Best Books by Women of Color

1.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,977 ratings
2.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,231 ratings
3.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,802 ratings
4.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating β€” 123,943 ratings
5.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,584 ratings
6.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,123 ratings
7.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,358 ratings
8.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,755 ratings
9.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating β€” 117,014 ratings
10.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,170 ratings
11.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating β€” 39,727 ratings
12.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,473 ratings
13.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,158 ratings
14.
The Waiting Years
The Waiting Years 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,953 ratings
15.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,516 ratings
16.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,132 ratings
17.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating β€” 304,648 ratings
18.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,967 ratings
19.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,424 ratings
20.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating β€” 131,695 ratings
21.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating β€” 107,570 ratings
22.
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays 3.83 avg rating β€” 6,109 ratings
22.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating β€” 87,070 ratings
24.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,403 ratings
24.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,287 ratings
26.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,296 ratings
27.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 568,976 ratings
28.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating β€” 50,754 ratings
29.
The Lake
The Lake 3.57 avg rating β€” 11,357 ratings
30.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,028 ratings
31.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,735 ratings
32.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 4.50 avg rating β€” 18,479 ratings
33.
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 38,336 ratings
34.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,531 ratings
35.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating β€” 203,038 ratings
35.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating β€” 6,509 ratings
37.
Love in a Fallen City
Love in a Fallen City 3.94 avg rating β€” 4,335 ratings
37.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,535 ratings
37.
Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating β€” 12,092 ratings
40.
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman 3.68 avg rating β€” 349,209 ratings
41.
The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking 4.24 avg rating β€” 50,748 ratings
42.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating β€” 118,957 ratings
43.
Записки ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π²ΡŠΠ·Π³Π»Π°Π²ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚Π°
Записки ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π²ΡŠΠ·Π³Π»Π°Π²ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚Π° 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,589 ratings
44.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating β€” 61,922 ratings
44.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating β€” 76,236 ratings
46.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,436 ratings
47.
A Mercy
A Mercy 3.76 avg rating β€” 31,913 ratings
48.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating β€” 320,542 ratings
49.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating β€” 387,484 ratings
50.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating β€” 62,384 ratings
51.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating β€” 56,858 ratings
52.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating β€” 29,660 ratings
53.
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy 4.09 avg rating β€” 15,682 ratings
53.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating β€” 379,528 ratings
55.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating β€” 45,884 ratings
56.
Gather Together in My Name (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #2)
Gather Together in My Name (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #2) 4.31 avg rating β€” 18,041 ratings
57.
Women of Sand and Myrrh
Women of Sand and Myrrh 3.23 avg rating β€” 1,308 ratings
57.
Red Azalea
Red Azalea 3.84 avg rating β€” 10,639 ratings
59.
Chicken with Plums
Chicken with Plums 3.91 avg rating β€” 15,982 ratings
60.
Fasting, Feasting
Fasting, Feasting 3.35 avg rating β€” 5,204 ratings
61.
The Incarnations
The Incarnations 3.77 avg rating β€” 5,700 ratings
61.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating β€” 25,024 ratings
63.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating β€” 58,179 ratings
64.
Ceremony
Ceremony 3.84 avg rating β€” 25,793 ratings
64.
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give 4.46 avg rating β€” 986,401 ratings
66.
Obasan
Obasan 3.70 avg rating β€” 8,227 ratings
67.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,717 ratings
68.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,365 ratings
69.
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 3.96 avg rating β€” 112,017 ratings
70.
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating β€” 9,683 ratings
71.
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem 4.06 avg rating β€” 14,199 ratings
71.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 131,942 ratings
73.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating β€” 11,452 ratings
74.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,747 ratings
75.
Lyrics Alley
Lyrics Alley 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,534 ratings
76.
Novel Without a Name
Novel Without a Name 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,414 ratings
77.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune 3.47 avg rating β€” 9,156 ratings
78.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,370 ratings
78.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,067 ratings
80.
East Of A Cold Red Sun
East Of A Cold Red Sun 4.27 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
80.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 27,080 ratings
82.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating β€” 138,761 ratings
83.
Krik? Krak!
Krik? Krak! 4.16 avg rating β€” 9,529 ratings
84.
The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement
by: Amy Tan
3.70 avg rating β€” 44,577 ratings
85.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by: Jenny Han
4.04 avg rating β€” 1,020,326 ratings
86.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,707 ratings
87.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly 3.98 avg rating β€” 21,046 ratings
88.
The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.95 avg rating β€” 42,140 ratings
89.
All You Can Ever Know
All You Can Ever Know 3.85 avg rating β€” 26,098 ratings
90.
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust 3.55 avg rating β€” 8,490 ratings
90.
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith 4.14 avg rating β€” 48,282 ratings
92.
Skim
Skim 3.76 avg rating β€” 17,089 ratings
93.
P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
by: Jenny Han
4.01 avg rating β€” 412,879 ratings
94.
Celestial Bodies
Celestial Bodies 3.41 avg rating β€” 16,871 ratings
95.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating β€” 44,467 ratings
96.
This One Summer
This One Summer 3.69 avg rating β€” 90,776 ratings
97.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,193 ratings
98.
Broken Republic: Three Essays
Broken Republic: Three Essays 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,103 ratings
98.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating β€” 71,444 ratings
100.
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down 4.01 avg rating β€” 3,360 ratings
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