The Shelves

Country & Ethnic Books

Books selected for readers looking for country & ethnic books.

26 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·2 crossover shelves·81% reader overlap with People & Places Asia Books

1. The Floating World
Axie Oh
Included for strong authors alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
2. The Demon and the Light
Axie Oh
Included for strong authors alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
3. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown
Included for strong juneteenth alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
4. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh
Included for strong historical alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
5. Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Epic YA Fantasy
6. The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
Amélie Wen Zhao
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
7. The Scorpion Queen
Mina Fears
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
8. This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi
Included for strong first alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Middle East for Teens
9. Woven in Moonlight
Isabel Ibañez
Fits this list for its focus on shelf.
Shelf signal: Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
10. The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire
Beth Noonan-Roberts, Anna Fiteni
Included for strong mythology alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Fairy Tale Adaptations for Teens
11. A Fate Unwoven
Rachael A. Edwards
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Dark YA Fantasy
12. Wicked Fox
Kat Cho
Included for strong culture alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
13. The Lost Queen
Aimee Phan
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
14. Wicked Like a Wildfire
Lana Popovic, Lana Popović
Included for strong romance alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
15. The Poet Empress
Shen Tao
Included for strong dark alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Fantasy Romance
16. The Encanto's Daughter
Melissa de la Cruz
Included for strong teen alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
17. The Dragon and the Sun Lotus
Amélie Wen Zhao
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Epic YA Fantasy
18. The Smoke That Thunders
Erhu Kome
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
19. Vicious Spirits
Kat Cho
Included for strong fantasy alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
20. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
Ellen Oh, Elsie Chapman
Included for strong short story alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens
21. The Wicked Bargain
Gabe Cole Novoa, Vico Ortiz
Included for strong fiction alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: YA Pirate Adventures
22. Nahia
Emily Jones
Included for strong survival alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Historical YA - Ancient Worlds
23. A Thousand Steps Into Night
Traci Chee
Included for strong kids alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
24. Dragonfruit
Makiia Lucier
Included for strong year alignment with this country & ethnic list.
Shelf signal: YA Mythical Creature Stories