56 Books by Women and Nonbinary Writers of Color to Read in 2020

1.
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida
The Perfect World of Miwako Sumida 3.82 avg rating — 4,343 ratings
2.
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays 3.81 avg rating — 46,930 ratings
3.
Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,845 ratings
4.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,800 ratings
5.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,643 ratings
6.
The Office of Historical Corrections
The Office of Historical Corrections 4.17 avg rating — 35,967 ratings
7.
Inheritors
Inheritors 3.76 avg rating — 1,100 ratings
8.
Days of Distraction
Days of Distraction 3.56 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
9.
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning 4.19 avg rating — 43,075 ratings
10.
If I Had Your Face
If I Had Your Face 3.74 avg rating — 57,020 ratings
11.
Afterlife
Afterlife 3.70 avg rating — 17,767 ratings
12.
Running
Running really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
13.
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close 3.75 avg rating — 24,718 ratings
14.
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex 4.34 avg rating — 18,724 ratings
15.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,341 ratings
16.
Little Gods
Little Gods
by: Meng Jin
3.60 avg rating — 5,083 ratings
17.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman 4.09 avg rating — 87,961 ratings
18.
Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title
Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title 4.29 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
19.
The Magical Language of Others
The Magical Language of Others
by: E.J. Koh
3.87 avg rating — 4,569 ratings
20.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,605 ratings
21.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating — 179,624 ratings
22.
Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5)
Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5) 3.75 avg rating — 52,732 ratings
23.
In Open Country: a Memoir
In Open Country: a Memoir 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
24.
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border 4.19 avg rating — 1,910 ratings
25.
A Burning
A Burning 3.72 avg rating — 52,147 ratings
26.
A House Is a Body
A House Is a Body 3.59 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
27.
Black Futures
Black Futures 4.56 avg rating — 1,183 ratings
27.
Bestiary
Bestiary 3.44 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
29.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance 3.97 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
30.
Blue Flowers
Blue Flowers 2.78 avg rating — 680 ratings
31.
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home 4.02 avg rating — 1,126 ratings
32.
These Ghosts Are Family
These Ghosts Are Family 3.66 avg rating — 7,587 ratings
33.
Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
34.
So We Can Glow: Stories
So We Can Glow: Stories 3.90 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
35.
The Eighth Girl
The Eighth Girl 3.38 avg rating — 1,813 ratings
36.
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
How Much of These Hills Is Gold 3.78 avg rating — 25,965 ratings
37.
Starling Days
Starling Days 3.64 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
38.
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box 4.34 avg rating — 715 ratings
39.
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories 3.83 avg rating — 19,820 ratings
40.
American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland
American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland 3.86 avg rating — 527 ratings
41.
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America 4.27 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
42.
Book of the Little Axe
Book of the Little Axe 3.89 avg rating — 2,337 ratings
43.
Fairest
Fairest 3.74 avg rating — 1,932 ratings
44.
Deceit and Other Possibilities
Deceit and Other Possibilities 4.08 avg rating — 693 ratings
45.
This Is One Way to Dance: Essays
This Is One Way to Dance: Essays 4.09 avg rating — 495 ratings
46.
Quotients
Quotients 3.24 avg rating — 131 ratings
47.
Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity
Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity 3.87 avg rating — 399 ratings
48.
Pizza Girl
Pizza Girl 3.35 avg rating — 30,490 ratings
49.
You Exist Too Much
You Exist Too Much 3.63 avg rating — 20,642 ratings
50.
Beyond the Gender Binary
Beyond the Gender Binary 4.48 avg rating — 12,823 ratings
51.
Crooked Hallelujah
Crooked Hallelujah 3.48 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
52.
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted 4.42 avg rating — 116,230 ratings
53.
Luster
Luster 3.51 avg rating — 107,799 ratings
54.
Likes
Likes 3.63 avg rating — 848 ratings
55.
Finding My Voice
Finding My Voice 3.67 avg rating — 772 ratings
56.
Crystal Clear: Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans For Everyday Life
Crystal Clear: Reflections on Extraordinary Talismans For Everyday Life 3.87 avg rating — 142 ratings
57.
Yolk
Yolk 3.95 avg rating — 30,484 ratings