This Riot Recommendation listing great inclusive YA fantasy reads is sponsored by We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal and Fierce Reads.
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Ahh, fantasy: the genre where we can have dragons flying around, but some will argue that it’s inaccurate to have people of color. We’re here for having it all and want all the great inclusive YA fantasy reads, because our TBR is always welcoming of more books. So many more books. Which is why we asked you to tell us your favorite inclusive YA fantasy reads for this amazing list. Our pet dragons are most pleased.
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews
The Diviners by Libba Bray
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
The Great Library by Rachel Caine
Inkheart trilogy by by Cornelia Funke
Dreadnought by April Daniels
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyami
Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Serpentine by by Cindy Pon
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Huntress by Melinda Lo
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
White Cat by Holly Black
Timekeeper series by Tara Sim
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
The Disasters by M.K England
The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Seraphina and Dragon Scale by Rachel Hartman
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Source : 26 Great Inclusive YA Fantasy Reads!
