YA MCs by Race/Ethnicity

Asian (East)

• Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
• American Panda by Gloria Chao
• Misaligned by Gloria Chao
• Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton
• Nothing But the Truth [and a few white lies by Justina Chen
• 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
• 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
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan
• Bloody Seoul by Sonia Patel
• Want by Cindy Pon
• Vicarious by Paula Stokes
• Made in Korea by Sarah Suk
• Frankly in Love by David Yoon
• 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

Asian (South)

• Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
• Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
• Marvels and Oddities by S.K. Ali
• 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
• Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
• A Love that Disturbs by Medeia Sharif
• My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma
• Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
• A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

Asian (Southeast)

• A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
• Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
• Dirty Wings by Sarah McCarry

Asian (West)

• One Man Guy and Hold My Hand by Michael Barakiva

Black

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Let’s Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natalie C. Anderson
• Rena Barron
• Pointe by Brandy Colbert
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
• Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert
• The Revolution of Birdie Randolph by Brandy Colbert
• Ronni Davis
• Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
• Dream Country by Shannon Gibney
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
• Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
• A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
• Home and Away by Candice Montgomery
• By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
• Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi
• Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
• The Opposite of Us by Justin Reynolds
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Indigenous

• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
• Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth
• Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek-Cherokee, Ojibway)
• Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Latinx

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves
• The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves
• 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)
• Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
• Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Pena
• 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 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
• 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
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sanchez
• 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

Middle-Eastern

• The Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
• Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
• How I Ruined My Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
• 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
• Driving By Starlight by Anat Derecine
• You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon
• Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga