That Which Feeds Us by Keala Kendall (YA)
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman (YA)
Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel (YA)
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
He Mele A Hilo by Ryka Aoki
Tag Archives: Jaya and Rasa
Fave Five: LGBTQ YA with MCs of Indian Descent
The Loophole by Naz Kutub
Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel
What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan
We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan
Bonus: There’s no official pub date yet, but keep an eye out for Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
Double Bonus: While Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim is set in a secondary world, Amaya’s father is from a country modeled on India. You can read more about that here.
Fave Five: LGBTQ South Asian YA by South Asian Authors
We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia (B)
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (L)
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali (L) and Zora Hossain Is Here (B) by Sabina Khan
Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel (T)
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tonya Boteju (L)
Bonus: For MG, check out Maulik Pancholy’s The Best At It (G)
Fave Five: LGBTQ MG/YA with Desi MCs
The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy (G, MG)
Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel (T, YA)
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (T, YA)
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan (L, YA)
Avenged by E.E. Cooper (B, YA)
Bonus: Coming in 2020, The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar and We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia! (Both YA)
Double Bonus: Running With Lions by Julian Winters has a Desi LI (YA)
Fave Five: Cis Girl/Trans Boy YA
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel
Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kristin Cronn-Mills
Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
About A Girl by Sarah McCarry
Bonus: Not Your Villain by CB Lee has a bi trans guy MC who’s crushing on a girl, but that…may or may not work out.
Double bonus: coming in 2019: Squad by Mariah MacCarthy, The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos, Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith, and The Book of Love by NoNieqa Ramos