Jae's Sapphic Reading Challenge 2021 - hosted by biblioseph

Character of a different ethnicity, culture, or race than you
At least one of the main characters has to be of a different ethnicity, culture, or race than you. Please pick a book that is own voices, meaning the author shares the character’s racial background.

 
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The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

The Henna Wars

Adiba Jaigirdar

389 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin

Last Words from Montmartre

Qiu Miaojin

161 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss

Learning Curves

Learning Curves #1

Ceillie Simkiss

93 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

On a Sunbeam

Tillie Walden

533 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Queen Takes Rose by Katee Robert

Queen Takes Rose

Wicked Villains #6

Katee Robert

266 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional fast-paced
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Dial A for Aunties

Aunties #1

Jesse Q. Sutanto

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

511 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

Yao Xiao

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction comics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Zami: A New Spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of my Name

Audre Lorde

304 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi

Tell Me How You Really Feel

Aminah Mae Safi

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective slow-paced