Hello and welcome to the March round up of Diverse Releases! If you’ve been following this feature since its birth two months ago, you’ll know that Nick from Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist and I do round ups of all the diverse books out that month at the end of it. If we missed an important release, please let us know and if we include something that has problematic rep, please let us know as well! We want this round up to be as accurate as possible while also adding books to people’s TBRs that might have otherwise slipped under the radar!
1. Future Threat by Elizabeth Briggs
Release Date: March 1st
Latinx MC
2. You’re Welcome Universe by Whitney Gardner
Release Date: March 7th
Deaf, Indian MC who is a graffiti artist
3. The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
Release Date: March 7th
Filipino author + POC MC
4. A Month of Mondays by Joelle Anthony
Release Date: March 7th
3rd gen Japanese-American MC
5. Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
Release Date: March 14th
Filipino-American MC. #ownvoices. Diverse cast
6. Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
Release Date: March 14th
Pakistani-American, Muslim MC. #ownvoices.
7. The Metropolitans by Carol Goodman
Release Date: March 14th
Diverse Cast: Japanese-American, First Nations, German-Jewish-American MCs
8. Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
Release Date: March 14th
Bi, Chinese-Australian MC. Disability rep. Queer, disabled author.
9. The Heartbeat of Wing Jones by Katherine Webber
Release Date: March 14th
Multicultural heroine.
10. Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry
Release Date: March 14th
MC with Tourette’s Syndrome. #ownvoices.
11. Shadow Run by AdriAnne Strickland & Michael Miller
Release Date: March 21st
Diverse Cast. Queer Author.
12.Ahgottahandleonit by Donovan Mixon
Release Date: March 21st
Black MC. #Ownvoices.
13. One Good Thing about America by Ruth Freeman
Release Date: March 21st
MC is an immigrant from Congo.
14. Overturned by Lamar Giles
Release Date: March 28th
Black author (and I am pretty sure this is #ownvoices but cannot find a review to verify that.)
15. The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Release Date: March 28th
Bangledeshi-American, Muslim MC. #ownvoices.
16. A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
Release Date: March 28th
Indian MC. #ownvoices (author is Filipino-Indian-American)
17. Honestly Ben by Ben Kongisberg
Release Date: March 28th
Gay MC. #ownvoices.
18. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Release Date: March 28th
Biracial, bisexual MC.
Books with problematic rep
– The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend. The review and the reviewer’s updates explain better than I ever could but I got similar vibes from the 25 pages I was able to get through before stopping to read something less hurtful.
–The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz. From reviews I’ve read, sexual assault was not handled well within the book, there were instances of toxic masculinity and some hurtful language.
Go forth and buy ALL THE BOOKS!! Also, check out my interview with Caleb Roehrig! Don’t forget to return at the end of next month for another roundup. #peaceout.
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