This week’s Top Ten Tuesday celebrates diversity! So I’m gonna pick out some of my favourite diverse characters of all kinds.
- Yeine, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. She’s a minority (or at least lower-class) character in her own world and she’s from a matriarchy.
- Bran Davies, The Dark is Rising. An albino and a Welshman, how could I ignore him?
- Dave Brandstetter, Fadeout (and others). A gay detective — sorry, insurance claims investigator — in 1970s California.
- Alana Quick, Ascension. She’s a badass female mechanic (sky surgeon). And she’s got a chronic illness, and she’s queer. Wooo.
- Billy Kaplan (Wiccan), Young Avengers. Gay, Jewish, total geek. What’s not to love about this wiseass?
- Roshanna Chatterji (Tremor), The Movement. Asexual character!
- Peter Carmichael, Farthing. A gay detective in a Nazi society.
- Reese Holloway, Adaptation. A bisexual teenage girl, who also happens to have alien DNA!
- Savedra Sevaros, The Bone Palace. A trans* character, who is portrayed in a loving sexual and romantic relationship.
- Priya Darshini, Karen Memory. And Karen herself, of course. Lesbian heroes of a steampunk world!
Looking forward to seeing other people’s posts this week!
These sound great. I have not encountered any of t he see because they ate scifi and I haven’t touched that genre in at least a decade. I might have to check a few of these out. TFS
There’s fantasy, too! Especially N.K. Jemisin’s books — they’re very much fantasy. Lovely worlds, too.
I absolutely want to read all of these. Thanks for the share!
Hurrah! Glad you liked the list.
Wow I been wanting to read Adaptation for a while, but didn’t know the main character was bi-sexual. Awesome Picks. Check out my Top Ten Tuesday
Yeah, she has romance plotlines with both a male and a female character, which is pretty cool. Thanks for dropping by!
I get so excited when I see so many diverse books around!! Yay for diversity – FINALLY! 🙂
Haha, yes, it’s amazing how much there is out there now, and the internet makes it easier to find, too.
I don’t recognize any of these! But I’ll definitely look into them. 🙂
Thanks for dropping by!