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Diverse Books

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

This book might just be my favorite read of 2017. I know it’s still early in the year for such a declaration, but I am dead serious – I devoured A Crown [...]

Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres

I have to say, when I started reading Stef Soto, Taco queen I expected something light and silly – what I got instead was a heartfelt and poignant novel [...]

The Radius of Us by Marie Marquardt

I don’t even know where to begin in describing how much I fell in love with this book. Seriously, if you care about anything – diversity, love, life – [...]

You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

Synopsis: Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat [...]

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

While violence runs rampant throughout New York, a teenage girl faces danger within her own home. Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York [...]

The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury

She is the most powerful Jinni of all. He is a boy from the streets. Their love will shake the world... When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is [...]

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

Full Synopsis: Cursed with a horoscope that promises a marriage of Death and Destruction, sixteen-year-old Maya has only earned the scorn and fear of her [...]

The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

WHOA. Slow the phones and stop the presses. I just need a second. Whew… Okay. I think I’m ready to write this review now (though there’s absolutely no [...]

Dream Things True by Marie Marquardt

There are so many people I know who need to read this book. Seriously, if you’ve never given a second thought to immigration laws or reform, if you’ve [...]