Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction

Description
Main characters in a fantasy or science fiction work who are not straight white people. Religious diversity would also work, but it has to be a real life religion that's not Christianity (atheism doesn't count either). Racially diverse is not magical races such as elves or dwarfs, but should correlate withe the real world. However, if a character is both, say, a vampire and Hispanic, that would count. Main character is defined as the protagonist of the work or the character whom the work focuses on.
Based on character
protagonist or main character
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18,384 members
437 reviews
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2
10,635 members
408 reviews
4.2
9 Members
karenb, hipdeep, sturlington, souloftherose, Dilara86, kceccato, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, uprootedtree
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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3,555 members
297 reviews
3.8
4
21,480 members
492 reviews
3.9
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2,592 members
116 reviews
3.8
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4,852 members
308 reviews
3.9
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1,597 members
95 reviews
3.9
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7,176 members
422 reviews
3.9
7 Members
amurphy, hipdeep, merrystar, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, Brandy1411
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is a black man
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21,931 members
436 reviews
4.1
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10,930 members
446 reviews
4.2
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2,329 members
122 reviews
½ 4.3
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11,471 members
318 reviews
4.1
7 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, hoddybook, souloftherose, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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2,945 members
65 reviews
4.2
6 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, hoddybook, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: The protagonist is a black woman.
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4,843 members
126 reviews
4.1
7 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, hoddybook, souloftherose, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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825 members
38 reviews
3.8
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6,671 members
168 reviews
½ 3.6
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5,704 members
224 reviews
4.2
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3,338 members
95 reviews
4.1
5 Members
amurphy, karenb, Dilara86, zjakkelien, aspirit
Explanations
zjakkelien: The main character is a black woman.
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18,895 members
456 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, sturlington, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: The main character is a Black man.
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3,525 members
164 reviews
3.8
5 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, Dilara86, zjakkelien
Explanations
zjakkelien: The protagonist makes no distinction between men and women when choosing partners, and she's black. A bit controversial, because although she is quite old, her body looks quite young, so it's not for everyone. Still, it meets the requirements.
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1,130 members
56 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,925 members
117 reviews
3.8
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10,084 members
143 reviews
4
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1,591 members
65 reviews
3.9
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851 members
39 reviews
3.8
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2,681 members
165 reviews
4.1
4 Members
amurphy, karenb, souloftherose, kthxy
Explanations
souloftherose: These are comic books featuring a young (16 year old), female, Muslim, Pakistani American as the main character.
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3,484 members
111 reviews
4.1
4 Members
amurphy, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist, though white and male, is disabled.
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5,187 members
111 reviews
3.8
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274 members
9 reviews
3.8
3 Members
amurphy, karenb, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is intersexed
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491 members
16 reviews
4
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745 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,097 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, merrystar
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonists are gay men
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335 members
16 reviews
3.9
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682 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,502 members
48 reviews
4
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a gay man
sturlington: He is also part Chinese, part Hispanic.
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622 members
48 reviews
3.9
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4,142 members
67 reviews
4.1
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6,912 members
323 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: Set in a near future India.
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1,693 members
124 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a gay man
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1,344 members
63 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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6,834 members
248 reviews
4.1
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380 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
Aquila, karenb, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a transsexual
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810 members
34 reviews
4
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14,518 members
875 reviews
4.1
2 Members
quigui, Brandy1411
Explanations
quigui: Main characters are Asian. One of the characters is disabled.
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1,012 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
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376 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
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14,391 members
519 reviews
3.8
3 Members
karenb, sturlington, ahef1963,andomck
Explanations
sturlington: Not strictly sf/f, more magical realism, but the protagonist is Dominican-American and is a huge sf/f geek, so this is worth reading for sf/f fans.
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131 members
8 reviews
3.9
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1,446 members
54 reviews
½ 3.4
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442 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
karenb, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonists are gay men
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1,098 members
77 reviews
3.8
2 Members
aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: Deaf and queer
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3,154 members
57 reviews
4
2 Members
karenb, pwaites
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716 members
50 reviews
3.9
2 Members
karenb, souloftherose
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is a black woman
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4,191 members
80 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, Dilara86
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2,722 members
136 reviews
4
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843 members
24 reviews
4.2
Member
Aquila
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727 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
Cecrow
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628 members
59 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: The main characters are neither straight nor White.
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453 members
29 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
karenb
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427 members
28 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
merrystar
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382 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Sam_Ash
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139 members
1 review
½ 4.4
Member
GreenVelvet
Explanations
GreenVelvet: Protagonist is trans/non-binary
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1 member
1 review
5
Member
hanas
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1 member
5
Member
what404
Explanations
what404: Protagonist is a non-white lesbian
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2,055 members
26 reviews
4
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310 members
8 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, aspirit
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819 members
57 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
souloftherose, Dilara86
Explanations
souloftherose: One protagonist is Vietnamese
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697 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
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2,382 members
112 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is autistic.
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2,856 members
55 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is Mexican and female
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5,251 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
Aquila, aspirit
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877 members
51 reviews
½ 3.5
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178 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
karenb, Dilara86
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344 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
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221 members
15 reviews
½ 3.6
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194 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, aspirit
Explanations
sturlington: Native American
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411 members
20 reviews
½ 3.4
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2,990 members
84 reviews
3.9
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322 members
12 reviews
3.8
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711 members
40 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is indigenous
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804 members
36 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Aquila, aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: Black American sirens+
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1,225 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,224 members
67 reviews
3.8
Member
karenb
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1,055 members
22 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Sam_Ash
Explanations
Sam_Ash: LGBTQ+, racial and ethnic diversity.
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534 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
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aulsmith
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305 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
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kceccato
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161 members
9 reviews
½ 4.4
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merrystar
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4 members
1 review
½ 4.5
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kthxy
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7,254 members
311 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,501 members
75 reviews
3.9
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Aquila
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515 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
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471 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Sam_Ash
Explanations
Sam_Ash: In the main character group there is bi and trans representation, neurodiversity, religious diversity.
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337 members
10 reviews
4
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Fantasy heist set in the Black Washington DC of the 1920s.
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2 members
1 review
4
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kthxy
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2,697 members
101 reviews
½ 4.4
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merrystar
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1,909 members
80 reviews
3.9
Member
Aquila
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562 members
35 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Main character is Korean-Canadian, and has a disability.
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432 members
20 reviews
½ 4.4