Abandoned by Booklikes 6 years ago

Wow. That's not good.

Chris' Fish Place 6 years ago

Nope but far, far better than 2012 where white was 93%.

BrokenTune 6 years ago

Hang on, there are more depictions of animals than there are of people from non-white backgrounds?

Darth Pedant 6 years ago

It gets even more depressing when you realize how few of those diverse books were written *by* people from non-white backgrounds.

Chris' Fish Place 6 years ago

Have been since 2012 (I couldn't find any data from before that date. But then I wasn't looking).

6 years ago

What a wonderful list!

Chris' Fish Place 6 years ago

Thank you

Portable Magic 6 years ago

I'm both surprised and not surprised, somehow. I've been trying to diversify my own reading, since I came across Book Riot's We Need Diverse Books initiative, but have found that most recommendations are for children's and YA lit, rather than the general adult fiction and mystery/thriller/horror genre fiction that I generally prefer. Or for self-pubs and Romance, which I avoid.

So, I guess I thought that there would be more diversity in children's lit, at least.