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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

• Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough
• Songs that Sound like Blood by Jared Thomas – G

Algerian

• All Men Want to Know by Nina Bouraoui

Algonquin

• Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

Angolan

• Broken Halves of a Milky Sun by Aaiún Nin

Anishinaabe

• *Anong and the Ribbon Skirt by Elijah Forbes – TS
• Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones – G
• Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensée and K.C. Oster

Antiguan

• Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo

Argentinean

• Brickmakers by Selva Almada
• *Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk

Armenian

• One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva – G
• *Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni

Bangladeshi

• This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed
• Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
• Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
• *The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (Bangladeshi Irish)
• “The Language Of Magic” by Adiba Jaigirdar in Keep Faith
• The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan – L

Bhutanese

• Mistland by Laya Rose (webcomic)

Brazilian

• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Afro-Brazilian/Irish)(LI)
• “How Not To Die (Again)” by Gabriela Martins in Keep Faith
• Bad at Love by Gabriela Martins
• Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins
• This is Our Place by Vitor Martins
• Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha

Cambodian

• Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
• Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So

Cameroonian

• *These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere

Cherokee

• The Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles

Chinese

MG

• *The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu
• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

YA

• Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert – G
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (Chinese-Vietnamese) – B(F)
• Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee (Chinese-Japanese)
• A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo – L
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
• A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
• *I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu (Chinese-Japanese-Taiwanese-Vietnamese)
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate – B(F)
• Dear Twin by Addie Tsai
• Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
• *Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao
• Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Adult

• Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau
• Hard Sell by Hudson Lin
• Hold Me by Courtney Milan (Chinese-Thai) – B(M)
• The Radiant Emperor by Shelley Parker-Chan
• The Verifiers by Jane Pek
• Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai
• Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
• Small Beauty by jia qin wilson-yang
• Red Envelope by Atom Yang
• Human Enough by E.S. Yu

Colombian

• Fiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera
• *You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie
• *Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez

Cree

• A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
• Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree)

Croatian

• Spell Heaven by Toni Mirosevich

Cuban

• Murder of Crows by K. Ancrum
• Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Doyle
• American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera (Cuban-Jamaican)
• Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (Amz)
• Secret Identity by Alex Segura (Bks)
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• Odd One Out by Nic Stone
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Mexican-Cuban)
• Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes – G (Amz)

Czech

• Virtuoso by Yelena Moskovich

Dine (Navajo)

• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon – BA (Dine-Seminole)(MS)

Dominican

• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• *Malicia by Steven dos Santos
• American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera – G
• American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera
• Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera
• Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

Ecuadorian

• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova – B(F)
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate – P(F)

Egyptian

• In the Spider’s Room by Muhammed Abdelnabi
• A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar (Egyptian-Greek/Palestinian)
• Belladonna by Anbara Salam

Estonian

• Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before by Karelia Stetz-Waters – L

Ethiopian

• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman – B

Filipino

• Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista
• You, Me, U.S. by Brigitte Bautista
• Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin
• *Exiles of Ellery West by Elisa A. Bonnin
• America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
• “Murders at the Rue Apartelle, Boracay” by Rin Chupeco in His Hideous Heart
• Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco (MS)
• Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
• “Whatever She Wants” by Kess Costales in Keep Faith
• Flamer by Mike Curato
• My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo
• Another Word For Happy by Agay Llanera
• Casual Hex by Taneka Stotts (au.) and Ria Martinez (ill.)
• The Groom Will Keep His Name by Matt Ortile (Memoir/Essays)
• *Chasing Pacquiao by Rod Pulido
• No Two Ways by Chi Yu Rodriguez
• Fairest by Meredith Talusan (Memoir)
• Wander This World by G.L. Tomas
• *Lulu Sinagtala and the Tagalog Gods by Gail D. Villanueva

Finnish

• My Name is Magic by Xan van Rooyen

French

• Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

German

• Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
• Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall
• The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson

Greek/Greek Cypriot

• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (Jamaican-Greek Cypriot)
• The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis – G

Guayanese

• Afterlove by Tanya Byrne (Indo-Guayanese)

Haitian

• American Love Story by Adriana Herrera
• Shatterproof by Xen Sanders
• Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Spivak

Honduran

*Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar

Hungarian

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

Indian

MG/YA

• Avenged by E.E. Cooper – B (YA)
• We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia – B (YA)
• *All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan
• The Loophole by Naz Kutub (YA)
• Keeping Her Secret by Sarah Nicolas (YA)
• The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy (MG)
• Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy (MG)
• Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel – T (YA)

NA/Adult

• Sings Like a Bird by Nawaaz Ahmed
• *The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella
• Love Bi the Way by Bhaavna Arora – B
• An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles
• The Other Man by Farhard J. Dadyburjor (Amz)
• “Elephants in the Pink City” in Love Songs for a Lost Continent by Anita Felicelli (Tamil)
• All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Matthews
• No Other World by Rahul Mehta
• Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir
• When Tara Met Farah by Tara Pammi
• Tell Me How to Be by Neel Patel
• Certainly, Possibly, You by Lissa Reed
• Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal
• She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya
• Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snider
• The City of Devi by Manil Suri

Indonesian

• Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai
• *Lunar Boy by Jessica and Jacinta Wibowo

Iranian/Persian

YA

• How it All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
• Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
• Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
• *Rana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat
• If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan – L
• Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan – L
• Darius the Great is Not Okay and Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram – Q
• Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram (LI)
• Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian – G
• The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian – G
• Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi – L

Adult

• Behrouz Gets Lucky by Avery Cassell
• *The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia – AA/NB

Irish

• *The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (Bangladeshi Irish)
• At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
• The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
• Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

Israeli

Adult

• Flying Without a Net by EM Ben Shaul

Italian

YA

• The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta

Adult

• Rough Terrain by Annabeth Albert

• A Previous Life by Edmund White (Sicilian)

Jamaican

YA

• The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (Jamaican-Greek Cypriot)
• *Songs of Irie by Asha Bromfield

Adult

• *Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
• Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
• Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
• American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera (Cuban-Jamaican)
• Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez
• Jade is a Twisted Green by Tanya Turton

Japanese

MG

• Where the Lost Ones Go by Akemi Dawn Bowman

YA

• Cafe Con Lychee by Emery Lee (Chinese-Japanese)
• *I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu (Chinese-Japanese-Taiwanese-Vietnamese)
• Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min (Japanese-Korean)
• The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith – B
• It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura
• This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura (LI)
• Love & Other Natural Disasters by Misa Sugiura
• Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

Adult

• His Cocky Valet by Cole McCade
• A World Between by Emily Hashimoto
• Southland by Nina Revoyr

Kenyan

• Lighter by A. Aduma

Korean

YA

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler – L
• I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee – B+
• Flip the Script by Lyla Lee
• Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta
• Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min (Japanese-Korean)
• Odd One Out by Nic Stone (Irish-Korean)

Adult

• Deadline by Stephanie Ahn – L
• Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
• “Before We Disperse Like Stardust” in Homesick by Nino Cipri
• Signal Boost by Alyssa Cole
• The Trouble by Daria Defore
• “Life Is A Story Of Change” by Elly Ha in Keep Faith
• *Nuclear Family by Joseph Han
• Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park
• Violet by Kyung-Sook Shin

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

• The True Queen by Zen Cho
• Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Māori

• The Uncle’s Story by Witi Ihimaera
• Mistland by Laya Rose (webcomic) (Māori-Samoan, Māori-Paheka)

Métis

• “Transition” by Gwen Benaway in Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time
• *The Summer of Bitter & Sweet by Jen Ferguson – D

Mexican

YA

• Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
• *Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo
• Pedro & Daniel by Federico Erebia
• Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa
• *Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa
• *Hot Boy Summer by Joe Jiménez
• The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
• Like Water by Rebecca Podos – B
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl – AB
• The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Mexican-Cuban)
• The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

NA/Adult

• Most Ardently by Susan Mesler Evans
• Perpetual West by Mesha Maren
• Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston – B
• Art is Everything by Yxta Maya Murray (Bks)

Moldovan

• Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu

Nigerian

YA

• Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
• Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh

Adult

• *The Unfortunates by J K Chukwu
• Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekyuwasi
• God’s Little Children Are Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (Amz)
• Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
• She Called Me Woman ed. by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, and Aisha Salau
• *The Longest Summer by Alexandrine Ogundimu
• Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
• For Sizakele by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene
• An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon
• When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide Popoola

Norwegian

• The Aud Torvingen series by Nicola Griffith
• The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
• The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Ojibwe

• This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples
• Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree)

Pakistani

• The Disasters by MK England – B
• Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore – T
• Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman
• Other Names for Love by Taymour Soomro
• Running With Lions by Julian Winters (LI)

Palestinian

• You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat
• A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar (Egyptian-Greek/Palestinian)
• This is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi (Lebanese-Palestinian)
• I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif

Polish

• Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Portuguese

• Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard – L
• A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha

Puerto Rican

• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
• The Resolutions by Mia Garcia – B,G
• A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Gow – T
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz – B
• Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee – T
• Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee
• The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos
• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera – L
• *Carlos Alejos Has to Lose His Chichos by Mathew Rodriguez – Q
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera – G
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
• What if It’s Us? and Here’s to Us by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli – G
• Learning Curves by Ceilie Simkiss
• Summer Confessions by Lynn Vroman – L

Romanian

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

Russian

• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
• Stuck Landing by Lauren Gallagher
• Strong Enough by Melanie Harlow and David Romanov
• Abroad by Liz Jacobs
• The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos
• Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert

Salvadorian

• The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante

Samoan

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

Scottish

• Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron
• Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron
• Glasgow Lads by Avery Cockburn
• Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Seminole

• The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon – BA (Dine-Seminole)(MS)
• *Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

South African

• Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell – L

Spanish

• Belly Up by Eva Darrows

Sri Lankan

• Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
• Bruised by Tanya Boteju
• Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron
• A Convenient Marriage by Jeevani Charika
• Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
• Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai

Syrian

• Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (LI)
• The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
• The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan

Taiwanese

• Bestiary by K-Ming Chang
• Ghost Town by Kevin Chen
• *I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu (Chinese-Japanese-Taiwanese-Vietnamese)
• Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin
• Ruse by Cindy Pon
• The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

• Solo Dance by Li Kotomi

Thai

• Hold Me by Courtney Milan (Chinese-Thai)

Trinidadian

• Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas (Trinidadian-Polish)
• Sweethand by N.G. Peltier
• The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Turkish

• Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve – L

Uruguayan

• Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis

Venezuelan

• *The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero Lacruz

Vietnamese

• In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
• The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard
• *I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu (Chinese-Japanese-Taiwanese-Vietnamese)
• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen – G
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (Chinese-Vietnamese) – B(F)
• *She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
• On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Virgin Islander

• Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender (Water Islander)

Zambian

• *The Good Boy by Iris Mwanza