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Asian (East)
- Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler – L
- Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert – G
- Seven Tears at High Tide by CB Lee – B
- Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee – B
- *I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee – B
- A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
- *Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
- Sacrifice by Cindy Pon
- Noteworthy by Riley Redgate – B
- The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie
- A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith – B
- Odd One Out by Nic Stone
- It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura – L
- *Dear Twin by Addie Tsai
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
- Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde – B
NA/Adult
- Deadline by Stephanie Ahn – L
- Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom – T
- The Trouble by Daria Defore
- Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau – B
- *She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan
- Soul to Keep by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Sated by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Human Enough by E.S. Yu
Asian (South)
MG
- The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy – G
YA
- Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju
- Vanished by E.E. Cooper – B
- *The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar – L
- *We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
- The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan – L
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore – T
- Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel – T
- Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
Adult
- Love Bi the Way by Bhaavna Arora – B
- Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
- Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal – G
- She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya
- Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder
Asian (Southeast)
YA
- Don’t Tell My Mother by Brigitte Bautista
- “Murders at the Rue Apartelle, Boracay” by Rin Chupeco in His Hideous Heart – T
- Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
- Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry
NA/Adult
- You, Me, U.S. by Brigitte Bautista
- Another Word for Happy by Agay Llanera – G
- Hold Me by Courtney Milan – B
- In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Asian (West)
See “Middle Eastern” for characters of descent from West Asian countries other than Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
YA
- One Man Guy and Hold My Hand by Michael Barakiva
NA/Adult
- Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler (LI)
Black
MG
- Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
- *King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
- *In the Key of Us by Mariama Lockington
- The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
YA
- *Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum (LI)
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
- This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow – L
- *Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
- This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender – Q
- *Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender – T
- Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert – B
- *Until You Came Back by Jay Coles
- *Jake in the Box by Ryan Douglass
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi – T
- *The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons – T
- Lucky Linus by Gene Gant – G
- King Geordi the Great by Gene Gant – G
- *Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett – B
- The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode – G
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland – B
- *Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson – Q
- *You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
- Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann – B/A
- If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann – Q
- Not Your Villain by CB Lee (Creole) – T
- 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon – B
- A Blade so Black by L.L. McKinney – B
- The Black Veins by Ashia Monet
- By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery – G
- Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz – G
- Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz – B
- Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro – G
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
- How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters – G
- Sunday You Will Learn How to Box by Bil Wright – G
- Black Enough ed. by Ibi Zoboi (stories by Kekla Magoon, Jay Coles, Rita Garcia-Willians, and Justina Ireland)
- *A Phoenix First Must Burn ed. by Patrice Caldwell (story by Charlotte Nicole Davis)
NA/Adult
- Wanted, a Gentleman by KJ Charles
- Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
- His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington
- Fistful of Love by Renee Cronin
- A Hundred Thousand Words by Nyrae Dawn
- Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
- Kitten by Jack Harbon
- American Love Story by Adriana Herrera
- Work for It by Talia Hibbert
- Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala
- Room for Three by Katrina Jackson
- Pink Slip by Katrina Jackson (Amz)
- From Scratch by Katrina Jackson (Amz)
- Small Town Secrets by Katrina Jackson (Amz)
- From Terminator, With Love by Wes Kennedy
- Ascension by Jacqueline Konayagi
- She Called Me Woman ed. by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, and Aisha Salau
- Midlife Crisis by Audra North
- Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
- For Sizakele by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene
- When We Speak of Nothing by Olumide Popoola
- You Make Me Wanna by Nikki Rashan
- Touch Up by J.A. Rock and Katey Hawthorne
- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
- The Art of Falling in Love by Eli Summers – G
- Crank Me Up by J.D. Walker
- Sugar & Ice by Brooklyn Wallace (Amz)
- Tailor-Made by Yolanda Wallace
- Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon – L
- So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
- A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
- Pink by KD Williamson
- Buildings by B.L. Wilson
- A Drop in the Ocean by Nikki Winter
- The Winter Triangle by Nikki Woolfolk
- Bliss by Fiona Zedde
- Rise of the Rain Queen by Fiona Zedde
Indigenous/Native/First Nations
YA
- Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones – G
- *Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger – A
- *Love After the End ed. by Joshua Whitehead
Adult
- The Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice (Fantasy)
- The Final Rose by Eliza Lentszki (f/f Romance)
- Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time ed. by Hope Nichols (SFF antho)
- The Dead Go to Seattle by Vivian Faith Prescott
- Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Poetry
- Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway
- Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist
- full-metal indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead
Latinx
YA
- Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
- Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova – B
- The Resolutions by Mia Garcia
- The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz – B
- Not Your Backup by CB Lee – A
- When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
- Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
- We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- The Last 8 by Laura M. Pohl – Aro/B
- Like Water by Rebecca Podos
- Final Draft by Riley Redgate – P
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera – L
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
- More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera – G
- They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera – B
- Infinity Son by Adam Silvera – G, B
- What if it’s Us? by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli – G
- Odd One Out by Nic Stone
- *Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas – T
- The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
NA/Adult
- American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera
- American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera
- Mangos & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston – B+
- Hold Me by Courtney Milan – T
- Cam Girl by Leah Raeder – B
- Learning Curves by Ceilie Simkiss (Amz)
Middle Eastern
YA
- *Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
- Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
- 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 by Adib Khorram – Q
- Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Adult
- Soft on Soft by Em Ali (Amz)
- Flying Without a Net by E.M. Ben-Shaul
- Guapa by Saleem Haddad
- A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar
- *The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Pacific Islander
- The Importance of Being Wilde at Heart by R. Zamora Linmark
- Mistlands by Laya Rose (webcomic)
Romani
- Train by Danny M. Cohen
- Belly Up by Eva Darrows (LI)
- Over and Over Again by Cole McCade
- The Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore