Diverse Books Resource List

Photo credit: Yours trulyBeing part of the online bookish community and very much supportive of the We Need Diverse Books movement, I've seen a lot of really amazing lists of diverse books for readers to easily find. It occurred to me, however, that most of these lists are pretty scattered all over the interwebs, and so it might be good to put a bunch of them together on the same page to make it easy for readers looking for all manner of diverse books to be able to go to one place. 
Thus the idea was born! And I started searching. 
While this is by no means an exhaustive list, I was able to find a pretty sizable amount of really awesome curated lists that bring attention to books with representation all across the board. I'll try to update this post as I see new lists, but this is what I have so far and I think it's a pretty decent start. :)
The whole list is organized alphabetically. Enjoy! 
Disability lists:
BNTeen Blog's Great 2014 YAs Featuring Characters with DisabilitiesBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Blind CharactersBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Characters With DisabilitiesBookRiot's 6 Novels Featuring Mental Illness for World Suicide Prevention DayBookRiot's Books That Understand Bipolar Better Than "Homeland"Disability in Kidlit's collection of themed book listsEight Modern-Day Fantasy YA Novels with Disabled ProtagonistsNine MG/YA Novels Featuring Protagonists with Hand or Arm AmputationsNine YA Novels with Protagonists Who Are Deaf or Hard of HearingNine YA Science-Fiction Novels with Disabled ProtagonistsSeven MG/YA Novels Featuring Disabled Black ProtagonistsSix MG Books with Protagonist Who Are Deaf or Hard of HearingSix MG/YA Novels Featuring Protagonists with AlbinismSix MG/YA Novels Featuring Protagonists with DepressionSix YA Novels Featuring Queer Disabled ProtagonistsSeven Non-Contemporary Fantasy YA Novels with Disabled ProtagonistsTen Historical MG/YA Novels with Disabled ProtagonistsTen MG Novels with Protagonists Who LimpTen MG/YA Novels with Disabled Protagonists of Asian/Pacific Islander DescentTen YA Novels Featuring Disabled Women of Color as ProtagonistsThree MG/YA Novels Featuring Little People as ProtagonistsThree YA Novels Featuring Protagonists with Tourette's SyndromeDisability in Kidlit's Goodreads shelfMy (short) YA with Chronic Illness rep list
Race, Ethnicity, & Religion-related lists:
BNTeen Blog's 5 African Myth-Inspired Teen Books to Read Right NowBNTeen Blog's 6 Compelling YA Examinations of FaithBNTeen Blog's Diverse In Verse: 7 Must-Reads for National Poetry MonthBNTeen Blog's 7 YAs Based on Myths and Tales From Around the WorldBNTeen Blog's 8 Must-Read Diverse YA FantasiesBNTeen Blog's 8 New and Forthcoming YAs with African American NarratorsBNTeen Blog's 8 YA Fantasies with Eastern FlairBNTeen Blog's Fifteen 2015 YAs with Narrations of Asian DescentBookRiot's 3 (+3) on a YA Theme: Compelling Female Protagonists Who Happen to be MuslimBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Beautiful Black Faces On CoversBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Diverse Takes On Romeo & JulietBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Girls of Color Who DanceBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Recent Diverse MysteriesBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: YA Set in AfricaBookRiot's Black History in YA Fiction: A Time LineBookRiot's Buy, Borrow, Bypass: Novels About ImmigrationBookRiot's Giving Voice to Black Youth in YABookRiot's Oy Gevalt!: 32 Books for Jewish Book MonthBookRiot's South Asian YA: 5 Titles to ReadBuzzFeed's 34 Books By Indian Authors That Everyone Should ReadBuzzFeed Books's 12 Amazing YA Books By Latino Authors You Wont Be Able To Put DownBuzzFeed Books's 13 Must Reads For The Black Feminist In TrainingBuzzFeed Books's My 2015 Reading List Includes Nothing Written By White MenCBC's Goodreads shelf (categorized by race/ethnicity)Dahlia Adler's Books By and About People of Marginalized RacesDisability in Kidlit's Seven MG/YA Novels Featuring Disabled Black ProtagonistsDisability in Kidlit's Ten MG/YA Novels with Disabled Protagonists of Asian/Pacific Islander DescentDisability in Kidlit's Ten YA Novels Featuring Disabled Women of Color as ProtagonistsLatin@s in Kidlit's Children's Lit A-K listLatin@s in Kidlit's Children's Lit L-Z listLatin@s in Kidlit's MG Lit listLatin@s in Kidlit'YA Lit A-M listLatin@s in Kidlit's YA Lit N-Z listLee & Low's Diverse Dystopias PinterestRich in Color's Goodreads Diversity list (YA & MG)Rich in Color's resource listYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Black YA LeadsYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Hispanic YA LeadsYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Indian YA LeadsYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Ten Native American Protagonists
QUILTBAG+ lists:

BNTeen Blog's 13 Under-the-Radar LGBTQ YA Must-ReadsBNTeen Blog's 15 YAs Celebrating BisexualityBNTeen Blog's A 2014 LGBTQI YA PreviewBNTeen Blog's Honey Girl Author Lisa Freeman Shares Her LGBTQ Reading ListBNTeen Blog's What To Read (and Watch) in Preparation for National Coming Out DayBookRiot's 10 Recent & Upcoming Queer ReadsBookRiot's 3 (Ok, 7) on a YA Theme: Bisexuality in YABookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: AsexualityBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Gender Fluid, Genderqueer, Gender UnspecifiedBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Intersex TeensBookRiot's 3 On A YA Theme: Trans* Experiences and IdentitiesBookRiot's Coming Out and Coming of Age: YA LGBTQ BooksBookRiot's Genre Kryptonite: LGBT Young Adult NovelsBookRiot's Highlights in Gay YA: Interracial Romance and Racial DiversityBookRiot's Lesbian & Queer Women Halloween ReadsBuzzFeed LGBT's The New Genre of Trans Women's Memoirs: Lives Beyond Our IdentitiesDahlia Adler's LGBTQIAP+ Books By and About People Who Identify as LGBTQIAP+Dahlia Adler's QUILTBAG CompendiumDisability in Kidlit's Six YA Novels Featuring Queer Disabled ProtagonistsGay YA's LGBTQIA+ YA MasterlistMasterlist: Asexual/Aromantic (including demisexual/romantic/everything along the ace/aro spectrum)Masterlist: Bisexual/Pansexual/PolysexualMasterlist: GayMasterlist: IntersexMasterlist: LesbianMasterlist: Transgender (including nonbinary identities)YA Interrobang's List of the Week: Bisexual YA LeadsYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Genderqueer & Transgender YA LeadsYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Ten Lesbian ProtagonistsYA Interrobang's Holiday Shopping Guide: The Best LGBTQIAP+ TitlesYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Queer Historical YAYA Interrobang's List of the Week: Queer YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Lists that reach across categories:

BNTeen Blog's 15 YAs That Get It RightBNTeen Blog's 7 Diverse YA Horror ReadsBNTeen Blog's 7 Great Works of Diverse Historical FictionB&N Reads's 10 Children's Books That Celebrate DiversityBookRiot's 30 Diverse YA Titles To Get On Your RadarBuzzFeed LGBT's 15 Children's Books That Are Doing It RightBuzzFeed Life's 19 Unforgettable Children's Books That Celebrate DiversityDiversity in YA's collection of themed book listsWe Need Diverse Books's Where to Find Diverse Books list
Where do you go to find diverse books?

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Looking for places to find diverse books? @Ava_Jae puts together resources to find representation across the board. (Click to tweet)


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