Nationality/Tribal Affiliation

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Please note that nationalities listed refer to countries of a character, poet, essayist, or memoir author’s descent; they may be of any generation within. In the case of second-world fantasy novels, they may refer to the inspiration of the setting, particularly in the cases where the author is of that background.

(LI/MS = Love Interest/Major Secondary, which have been included only in cases where the author shares a background with that character)

Aboriginal Australian

Algerian

Algonquin

  • Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

Angolan

Anishinaabe

Antiguan

Argentinean

  • Brickmakers by Selva Almada
  • *Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

Armenian

Bangladeshi

Bhutanese

Brazilian

Cambodian

  • *Kween by Vichet Chum (YA)
  • Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
  • Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

Cameroonian

Cherokee

Chinese

MG

YA

Adult

Colombian

Cree

Croatian

Cuban

Czech

Dine (Navajo)

Dominican

Ecuadorian

Egyptian

Estonian

Ethiopian

Filipino

Finnish

French

  • Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander
  • Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

German

Ghanaian

  • Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah

Greek/Greek Cypriot

Guayanese

Haitian

Honduran

*Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Hungarian

  • This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke (YA)
  • The Future Was Color by Patrick Nathan

Indian

MG/YA

NA/Adult

Indonesian

Iranian/Persian

YA

Adult

Irish

Israeli

Adult

Italian

YA

Adult

Jamaican

YA

Adult

Japanese

MG

  • Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman

YA

Adult

Kenyan

Korean

YA

Adult

Lakota

  • “Before We Disperse Like Stardust” in Homesick by Nino Cipri

Lebanese

  • The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine
  • Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy
  • Man o’ War by Cory McCarthy
  • This is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi (Lebanese-Palestinian)

Lipan Apache

  • Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
  • A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Malaysian

Māori

Métis

Mexican

YA

NA/Adult

Moldovan

  • Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu

Nigerian

YA

Adult

Norwegian

Ojibwe

Oji-Cree

Pakistani

Palestinian

Panamanian

Polish

Portuguese

Puerto Rican

Romanian

  • Moldovan Hotel by Leah Horlick
  • The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

Russian

Salvadorian

Samoan

  • Mistland by Laya Rose (webcomic) (Maori-Samoan)

Scottish

Seminole

South African

Spanish

Sri Lankan

Syrian

Taiwanese

Thai

  • Hold Me by Courtney Milan (Chinese-Thai)

Trinidadian

Turkish

Uruguayan

Venezuelan

Vietnamese

Virgin Islander

Zambian

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