Last month, I read and chat about Harry Potter for the Fanboy Book Club, this awesome book club dedicated to read books with male leads. This month, our book of the month is More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera, a book I’ve been wanting to read for some time. MC @ Blame It On The Books will be hosting this month, and as per her announcement post, we get to recommend diverse books for this month. By the way, you should totally check out her post for other bloggers’ recommendation and in case you want to join the book club.
Onwards!
I think that I haven’t read that many diverse books, but here are some I want to share with you. In the spirit of FBCYA, the first two are with male with leads, number three to five has male leads although there are multiple narrators. However, the last one has female lead.
For urban fantasy focusing on family:
THE DEMON’S LEXICON (Sarah Rees Brennan)
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For heartwarming LGBT contemporary:
SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA (Becky Albertalli)
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For a blend of romance and fantasy:
CARRY ON (Rainbow Rowell)
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For eclectics cast with disabled protagonist:
SIX OF CROWS (Leigh Bardugo)
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For historical ghost stories filled with characters with diverse backgrounds:
THE DIVINERS series (Libba Bray)
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For a murder mystery highly influenced by Māori mythology:
GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD (Karen Healey)
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That’s all for now! There are many books I didn’t get to mention here and even many more that I need to read. Please leave me your recommendations for diverse books.
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Wow, excellent list! I’m trying to read more books that have different characters, rather than the cookie-cutter characters with the same backstories and whatnot.
Thank you for recommending Demon Lexicon! I’ve heard about it (not sure from where though), and I love urban fantasy and I love books that explore family dynamics. Sounds like a fantastic read for me.
Also Simon!! ❤ I didn’t think I would like it (I have a terrible history of not liking hyped up books) but it was so melted my heart into chocolate goo.
Thank you CW! I too am trying to read more diverse books, characterwise and also from various genre. I didn’t usually read contemporary so Simon vs was totally an on a whim purchase. I never thought I would like it so much! Thanks to Simon vs, I have been adding more contemporaries to my TBR pile. Haha yes, it also melted my cruel rooting-for-the-villains cold heart.
The Demon’s Lexicon is one of my favorite books. It has such mixed reviews on GR, but I really enjoy the family dynamics in the book. The narrator is not the most likeable person ever though.
I don’t often read contemporaries either, but I REALLY recommend anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid (I think I’ve gushed about her to you before though)! Hahaha right?! It definitely placated my thirst for dark things. XD I almost felt like a little girl again.
I’ll DEFINITELY look it up next time I’m in the library! We need more books about the family, so I’m definitely interested. c:
Ahh, I need to look her up. I’m currently in that weird mood when I consistently switching between wanting to read psychological thriller and heartwarming contemporary. lol.
Yes we do! Let me know if you have any other recs. 😀
I’ve not read any of these books, though Six of Crows and Carry On are on my TBR. Great post idea!
Thank you Ashleigh! It really was MC’s idea. Six of Crows is really amazing, I hope you enjoy it. Carry On started a little slow but it picked up halfway through the book or so.
Nice list! Really enjoyed Six of Crows, The Diviners, and Carry On. I haven’t read the others, but may need to look into them now.
The primary reason I find parenthesis in fiction annoying is because I’ve beta read for writers who have a tendency to overuse them. I think I wouldn’t be so against their use if I hadn’t read as many early drafts as I have, and, therefore, would have been less likely to find them somewhat annoying in Carry On.
Thanks Jacqueline. I saw many reviewers complained about the parenthesis abuse and I could see why. I mean, she DID sprinkle a massive amount of those parentheses on Carry On. Lol. Seeing where you came from, it is no wonder they annoyed you.
I’ve heard amazing things about Demon Lexicon and the author, it’s definitely on my TBR! 👍
Yay! Hope you like it if you decide to read it. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Ayunda.
This is such an awesome list! Because COME ONE, who WOULDN’T want to read Six of Crows? Multiple times…
I love how you put a question mark next to inter-species relationship in Carry On haha. But it makes sense! Since Baz is a vampire and all… right? RIGHT? (Who cares tbh, him and Simon are still my fave couple 5ever)
I hope you enjoy More Happy Than Not! Although I love the message it sent, it was also really bittersweet and had me clutching at tissues.
Thank you, Aila! 😀 Nowadays, Six of Crows is my go-to recommendation everytime someone asked me to recommend them a book.
LOL. I’m glad you noticed that. I didn’t want to give a major spoiler in the post, but then again nearly everyone knew. Hahaha. TELL ME ABOUT IT, I REREAD CHAPTER 61 SO.MANY.TIMES I COULD ALMOST QUOTE THE WHOLE CHAPTER.
Ahh More Happy than Not! I am reading and LOVING it. The way it’s going, I am sure it’s going to make me cry in public.
LOL yes to that description on Carry On! Rainbow Rowell is just so fond of parentheses.
I just finished Six of Crows and I loved the character diversity and the various contradictions and compatibility on their personalities. I thought it was just a spinoff of Grisha trilogy and I thought I wouldn’t enjoy that it wasn’t but it was even greater, I suppose. 🙂
Ahh I am so glad you liked Six of Crows. I haven’t read Grisha so I wouldn’t know. Haha. But I’m sure there are some nice easter eggs there for people who have read the Grisha trilogy even though the main characters are different.