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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18,397 members
437 reviews
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10,691 members
406 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
296 reviews
3.8
4
21,661 members
492 reviews
3.9
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2,593 members
116 reviews
3.8
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4,856 members
308 reviews
3.9
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1,595 members
95 reviews
3.9
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7,201 members
421 reviews
3.9
7 Members
amurphy, hipdeep, merrystar, souloftherose, electrice, ahef1963, Brandy1411
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is a black man
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21,948 members
436 reviews
4.1
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10,986 members
446 reviews
4.2
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2,328 members
122 reviews
½ 4.3
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11,530 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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2,942 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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4,872 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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824 members
38 reviews
3.8
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6,677 members
168 reviews
½ 3.6
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5,727 members
224 reviews
4.2
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3,337 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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18,892 members
455 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, sturlington, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: The main character is a Black man.
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3,532 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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1,129 members
56 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,924 members
117 reviews
3.8
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10,104 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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2,680 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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3,482 members
110 reviews
4.1
4 Members
amurphy, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist, though white and male, is disabled.
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5,202 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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335 members
16 reviews
3.9
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681 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,501 members
48 reviews
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3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a gay man
sturlington: He is also part Chinese, part Hispanic.
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623 members
48 reviews
3.9
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4,149 members
67 reviews
4.1
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6,941 members
323 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aspirit: Set in a near future India.
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1,692 members
124 reviews
3.9
3 Members
aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
aulsmith: Protagonist is a gay man
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1,343 members
62 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
karenb, aulsmith, sturlington
Explanations
sturlington: Protagonist is a black woman.
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6,831 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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807 members
34 reviews
4
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14,512 members
874 reviews
4.1
2 Members
quigui, Brandy1411
Explanations
quigui: Main characters are Asian. One of the characters is disabled.
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1,011 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
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377 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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14,387 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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3,154 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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4,191 members
80 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, Dilara86
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2,721 members
136 reviews
4
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844 members
24 reviews
4.2
Member
Aquila
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726 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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427 members
27 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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2,060 members
26 reviews
4
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310 members
8 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, aspirit
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820 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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2,854 members
55 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, souloftherose
Explanations
souloftherose: Protagonist is Mexican and female
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5,274 members
99 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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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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3,010 members
84 reviews
3.9
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320 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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1,224 members
67 reviews
3.8
Member
karenb
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1,224 members
52 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,051 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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304 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
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kceccato
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161 members
8 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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7,257 members
311 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,498 members
75 reviews
3.9
Member
Aquila
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514 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
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470 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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2,695 members
101 reviews
½ 4.4
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merrystar
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1,951 members
79 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