Read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist

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Daughter of Fortune
Del Valle Family #1

Isabel Allende with Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

432 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced

Daughter of Fortune

Del Valle Family #1

Isabel Allende with Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

432 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical literary romance adventurous emotional medium-paced

The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars
Zeyn Joukhadar

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

The Map of Salt and Stars

Zeyn Joukhadar

384 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary speculative fiction adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

Night Hawk
Beverly Jenkins

367 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical romance adventurous medium-paced

Night Hawk

Beverly Jenkins

367 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction historical romance adventurous medium-paced

Stealing Home
J. Torres with David Namisato (Illustrator)

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel historical middle grade emotional sad medium-paced

Stealing Home

J. Torres with David Namisato (Illustrator)

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel historical middle grade emotional sad medium-paced

My Policeman
Bethan Roberts with Piers Hampton (Narrator), Emma Powell (Narrator)

304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

My Policeman

Bethan Roberts with Piers Hampton (Narrator), Emma Powell (Narrator)

304 pages • first pub 2012 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Prophets
Robert Jones Jr.

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance challenging emotional sad slow-paced

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

388 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Our Violent Ends
Secret Shanghai Universe #2

Chloe Gong

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Our Violent Ends

Secret Shanghai Universe #2

Chloe Gong

494 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical romance young adult adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Elsie Chapman, Ellen Oh

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
Elsie Chapman, Ellen Oh with Renée Ahdieh (Contributor), Sona Charaipotra (Contributor), Preeti Chhibber (Contributor), Roshani Chokshi (Contributor), Aliette de Bodard (Contributor), Melissa de la Cruz (Contributor), Julie Kagawa (Contributor), Lori M. Lee (Contributor), E.C. Myers (Contributor), Cindy Pon (Contributor), Aisha Saeed (Contributor), Shveta Thakrar (Contributor), Alyssa Wong (Contributor), Naomi Kanakia (Contributor)

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Elsie Chapman, Ellen Oh with Renée Ahdieh (Contributor), Sona Charaipotra (Contributor), Preeti Chhibber (Contributor), Roshani Chokshi (Contributor), Aliette de Bodard (Contributor), Melissa de la Cruz (Contributor), Julie Kagawa (Contributor), Lori M. Lee (Contributor), E.C. Myers (Contributor), Cindy Pon (Contributor), Aisha Saeed (Contributor), Shveta Thakrar (Contributor), Alyssa Wong (Contributor), Naomi Kanakia (Contributor)

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy short stories young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Carol Rifka Brunt

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional sad slow-paced

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Carol Rifka Brunt

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional sad slow-paced

Cinnamon Gardens
Shyam Selvadurai with André Bernard

368 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

Cinnamon Gardens

Shyam Selvadurai with André Bernard

368 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

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