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
Members
30 participating members
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15,313 members
356 reviews
4
2
7,805 members
332 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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2,673 members
227 reviews
3.9
4
19,680 members
457 reviews
3.9
5
2,106 members
103 reviews
3.8
6
4,004 members
279 reviews
3.9
7
1,349 members
83 reviews
3.9
8
19,658 members
383 reviews
4.1
9
7,328 members
340 reviews
4.2
10
1,703 members
101 reviews
½ 4.3
11
7,453 members
217 reviews
4.1
7 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, hoddybook, souloftherose, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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2,487 members
55 reviews
4.2
6 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, hoddybook, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: The protagonist is a black woman.
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3,328 members
90 reviews
4.1
7 Members
amurphy, karenb, sturlington, hoddybook, souloftherose, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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757 members
34 reviews
3.8
15
5,612 members
158 reviews
½ 3.7
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3,875 members
176 reviews
4.2
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5,767 members
357 reviews
3.9
5 Members
amurphy, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, Brandy1411
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is a black man
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2,711 members
81 reviews
4.1
5 Members
amurphy, karenb, Dilara86, zjakkelien, aspirit
Explanations
zjakkelien: The main character is a black woman.
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15,252 members
365 reviews
4
5 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, sturlington, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: The main character is a Black man.
20
2,811 members
140 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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737 members
45 reviews
3.8
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1,683 members
107 reviews
3.8
23
4,786 members
82 reviews
4
24
1,465 members
61 reviews
3.9
25
696 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
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2,202 members
150 reviews
4.2
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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3,070 members
95 reviews
4.1
4 Members
amurphy, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist, though white and male, is disabled.
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4,042 members
99 reviews
3.8
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252 members
9 reviews
3.8
3 Members
amurphy, karenb, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is intersexed
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460 members
15 reviews
4
31
663 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,013 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, merrystar
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonists are gay men
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543 members
43 reviews
3.9
34
297 members
15 reviews
4
35
558 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,334 members
43 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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3,593 members
59 reviews
4.1
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6,027 members
291 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: Set in a near future India.
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1,547 members
114 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a gay man
40
1,129 members
51 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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353 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
Aquila, karenb, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a transsexual
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5,776 members
236 reviews
4.1
43
502 members
28 reviews
4
44
10,880 members
809 reviews
4.1
2 Members
quigui, Brandy1411
Explanations
quigui: Main characters are Asian. One of the characters is disabled.
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247 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
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12,884 members
474 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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306 members
15 reviews
½ 3.5
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89 members
5 reviews
3.8
50
1,113 members
50 reviews
½ 3.4
51
1,044 members
18 reviews
4
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401 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
karenb, aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonists are gay men
53
666 members
59 reviews
3.9
2 Members
aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: Deaf and queer
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2,735 members
52 reviews
4
2 Members
karenb, pwaites
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617 members
46 reviews
3.9
2 Members
karenb, souloftherose
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is a black woman
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3,605 members
74 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
karenb, Dilara86
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2,097 members
114 reviews
4
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592 members
23 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Cecrow
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574 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: The main characters are neither straight nor White.
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431 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
karenb
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253 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Sam_Ash
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212 members
13 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
merrystar
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94 members
1 review
½ 4.7
Member
GreenVelvet
Explanations
GreenVelvet: Protagonist is trans/non-binary
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29 members
½ 2.3
Member
Aquila
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1 member
1 review
5
Member
hanas
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249 members
7 reviews
4
2 Members
karenb, aspirit
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709 members
55 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
souloftherose, Dilara86
Explanations
souloftherose: One protagonist is Vietnamese
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2,337 members
50 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
Aquila, aspirit
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543 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
71
2,181 members
106 reviews
4
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is autistic.
72
2,507 members
49 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is Mexican and female
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726 members
45 reviews
½ 3.6
74
836 members
54 reviews
½ 3.7
75
157 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
karenb, Dilara86
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299 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
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163 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
78
145 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, aspirit
Explanations
sturlington: Native American
79
567 members
28 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Aquila, aspirit
Explanations
aspirit: Black American sirens+
80
205 members
10 reviews
3.8
81
1,472 members
47 reviews
3.9
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476 members
36 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is indigenous
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1,011 members
61 reviews
3.8
Member
karenb
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945 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
85
698 members
17 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
Sam_Ash
Explanations
Sam_Ash: LGBTQ+, racial and ethnic diversity.
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489 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
aulsmith
87
265 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
kceccato
88
221 members
13 reviews
3.9
Member
Aquila
89
61 members
4 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
merrystar
90
4 members
1 review
½ 4.5
Member
kthxy
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4,134 members
210 reviews
½ 3.7
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453 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
hipdeep
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413 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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355 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
Sam_Ash
Explanations
Sam_Ash: In the main character group there is bi and trans representation, neurodiversity, religious diversity.
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116 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
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Aquila
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2 members
1 review
4
Member
kthxy
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2,475 members
96 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
merrystar
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338 members
20 reviews
4
Member
aspirit
99
248 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
100
17 members
½ 4.5
Member
kthxy