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15 Diverse Books We Should All Read In 2017

WARNING: Your TBR list might overflow a bit...

Katherine Holder
Jan 17, 2017
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15 Diverse Books We Should All Read In 2017

My sincere apologies in advance to your wallets and TBR lists.

1. Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall

Release date: January 3rd



Protagonist with OCD and agoraphobia.

2. A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard

Release date: January 12th

Main protagonist with selective mutism and deaf love interest.




3. History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Release date: January 17th

Queer male main protagonist with OCD.


4. Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Release date: January 31st

Bisexual main protagonist.


5. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Release date: February 14th

Queer protagonist.


6. The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera

Release date: February 28th

Black protagonist, book based on the Black Lives Matter movement.




7. Ten Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac

Release date: February 28th

Queer protagonist with severe anxiety.



8. Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Release date: March 7th

Protagonist with anxiety and panic attacks.


9. The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Release date: March 7th

All Mexican-American main protagonists except white protagonist.



10. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Release date: April 11th

Fat, Jewish protagonist, queer and POC representation.


11. North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

Release date: April 25th

Mexican-American protagonist.


12. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Release date: May 30th

Indian American main protagonists.


13. Everything All At Once by Katrina Leno

Release date: June 6th

Protagonist with anxiety.




14. Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #3) by Jenny Han

Release date: May 2nd

Biracial protagonist (half Korean).



15. One Heart Like Mine by Molli Moran

Release date: 2017

Fluffy queer romance between two female protagonists.

For more diverse books please visit WeNeedMoreDiverseBooks.org!

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