This is the fourth and final week of the Women’s History Month Reading Challenge! Today’s post is all about #ownvoices books by and about diverse women.
Thank you so much to everyone who joined in for the past few weeks of this reading challenge! I’ve loved reading everyone’s posts and seeing what you all are reading. Can’t wait to see the posts for this week’s prompt!
My posts for #WHMReadingChallenge: female characters that inspire me 🌸 women on book covers + female designers 🌸 favorite female authors
For a little background, #ownvoices is used to signify a book in which diverse characters are written by authors of that same identity. Author Corinne Duyvis created it in 2015 and it’s stuck.
Since I have so many books that I want to feature, I’m not going to talk a lot about them all, but feel free to ask me any questions if you’re curious about them!
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
All of the characters are black, written by a black author.
Dreadnought by April Daniels
The main character, Danny, is a trans girl written by a trans woman.
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
The main characters are queer women, written by a queer author.
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
The main character, Leigh, is Taiwanese American, written by a Taiwanese American author.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
Cameron Post is a lesbian written by a lesbian.
Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
Tash is asexual written by an asexual author.
The Upside of Unrequited and Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
The main characters, Molly and Leah, are fat characters written by a fat author.
We Are Okay and Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Both these books feature queer Latina women written by a queer Latina author.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Lara Jean is Korean American, written by a Korean American author.
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
The main character, Abby, is a queer fat girl, written by a queer fat author.
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
Eliza has anxiety, written by an author with anxiety.
The Hate U Give and On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Starr and Bri are black, written by a black woman.
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
Most of the characters are queer Latina girls, written by a queer Latina author.
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
The main character, Mila, is a fat Latina girl, written by a fat Afrolatina author.
Let’s Talk about Love by Claire Kann
The main character, Alice, is black and biromantic asexual, written by a black biromantic asexual author.
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Most of the characters are black, written by a black author.
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Characters are queer and Asian-coded, written by a queer Chinese author.
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
The main character, Jane, is black, written by a black author.
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
A main character, Natasha, is Jamaican, written by a Jamaican author.
What #ownvoices books have you loved?
x Margaret
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Of these, I really loved Nina LaCour’s books, and Eliza and Her Monsters. I have Pride, On the Come Up, Dread Nation, and Girls of Paper and Fire on my TBR and I’m excited to get to them.
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Oooh yay! Those are all such wonderful books (though I haven’t actually read On the Come Up yet 😉 ), I hope you love them!
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Great post!!! And thanks for reminding me i really really need to read Children of Blood and Bone and Girls of Paper and Fire.
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You should definitely go read those! They’re amazing!
And thank you! ❤
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Pride is on my list too! I loved it ❤ Unfortunately that is the only book from your list that I have read 😦
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Pride is amazing 😀 Well, looks like you have plenty of recommendations if you’re interested in any of these! 😉
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Great list! I didn’t realize all of these books were own voices! Now I just want to read them even more! 😀 Especially We Are Okay and The Astonishing Color of After 🙂
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You should definitely read them all! 😄 We Are Okay has stuck with me even though I read it almost two years ago, and The Astonishing Color of After is so good and so emotional!
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Such a fantastic post ❤ I loved the representation in Astonishing Color of After and To All The Boys so much ❤
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Ahhh yes I loved those books too! Thanks so much! 💕
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I love this post so much Margaret! I see so many favorites on here and so many on my TBR! Thanks for sharing❤️
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Thanks so much! 😀 I hope you love all the ones that are on your TBR!
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What an amazing list! I see a lot of favorites, but a lot of these are also on my TBR. Seeing you rave about them just makes me want to read them more!
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I’m so glad to hear that! I hope you love all the ones that are on your TBR! 😄
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Oh such a great list! 😊 I love Tash Hearts Tolstoy, The Hate U Give & Children of Blood and Bone, so many great books 😍 I also really want to read On the Come up and Eliza and her monsters 😄
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Ahhh those are all just so amazing 😍 I haven’t read On the Come Up quite yet but I’ve heard nothing but good things, and Eliza and her Monsters is BEAUTIFUL!
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This is lovely list! It’s a shame that I haven’t been able to read too much lately (so my reads haven’t been diverse either lol), but We Are Okay, To All the Boys I’ve Loved, Eliza and Her Monsters, and The Hate U Give are definitely on my TBR as I’ve heard great things about them. 😊 Fabulous compilation!
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Yay I’m so glad to hear that all of those amazing books are on your tbr! I hope you love them when you read them! 😀 Thanks so much!
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Yes, to all the women in these books and the authors who wrote them… but the COVERS are just BEAUTIFUL. I love the aesthetic of this post, even if it may not have been intentional 😉
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I wasn’t even thinking about that when writing this post but IT’S SO TRUE! We’re truly blessed with all these beautiful book covers 😍
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