featuring underrated reads from different genre with a heavy emphasis on diversity written by women (from this list)

young adult:

• ☐ An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• ☐ The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
• ☐ To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
• ☐ Angelfall by Susan Ee
• ☐ The Young Elites by Marie Lu
• ☐ Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
• ☐ My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
• ☐ Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
• ☐ Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
• ☐ Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson
• ☐ The Ring and the Crown by Melissa de la Cruz
• ☐ Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa de la Cruz
• ☐ Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan
• ☐ If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
• ☐ Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
• ☐ Falling into Place by Amy Zhang
• ☐ Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetaeni
• ☐ The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco
• ☐ Huntress by Malinda Lo
• ☐ Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon
• ☐ Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
• ☐ Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra Dhonielle Clayton
• ☐ Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
• ☐ Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
• ☐ Prophecy by Ellen Oh
• ☐ Trouble Is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly
• ☐ The Space Between by Victoria H. Smith
• ☐ Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot
• ☐ The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
• ☐ Shutter by Courtney Alameda
• ☐ The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna
• ☐ Hollywood Witch Hunter by Valerie Tejeda
• ☐ Pointe by Brandy Colbert
• ☐ No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista
• ☐ None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
• ☐ Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
• ☐ This Side of Home by Renee Watson
• ☐ The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
• ☐ What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang
• ☐ X by Ilyasah Shabazz
• ☐ Control by Lydia Kang
• ☐ The Weight of Feathers by Anna Marie McLemore
• ☐ Blood of Eden by Julie Kagawa
• ☐ The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark
• ☐ Far From You by Tess Sharpe
• ☐ Dirty London by Kelley York
• ☐ Freshman Year by Annameekee Hesik
• ☐ Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
• ☐ Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
• ☐ The Blood Journals by Tessa Gratton
• ☐ The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• ☐ There Will Come a Time by Carrie Arcos
• ☑ The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
• ☐ The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler
• ☐ Just Visiting by Dahlia Adler
• ☐ Don’t Touch by Rachel M. Wilson
• ☐ If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
• ☐ Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
• ☐ The Archived by Victoria Schwab
• ☐ Kiss Kill Vanish by Jessica Martinez
• ☐ Lumatere Chronicles by Melina Marchetta
• ☐ Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
• ☐ Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
• ☐ The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• ☐ Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway
• ☐ Nearly Goneby Elle Cosimano
• ☐ The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
• ☐ The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
• ☐ Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
• ☐ Daughters unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
• ☐ Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott
• ☐ Daughter of Deep Silence by Carrie Ryan
• ☐ The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne
• ☐ Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

fiction / historical fiction:

• ☐ The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven
• ☐ Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• ☐ The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen

adult:

• ☐ A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai
• ☐ A Welcome to the Underworld by Con Template
• ☐ A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev
• ☐ Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
• ☐ Girl Underwater by Claire Kells

new adult:

• ☐ Kulti by Mariana Zapata
• ☐ Black Rainbow by J. J. McAvoy
• ☐ Charade by Nyrae Dawn
• ☐ When You Are Mine by Kennedy Ryan
• ☐ Luck On The Line by Zoraida Córdova
• ☐ Black Iris by Leah Raeder
• ☐ Addicted Series by Krista and Becca Ritchie
• ☐ More Than Fashion by Elizabeth Briggs
• ☐ Second Position by Katherine Locke
• ☐ Imaginary Lines by Allison Parr
• ☐ Georgetown Academy by Jessica Koosed Etting

middle grade:

• ☐ Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
• ☐ The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly
• ☐ Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
• ☐ Shine by Candy Gourlay
• ☐ A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
• ☐ The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz
• ☐ Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens