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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18,419 members
437 reviews
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10,716 members
407 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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3,576 members
297 reviews
3.9
4
21,673 members
492 reviews
3.9
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2,597 members
116 reviews
3.8
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4,855 members
310 reviews
3.9
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1,596 members
95 reviews
3.9
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7,210 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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21,961 members
436 reviews
4.1
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11,015 members
447 reviews
4.2
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2,334 members
122 reviews
½ 4.3
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11,552 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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2,943 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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4,884 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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6,668 members
168 reviews
½ 3.6
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5,741 members
224 reviews
4.2
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3,339 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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18,908 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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3,536 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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1,924 members
117 reviews
3.8
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10,136 members
143 reviews
4
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1,588 members
65 reviews
3.9
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851 members
39 reviews
3.8
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2,678 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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5,210 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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492 members
16 reviews
4
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744 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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336 members
16 reviews
3.9
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684 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,501 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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4,152 members
67 reviews
4.1
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6,947 members
324 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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1,346 members
63 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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6,835 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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808 members
34 reviews
4
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14,531 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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377 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
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14,393 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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440 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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3,155 members
57 reviews
4
2 Members
karenb, pwaites
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715 members
50 reviews
3.9
2 Members
karenb, souloftherose
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is a black woman
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4,196 members
80 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, Dilara86
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2,725 members
136 reviews
4
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849 members
24 reviews
4.2
Member
Aquila
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727 members
24 reviews
3.8
Member
Cecrow
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625 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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428 members
28 reviews
½ 4.4
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merrystar
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380 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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2,066 members
26 reviews
4
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310 members
8 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, aspirit
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821 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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2,381 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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5,261 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
Aquila, aspirit
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876 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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348 members
36 reviews
½ 3.7
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222 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 3.5
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3,017 members
84 reviews
3.9
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320 members
12 reviews
3.8
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714 members
40 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is indigenous
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806 members
36 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Aquila, aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: Black American sirens+
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1,228 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,224 members
67 reviews
3.8
Member
karenb
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1,052 members
22 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Sam_Ash
Explanations
Sam_Ash: LGBTQ+, racial and ethnic diversity.
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533 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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162 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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7,276 members
312 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,499 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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469 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
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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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2,693 members
101 reviews
½ 4.4
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merrystar
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1,911 members
80 reviews
3.9
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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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433 members
20 reviews
½ 4.4