MCs by Nationality/Tribal Affiliation

Please note the MCs can be any level of descent, so, for example, “Indian” means both Indian and Indian-American. #Ownvoices information is not included here; please do your own research/gatekeeping as you feel necessary.

Afghan

• The Secret Sky by Atia Abawi

Anishinaabe

• Fire Song by David Garnet Jones

Argentinean

• The Secret Side of Empty by Maria Andreu
• The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler

Armenian

• One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva

Bangladeshi

MG

• The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi (series)

YA

• The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Bolivian

• Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibanez Davis

Brazilian

• Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha

Cherokee

• Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek-Cherokee, Ojibway)

Chinese

MG

• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

YA

• Marvels and Oddities by S.K. Ali
• 500 Words or Less by Juleah del Rosario
• Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon by Mary Fan
• Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
• Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley (Uyghur)
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (Chinese-Vietnamese)
• Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
• Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee
• The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
• A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
• Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
• Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace
• The Summer I Learned Chinese by Lindsay Wong
• The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

Colombian

PB

• Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina (series)

Cuban

MG

• Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

YA

• The Cat King of Havana by Tom Crosshill
• Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas
• Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole
• It’s Not About the Accent by Caridad Ferrer
• When the Stars Go Blue by Caridad Ferrer
• The Liars of Mariposa Island by Jennifer Mathieu
• Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
• Burn, Baby, Burn by Meg Medina
• The Victoria in My Head by Janelle Milanes
• Analee, in Real Life by Janelle Milanes
• Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Dominican

MG

• Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega

YA

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Nocturna by Maya Motayne
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Haitian-Dominican)

Dutch

• On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis (Dutch-Surinamese)

Ecuadorian

• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (series)
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate

Egyptian

• Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali (Egyptian-Indian)
• Rebels By Accident by Patricia Dunn

Ethiopian

• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Filipino

MG

• Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

YA

• Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
• Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz
• I’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl by Gretchen McNeil
• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

French

German

• The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke (series)

Greek

• Your Destination is on the Left by Lauren Spieller
• The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
• Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff that Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams

Guyanese

• Nira Paints the Sky in B-Flat by Natasha Deen

Haitian

• Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi (Haitian-Dominican)

Indian

MG

• Aru Shah by Roshani Chokshi (series)
• The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta (series)
• My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J. Freedman
• The. Best. At. It. by Maulik Pancholy

YA

• Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
• Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali (Egyptian-Indian)
• A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai
• A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
• The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
• 5-to-1 by Holly Bodger
• Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra
• Vanished by E.E. Cooper
• You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
• Enter Title Here by Rahul Kanakia
• We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
• When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
• From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon
• There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
• 10 Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon
• Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
• Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel
• Jaya and Rasa by Sonia Patel
• My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
• Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
• A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

I’nupiaq

• My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson

Iranian/Persian

• Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
• If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
• Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
• Been Here All Along by Sara Farizan
• Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
• A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
• The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
• Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

Iraqi

• Not the Girls You’re Looking For by Aminah Mae Safi

Israeli

• How I Ruined My Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
• You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Italian

• Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

Japanese

• The Last Leaves Falling by Fox Benwell
• Immoral Code by Lillian J. Clark
• Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
• The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco (series)
• I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
• It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura
• This Time Will Be Different

Jordanian

• Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga

Korean

MG

• Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee

YA

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
• Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton
• Gumiho by Kat Cho
• Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi
• Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi
• Since You Asked by Maurene Goo
• I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
• The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo
• Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
• Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (series)
• I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee
• Rebel Soul by Axie Oh
• Prophecy by Ellen Oh
• Bloody Seoul by Sonia Patel
• Vicarious by Paula Stokes
• Made in Korea by Sarah Suk
• Frankly in Love by David Yoon

Mayan

MG

• The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes

YA

• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Mexican

• Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler
• Indivisible by Daniel Aleman
• North of Happy by Adi Alsaid
• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
• Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs (series)
• Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena
• The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
• This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl
• Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez

Moroccan

• Mirage by Somaiya Daud (Amazigh)

Mozambican

• Iron Cast by Destiny Soria

Muscogee

• Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek-Cherokee, Ojibway)
• Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Nigerian

MG

• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (series)

YA

• Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi

Ojibway

• Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek-Cherokee, Ojibway)

Pakistani

MG

• Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

YA

• Marvels and Oddities by S.K. Ali (Pakistani-West Indian)
• Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi (Korean-Pakistani)
• That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim
• Mariam Sharma Hits the Road by Sheba Karim
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
• A Love that Disturbs by Medeia Sharif

Portuguese

• Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

Puerto Rican

• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
• Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles
• Even if the Sky Falls by Mia Garcia
• The Resolutions by Mia Garcia
• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
• The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano
• The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos
• The Truth Is… by NoNieqa Ramos
• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
• The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera
• Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
• What if it’s Us? by Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli

Salvadoran

• The Radius of Us by Marie Marquardt

Saudi

• Driving By Starlight by Anat Derecine

Sierra Leonean

• Dream Country by Shannon Gibney

Somali

• Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natalie C. Anderson

South African

• Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell

Surinamese

• On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis (Dutch-Surinamese)

Swazi

• When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn

Syrian

MG

• Escape From Aleppo by H.N. Senzai
• Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

YA

• The Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi

Taiwanese

• American Panda by Gloria Chao
• Misaligned by Gloria Chao
• Nothing But the Truth [and a few white lies] by Justina Chen
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan
• Want by Cindy Pon

Tobagonian

• The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler

Turkish

• My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

Tuscarora

• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
• Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth

Vietnamese

• A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee (Chinese-Vietnamese)
• Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry

Virgin Islanders

• Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender (Water Islander)