Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite ’17 Reads with PoC MCs

Top Ten Tuesday is an original blog meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is “Ten Books That Feature Characters ____________: Examples: Ten books that feature black main characters, characters who hold interesting jobs, characters who have a mental illness, characters that are adopted, characters that play sports, etc, etc. Can’t wait to see what you all come up with!” This week I’m listing my favorite books from 2017 that feature PoC main characters. This list was really hard to narrow down as I’ve read a lot of incredible novels featuring PoC protagonists. Covers are linked to Goodreads.

 

1. Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson – This debut blew me away. I loved it so much and the protagonist had her claws in me from the get-go.

2. A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi – Probably my favorite read of 2017 so far. It was everything I love about a fantasy novel.

3. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho – I bought this one on a whim last year and finally got to it. I’m in love with Zen Cho’s charming characters and world.

4. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas – If there is one novel I’d recommend everyone read this year, it’s this one. Please, if you haven’t picked it up, do yourself a favor and do so soon.

5. When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore – Perhaps the most beautiful novel I’ve ever read. This is not an overstatement.

6. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz – As my first audiobook, this novel has ingrained itself in my head.

7. I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo – This book is like a gooey candy bar you’ve been craving all day.

8. The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera – Can we allow PoC protagonists to be unlikable sometimes? I think this is really important.

9. Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza – Give me more, I’m ready for more of this world and it’s wonderful characters.

10. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera – How do you break a bookworm? Give them an Adam Silvera book.

Bonus: I put this list together before I read Julie C. Dao’s Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, but want to give a shout out because it’s an incredible novel and if you’re on the fence about preordering it, consider this a (gentle, but firm) nudge.

Have you had the pleasure of reading any of these? What’s your favorite read this year that features a PoC main character? Let me know in the comments and be sure leave a link to your own TTT post, so I can visit.