21/07/2015 - 10 Books That Celebrate Diversity

I'm back after disappearing for a while for Top 10 Tuesday! The topic today is 10 Books That Celebrate Diversity, such as racial minorities, LGBTQ+ characters, neurotypical characters, etc. Without any further ado, let us begin:

1. Dead Famous by Ben Elton - This book has LGBTQ+, neurotypical, and racially diverse characters, mainly due to the nature of the story, based on Big Brother, where many different people are brought together.

2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon - The main character has Asperger's Syndrome.

3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - As much as this novel shows the oppression of racial minorities in America, it does celebrate them as a group and shows sympathy towards their plight.

4. Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis - As a book about hedonism in the 1980s, LGBTQ+ characters feature strongly.

5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - This book has LGBTQ+ characters with depth and poignancy, as well as the main character, Charlie, having mental issues after a trauma in childhood.

6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey - This book is about the treatment of mentally ill people in mental hospitals in the mid-20th century, showing that people with mental illnesses are not terrible people, contrary to beliefs at the time, and celebrating the diversity they bring.

7. The Future Diary/Mirai Nikki by Sakae Esuno - My favourite anime and manga of all time! This celebrates different characters, including LGBTQ+ and neurotypical characters, which add depth and interest, and make it just sensational.

8. The Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling - This brilliant series explores a variety of characters, including LGBTQ+ in Dumbledore, racial minorities and many more. It also brings in a new kind of minority, to do with magical bloodlines, which Hermione gets attacked about for being a 'mudblood', which I think shadows racist attitudes in society today.

9. The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis - Ah, Bret Easton Ellis is just great. I think this is my favourite work of his. This book celebrates LGBTQ+ characters as they explore sexuality with everyone else in the novel in an almost nihilistic fashion.

10. Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud - The mother in this novel explores Sufism, a special variety of Islam, to find personal fulfillment as they get used to life in Marrakech.


Thank you for reading! If you have read any of these novels, tell me in the comments! I would love to hear your opinions! Like, comment and follow, and until next time, farewell.