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88 books — 54 voters
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Diversity Must Reads
22 books — 7 voters

No Heaven for Good Boys by Keisha BushI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHow to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Books by BIPOC Authors
240 books — 28 voters
A Comb of Wishes by Lisa StringfellowYour Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowBrown Baby Lullaby by Tameka Fryer BrownLet's Dance! by Valerie BollingPraline Lady by Kirstie  Myvett
KidLit in Color Author Books
47 books — 4 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
An Unusual Japanese Book List
219 books — 178 voters
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanLoveless by Alice OsemanCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasFelix Ever After by Kacen CallenderOnly Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
2020 YA Books with LGBT Themes
214 books — 769 voters

I'll Be the One by Lyla LeeLeah on the Offbeat by Becky AlbertalliPatience & Esther by Sarah Winifred SearleThe Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy SpaldingKey Lime Sky by Al Hess
FAT and QUEER
85 books — 30 voters
Loveless by Alice OsemanRadio Silence by Alice OsemanLet's Talk About Love by Claire KannTash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn OrmsbeeEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Asexuality in YA Fiction
139 books — 204 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherLooking for Alaska by John GreenSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,984 books — 12,436 voters