Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color

1.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,267 ratings
2.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,844 ratings
3.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,905 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,105 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,310 ratings
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Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,328 ratings
7.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,100 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,675 ratings
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Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 77,742 ratings
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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,510 ratings
11.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,809 ratings
12.
Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,682 ratings
13.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,122 ratings
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Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,703 ratings
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The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 22,748 ratings
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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 — 460,739 ratings
17.
Redemption in Indigo
Redemption in Indigo 3.88 avg rating — 2,932 ratings
18.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,276 ratings
19.
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora 4.16 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
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The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2)
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 38,514 ratings
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Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water, #1)
Earthflown (The Anatomy of Water, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,049 ratings
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Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,076 ratings
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Midnight Robber
Midnight Robber 3.93 avg rating — 3,779 ratings
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The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,488 ratings
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The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
by: Stan Yan
4.51 avg rating — 55 ratings
26.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,522 ratings
27.
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,405 ratings
28.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,765 ratings
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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,832 ratings
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The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,568 ratings
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The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl 3.64 avg rating — 5,433 ratings
32.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,440 ratings
33.
The Living Blood (African Immortals, #2)
The Living Blood (African Immortals, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 2,966 ratings
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Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 10,801 ratings
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The Good House
The Good House 4.01 avg rating — 9,524 ratings
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Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating — 7,152 ratings
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Convergence Problems
Convergence Problems 4.09 avg rating — 262 ratings
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The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating — 13,392 ratings
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Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by: Zen Cho
3.73 avg rating — 15,779 ratings
40.
Zahrah the Windseeker
Zahrah the Windseeker 4.16 avg rating — 2,663 ratings
41.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,622 ratings
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The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood, #2)
The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 11,642 ratings
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 3.44 avg rating — 19,833 ratings
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The Kingdom of Gods (The Inheritance Trilogy #3)
The Kingdom of Gods (The Inheritance Trilogy #3) 3.99 avg rating — 28,778 ratings
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Nova
Nova 3.80 avg rating — 8,860 ratings
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Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,536 ratings
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Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,982 ratings
48.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating — 120,086 ratings
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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,029 ratings
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The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,066 ratings
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The Arrival
The Arrival
by: Shaun Tan
4.35 avg rating — 59,072 ratings
52.
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 7,967 ratings
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The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Best of All Possible Worlds 3.61 avg rating — 5,456 ratings
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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand 3.81 avg rating — 3,105 ratings
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Huntress
Huntress 3.79 avg rating — 13,439 ratings
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Blood Colony (African Immortals, #3)
Blood Colony (African Immortals, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 1,846 ratings
57.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating — 65,653 ratings
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating — 148,383 ratings
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The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating — 117,622 ratings
60.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating — 11,452 ratings
61.
Imaro (Imaro #1)
Imaro (Imaro #1) 3.92 avg rating — 895 ratings
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The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 159,368 ratings
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The Einstein Intersection
The Einstein Intersection 3.55 avg rating — 6,128 ratings
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Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements 3.93 avg rating — 4,244 ratings
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The Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)
The Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 2,754 ratings
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The Palace of Illusions
The Palace of Illusions 4.20 avg rating — 61,965 ratings
67.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,886 ratings
68.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,160 ratings
69.
Spirits Abroad
Spirits Abroad
by: Zen Cho
4.17 avg rating — 1,965 ratings
70.
Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #1)
Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 11,907 ratings
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Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1)
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
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The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating — 36,611 ratings
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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,097 ratings
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A Stranger in Olondria
A Stranger in Olondria 3.66 avg rating — 3,007 ratings
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Warchild (Warchild, #1)
Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,260 ratings
76.
Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia #1)
Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia #1) 3.58 avg rating — 8,911 ratings
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The Bees
The Bees 3.71 avg rating — 43,119 ratings
78.
Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
79.
You Shouldn't Be Here
You Shouldn't Be Here 3.70 avg rating — 10,067 ratings
80.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by: Nghi Vo
3.92 avg rating — 42,132 ratings
81.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,298 ratings
82.
Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating — 12,091 ratings
83.
Imaro: The Quest for Cush (Imaro #2)
Imaro: The Quest for Cush (Imaro #2) 4.27 avg rating — 212 ratings
84.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,442 ratings
85.
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
by: Ken Liu
3.80 avg rating — 26,862 ratings
86.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,608 ratings
87.
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1)
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
88.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,600 ratings
89.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,077 ratings
90.
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2)
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orïsha, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 78,657 ratings
91.
Joplin's Ghost
Joplin's Ghost 3.94 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
92.
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 4.53 avg rating — 184,968 ratings
93.
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating — 18,309 ratings
94.
The New Moon's Arms
The New Moon's Arms 3.93 avg rating — 1,158 ratings
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Thorn
Thorn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,849 ratings
96.
The Devourers
The Devourers
by: Indra Das
3.75 avg rating — 4,672 ratings
97.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,839 ratings
98.
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 27,343 ratings
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On a Red Station, Drifting
On a Red Station, Drifting 3.76 avg rating — 2,105 ratings
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A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being 4.06 avg rating — 131,675 ratings
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