#OwnVoicesOctober

1.
Melissa
Melissa
by: Alex Gino
4.09 avg rating — 47,339 ratings
2.
If I Was Your Girl
If I Was Your Girl 3.97 avg rating — 41,643 ratings
3.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,460 ratings
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,867 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,355 ratings
6.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,442 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,290 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,104 ratings
9.
Grave Beginnings (The Grave Report, #1)
Grave Beginnings (The Grave Report, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,812 ratings
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Grave Measures (The Grave Report, #2)
Grave Measures (The Grave Report, #2) 4.51 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,698 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,682,004 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,411 ratings
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When the Moon Was Ours
When the Moon Was Ours 3.88 avg rating — 11,103 ratings
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Juliet Takes a Breath
Juliet Takes a Breath 4.16 avg rating — 16,967 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,570 ratings
17.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,260 ratings
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Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating — 667,966 ratings
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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 — 1,020,539 ratings
20.
Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,696 ratings
21.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,899 ratings
22.
Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology
Beyond: the Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology 4.09 avg rating — 638 ratings
23.
American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese 3.88 avg rating — 100,067 ratings
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins 3.88 avg rating — 8,155 ratings
25.
Dreadnought (Nemesis, #1)
Dreadnought (Nemesis, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 9,113 ratings
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,989 ratings
27.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Will Grayson, Will Grayson 3.69 avg rating — 409,430 ratings
28.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,604 ratings
29.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by: Ken Liu
4.36 avg rating — 36,827 ratings
30.
Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1)
Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 15,683 ratings
31.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,837 ratings
32.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,489 ratings
33.
On the Edge of Gone
On the Edge of Gone 3.90 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
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Otherbound
Otherbound 3.73 avg rating — 2,621 ratings
35.
Not Otherwise Specified
Not Otherwise Specified 3.80 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
35.
When We Collided
When We Collided 3.81 avg rating — 29,532 ratings
37.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 223,000 ratings
38.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,609 ratings
39.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating — 197,162 ratings
40.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,405 ratings
41.
Among Others
Among Others
by: Jo Walton
3.71 avg rating — 25,530 ratings
42.
Trinity Sight
Trinity Sight 3.73 avg rating — 537 ratings
43.
Smaller and Smaller Circles
Smaller and Smaller Circles 4.11 avg rating — 6,002 ratings
44.
Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 8,707 ratings
45.
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,240 ratings
45.
Accidents of Nature
Accidents of Nature 3.70 avg rating — 792 ratings
47.
Chameleon Moon (Chameleon Moon, #1)
Chameleon Moon (Chameleon Moon, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 464 ratings
48.
More Happy Than Not
More Happy Than Not 3.95 avg rating — 67,490 ratings
49.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,281 ratings
49.
The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider 3.84 avg rating — 11,948 ratings
49.
It's Kind of a Funny Story
It's Kind of a Funny Story 4.07 avg rating — 260,101 ratings
49.
A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,705 ratings
53.
A Harvest of Ripe Figs (Mangoverse, #3)
A Harvest of Ripe Figs (Mangoverse, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 221 ratings
53.
The Stars Change
The Stars Change 3.65 avg rating — 350 ratings
55.
Signal to Noise
Signal to Noise 3.75 avg rating — 4,762 ratings
56.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
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Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,250 ratings
58.
Does My Head Look Big in This?
Does My Head Look Big in This? 3.65 avg rating — 12,168 ratings
59.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,130 ratings
60.
Lies We Tell Ourselves
Lies We Tell Ourselves 4.05 avg rating — 14,296 ratings
61.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,439 ratings
62.
Burn Baby Burn
Burn Baby Burn 3.79 avg rating — 5,147 ratings
63.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel 3.81 avg rating — 11,137 ratings
64.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,548 ratings
65.
Spy Stuff
Spy Stuff 4.04 avg rating — 625 ratings
66.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 77,799 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,158 ratings
68.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,338 ratings
68.
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating — 36,626 ratings
70.
When Michael Met Mina
When Michael Met Mina 3.87 avg rating — 4,240 ratings
71.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Blue Is the Warmest Color
by: Jul Maroh
3.90 avg rating — 35,019 ratings
72.
The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1)
The Girl from Everywhere (The Girl from Everywhere, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 17,000 ratings
73.
This Is Where It Ends
This Is Where It Ends 3.68 avg rating — 147,236 ratings
74.
Written in the Stars
Written in the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 8,017 ratings
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Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 10,802 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,449 ratings
77.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,428 ratings
78.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,985 ratings
79.
Two Boys Kissing
Two Boys Kissing 4.07 avg rating — 48,447 ratings
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Ash
Ash 3.63 avg rating — 37,570 ratings
81.
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 14,414 ratings
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The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,578 ratings
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We Awaken
We Awaken 3.14 avg rating — 400 ratings
84.
The Second Mango (Mangoverse, #1)
The Second Mango (Mangoverse, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 827 ratings
85.
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 1,694 ratings
85.
The Red Tree
The Red Tree 3.64 avg rating — 3,676 ratings
85.
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe, #1)
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (The Tribe, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 2,562 ratings
85.
The Crown Ain't Worth Much
The Crown Ain't Worth Much 4.51 avg rating — 2,829 ratings
85.
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,103 ratings
85.
Book of the Anointed (Saga of the Sons, #1)
Book of the Anointed (Saga of the Sons, #1)
by: J. Moon
3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
85.
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1)
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
85.
The Breath Between Waves
The Breath Between Waves 3.71 avg rating — 255 ratings
93.
Ammonite
Ammonite 3.90 avg rating — 6,981 ratings
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Sister Heart
Sister Heart 4.16 avg rating — 894 ratings
93.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by: Grace Lin
4.32 avg rating — 53,149 ratings
93.
The Hungry Ghosts
The Hungry Ghosts 3.84 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
93.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,832 ratings
93.
The Love Song of Ivy K. Harlowe
The Love Song of Ivy K. Harlowe 3.65 avg rating — 608 ratings
99.
The Association of Small Bombs
The Association of Small Bombs 3.57 avg rating — 14,516 ratings
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Robins in the Night
Robins in the Night
by: Dajo Jago
3.50 avg rating — 105 ratings
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