These past couple of months have been stressful and heartbreaking. My friend Nick (Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist) have been working on a project for a while as a way of combatting the awfulness of the world through books. I know it won’t make a major difference but what we want to do through this project is boost diverse books and diverse voices. We want to promote not just upcoming diverse books, but also backlist diverse books (because they shouldn’t be forgotten about once they are out.) Our goal is that over the course of the year, we get you guys excited about the many diverse books coming out, the ones that are already out and help support the wonderful authors writing these books. We plan on spotlighting diverse authors once a month on both of our blogs and help you guys get to know them and their books a little better! One of us will have a post with an author with a book coming out that month and another one of us will have a post with an author of a book that has been out for some time.We already have so many amazing authors lined up and hopefully you guys will decide to check the posts out! We are also planning on doing a round up at the end of each month with a list of diverse books that came out that month to get you guys buying some more amazing books!
Diverse Books Out Jan 2017
Let me know if any of these have bad rep or if there are other Jan 2017 books that I missed. We want this list to be as complete and accurate as possible while also making sure it doesn’t feature any books with bad rep. We will also be pointing out the books we know for sure are #ownvoices.
1. The Cursed Queen by Sarah Fine (**linked to my review of the book**)
Release Date: Jan 3rd
Bi MC with a female love interest. 100/10 would recommend. READ BOOK 1 FIRST.
2. Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall
Release Date: Jan 3rd
#ownvoices mental health (OCD)
3. Because of the Sun by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Release Date: Jan 3rd
#ownvoices latinx mc
4. Flying Lessons and Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh
Release Date: Jan 3rd
#ownvoices anthology + all proceeds go to WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS organization.
5. Flicker and Mist by Mary G. Thompson
Release Date: Jan 3rd
Biracial MC
6. Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson
Release Date: Jan 3rd
Middle Grade #ownvoices with an African-American MC
7. God Smites and Other Muslim Girl Problems by Ishara Deen
Release Date: Jan 15th
#ownvoices with Muslim MC
8. History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera
Release Date: Jan 17th
#ownvoices with gay & bi main characters
9. The Radius of Us by Marie Marquardt
Release Date: Jan 17th
Has a Latinx character + immigration story.
10. Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Release Date: Jan 17th
Middle Grade #ownvoices with Latinx MC
11. Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen
Release Date: Jan 24th
Anthology with works by diverse authors
12. Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
Release Date: Jan 24th
#ownvoices with a black MC.
13. City of Saints and Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson
Release Date: Jan 24th
Black MC + takes place in Kenya
14. The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
Release Date: Jan 24th
Bi MC
15. Dreadnought by April Daniels
Release Date: Jan 24th
#ownvoices with a trans superhero MC
16. Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
Release Date: Jan 31st
#ownvoices with bisexual and biracial MC
17. The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim
Release Date: Jan 31st
Middle Grade #ownvoices with a Chinese mc + set in China
Books with problematic rep (click on the title for a link to review)
–Poison’s Kiss by Breeana Shields
–Unfolding by Jonathan Friesen
Go forth and buy ALL THE BOOKS!! Also, see you soon with other fun things!
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WHY ARE YOU LITERALLY THE BEST EVER?
Like wow. I’m applauding you and Nick for getting this list, AND CONTINUING in the upcoming months. I love you guys.
Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight
This is the best idea EVER and you and Nick are fabulous, genius human beings, though I did already know that. LOVE YOU, and thanks for the awesome list!
Anisha @ Sprinkled Pages
It’s so amazing to see how many diverse books came out in 2017! A lot of these are on my TBR such as History Is All You Left Me, Dreadnought, The Radius Of Us and Our Own Private Universe!
Ksenia @ Something Delicate
I have 5 of these books on my list, but others are new-to-me titles. Thanks for bringing them on my radar! Looking forward to next posts!
Moa @ Bookshelf Adventures
This is the best idea ever! I think it’s really great that you want to highlight diverse books, especially with everything going on in the world right now. I definitely found some new books to add to my TBR!