at once thoughtful, honest, and marked by hope.

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.

In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child.

The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare

It’s mayhem at the science fair! A squishy goo monster is a challenge for the Princess in Black — but luckily some science-loving princesses are on hand to help.

Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground

A powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston’s childhood adventures explores the idea of collective memory and the lingering effects of slavery.

Samantha Washington, owner of Market Street Mysteries Bookstore, aspiring author, and the spunky members of the Sleuthing Senior Book Club sets out to find a killer when baker and local football hero Dawson Alexander is accused of murdering his girlfriend in the second book in V.M. Burns Mystery Bookstore Mysteries series.

Almost off of the characters are different races and ethnic backgrounds.

Sassy nun-turned-amateur sleuth Sister Lou joins her nephew Chris LaSalle and reporter Shari Henson in finding a killer when combative Sister Marianna is suspected of strangling resort co-owner Autumn Tassler after a heated argument while planning the congregation’s annual Advent retreat in the second installment of Olivia Matthew’s charming Sister Lou Mystery series.

fluencer marketing is one of the fastest growing and most effective marketing strategies used today. With the recent trend in using micro-influencers—those who have marginal to average numbers of follower but higher rates of engagement—anyone can become a paid influencer and make significant money doing it. INFLUENCER is the ONLY book on the market that will teach people the ins and outs of this growing business and how to succeed in it, and will be written by the only expert in the field.

When Lilly Echosby’s husband, Albert, decides to end their twenty-five year marriage and trade his forty-seven year old wife in for a younger model, she’s furious. When her husband is murdered, Lilly is arrested for murder. Can Lilly and her team including: three women, two men, three poodles and one Plott Hound find the real killer before she or someone she cares about become the killer’s next victim?

TarcherPerigee/Penguin Random House

In this inspiring workbook, artist and former Gilmore Girls actress Keiko Agena guides readers through simple exercises based on one of the founding ideas of improv: Any misstep is an opportunity for growth and creativity. Interspersed with coloring pages and original artwork by Agena, each exercise teaches you to confront your emotions, rethink your art, and take mindful breaks to recharge in her own playful, encourgaging voice.

Stories about the disempowered and dispossessed, mostly young women, of the near future, where the landscape may have grown fantastic but the problems of violence poverty patriarchy vulnerability remain just as impossible to transcend.

Kensington Publishing Corp. - Dafina

Empire meets small town romance in this spicy new series, where the three heirs to a wealthy, powerful family are finally seizing control of their lives . . . and daring to find real hometown love.

women of color, immigrants, sex worker

Kensington Publishing Corp. - Dafina

After immigrating from Trinidad stunning Lily makes a life for herself in New York as a stripper, while her Harvard-educated sister Violet strives for a prestigious job and a wealthy fiance. When Violet loses everything over a false accusation of embezzlement she, with the help of her sister and a resourceful crew of women, must find a way to get justice for those who need it most.

Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark

When a bolt of lightning grants Donald McDougal superhuman abilities, he sees his new power as a ticket out of a dead-end job in his Ohio hometown — but the pursuit of superheroic fame comes with a price tag he may not be able to afford. This satirical debut grapples with issues of power, race, and privilege through darkly humorous social commentary.

Wrong in All the Right Ways

Christy Ottavuano Books, an imprint of Henry Holt/Macmillan

Things take a turn toward the unexpected when Emma Ellenburg, a careful and cautious planner, falls in love for the first time with the one person in the world who’s off-limits: her new foster brother, the gorgeous and tormented Dylan McAndrews. Charming, captivating, and all-around swoon-worthy, Wrong in All the Right Ways puts a YA spin on Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights as it follows Emma and Dylan's forbidden love story, which, if discovered, has the potential to ruin Dylan's chances of getting adopted by Emma's loving family.

black hero and black heroine

Garden Avenue Press (selfpublished)

Billionaire heiress Ella Brooks meets detective Tyrone Evers when he's investigating a break in at her home. The last thing she’s looking for is another relationship, but it turns out that he's just too tempting to resist.

CRIMINAL INTENTIONS Season One, Episode One: The Cardigans

None yet - ASIN B07C1XWXYB

Queer POC - one bi Mizrahim Jewish American, one gay demigray Korean American

Meet Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon: two Baltimore PD homicide detectives chasing a string of strange murders--while running from their attraction to each other.

SWEET BLACK WAVES, a YA Fantasy retelling of Tristan and Eseult, shines a light on the legend's true heroine––the princess's cousin, Branwen, and her ancient healing magic.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Ellen Oh, Elsie Chapman, Renée Ahdieh, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa de la Cruz, Julie Kagawa, Rahul Kanakia, Lori M. Lee, E. C. Myers, Cindy Pon, Aisha Saeed, Shveta Thakrar, and Alyssa Wong

Anthology: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Contemporary, others

Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.

Game Devs and Others: Tales from the Margins

tell the true stories of life in the industry by people of color, LGBTQIA and other marginalized identities. This collection of essays give people a chance to tell their stories and to let others know what life on the other side of the screen is like when you’re not part of the supposed “majority”.

A Light Amongst Shadows

Kelley York & Rowan Altwood

One boy hiding from his past, the opium-addict he's in love with, missing students, and ghosts haunting the halls... It's going to be an interesting year at Whisperwood.