Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2021

100.
The Wrong End of the Telescope
The Wrong End of the Telescope 4.03 avg rating — 2,596 ratings
102.
We Are Not Like Them
We Are Not Like Them 4.06 avg rating — 49,364 ratings
102.
Warda: A Novel
Warda: A Novel 3.86 avg rating — 1,036 ratings
104.
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba (The Perez Family, #4)
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba (The Perez Family, #4) 3.95 avg rating — 17,076 ratings
104.
I'm in Seattle, Where Are You? : A Memoir
I'm in Seattle, Where Are You? : A Memoir 3.84 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
106.
Swimming Back to Trout River
Swimming Back to Trout River 3.87 avg rating — 2,667 ratings
106.
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata
The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata 3.70 avg rating — 540 ratings
108.
Silent Winds, Dry Seas
Silent Winds, Dry Seas 3.31 avg rating — 406 ratings
108.
Whereabouts
Whereabouts 3.76 avg rating — 33,617 ratings
110.
Lurkers
Lurkers
by: Sandi Tan
3.26 avg rating — 789 ratings
110.
Where I Belong
Where I Belong 4.04 avg rating — 607 ratings
112.
The Last Exiles
The Last Exiles
by: Ann Shin
3.71 avg rating — 2,023 ratings
112.
The Dog of Tithwal: Stories
The Dog of Tithwal: Stories 4.05 avg rating — 99 ratings
114.
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
by: Tom Lin
3.70 avg rating — 4,899 ratings
114.
So We Look to the Sky
So We Look to the Sky 3.89 avg rating — 344 ratings
116.
The Great Mrs. Elias
The Great Mrs. Elias 3.80 avg rating — 1,155 ratings
117.
A Song Everlasting
A Song Everlasting
by: Ha Jin
3.65 avg rating — 770 ratings
118.
Ghost Forest
Ghost Forest 4.14 avg rating — 5,489 ratings
119.
Lightseekers (Philip Taiwo, #1)
Lightseekers (Philip Taiwo, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 3,271 ratings
120.
The President and the Frog
The President and the Frog 4.02 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
121.
When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky
When Two Feathers Fell From The Sky 3.61 avg rating — 2,245 ratings
122.
My Monticello
My Monticello 3.90 avg rating — 9,796 ratings
123.
The Confession of Copeland Cane
The Confession of Copeland Cane 3.73 avg rating — 256 ratings
124.
Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories
Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories 3.80 avg rating — 586 ratings
125.
A Time Outside This Time
A Time Outside This Time 3.60 avg rating — 241 ratings
126.
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library 4.25 avg rating — 596 ratings
127.
Monster in the Middle
Monster in the Middle 3.19 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
128.
The Island of Missing Trees
The Island of Missing Trees 4.15 avg rating — 147,613 ratings
129.
New York, My Village
New York, My Village 3.37 avg rating — 728 ratings
130.
The Perishing
The Perishing 2.83 avg rating — 4,223 ratings
131.
God of Mercy
God of Mercy 3.54 avg rating — 218 ratings
132.
Look for Me and I'll Be Gone: Stories
Look for Me and I'll Be Gone: Stories 3.61 avg rating — 143 ratings
133.
Tell Me How to Be
Tell Me How to Be 4.15 avg rating — 5,393 ratings
134.
Cairo Circles
Cairo Circles 4.35 avg rating — 479 ratings
135.
L.A. Weather
L.A. Weather 3.17 avg rating — 26,987 ratings
136.
A Conspiracy of Mothers
A Conspiracy of Mothers 4.26 avg rating — 2,718 ratings
137.
Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction
Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
138.
Velorio
Velorio 3.42 avg rating — 701 ratings
139.
Untitled
Untitled
by: Anonymous
3.90 avg rating — 28,168 ratings
140.
The Selfless Act of Breathing
The Selfless Act of Breathing
by: J.J. Bola
3.60 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
141.
Freight Dogs
Freight Dogs 3.79 avg rating — 63 ratings
142.
On Fragile Waves
On Fragile Waves 4.10 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
143.
When the Apricots Bloom
When the Apricots Bloom 3.89 avg rating — 15,046 ratings
144.
Sirens of Memory
Sirens of Memory
by: Puja Guha
4.06 avg rating — 99 ratings
145.
100 Boyfriends
100 Boyfriends 3.75 avg rating — 5,790 ratings
146.
This Life
This Life 4.06 avg rating — 82 ratings
147.
Blind Ambition
Blind Ambition 3.85 avg rating — 272 ratings
148.
Give My Love to the Savages: Stories
Give My Love to the Savages: Stories 3.71 avg rating — 285 ratings
149.
The Son of Mr. Suleman
The Son of Mr. Suleman 4.08 avg rating — 1,024 ratings
150.
Angel & Hannah
Angel & Hannah 3.56 avg rating — 333 ratings
151.
Breaking the Maafa Chain
Breaking the Maafa Chain really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 95 ratings
152.
The Day I Fell Off My Island
The Day I Fell Off My Island 4.09 avg rating — 429 ratings
153.
Moth
Moth 4.09 avg rating — 1,916 ratings
154.
The House of Rust
The House of Rust 3.55 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
155.
The Sisters Mao
The Sisters Mao 3.06 avg rating — 90 ratings
156.
The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small
The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small 3.57 avg rating — 129 ratings
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