Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2017

101.
Mr Iyer Goes To War
Mr Iyer Goes To War
by: Ryan Lobo
3.13 avg rating β€” 160 ratings
102.
Gravel Heart
Gravel Heart 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,656 ratings
103.
There Are More Beautiful Things Than BeyoncΓ©
There Are More Beautiful Things Than BeyoncΓ© really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5,687 ratings
104.
To Name Those Lost: A Novel
To Name Those Lost: A Novel 3.84 avg rating β€” 286 ratings
104.
Afterland
Afterland 3.98 avg rating β€” 606 ratings
106.
Border Child
Border Child 3.78 avg rating β€” 522 ratings
107.
Lotus
Lotus 3.57 avg rating β€” 991 ratings
107.
All the Rivers
All the Rivers 3.76 avg rating β€” 4,311 ratings
109.
Heretics
Heretics 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,812 ratings
110.
Black Moses
Black Moses 3.43 avg rating β€” 2,186 ratings
111.
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks 3.80 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
111.
Flesh and Bone and Water
Flesh and Bone and Water 3.62 avg rating β€” 1,236 ratings
113.
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by: Zen Cho
3.73 avg rating β€” 15,779 ratings
114.
The Architecture of Loss
The Architecture of Loss
by: Z.P. Dala
3.37 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
115.
Chester B. Himes: A Biography
Chester B. Himes: A Biography 4.14 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
115.
City of Saviors (Detective Elouise Norton, #4)
City of Saviors (Detective Elouise Norton, #4) 4.05 avg rating β€” 922 ratings
117.
The Original Dream
The Original Dream 3.27 avg rating β€” 761 ratings
118.
Adua
Adua 3.48 avg rating β€” 801 ratings
119.
Halsey Street
Halsey Street 3.54 avg rating β€” 7,860 ratings
120.
New People
New People 3.25 avg rating β€” 6,908 ratings
121.
Taduno's Song
Taduno's Song 3.56 avg rating β€” 612 ratings
122.
Eveningland: Stories
Eveningland: Stories 4.02 avg rating β€” 581 ratings
123.
Mother of All Pigs
Mother of All Pigs 3.46 avg rating β€” 154 ratings
124.
The Clothesline Swing
The Clothesline Swing 3.93 avg rating β€” 800 ratings
125.
Dark at the Crossing
Dark at the Crossing 3.61 avg rating β€” 1,690 ratings
125.
After the Flare (Nigerians in Space, #2)
After the Flare (Nigerians in Space, #2) 3.55 avg rating β€” 401 ratings
127.
Foreign Soil: And Other Stories
Foreign Soil: And Other Stories 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,344 ratings
128.
Tender
Tender 4.19 avg rating β€” 628 ratings
128.
Three Daughters of Eve
Three Daughters of Eve 3.82 avg rating β€” 31,681 ratings
130.
Battle Hill Bolero (Bone Street Rumba, #3)
Battle Hill Bolero (Bone Street Rumba, #3) 4.05 avg rating β€” 444 ratings
131.
The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past
The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
131.
The Tower of the Antilles
The Tower of the Antilles 3.51 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
133.
The Golden Cockerel & Other Writings
The Golden Cockerel & Other Writings 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,531 ratings
134.
The Third Squad
The Third Squad 3.16 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
135.
Blind Spot
Blind Spot
by: Teju Cole
4.21 avg rating β€” 699 ratings
136.
Rebellion
Rebellion 3.55 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
136.
Got the Flow: The Hip-Hop Diary of a Young Rapper
Got the Flow: The Hip-Hop Diary of a Young Rapper 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
136.
Empire
Empire 3.74 avg rating β€” 249 ratings
136.
Wandering Feet on Pebbled Shores
Wandering Feet on Pebbled Shores 4.70 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
136.
The Through
The Through 4.32 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
136.
Damselfly
Damselfly 3.37 avg rating β€” 891 ratings
136.
The Closest I've Come
The Closest I've Come 3.88 avg rating β€” 538 ratings
143.
The Evening Road
The Evening Road 2.86 avg rating β€” 715 ratings
143.
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace 3.35 avg rating β€” 3,160 ratings
143.
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro 4.29 avg rating β€” 326 ratings
143.
Collective Amnesia
Collective Amnesia 4.44 avg rating β€” 667 ratings
147.
The Animators
The Animators 3.97 avg rating β€” 12,394 ratings
148.
The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves
The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,438 ratings
148.
Salam Alaikum: A Message of Peace
Salam Alaikum: A Message of Peace
by: Harris J
3.65 avg rating β€” 320 ratings
148.
In the Midst of Winter
In the Midst of Winter 3.72 avg rating β€” 48,283 ratings
151.
Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall
Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall 3.56 avg rating β€” 389 ratings
151.
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter 4.23 avg rating β€” 778 ratings
151.
Akata Warrior (The Nsibidi Scripts #2)
Akata Warrior (The Nsibidi Scripts #2) 4.22 avg rating β€” 14,300 ratings
154.
The Stars Are Legion
The Stars Are Legion 3.65 avg rating β€” 10,658 ratings
154.
Washington Black
Washington Black 3.95 avg rating β€” 70,645 ratings
154.
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life 4.13 avg rating β€” 27,891 ratings
157.
They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1)
They Both Die at the End (Death-Cast, #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 840,496 ratings
157.
The 57 Bus
The 57 Bus 4.10 avg rating β€” 42,525 ratings
159.
Electric Arches
Electric Arches 4.27 avg rating β€” 3,560 ratings
160.
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America 4.37 avg rating β€” 4,459 ratings
160.
Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson
Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson 4.16 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
162.
Roads, Where There Are No Roads: A Novel
Roads, Where There Are No Roads: A Novel 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
163.
Among the Ruins (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #3)
Among the Ruins (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #3) 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,039 ratings
164.
The Boy in the Earth
The Boy in the Earth 3.30 avg rating β€” 984 ratings
165.
My Soul Looks Back
My Soul Looks Back 3.61 avg rating β€” 923 ratings
166.
So Much Blue
So Much Blue 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,610 ratings
166.
The Talented Ribkins
The Talented Ribkins 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,723 ratings
166.
The Shape of Bones
The Shape of Bones 3.70 avg rating β€” 884 ratings
169.
Sonora
Sonora 3.59 avg rating β€” 808 ratings
170.
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,402 ratings
170.
The Maids
The Maids 3.48 avg rating β€” 361 ratings
172.
Camanchaca
Camanchaca 3.54 avg rating β€” 804 ratings
173.
The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters
The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters 3.57 avg rating β€” 1,417 ratings
174.
Frontier
Frontier
by: Can Xue
3.54 avg rating β€” 450 ratings
175.
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 13,898 ratings
176.
Found Audio
Found Audio 3.56 avg rating β€” 1,045 ratings
177.
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,182 ratings
177.
Penance
Penance 3.82 avg rating β€” 11,315 ratings
179.
The Lazarus Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
The Lazarus Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
179.
The Great Passage
The Great Passage 3.81 avg rating β€” 11,538 ratings
181.
Incendiary Art: Poems
Incendiary Art: Poems 4.65 avg rating β€” 352 ratings
182.
A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland
A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland 3.96 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
182.
The Golden House
The Golden House 3.67 avg rating β€” 10,800 ratings
184.
The January Children
The January Children 4.52 avg rating β€” 836 ratings
185.
Map to the Stars
Map to the Stars 4.03 avg rating β€” 197 ratings
186.
Inheritance from Mother
Inheritance from Mother 3.80 avg rating β€” 727 ratings
187.
Welcome to Lagos
Welcome to Lagos 3.78 avg rating β€” 4,030 ratings
187.
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao 4.08 avg rating β€” 7,830 ratings
189.
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash 3.95 avg rating β€” 6,566 ratings
190.
Future Home of the Living God
Future Home of the Living God 3.60 avg rating β€” 28,723 ratings
191.
Amiable with Big Teeth
Amiable with Big Teeth 3.61 avg rating β€” 332 ratings
191.
Beyond the Rice Fields
Beyond the Rice Fields
by: Naivo
3.75 avg rating β€” 392 ratings
193.
Kiss Me Someone: Stories
Kiss Me Someone: Stories 3.57 avg rating β€” 295 ratings
194.
Passage
Passage 3.69 avg rating β€” 144 ratings
195.
The Voices of Martyrs
The Voices of Martyrs really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
196.
Magic City Gospel
Magic City Gospel 4.51 avg rating β€” 198 ratings
196.
Stones: A Novel
Stones: A Novel 4.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
198.
Record of a Night Too Brief
Record of a Night Too Brief 3.20 avg rating β€” 3,038 ratings
199.
Brother
Brother 3.98 avg rating β€” 11,888 ratings
200.
The King Is Always Above the People: Stories
The King Is Always Above the People: Stories 3.50 avg rating β€” 1,517 ratings
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