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china 

• along the indigo - elsie chapman
• ash - malinda lo
• everything i never told you - celeste ng
• the girl from everywhere - heidi heilig
• memento mori - amy zhang
• the emperor’s riddle - kat zhang
• noteworthy - riley redgate
• outrun the moon - stacey lee

cuba

• burn baby burn - meg medina
• the girl who could silence the wind - meg medina
• shadowsharper - daniel josé older
  
• yaqui delgado wants to kick your ass - meg medina

ecuador

• labyrinth lost - zoraida córdova
  

ghana

• aluta - adwoa badoe
  

haiti

• american street - ibi zoboi
  

india

• born confused - tanuja desai hidie 
  
• enter title here - rahul kanakia
  
• gifted - nikita lalwani
  
• mirror in the sky - aditi khorana
• my so-called bollywood life - nisha sharma
  
• qala academy - tanaz bhatena
  
• saints, misfits, monsters, and mayhem - s.k. ali
  
• soulmated - shaila patel
• the star-touched queen - roshani chokshi
• when dimple met rishi - sandhya menon

jamaica

• the sun is also a star - nicola yoon
  

japan

• a place i belong - cynthia kadohata
• the immortal rules - julie kagawa
• ink and ashes - valynne e. maetani
• its not like its a secret - misa sugiura
  
• kira-kira - cynthia kadohata
• skim - mariko tamaki
• starfish - akemi dawn bowman

mexico

• aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe - benjamin alire sáenz
• death, dickinson, and the demented life of frenchie garcia - jenny torrez sanchez
  
• gabi, a girl in pieces - isabel quintero
• the improbable rise of paco jones - dominic carrillo
• the inexplicable logic of my life - benjamin alire sáenz
• the memory of light - francisco x. stork
• north of happy - adi alsaid
  
• shame the stars - guadalupe garcia mccall
• summer of the mariposas - guadalupe garcia mccall
• we were here - matt de la peña
• the weight of feathers - anna-marie mclemore
• when the moon was ours - anna-marie mclemore
• wild beauty - anna-marie mclemore

nigeria 

• akata witch - nnedi okorafor
  
• the famished road - ben okri

pakistan

• a love that disturbs - medeia sharif
• skunk girl - sheba karim
• this promise i will keep aisha saeed
• that thing we call a heart - sheba karim
• written in the stars - aisha saeed
  

palestine

• does my head look big in this - randa abdel-fattah
  

philippines

• an infinite number of parallel universes - randy ribay
  
• empress of a thousand skies - rhoda belleza
  
• interim goddess of love - mina esguerra
• something in between - melissa de la cruz
• unscripted joss byrd - lygia day peñaflor
  

puerto rico

• the education of margot sanchez - lilliam rivera
• juliet takes a breath - gabbi rivera
  

south korea

• i believe in a thing called love - maurene goo
  
• angelfall - susan ee
• the november girl - lydia kang
• rebel seoul - axie oh
• since you asked - maurene goo
• to all the boys ive loved before - jenny han

taiwan

• american panda - gloria chao
  
• the astonishing color of after - emily x. r. pan
  
• silver phoenix - cindy pon
• want - cindy pon
  

turkey

• my heart and other black holes - jasmine warga
  

thailand

• girl on the verge- pintip dunn

vietnam 

• cloudwish - fiona wood
• not your sidekick - c.b. lee
  

please feel free to correct me should i have gotten some wrong…!

• ya poc ownvoices by genre
  

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for the people who keep telling me they cant find diverse #ownvoices books by people of color or that there are none. 

contemporary + romance

- asian authors -

• born confused - tanuja desai hidier
• girl on the verge- pintip dunn
  
• i believe in a thing called love - maurene goo
  
• enter title here - rahul kanakia
• if you could be mine - sara farizan
• its not like its a secret - misa sugiura
  
• gifted - nikita lalwani
• my so-called bollywood life - nisha sharma
  
• none of the above - i.w. gregorio
• since you asked - maurene goo
• starfish - akemi dawn bowman
  
• tell me again how a crush should feel - sara farizan
• this promise i will keep - aisha saeed
  
• to all the boys ive loved before - jenny han
  
• qala academy - tanaz bhatena
  
• when dimple met rishi - sandhya menon
• written in the stars - aisha saeed
• tiny pretty things - sona charaipotra & dhonielle clayton

- black and african authors -

• all american boys - jason reynolds & brendan kiely
• allegedly - tiffany d. jackson
• american street - ibi zoboi
• the boy in the black suit - jason reynolds
• dear martin - nic stone
• the hate u give - angie thomas
• little & lion - brandy colbert
• peas and carrots - tanita s. davis
  
• the sun is also a star - nicola yoon
  
• this side of home - renée watson
• tiny pretty things - sona charaipotra & dhonielle clayton
  
• pointe - brandy colbert
• when i was the greatest - jason reynolds
• you dont know me but i know you - rebecca barrow

- indigenous authors -

• the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian - sherman alexie
  
• rain is not my indian name - cynthia leitich smith 

- latinx authors -

• the education of margot sanchez - lilliam rivera
• the inexplicable logic of my life - benjamin alire sáenz
• juliet takes a breath - gabbi rivera
• north of happy - adi alsaid
  
• we were here - matt de la pena
• when reason breaks - cindy l. rodriguez
• yaqui delgado wants to kick your ass - meg medina

high fantasy + urban fantasy

- asian authors -

• ash - malinda lo
• the bone witch - rin chupeco 
  
• the forbidden wish - jessica khoury
  
• forest of a thousand lantern by julie c. dao
• huntress - malinda lo
• not your sidekick - c.b. lee
  
• prophecy - ellen oh
• the reader - traci chee
• serpentine - cindy pon
  
• silver phoenix - cindy pon
• soulmated - shaila patel
• the star-touched queen - roshani chokshi

- black and african authors -

• akata witch - nnedi okorafor
  
• promise of shadows - justina ireland

- indigenous authors -

• feral nights - cynthia leitich smith
• the night wanderer - drew hayden taylor

- latinx authors -

• labyrinth lost - zoraida córdova
• shadowsharper - daniel josé older

historical + historical fantasy

- asian authors -

• an ember in the ashes - sabaa tahir
• everything i never told you - celeste ng
• outrun the moon - stacey lee
  
• under a painted sky - stacey lee
• tiger moon - antonia michaelis

- indigenous authors -

• becoming kirrali lewis - jane harrison
• the birchbark house - louise erdrich
• if i ever get out of here - eric gansworth
• her land, her love - evangeline parsons yazzie
• house of purple cedar - tim tingle

- latinx authors -

• burn baby burn - meg medina
• iron cast - destiny soria
  
• shame the stars - guadalupe garcia mccall
  

magical realism

- black and african authors -

• into white - randi pink
  

- indigenous authors -

• lightfinder - aaron parquette
• motorcycles & sweetgrass - drew hayden taylor 
  

- latinx authors -

• the girl who could silence the wind - meg medina
• summer of the mariposas - guadalupe garcia mccall
  
• the weight of feathers - anna-marie mclemore
  
• wild beauty - anna-marie mclemore
  
• when the moon was ours - anna-marie mclemore
  

sci-fi

- asian authors - 

• forget tomorrow - pintip dunn
• the amaterasu project - axie oh
• the girl from everywhere - heidi heilig
• want - cindy pon

- black and african authors -

• binti - nnedi okorafor
  
• the blazing star - imani josey
  
• the fifth season - n.k. jemisin
• love is the drug - alaya dawn johnson
• orleans - sherri l. smith

- indigenous authors -

• the interrogation of ashala wolf - ambelin kwaymullina
• killer of enemies - joseph bruchac

is that enough? they’re out there. you just have to be willing to look.

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Underrated ya books!!! 

• The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
  
• ALL FOR THE GAME SERIES BY NORA SAKAVIC
  
• White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout
  
• The Elemental Series by Brigid Kemmerer
  

Romance books!! 

• Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry 
  
• Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
  
• The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
  

If you want any other recommendations, feel free to ask! Hopefully these helped xx