Best Books Written by BIPOC Authors

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Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating โ€” 74,728 ratings
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Gingerbread
Gingerbread 3.05 avg rating โ€” 15,465 ratings
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The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery 4.41 avg rating โ€” 51 ratings
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Amal Unbound
Amal Unbound 4.17 avg rating โ€” 18,562 ratings
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating โ€” 4,293 ratings
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Our Tree Named Steve
Our Tree Named Steve 4.40 avg rating โ€” 1,019 ratings
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My Place
My Place 3.99 avg rating โ€” 6,670 ratings
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Class Act (New Kid #2)
Class Act (New Kid #2) 4.27 avg rating โ€” 11,254 ratings
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The Interesting Narrative and other writings
The Interesting Narrative and other writings 3.74 avg rating โ€” 14,419 ratings
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Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer
Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer 3.72 avg rating โ€” 333 ratings
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2)
by: Alan Duff
3.72 avg rating โ€” 482 ratings
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The Sweetest Fig
The Sweetest Fig 4.18 avg rating โ€” 3,420 ratings
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Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating โ€” 18,420 ratings
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Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating โ€” 386,296 ratings
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In Other Words
In Other Words 3.74 avg rating โ€” 15,348 ratings
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Jake's Long Shadow
Jake's Long Shadow
by: Alan Duff
3.91 avg rating โ€” 141 ratings
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Mr. Peabody's Apples
Mr. Peabody's Apples
by: Madonna
4.09 avg rating โ€” 1,859 ratings
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Cheeky Dogs: To Lake Nash and Back
Cheeky Dogs: To Lake Nash and Back really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 15 ratings
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Genesis Begins Again
Genesis Begins Again 4.34 avg rating โ€” 8,805 ratings
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Caul Baby
Caul Baby 3.78 avg rating โ€” 4,009 ratings
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The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating โ€” 95,700 ratings
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Tu
Tu 3.96 avg rating โ€” 540 ratings
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Superdog: The Heart of a Hero
Superdog: The Heart of a Hero 4.12 avg rating โ€” 643 ratings
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The Tenth Muse
The Tenth Muse 4.03 avg rating โ€” 6,414 ratings
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1) 4.01 avg rating โ€” 33,531 ratings
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There There
There There 3.98 avg rating โ€” 214,314 ratings
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life 4.31 avg rating โ€” 45,714 ratings
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Cousins
Cousins 4.22 avg rating โ€” 811 ratings
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating โ€” 288,123 ratings
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Baby No-Eyes
Baby No-Eyes 3.87 avg rating โ€” 373 ratings
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While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat
While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat 4.22 avg rating โ€” 264 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating โ€” 238,996 ratings
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The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.36 avg rating โ€” 18,158 ratings
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Mutuwhenua
Mutuwhenua 3.93 avg rating โ€” 227 ratings
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Disrupting Thinking
Disrupting Thinking 4.34 avg rating โ€” 2,431 ratings
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The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating โ€” 102,682 ratings
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Violeta
Violeta 4.03 avg rating โ€” 101,444 ratings
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Potiki
Potiki 3.88 avg rating โ€” 2,373 ratings
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The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking
The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking 4.07 avg rating โ€” 3,479 ratings
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In the Vanishersโ€™ Palace
In the Vanishersโ€™ Palace 3.65 avg rating โ€” 2,677 ratings
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Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 205,477 ratings
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Dreamboat Dad
Dreamboat Dad
by: Alan Duff
3.89 avg rating โ€” 56 ratings
142.
Once Upon An Ordinary School Day
Once Upon An Ordinary School Day 4.04 avg rating โ€” 285 ratings
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Wild Beauty
Wild Beauty 3.61 avg rating โ€” 8,210 ratings
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Libertie
Libertie 3.49 avg rating โ€” 15,591 ratings
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Something to Declare: Essays
Something to Declare: Essays 4.01 avg rating โ€” 910 ratings
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One Night Out Stealing
One Night Out Stealing
by: Alan Duff
3.60 avg rating โ€” 121 ratings
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The Dot
The Dot 4.26 avg rating โ€” 34,503 ratings
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The Seed Keeper
The Seed Keeper 4.27 avg rating โ€” 21,562 ratings
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Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2)
Moon Witch, Spider King (The Dark Star Trilogy #2) 4.17 avg rating โ€” 5,049 ratings
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Under the Wintamarra Tree
Under the Wintamarra Tree 4.02 avg rating โ€” 61 ratings
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Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide 3.93 avg rating โ€” 1,498 ratings
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Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 1
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 1 4.23 avg rating โ€” 10,055 ratings
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What's Mine and Yours
What's Mine and Yours 3.55 avg rating โ€” 22,904 ratings
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Yo!
Yo! 3.83 avg rating โ€” 5,037 ratings
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brรกs Cubas
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brรกs Cubas 4.26 avg rating โ€” 36,390 ratings
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The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating โ€” 154,814 ratings
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A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating โ€” 41,032 ratings
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating โ€” 294,355 ratings
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When We Were Orphans
When We Were Orphans 3.54 avg rating โ€” 45,947 ratings
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Women of the Silk (Women of the Silk #1)
Women of the Silk (Women of the Silk #1) 3.95 avg rating โ€” 16,983 ratings
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The Catch
The Catch 3.32 avg rating โ€” 472 ratings
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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 4.29 avg rating โ€” 7,945 ratings
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The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution
The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution 3.97 avg rating โ€” 1,192 ratings
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Ripper
Ripper 3.34 avg rating โ€” 22,967 ratings
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Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now 4.30 avg rating โ€” 10,770 ratings
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Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating โ€” 1,924 ratings
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Lady Tanโ€™s Circle of Women
Lady Tanโ€™s Circle of Women
by: Lisa See
4.35 avg rating โ€” 185,008 ratings
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Gather Together in My Name
Gather Together in My Name 4.31 avg rating โ€” 18,041 ratings
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When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
by: Nghi Vo
4.17 avg rating โ€” 17,774 ratings
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The Lotus Shoes
The Lotus Shoes
by: Jane Yang
4.26 avg rating โ€” 10,270 ratings
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Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #3)
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #3) 4.25 avg rating โ€” 9,518 ratings
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating โ€” 158,481 ratings
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The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating โ€” 44,325 ratings
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The Heart of a Woman
The Heart of a Woman 4.23 avg rating โ€” 24,662 ratings
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The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating โ€” 831,839 ratings
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating โ€” 99,682 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 โ€” 3,105 ratings
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Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . A Love Story 4.11 avg rating โ€” 5,605 ratings
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The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait 3.90 avg rating โ€” 48,380 ratings
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club 4.20 avg rating โ€” 110,608 ratings
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My Mother Cursed My Name
My Mother Cursed My Name 3.90 avg rating โ€” 606 ratings
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Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating โ€” 92,329 ratings
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The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating โ€” 14,370 ratings
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Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating โ€” 256,302 ratings
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Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating โ€” 36,227 ratings
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Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating โ€” 476,977 ratings
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Heaven Officialโ€™s Blessing [ๅคฉๅฎ˜่ต็ฆ]
Heaven Officialโ€™s Blessing [ๅคฉๅฎ˜่ต็ฆ] 4.73 avg rating โ€” 12,880 ratings
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Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating โ€” 123,943 ratings
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A Mercy
A Mercy 3.76 avg rating โ€” 31,913 ratings
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Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating โ€” 416,524 ratings
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Tar Baby
Tar Baby 3.99 avg rating โ€” 23,196 ratings
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Djinn City
Djinn City 3.69 avg rating โ€” 1,242 ratings
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The Spice Gate
The Spice Gate 3.39 avg rating โ€” 380 ratings
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 3.83 avg rating โ€” 168,481 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating โ€” 27,810 ratings
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Yellow Wife
Yellow Wife 4.43 avg rating โ€” 78,877 ratings
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The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness 4.17 avg rating โ€” 123,034 ratings
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The Chosen One: A First-Generation Ivy League Odyssey
The Chosen One: A First-Generation Ivy League Odyssey 3.62 avg rating โ€” 656 ratings
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The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating โ€” 21,533 ratings
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