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Stories that feature people of color as leads within the category of new adult fiction (protagonists who are generally ages 18 - 26).

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290 books · 254 voters · list created September 1st, 2013 by Victoria Smith (votes) .
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Victoria 514 books
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message 1: by The FountainPenDiva, Old school geek chick and lover of teddy bears (last edited Apr 08, 2014 02:23PM) (new)

The FountainPenDiva, Old school geek chick and lover of teddy bears I'm looking at the covers for some of these and sorry to say, there are some that are ambiguous at best. I'd like to see more in-depth information about the makeup of the characters. One book that should be added is Roommate Wanted which is definitely IR and NA.


Angel (huge fan of all things Totoro) B. I'm seeing this list and a lot of them are either YA or not even interracial books. The Lux Series by Jennifer Armentrout doesn't even have blacks, Hispanics, or Asians! Ugh!!


kittykat AKA Ms. Tortitude REALLY!!!

Like many other GR lists, this one has potential to be really useful for readers looking for diversity in their NA reading, however it seems that many GR members/voters are unable or unwilling to follow the title and premise of the list...

Multicultural New Adult Fiction

Stories that feature people of color as leads within the category of new adult fiction (protagonists who are generally ages 18 - 26).

*Please only add books that are "new adult" and have people of color (Ex: African American, Hispanic, Asian, etc) as the protagonists.


To say that it's annoying is putting it mildly.


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