East Asia

• Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

• Stronger than a Bronze Dragon by Mary Fan

• Starswept by Mary Fan

• The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

• The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig

South East Asia

• Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim

• Tiger Girl by May-Lee Chai 

• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay 

• Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn

• Spark to Shadow by Atima Kim

 

Indigenous

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 

• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse  

• There There by Tommy Orange 

• Sister Heart by Sally Morgan

• Pōtiki by Patricia Grace

• The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

 

Jewish

(My own heritage is Jewish, but due to a lack of awareness of non-Holocaust related literature with Jewish protagonists, I have included some here as well.)

• Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon 

• You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon 

• Color Me In by Natasha Diaz 

• Starglass by Phoebe North 

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