Books to Screen: Writers of Colour

1.
Black Klansman: A Memoir
Black Klansman: A Memoir 3.62 avg rating β€” 21,428 ratings
2.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,811 ratings
2.
The Heart of Touqar - THT - Epic - Vol 1
The Heart of Touqar - THT - Epic - Vol 1 4.93 avg rating β€” 90 ratings
4.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating β€” 8,681 ratings
5.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,266 ratings
6.
Half-Resurrection Blues (Bone Street Rumba, #1)
Half-Resurrection Blues (Bone Street Rumba, #1) 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,592 ratings
7.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,230 ratings
8.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,386 ratings
9.
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 10,802 ratings
10.
Time Salvager (Time Salvager, #1)
Time Salvager (Time Salvager, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 5,043 ratings
11.
Hello, Moto
Hello, Moto 3.45 avg rating β€” 864 ratings
12.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating β€” 460,983 ratings
13.
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1
Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1 4.20 avg rating β€” 11,495 ratings
13.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating β€” 34,461 ratings
13.
Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating β€” 58,133 ratings
16.
Monkey: The Journey to the West
Monkey: The Journey to the West 4.04 avg rating β€” 7,823 ratings
16.
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating β€” 52,429 ratings
16.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,434 ratings
16.
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Ω…Ω„Ψ­Ω…Ψ© Ω‚Ω„Ψ¨ Ψ§Ω„ΨͺΩˆΩ‚Ψ§Ψ± - Ψ§Ω„Ω…Ψ¬Ω„Ψ― 1 4.93 avg rating β€” 90 ratings
16.
Half Of A Yellow Sun
Half Of A Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,482 ratings
21.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 29,363 ratings
21.
Q & A
Q & A 4.02 avg rating β€” 37,767 ratings
21.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating β€” 123,138 ratings
21.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating β€” 76,380 ratings
25.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating β€” 90,247 ratings
25.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,391 ratings
25.
Cousins
Cousins 4.22 avg rating β€” 811 ratings
25.
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€” 112,021 ratings
29.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating β€” 163,556 ratings
29.
Never Die Alone
Never Die Alone 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,037 ratings
31.
The Butler: A Witness to History
The Butler: A Witness to History 3.26 avg rating β€” 3,708 ratings
31.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X [Japanese-Language Edition].
The Autobiography of Malcolm X [Japanese-Language Edition].
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,198 ratings
33.
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating β€” 29,473 ratings
33.
Finding Fish: A Memoir
Finding Fish: A Memoir 4.15 avg rating β€” 5,142 ratings
35.
Cleverman #1
Cleverman #1 4.15 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
35.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 80,693 ratings
37.
Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1)
Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
37.
Baby Father
Baby Father 3.36 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
39.
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places 3.74 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
39.
Pig-heart Boy
Pig-heart Boy 3.82 avg rating β€” 6,772 ratings
41.
Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1)
Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 13,265 ratings
41.
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness 4.19 avg rating β€” 24,465 ratings
43.
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1)
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1) 4.47 avg rating β€” 345,595 ratings
43.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating β€” 78,217 ratings
45.
Bio Booster Armor Guyver, Volume 1
Bio Booster Armor Guyver, Volume 1 4.18 avg rating β€” 98 ratings
45.
Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating β€” 667,949 ratings
47.
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1: The Monkey King (Dragon Ball, #1)
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1: The Monkey King (Dragon Ball, #1) 4.43 avg rating β€” 55,991 ratings
47.
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star 3.95 avg rating β€” 353,184 ratings
49.
Fist of the North Star 1
Fist of the North Star 1
by: Buronson
4.13 avg rating β€” 474 ratings
49.
Long Walk To Freedom
Long Walk To Freedom 4.36 avg rating β€” 92,337 ratings
51.
Old boy, volumen 1
Old boy, volumen 1 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,896 ratings
51.
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 3.79 avg rating β€” 10,145 ratings
53.
Speed Racer: The Original Manga - Volume One
Speed Racer: The Original Manga - Volume One 3.52 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
53.
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale 3.99 avg rating β€” 17,749 ratings
55.
Crying Freeman, Vol. 1
Crying Freeman, Vol. 1 3.81 avg rating β€” 947 ratings
55.
Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts 4.22 avg rating β€” 14,936 ratings
57.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
A Day Late and a Dollar Short 4.10 avg rating β€” 8,853 ratings
58.
The Changeling
The Changeling 3.77 avg rating β€” 26,926 ratings
58.
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar 3.79 avg rating β€” 9,581 ratings
60.
Raising Dion #1
Raising Dion #1 4.20 avg rating β€” 253 ratings
60.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,379 ratings
62.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, #1)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Vol. 1: The Crucible (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, #1) 3.94 avg rating β€” 13,431 ratings
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Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating β€” 477,015 ratings
64.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,542 ratings
64.
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation 3.80 avg rating β€” 6,896 ratings
66.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,716 ratings
67.
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
by: Ken Liu
3.80 avg rating β€” 26,873 ratings
67.
To Sir, With Love
To Sir, With Love 4.19 avg rating β€” 14,769 ratings
69.
The Book of Swords
The Book of Swords 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,160 ratings
69.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,765 ratings
71.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating β€” 120,135 ratings
71.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 4.14 avg rating β€” 9,165 ratings
73.
The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1)
The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1) 3.76 avg rating β€” 9,383 ratings
74.
Cybersix vol. 1
Cybersix vol. 1 3.88 avg rating β€” 83 ratings
74.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating β€” 103,289 ratings
76.
Mars Ravelo's Darna (50th Anniversary Issue)
Mars Ravelo's Darna (50th Anniversary Issue) 3.71 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
76.
Cotton Comes to Harlem: Chester Himes
Cotton Comes to Harlem: Chester Himes 3.81 avg rating β€” 2,453 ratings
78.
Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila (Part One) (Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila, #1)
Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila (Part One) (Zsazsa Zaturnnah sa Kalakhang Maynila, #1) 4.06 avg rating β€” 318 ratings
78.
The Heat's On
The Heat's On 3.88 avg rating β€” 775 ratings
80.
A Rage in Harlem
A Rage in Harlem 3.89 avg rating β€” 7,429 ratings
81.
Soul Food
Soul Food 4.12 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
82.
The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,609 ratings
83.
The Foxes of Harrow
The Foxes of Harrow 3.98 avg rating β€” 713 ratings
84.
Erased, Volume 1
Erased, Volume 1
by: Kei Sanbe
4.38 avg rating β€” 3,085 ratings
84.
Stray Dogs
Stray Dogs 3.61 avg rating β€” 260 ratings
86.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 4.53 avg rating β€” 185,023 ratings
86.
The Other Black Girl
The Other Black Girl 3.35 avg rating β€” 82,121 ratings
88.
The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel
The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,255 ratings
88.
Erasure
Erasure 4.17 avg rating β€” 28,487 ratings
90.
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1)
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1) 3.47 avg rating β€” 169 ratings
90.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating β€” 291,093 ratings
92.
Beasts of No Nation
Beasts of No Nation 3.80 avg rating β€” 6,896 ratings
92.
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home 3.96 avg rating β€” 47,966 ratings
94.
Dark Water
Dark Water 3.64 avg rating β€” 4,912 ratings
95.
Ju-on Volume 1 (ε‘ͺ怨, #1)
Ju-on Volume 1 (ε‘ͺ怨, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 474 ratings
96.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 28,635 ratings
97.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 477,015 ratings
98.
All You Need Is Kill
All You Need Is Kill 4.03 avg rating β€” 23,177 ratings
99.
Indian Horse
Indian Horse 4.41 avg rating β€” 33,169 ratings
100.
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) 3.81 avg rating β€” 13,900 ratings
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