Bengali/Bengali American
All the Things We Never Said
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Diverse Abilities: Physical, Format: Audiobook, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Self-Harm, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault
Debating Darcy
Age 12 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Romance, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Hindu
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Cultural, Format: Audiobook, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Home is in Between
Age 03 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School
Hope in the Valley
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Mixed Rice: A Multicultural Tale of Food, Feelings, and Finding Home Together
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multiracial
The Chaos Monster (Secrets of the Sky #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
The Door is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Arts, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Format: Anthology, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, Religious Background: Hindu, Religious Background: Muslim, Religious Background: Sikh, Sports
The Ghost Forest (Secrets of the Sky #3)
Ages 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Age 15 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
The Poison Waves (Secrets of the Sky #2)
Ages 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM
Theft of the Ruby Lotus
Age 08 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Mystery, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
You Bring The Distant Near
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences: Dating, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim