#month four

AND IT’S MONTH FOUR!

Before we even begin, I think it’s important those os us who are very white (hello!) read this thread and take it to heart: https://twitter.com/Jenny_Trout/status/980124687027130368 And now, back to the regular show.

It’s been a while, I know, but we’ll pretend this list isn’t extremely late, because this month is worth it. In april, we read books where the protagonists can be a billion different things, have all sorts of lives and baggage, but one thing they’re not: White. It’s time to diversify your reads, godspeed!

~*~ REC LISTS ~*~ FEMALE PROTAG Black Girls Matter: A Ya Reading List |  10 Books with Awesome Black Female Protagonists |  9 Books With Black Female Lead Characters |  8 Young Adult Books With Badass Black Female Protagonists | Black Female Protagonist Tumblr |  15 Books Starring Black Girls for Readers of All Ages |  Black Female Protagonists |  Popular Black Female Lead Books |  Non-white Female Protagonists |  Popular Woc Protagonist Books |  7 Great ‘Chick-Lit’ Books Featuring WOC |  Stories that Feature a WOC as Protagonist |  FEMALE AUTHOR 34 Books by Women of Color to Read This Year | 12 best books by women of colour |  Fine Print: 7 American Indian Women Novelists You Have to Read |  Native American Women Writers | Native American Female Authors | Books by Indigenous Women |  It’s time to read more books by Native women |  9 YA Books with Black Main Characters Written by Black Female Authors |  16 Amazing Books Written By Black Women |  You Need These Books By Black Women on Your YA Shelves | Writing by women of colour: what to read | Poems by WOC |  19 Science-Fiction And Fantasy Novels By Women Of Color You Must Read | I Read 50 Books By Women Of Color This Year! | 10 Overlooked Novels By Women Of Color In 2015 |  10 sci-fi books written by women of color to add to your reading list |  12 Best Books Celebrating Women Writers of the Asian Diaspora |  The Asian American Women Writers Who Are Going to Change the World |  10 Female British-Asian Authors to Watch Out For |  7 Chinese Women Writers Whose Works You Should Read | South Asian Women Writers To Watch Out For |  South Asian Fiction by Women |  5 Female East Asian Writers to Move your Heart and your Mind | 50 Books Written By 50 Canadian Women of Colour LGBTQ+

23 LGBTQ Books With A POC Protagonist |  24 LGBTQ Books With A POC Protagonist, Because It's Time To Diversify Your Reading List |  Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters |  Books by Lesbians of Colour |  Queer Writings by WOC |  More than 50 books by Queer People of Color |  F/F Books with WOC Characters/Protagonist |  Books With LGBTQIA Asian Protagonists | Book List: Asian Characters in LGBTQIA+ YA |  LGBTQIAP Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction |  Fiction about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women of color |  Popular Queer Poc Books | Finding Queer Poc Books |  diversify your queer reads: 2014 books featuring queer people of color |  Queer SFF books by POC authors |  YA Lit List: Queer PoC Protagonists |  Books by and about Queer POC for Teens |  Queer fiction written by queer writers you should be reading right now |  5 Queer Black Female Authors Who Will Blow Your Mind Wide Open |  35 Queer Black Writers You Need to Know About |  Ten Fantastic Examples of Queer Person-of-Color Literature |  More YA and YA-friendly Books About LGBT Characters of Color |  15 YA Books That Aren’t About Straight White People |  5 Books By QTPOC To Add To Your Reading List |  YOUNG ADULT 2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads |  Asian MG/YA 2018 |  MG & YA Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color |  12 Young Adult Novels With POC Protagonists | YA Reads with POC-Centric Romances |  #OwnVoices Representation: Native American Authors | Faces Of Color On 2017 Ya Books |  34 Young Adult Novels To Diversify Your Bookshelf |  Diversity in YA’s reviews |  21 YA Books For Black History Month |  Best Asian-American Teen Fiction |  9 Phenomenal YA Books That Have a Badass Asian Main Character | A Round-up Of Awesome Asian American Protagonists In Ya Lit |  10 YA Novels with Asian American Main Characters |  Books Featuring Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders for Kids and Teens |  8 Great YA Novels Featuring South Asian Protagonists |  Fifteen 2015 YAs with Narrators of Asian Descent |  The Best East Asian Fantasy Books for Teens |  9 young adult books about South Asian main characters |  March and April 2018 MG/YA Releases by POC/Indigenous Authors 

GRAPHIC NOVELS 10 Black Graphic Novels You Probably Didn’t Know About |  The Future Is Black and Female: Afrofuturism and Comic Books |  Greatest Black Female Superheroes |  Changing the Face Of Comics: 7 Women Of Color You Should Be Reading |  Five Queer AF Comics Starring Black and Brown Women |  6 Graphic Novels by Women of Color for Your Consideration |  30 Black Comic Book Writers You Should Know |  Graphic Novels by Women of Colour: A Starter Kit |  How 3 Latina Comic Book Artists Carved Out a Space in a Male-Dominated Industry | Black Woman Creates Comics Universe Where all the Superheroes are Women of Color |  Women Writers of Shounen Manga |  7 Butt-Kicking Shonen Manga by Women Writers | 3 Queer Comics By Creators of Color |  Black Panther and Beyond: 30 Comics You Should Read for Black History Month A LOT OF LISTS Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color |  60 Diverse Books To Look Forward To In 2017 |  10 Mind-blowing Fantasy Books by People of Color |  Diverse mysteries list​: because people of color solve mysteries too |  The Best Crime Fiction by Writers of Color: A Reading List |  Non-white Protagonists in Fantasy and Science Fiction |  A Guide to Fantasy and Science Fiction Made for Black People, by Black People |  25 Amazing Books by African-American Writers You Need to Read | #readingblackout For Black History Month |  Fantasy series with black protagonists reddit thread | After Wakanda 5 Black Sci-fi Writers You Should Know |  Diverse Horror |  Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics by People of Color |  A Dozen Diverse Debut Novels [in The Booklist Reader] |  10 Fantasy And Science Fiction Books With Protagonists Of Color | A Small List Of Diverse Romance Books |  11 Romance Authors of Color You Should Be Reading | Romance Novels In Color’s Website |  8 Books With South Asian Characters to Read in 2017 |  9 Books with South Asian Characters to Read in 2018 |  7 Rad Books Featuring Asian Protagonists |  Books Featuring Asian Main Characters |  10 Books About The Search For Asian American Identity |  Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month - Fiction & Literature |  Beloved Asian American Literature You Have to Read |  23 Books by Asian-American Authors |  Best Asian Fantasy Books |  10 Essential Contemporary Books By Asian-American Writers |  10 best Asian novels of all time |  Ahmede Hussain on South Asian literature |  32 Essential Asian-American Writers You Need To Be Reading |  10 Award-Winning Books by Asian Authors You Should Read  |  9 Books To Read For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month |  Popular First Nations Books | 10 top indigenous books for your summer reading list | First Nations Books | 10 Books by Native American Authors |  10 Essential Native American Novels |  20 Native American Authors You Need to Read | Native American Writers You Should Be Reading | Native American Romance Novels By Native Authors | Native American Books: Our Reading Recommendations 

This month’s list is a bit rushed, thus shorter than usual, but you can still find plenty of cool things here. Also, all of our lists try to include diverse authors and protagonists, so you can absolutely look back on past months.

We always try to be as inclusive and creative with our recs as we can possibly be, but if we’re still missing ideas or if there’s any glaring mistake feel free to add to the list or to (gently) correct us!