Where can you find diverse books? Right here!
We've compiled the following list of sites that offer recommendations for diverse titles. Our list is not exhaustive, and we welcome suggestions of current, active sites that provide diverse book lists.
African, African American
- Africa Access Review
- African American Literature Book Club
- Marley Dias's 1000 Black Girl Books
- The Brown Bookshelf
- The Dark Fantastic
American Indian
- American Indians in Children's Literature
- A Critical Bibliography of North American Indian for K-12
- Teacher and Librarian Resources for Native American Children's and YA Books via Cynthia Leitich Smith
Book Boxes
- Black Girl MATHgic
- BlackLIT
- Jambo Book Club
- Just Like Me Box
- marginsbox
- OurShelves
- Shift Book Box
- The Equal Opportunity Book Box
Book Awards
- The American Indian Youth Literature Awards
- Americas Book Awards
- Arab American Book Award
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
- Carter G. Woodson Book Award
- Children's Africana Book Awards
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- The Jane Addams Children's Book Awards
- Lambda Literary Award (LGBTQI literature)
- Middle East Book Awards
- NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Children's Literature
- New Voices Award
- Pura Belpre Award
- The Scholastic Asian Book Award
- South Asia Book Award
- Schneider Family Book Award
- Stonewall Book Awards
- Sydney Taylor Book Award
- Tomas Rivera Book Award
- The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature
Disabilities
Islam
Jewish
LGBTQIA
- ALA's Rainbow List
- Great Gay Teen Books
- I'm Queer I'm Here, What the Hell Do I Read?
- SLJ's LGBTQ Book List
Latinx
Multicultural and General Diversity Resources
- Brightly
- CCBC Multicultural Literature List
- Children's Peace and Anti-Bias Library of Cabrillo Community College
- Colours of Us
- Crazy QuiltEdi
- Crystal Brunelle's recommendations
- Cynthia Leitich Smith's Cynsations Blog
- Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's and Young Adult Book Resources
- Diverse Book Finder
- Diversity in YA
- Elizabeth Bluemle's A World Full of Color
- The Guardian: List of 50 Best Culturally Diverse Children's Books
- I'm Your Neighbor
- KQED Mindshift Book List
- Notable Books for a Global Society
- OurStory by We Need Diverse Books
- The Pirate Tree
- Reading in Color
- Rich in Color
- SLJ: Betsy Bird's Casual Diversity Book List
- SLJ's Culturally Diverse Book List
- SLJ's Tales of Child Refugees and Safe Havens
- Smithsonian BookDragon
- We Read Too
