Diversity December Bingo Challenge!

Hey happy readers.

So last week while browsing twitter I came across the coolest challenge for December and thought I’d share it with you all, and give some suggestions for books to read**.

Diversity December Bingo was created by a group of bookstagrammers (@novelparadise, @aimalfarooq, @headinherbooks, @bookwormwanders, @thebooksbuzz, @ohbrekker and @rhaegardied) to both encourage everyone to read diversely this December but also to give us all a fun game of bingo while we’re at it! It takes place throughout December 1st – 31st.

From the picture below you choose a standard bingo row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal for all you bingo rookies) and try and read a book to corespond with each. There’s even an incentive to be entered into a giveaway if you get your bingo!

As the picture says, use the hashtag #DiversityDecBingo to announce your participation and keep up with the game as we go.

(** Scroll below the picture to see my examples for each category, I haven’t read all of these and had to do some research to find some so if any of these are incorrect/problematic please let me know!)

Non-Western Cultural Fantasy:
Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Non-Binary MC:
Pantomime by Laura Lam

Refugee MC:
Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

POC superheroes:
Ms Marvel series by Wilson and Alphona
The Runaways series by Vaughn and Alphona

Chronic Pain Sufferers:
Far From You by Tess Sharpe
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Demisexual MC:
Radio Silence Qby Alice Oseman

Muslim MC:
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

Trans MC:
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Dreadnought by April Daniels

Diverse Non-Fiction:
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Unbearable Lightness by Portia De Rossi

POC/Interracial M/M romance:
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Gives Light by Rose Christo

Mental Health Awareness:
Girl Interrupted by Susanna Keyson
Girl In Need Of A Tourniquet by Merri Lisa Johnson

Asian MC:
Not Your Sidekick by C. B. Lee
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Own-Voices:
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
Under Rose Tinted Skies by Louise Gornall

Non-Western Real World Setting:
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Salasi

POC on book cover:
Iron Cast by Destiny Soria
Saga by Brian K Vaughn

POC with curly hair:
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

Disabled MC:
The Call by Peadar O’Guilan
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

SFF with LGBTQIA+ MC:
Ash by Malinda Lo
Hero by Perry Moore

Pansexual MC:
Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate
First and First by Santino Hassell

Indigenous MC:
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Island of Shattered Dreams by Chantal T Spitz

F/F Romance:
The Space Between by Michelle L Teichman
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Biracial MC:
Everything Leads To You by Nina LaCour
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Neurodiversity:
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Asexual/Aromantic MC:
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Clariel by Garth Nix