Best Books Written by BIPOC Authors

1.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,690 ratings
2.
Black Indian: A Memoir
Black Indian: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 120 ratings
3.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,409 ratings
4.
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 — 568,944 ratings
5.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,632 ratings
6.
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 4.01 avg rating — 79,965 ratings
7.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,061 ratings
8.
Black Under
Black Under 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings
9.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,196 ratings
10.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,372 ratings
11.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,949 ratings
12.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,498 ratings
13.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,588 ratings
14.
Love Medicine
Love Medicine 4.01 avg rating — 28,024 ratings
15.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,996 ratings
16.
With the Fire on High
With the Fire on High 4.17 avg rating — 88,724 ratings
17.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,767 ratings
18.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,464 ratings
19.
Sister Mother Warrior
Sister Mother Warrior 3.93 avg rating — 813 ratings
20.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,574 ratings
21.
Know My Name: A Memoir
Know My Name: A Memoir 4.69 avg rating — 243,479 ratings
22.
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 — 612,703 ratings
23.
A Woman Is No Man
A Woman Is No Man
by: Etaf Rum
4.26 avg rating — 168,493 ratings
24.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,550 ratings
25.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,104 ratings
26.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
27.
The Beet Queen
The Beet Queen 3.87 avg rating — 14,454 ratings
28.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,159 ratings
29.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating — 154,785 ratings
30.
Sincerely, Confusingly, Yours
Sincerely, Confusingly, Yours 3.67 avg rating — 45 ratings
30.
Take Me to Your Nerdy Leader (Bowden Anime Club #1)
Take Me to Your Nerdy Leader (Bowden Anime Club #1) 3.98 avg rating — 137 ratings
32.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,653 ratings
33.
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon 4.38 avg rating — 15,274 ratings
34.
The Storyteller's Secret
The Storyteller's Secret 4.37 avg rating — 97,137 ratings
35.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,931 ratings
36.
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating — 8,679 ratings
36.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating — 308,467 ratings
38.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,170 ratings
39.
Red Sorghum
Red Sorghum
by: Mo Yan
3.80 avg rating — 8,540 ratings
40.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,118 ratings
40.
Tales of Burning Love
Tales of Burning Love 3.88 avg rating — 3,001 ratings
40.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,091 ratings
40.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,328 ratings
44.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
45.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,498 ratings
45.
Eva Luna
Eva Luna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,548 ratings
47.
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating — 32,112 ratings
47.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,011 ratings
49.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
50.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,767 ratings
51.
The Temple of My Familiar
The Temple of My Familiar 4.05 avg rating — 14,859 ratings
51.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
53.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,061 ratings
54.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,364 ratings
55.
Possessing the Secret of Joy
Possessing the Secret of Joy 4.09 avg rating — 15,681 ratings
56.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,284 ratings
57.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating — 321,109 ratings
58.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,933 ratings
59.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
60.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,079 ratings
60.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes Live: Theatre of the Imagination
Clarissa Pinkola Estes Live: Theatre of the Imagination 4.56 avg rating — 160 ratings
60.
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
60.
Plains of Promise
Plains of Promise 3.83 avg rating — 219 ratings
60.
Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen 3.87 avg rating — 70,874 ratings
60.
Wahala
Wahala
by: Nikki May
3.62 avg rating — 17,582 ratings
60.
Soulful Holidays: An inclusive rhyming story celebrating the joys of Christmas and Kwanzaa
Soulful Holidays: An inclusive rhyming story celebrating the joys of Christmas and Kwanzaa 4.75 avg rating — 60 ratings
60.
Something Bright and Burning
Something Bright and Burning 3.79 avg rating — 85 ratings
60.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,641 ratings
60.
Paper Dolls (Habakkuk #1)
Paper Dolls (Habakkuk #1) 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings
60.
Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court
Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court 3.91 avg rating — 757 ratings
60.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,165 ratings
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Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating — 667,903 ratings
60.
The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All
The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All 3.33 avg rating — 215 ratings
60.
Ruthless Pamela Jean
Ruthless Pamela Jean 4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings
60.
When Sleeping Women Wake
When Sleeping Women Wake 4.21 avg rating — 331 ratings
76.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,258 ratings
76.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,130 ratings
76.
Carpentaria
Carpentaria 3.74 avg rating — 1,990 ratings
76.
The Best Pet of All
The Best Pet of All 4.03 avg rating — 882 ratings
76.
Shiloh and Dande the Lion: Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself!
Shiloh and Dande the Lion: Embrace diversity, accept others, and courageously be yourself! 4.76 avg rating — 41 ratings
76.
One Carefree Day
One Carefree Day 3.87 avg rating — 148 ratings
76.
Severance
Severance
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 122,934 ratings
76.
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune 3.94 avg rating — 138,055 ratings
76.
The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir
The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating — 241 ratings
76.
Maxine
Maxine 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
86.
Don't Take Your Love to Town
Don't Take Your Love to Town 3.93 avg rating — 257 ratings
86.
Halibut Jackson
Halibut Jackson 4.25 avg rating — 211 ratings
86.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,619 ratings
86.
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives 4.36 avg rating — 14,151 ratings
86.
MAXINE
MAXINE 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
91.
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by: Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating — 662 ratings
91.
Dogside Story
Dogside Story 3.65 avg rating — 250 ratings
91.
The Wishing of Biddy Malone
The Wishing of Biddy Malone 4.12 avg rating — 138 ratings
91.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,133 ratings
91.
An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,201 ratings
91.
Buses Are a Comin'
Buses Are a Comin' 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
97.
Episoden uit het leven van Lulu
Episoden uit het leven van Lulu 3.20 avg rating — 8,291 ratings
97.
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 — 52,424 ratings
97.
Courage
Courage 3.96 avg rating — 659 ratings
97.
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
by: Alan Duff
3.99 avg rating — 3,742 ratings
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