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Diverse Books for Your Shelf

Includes current and backlist books (middle grades, YA, and adult) by and about people of diverse races, cultures, religions, genders, and viewpoints. Books culled from BookRiot.com, slj.com, and many more sites from weneeddiversebooks.org.
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Under a Painted Sky (Stacey Lee)
Under a Painted Sky
Stacey Lee
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Does My Head Look Big in This?
Does My Head Look Big in This?
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Pointe (Brandy)
Pointe
Brandy
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The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince
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Flygirl
Flygirl
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Dove Arising (Karen Bao)
Dove Arising
Karen bao
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Middlesex
Middlesex
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
Octavia Butler
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
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Written in the Stars (Aisha Saeed)
Written in the Stars
Aisha Saeed
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The Men With the Pink Triangle (Heinz Heger)
The Men With the Pink Triangle
Heinz Heger
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Strange Fruit (Joel Christian Gill)
Strange Fruit
Joel Christian Gill
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Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu)
Akata Witch
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
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Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
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The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights (Russell Freedman)
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Russell Freedman
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Where the Mountains Meet the Moon (Grace Lin)
Where the Mountains Meet the Moon
Grace Lin
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Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again
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East
East
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Orlando
Orlando
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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Shadows on the Moon
Shadows on the Moon
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The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
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How to Be a Woman
How to Be a Woman
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Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay
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Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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Book of a Thousand Days
Book of a Thousand Days
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After Tupac & D Foster (Jacqueline Woodson)
After Tupac & D Foster
Jacqueline Woodson
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Julie & the Wolves
Julie & the Wolves
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Unstoppable Octobia May (Sharon G. Flake)
Unstoppable Octobia May
Sharon G. Flake
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
38
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
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The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
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On Sal Mal Lane
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