Hello and welcome to the February round up of diverse releases! Let me know if any of these have bad rep or if there are any 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. A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstorm
Release Date: February 7th
Interracial romance + deals with mental health.
2. Wintersong by S.Jae Jones
Release Date: Feb 7th
Korean-American author
3. Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza
Release Date: Feb 7th
Filipino-American author + not-white main characters as cannon
4. At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson
Release Date: Feb 7th
#ownvoices gay MC
5. American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Release Date: Feb 14th
#ownvoices. Immigration story. Haitian MC.
6. We Are Okay by Nina Lacour
Release Date: Feb 14th
#ownvoices. A non-het MC. An important character who is Latinx & Bi.
7. Ones and Zeroes by Dan Wells
Release Date: Feb 14th
Diverse Cast (also POCs on cover!!)
8. Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Release Date: Feb 14th
#ownvoices African-American MC
9. Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin
Release Date: Feb 21st
Interracial romance b/w an Israeli girl and Palestinian boy
10. Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham
Release Date: Feb 21st
African-American MC + has a cannon ace character
11. The Education of Margot Sanchez by Liliam Riveria
Release Date: Feb 21st
#ownvoices. Puerto Rican-American MC.
12. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
Release Date: Feb 21st
Bi main character
13. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Release Date: Feb 28th
#ownvoices. African-American MC
14. The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig
Release Date: Feb 28th
#ownvoices. MC is biracial (part Chinese).
15. Rebels like Us by Liz Reinhardt
Release Date: Feb 28th
African-American MC
16. 10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac
Release Date: Feb 28th
non-het MC with anxiety.
Books with problematic rep
– Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas (link is to a review for book 1 that goes into some detail about how a disability is done in the book.)
– Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen (I did review this one too but the review I’ve linked to is not mine)
Go forth and buy ALL THE BOOKS!! Also, see you soon with other fun things!
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wintersong is honestly so amazing! i read it recently and fell in love! it was a solid 5 star read for me and now i’m recommending it to everyone!!!
kirsty @ kirstychronicles
I’m looking forward to reading a lot of these books, but I think the hate u give is the one I’m anticipating the most! It just sounds amazing!
Ksenia @ Something Delicate
Thanks for posting this list, Rashika! I see a lot of new-to-me titles, and plan to check them out.
Bee @ Quite the Novel Idea
LET ME SHOUT ABOUT MY LOVE FOR TWO OF THESE. The Hate U Give and Nowhere Near You are sooooo good. I love them lots and will hug them if I ever get physical copies.
Valerie
YES I WILL BUY ALL THESE BOOKS. YES. AND in general I am MORE EXCITED TO READ THESE AS WELL. I don’t even know where to start, I just want to flail flail and flail about all of these even though I haven’t read them YET
Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight
I have read a few of these- but want to read ALL of them! The Hate U Give was incredible, and Wintersong was really good, too! I NEED to read so many of these- I think all of them are on my TBR but some of them are extra-high priority. I have a lot of reading to do! 😀 Great list, love!