Queer Adult Fiction by Authors of Color

1.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,169 ratings
2.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,256 ratings
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The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,347 ratings
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Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,316 ratings
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Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,173 ratings
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America Is Not the Heart
America Is Not the Heart 3.97 avg rating — 5,635 ratings
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 102,326 ratings
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Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,607 ratings
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War 3.85 avg rating — 308,555 ratings
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A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 859,205 ratings
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Worm in a Jar: A Novella
Worm in a Jar: A Novella
by: B. Pigeon
4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
13.
Mirrored in Evergreen
Mirrored in Evergreen
by: B. Pigeon
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating — 36,472 ratings
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Black Water Sister
Black Water Sister
by: Zen Cho
3.84 avg rating — 10,845 ratings
16.
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 — 42,152 ratings
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The Deep
The Deep 3.77 avg rating — 38,707 ratings
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The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating — 21,640 ratings
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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,100 ratings
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Jonny Appleseed
Jonny Appleseed 3.94 avg rating — 16,334 ratings
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 30,282 ratings
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Guapa
Guapa 4.12 avg rating — 4,121 ratings
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The Vanished Birds
The Vanished Birds 4.07 avg rating — 9,774 ratings
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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 89,413 ratings
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Funny Boy
Funny Boy 4.06 avg rating — 8,693 ratings
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Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5)
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy (Reluctant Royals, #2.5) 3.78 avg rating — 5,477 ratings
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,203 ratings
28.
The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal, #2)
The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal, #2)
by: Zen Cho
3.85 avg rating — 3,580 ratings
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Notes of a Crocodile
Notes of a Crocodile 3.82 avg rating — 8,560 ratings
30.
Patsy
Patsy 3.91 avg rating — 11,852 ratings
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Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 11,629 ratings
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The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)
The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)
by: Neon Yang
3.70 avg rating — 13,442 ratings
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The Angel of History
The Angel of History 3.83 avg rating — 1,505 ratings
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No Other World
No Other World 3.58 avg rating — 318 ratings
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Look Who's Morphing
Look Who's Morphing
by: Tom Cho
3.85 avg rating — 375 ratings
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The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories 3.95 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
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The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,611 ratings
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Memorial
Memorial 3.57 avg rating — 37,152 ratings
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Trumpet
Trumpet 4.06 avg rating — 7,267 ratings
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Fairytales for Lost Children
Fairytales for Lost Children 4.20 avg rating — 388 ratings
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The Devourers
The Devourers
by: Indra Das
3.75 avg rating — 4,674 ratings
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Blue Boy
Blue Boy 3.65 avg rating — 1,516 ratings
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Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1)
Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1)
by: C.L. Polk
3.86 avg rating — 15,988 ratings
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The Red Threads of Fortune (Tensorate, #2)
The Red Threads of Fortune (Tensorate, #2)
by: Neon Yang
3.84 avg rating — 5,627 ratings
45.
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3)
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 28,784 ratings
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Jam on the Vine
Jam on the Vine 3.91 avg rating — 915 ratings
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Marriage of a Thousand Lies
Marriage of a Thousand Lies 3.72 avg rating — 3,629 ratings
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Bestiary
Bestiary 3.44 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
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A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2)
A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
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Honey Girl
Honey Girl 3.65 avg rating — 44,822 ratings
48.
The Salt Roads
The Salt Roads 3.84 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
48.
My Education
My Education 3.31 avg rating — 4,666 ratings
48.
The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1)
The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 4,101 ratings
48.
Ghost Town
Ghost Town 4.14 avg rating — 3,290 ratings
48.
The Hills We Run From
The Hills We Run From
by: Ellis Mae
3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings
48.
What It Meant to Survive
What It Meant to Survive 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
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A People's History of Heaven
A People's History of Heaven 4.02 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
57.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh 4.12 avg rating — 5,479 ratings
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She of the Mountains
She of the Mountains 4.06 avg rating — 3,359 ratings
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Last Words from Montmartre
Last Words from Montmartre 3.85 avg rating — 2,530 ratings
57.
Solo Dance
Solo Dance
by: Kotomi Li
3.67 avg rating — 1,237 ratings
62.
Smoketown
Smoketown 3.61 avg rating — 165 ratings
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They Call Me Mad Dog!: A Story for Bitter, Lonely People
They Call Me Mad Dog!: A Story for Bitter, Lonely People 4.01 avg rating — 412 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
65.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating — 28,037 ratings
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The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts 3.85 avg rating — 1,191 ratings
65.
The Cardigans (Criminal Intentions, Season One #1)
The Cardigans (Criminal Intentions, Season One #1) 3.99 avg rating — 3,924 ratings
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Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure (The Worth Saga, #2.75)
Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure (The Worth Saga, #2.75) 3.96 avg rating — 2,117 ratings
68.
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars 4.25 avg rating — 5,806 ratings
68.
All Inclusive
All Inclusive 3.74 avg rating — 301 ratings
68.
God's Children Are Little Broken Things
God's Children Are Little Broken Things 4.07 avg rating — 915 ratings
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Steel Crow Saga
Steel Crow Saga 3.90 avg rating — 3,846 ratings
72.
I'm So Not Over You
I'm So Not Over You 3.35 avg rating — 3,027 ratings
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An Ordinary Wonder
An Ordinary Wonder 4.30 avg rating — 862 ratings
72.
Heat and Light
Heat and Light 3.79 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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Cobalt Blue
Cobalt Blue 3.95 avg rating — 3,320 ratings
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The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist
The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist 3.89 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Violets
Violets 3.56 avg rating — 3,776 ratings
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La Bastarda
La Bastarda 3.53 avg rating — 1,231 ratings
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A World Between
A World Between 3.71 avg rating — 1,515 ratings
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Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
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Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
by: Fonda Lee
4.07 avg rating — 97,589 ratings
83.
Penhallow Amid Passing Things
Penhallow Amid Passing Things 4.07 avg rating — 128 ratings
83.
The Winged Histories
The Winged Histories 3.99 avg rating — 891 ratings
83.
Too Much Lip
Too Much Lip 4.05 avg rating — 8,436 ratings
83.
Invisible Life
Invisible Life 4.31 avg rating — 6,791 ratings
87.
Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night
Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night 4.12 avg rating — 393 ratings
87.
The Thirty Names of Night
The Thirty Names of Night 4.02 avg rating — 5,057 ratings
87.
Collected Stories (Trans Women Writers Collective booklet series, #0)
Collected Stories (Trans Women Writers Collective booklet series, #0) 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
87.
Just As I Am
Just As I Am 4.28 avg rating — 7,470 ratings
91.
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again
by: Zen Cho
4.33 avg rating — 876 ratings
91.
Polar Vortex
Polar Vortex 3.53 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
91.
Rainbow Milk
Rainbow Milk 3.86 avg rating — 7,005 ratings
94.
In the Vanishers’ Palace
In the Vanishers’ Palace 3.65 avg rating — 2,677 ratings
94.
Two Moons: Stories
Two Moons: Stories 3.94 avg rating — 115 ratings
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The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1)
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 4,004 ratings
97.
Water into Wine
Water into Wine 4.23 avg rating — 44 ratings
97.
Otros valles
Otros valles 4.53 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Flowers of Luna
Flowers of Luna 3.83 avg rating — 94 ratings
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Phoenix Extravagant
Phoenix Extravagant 3.65 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
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