2018 YA Releases with POC Main Characters

• Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

• A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

• American Panda by Gloria Chao

• The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

• Lets Talk About Love by Claire Kann

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Agevedo

• My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma

• Like Vanessa by Tami Charles

LGBT+ YA Releases for 2018

• And She Was by Jessica Verdi [transgender focus]
• What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera [gay romance, own voices]
• The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang [gay romance]
• Reign Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh [not specified]
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann [asexual mc]
• The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan [coming out focus?]
• The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis [gay mc?]

• please feel free to add to this list or correct anything!

 I went off a Goodreads list and then went by descriptions and reviews. I also got the little book stack graphic from here.