Books You Should Read Before You Read Another White Dude

1.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,787 ratings
2.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,314 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,652 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,184 ratings
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,176 ratings
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating β€” 78,204 ratings
7.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,388 ratings
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The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,949 ratings
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Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands
Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,205 ratings
10.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,406 ratings
11.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating β€” 304,604 ratings
12.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,069,966 ratings
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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€” 568,937 ratings
14.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,490 ratings
15.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,153 ratings
16.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating β€” 23,279 ratings
16.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,563 ratings
18.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating β€” 778,752 ratings
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The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating β€” 115,140 ratings
19.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,013 ratings
21.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,160,544 ratings
22.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating β€” 986,363 ratings
23.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating β€” 87,069 ratings
24.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Letter from the Birmingham Jail 4.72 avg rating β€” 8,438 ratings
25.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating β€” 197,139 ratings
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Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating β€” 11,324 ratings
27.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,715 ratings
28.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,688,838 ratings
29.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,625 ratings
30.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating β€” 387,458 ratings
31.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,361 ratings
32.
Life on Mars: Poems
Life on Mars: Poems 4.09 avg rating β€” 9,908 ratings
33.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating β€” 623,977 ratings
33.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,697 ratings
35.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine 4.01 avg rating β€” 28,024 ratings
36.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,302 ratings
37.
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza 4.33 avg rating β€” 13,222 ratings
38.
The Women in the Castle
The Women in the Castle 3.84 avg rating β€” 65,414 ratings
39.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Do Not Say We Have Nothing 3.92 avg rating β€” 23,795 ratings
39.
Jean Toomer: Cane
Jean Toomer: Cane 2.75 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
41.
The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book 4.02 avg rating β€” 9,588 ratings
42.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating β€” 77,519 ratings
43.
The Mixquiahuala Letters
The Mixquiahuala Letters 3.88 avg rating β€” 978 ratings
43.
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€” 612,700 ratings
45.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,946 ratings
46.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating β€” 379,515 ratings
47.
Every Day Is for the Thief
Every Day Is for the Thief
by: Teju Cole
3.69 avg rating β€” 7,750 ratings
48.
Esperanza Rising
Esperanza Rising 4.04 avg rating β€” 111,370 ratings
49.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 145,369 ratings
50.
Song of a Captive Bird
Song of a Captive Bird 4.21 avg rating β€” 6,046 ratings
51.
How the GarcΓ­a Girls Lost Their Accents
How the GarcΓ­a Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating β€” 32,112 ratings
52.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of OrΓ―sha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of OrΓ―sha, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 245,789 ratings
53.
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating β€” 11,629 ratings
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Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist 3.60 avg rating β€” 7,153 ratings
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Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch
Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,664 ratings
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Difficult Women
Difficult Women 3.95 avg rating β€” 30,034 ratings
55.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating β€” 268,400 ratings
58.
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1)
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine (Bitch Planet Collected Editions, #1) 4.02 avg rating β€” 24,827 ratings
59.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,114 ratings
60.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating β€” 214,300 ratings
61.
GENESIS
GENESIS it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
61.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating β€” 382,945 ratings
61.
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
61.
Discovering The Covering
Discovering The Covering 4.62 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
65.
The End of the Alphabet: Poems
The End of the Alphabet: Poems 3.84 avg rating β€” 364 ratings
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Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,482 ratings
65.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,313 ratings
68.
To Be Human Is To Be A Conversation
To Be Human Is To Be A Conversation 4.23 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
68.
The Far Pavilions
The Far Pavilions
by: M.M. Kaye
4.20 avg rating β€” 44,842 ratings
68.
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1)
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
71.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating β€” 39,724 ratings
72.
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 32,492 ratings
73.
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 129,521 ratings
75.
Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay
Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay 4.29 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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Woodcuts of Women
Woodcuts of Women 3.61 avg rating β€” 287 ratings
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Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating β€” 117,008 ratings
78.
Miael: Family
Miael: Family 3.95 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
79.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating β€” 244,780 ratings
80.
The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) 4.19 avg rating β€” 4,942 ratings
80.
Slab
Slab 4.22 avg rating β€” 130 ratings
82.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating β€” 33,276 ratings
82.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating β€” 44,283 ratings
84.
The Obituary
The Obituary 3.43 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
85.
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Strange Weather in Tokyo 3.69 avg rating β€” 49,426 ratings
85.
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" 4.05 avg rating β€” 32,082 ratings
87.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles 4.33 avg rating β€” 95,643 ratings
88.
Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
Into Each Room We Enter without Knowing (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry) 4.27 avg rating β€” 161 ratings
88.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating β€” 167,140 ratings
88.
The Nakano Thrift Shop
The Nakano Thrift Shop 3.37 avg rating β€” 14,371 ratings
88.
Salt
Salt 4.23 avg rating β€” 25,023 ratings
92.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating β€” 51,663 ratings
93.
Ruination
Ruination 4.16 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
94.
The University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania 4.38 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
94.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,098 ratings
94.
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 189,006 ratings
97.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement 4.44 avg rating β€” 33,944 ratings
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Spain
Spain 3.82 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation 4.19 avg rating β€” 38,233 ratings
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Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating β€” 13,437 ratings
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